The New ultimate Spider-Man Unmasked

[Wingman1977]

The wait is over.

[J.R._Beasley]

Someone will say they dislike the change. 5 people will jump in calling him a racist, Sarah Palin, gun toting bible thumper. This will go on for 6 pages until the thread is locked.

[BStecke]

I get that they want to encourage diversity, but I don't get why they can't create new characters rather than futzing with the ones that have been how they've been for decades. I suppose that would take actual creativity to draw people to the character, rather than a gimmick.

[Sagacious Koreo]

Originally Posted by J.R._Beasley

Someone will say they dislike the change. 5 people will jump in calling him a racist, Sarah Palin, gun toting bible thumper. This will go on for 6 pages until the thread is locked.

HAHA, I was thinking the exact same thing.

[Clark Kent]

Marvel sure didn't leave any of the major ethnic groups feeling left out, making him a half-black, half-hispanic teenager. I am surprised they didn't throw in a little Asian background to complete the mix. These moves are strictly made in mind for the media licensing potential to other forms of entertainment, like television. Demographically, the typical comic book reader at the moment is a white male in their 20s to 40s who grew up with the industry.

Marvel now goes from one publicity stunt to the next very quickly, hoping to garner mainstream media attention. Even DC is guilty of it lately, as the print industry is dying and the big comic book companies are resorting to all sorts of crazy stunts in hopes of delaying the inevitable death knell of the medium.

[Wingman1977]

I realized that this is a big issue when NY1 did a segment on it on tv LINK. Personally, I don't have a issue with it since it takes place in the ultimate universe and not in the main Marvel universe. My wonder is how does Miles get his spider powers and what new powers does he have.

[TylerDurden]

Comic books are for kids - Brody

[master_8ball]

I got a laugh out of his name... Miles Morales Should have just called him Dougie Dogood.

[Steve]

The definitely know how to ruin a good thing.

[Wingman1977]

Anyone willing to bet that Peter will be brought back from the dead (like how they did with the Amazing Spider-man when he died and when he accepted the power got new powers like internal webbing and the ability to shoot stingers)?

[twinkie]

i wonder what jesse jackson has to say about that. that he's half black and gay

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by master_8ball

I got a laugh out of his name... Miles Morales Should have just called him Dougie Dogood.

LOL, that was the only way tot get both ethnicities in. Middle name is Wang.

edit: now it is more believable that we went to the same High School. I think this Spider-Man is for the Silicon Valley.


Without Al Sharpton these advancements in comics couldn't have been possible.


Bring on the the Chinese Canadian Thor next.

[Monkey]

You guys realize this is all a set up for Will Smith's kid to play Spiderman in 4 to 5 years.

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by Monkey

You guys realize this is all a set up for Will Smith's kid to play Spiderman in 4 to 5 years.

oh, god, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by wormraper

oh, god, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little

Sorry, but that's the only reason I can think. They'd find the one way to make it worse than the Tobey Spidermans.

[twinkie]

wait, we are already getting a reboot with that Garfield kid. no way are we going to get another reboot in 5 years

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by twinkie

wait, we are already getting a reboot with that Garfield kid. no way are we going to get another reboot in 5 years

The events are already in motion.

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by Monkey

You guys realize this is all a set up for Will Smith's kid to play Spiderman in 4 to 5 years.

That is exactly correct. You are going to start seeing a lot of comics coming out of Marvel made expressly with the purpose of licensing the character to films. This character was designed for no other reason.

[linkgx1]

The issue I have with this is that he's mixed. I mean, I'm not saying that's a bad thing but it seems to cause more issue than it creates. So you have a character of color, but why do they have to be "something else to"? I mean, if he's gay like rumored then I'm definately not going to read this just because it feels like he's a "liberal" figurehead.

Quite honestly, they just need to make a black character own his own standing, instead fo being put in a place already fitted for another character. Static shock and Blade, for example, are great characters. The main issue with most minority superheroes is that they tend to ooze the race their supposed to be in a stereotypical way. They can't just go to high school, but a ghetto one. Or they have to be something, like, Black Panther.

Seriously Marvel, do it right or not at all.

[Lemmy Lugosi]

I can't believe the comics industry still exists, to be honest, considering that dumb ideas like this one abound with great regularity.