Miles Morales will survive the end of the Ultimate Universe to star in a brand new Spider-Man book by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli.
Morales will be the Spider-Man of the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now this fall following Secret Wars. The broke via the New York Daily News.
“Our message has to be it’s not Spider-Man with an asterisk, it’s the real Spider-Man for kids of color, for adults of color and everybody else,” Bendis told the New York Daily News of his creation and the move to the main Marvel Universe.
Morales is the biracial son of an African-American father and Puerto Rican mother who replaced Peter Parker in the Ultimate Universe when Parker died.
“Many kids of color who when they were playing superheroes with their friends, their friends wouldn’t let them be Batman or Superman because they don’t look like those heroes but they could be Spider-Man because anyone could be under that mask,” said Brian Bendis. “But now it’s true. It’s meant a great deal to a great many people.”
Morales was already revealed to be a member of the All-New, All-Different Avengers. The character created in 2011 became an instant hit with fans who hoped Miles would be the star of the upcoming Spider-Man movie relauch with Sony and Marvel.
Morales and the main Marvel Universe Peter Parker met in the Spider-Men limited series.
I was lucky to meet this Miles Morales/Spider-Man cosplayer shortly after the character’s comic book debut in Vancouver Fan Expo.
Thanks to CBR.
By Editor