- Apr 21, 2007
- 8,971
- 5,594
Marvel Comics' New Ultimate Spider-Man Unmasked
New Ultimate Spider-Man is Half-Black, Half-Hispanic Miles Morales
Khara E. House,
After the killing off of Peter Parker in Ultimate Spider-Man Issue 160 in June, fans of the famous web-slinger knew big changes had to be in store for their favorite hero. On August 2, 2011, Marvel Comics unveiled the biggest change of all: Spider-Man's ethnicity.
The new Spider-Man, who will be revealed in Marvel Comics' Ultimate Fallout Issue 4, is Miles Morales, a half-Black, half-Hispanic teenager who takes over for the dearly departed Peter Parker. Morales, according to writer Brian Michael Bendis in a FOX News interview, was inspired to take up the Spider-Man mantle after the death of Parker. Bendis explains that it is not just Morales' ethnicity that makes him a brand new hero.
"He's younger than Peter Parker," Bendis explained. "He's coming from a completely different background [and] a completely different world view."
READ MORE: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8283519/marvel_comics_new_ultimate_spiderman.html?cat=38
New Ultimate Spider-Man is Half-Black, Half-Hispanic Miles Morales
Khara E. House,
After the killing off of Peter Parker in Ultimate Spider-Man Issue 160 in June, fans of the famous web-slinger knew big changes had to be in store for their favorite hero. On August 2, 2011, Marvel Comics unveiled the biggest change of all: Spider-Man's ethnicity.
The new Spider-Man, who will be revealed in Marvel Comics' Ultimate Fallout Issue 4, is Miles Morales, a half-Black, half-Hispanic teenager who takes over for the dearly departed Peter Parker. Morales, according to writer Brian Michael Bendis in a FOX News interview, was inspired to take up the Spider-Man mantle after the death of Parker. Bendis explains that it is not just Morales' ethnicity that makes him a brand new hero.
"He's younger than Peter Parker," Bendis explained. "He's coming from a completely different background [and] a completely different world view."
READ MORE: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8283519/marvel_comics_new_ultimate_spiderman.html?cat=38