In Reality-1610, thief Aaron Davis exposes his brother, Jefferson, to organized crime by tricking him into attending a meeting with Turk, a subordinate of Wilson Fisk. Together, they lived a life of crime and went to jail for it. While Jefferson later reformed from crime when he married Rio Morales and had a son, Miles Morales, Aaron became Prowler, the cat burglar.

Aaron and Miles spent time together watching martial arts movies, despite Jefferson’s wishes that Miles stay away from Aaron’s influence on account of his criminal background.

As the Prowler, he is hired by Phillip Roxxon to burglarize a closed Oscorp facility and left, unknowingly with Dr. Markus’ specimen 42, an Oz-enhanced spider. His nephew, thirteen-year-old Miles, wins a lottery that enables him to enroll at the Brooklyn Visions Academy, a charter school; while telling his uncle the news, Miles is bitten by the enhanced spider and gained spider-like powers, making him the next Spider-Man.