Miles Morales: Spider-Man #15 Review

Writer: Saladin Ahmed / Artist: Javier Garrón / Marvel Comics I guess the old Parker luck isn’t just regulated to one person. Methinks it’s time for a rebranding because apparently all it takes is being Spider-Man in order for a series of unfortunate events to befall you. The last time we left off, Miles barely had any time to enjoy the birth of his baby sister, Billie. With the Ultimatum’s gang and the Ultimate Goblin running around, how could he? To make matters worse, his missing journal has ended up in the hands of his Vice Principal, Mister Dutcher, who has had it out for him for a while now.

If you’re like me, you probably wrote Mister Dutcher off as nothing more than a knockoff of Dean Rooney from Ferris Buller’s Day Off. And to some extent, when he was first introduced, that’s the way it seemed. You expect him to be on Miles’ case, trying to catch him in the act of misbehaving, and have him expelled. What you don’t expect is for Dutch to be an actual threat. Dutcher finding Miles’ journal* and learning the truth about him being Spider-Man changes that. I think readers will be pleasantly surprised by how Ahmed develops Dutcher’s character after this moment. It definitely subverts expectations and paints him in a new light. Aside from the latest threat to Miles’ identity once again being leaked, the best part about this issue is the action and the art. Javier Garrón definitely puts in that work as Ultimate Goblin makes his return with a few friends. I’m an Ultimate Uni…