Spider-Man #1 Review

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis / Artist: Sarah Pichelli / Marvel Comics What began in 2011 with his first appearance, and then was followed by years of fans (well, some of us fans) practically begging for it, the time has finally come. Miles Morales is now a character in a proper Marvel Universe with all the other first rate versions of the Marvel Heroes we love. The Ultimate Universe, basically through Bendis’ sheer will, held together for as long as possible (and probably a little too long), but much of that was on the back of his own creation, Mr. Morales. After Hickman basically created a new Marvel with his Time Runs Out / Secret Wars storyline, effectively ending anything Ultimate, Miles survived the crossover and made his way to the newly formed and unified world (thanks to T’Challa, but that’s another story altogether). Spider-Man #1 is a gambit, no doubt. In the All-New All Different Marvel, Bendis has to either tightrope walk or pick and choose carefully what carries over about Miles from the Ultimate Universe. Appealing to brand new readers that were brought in by the new creative impulses of Marvel while making the character familiar to longtime Miles Morales fans is not easy, and Bendis has some victories and defeats here.

***Small Spoilers from Miles’ Ultimate Run and Early on in this book ahead*** What you’ll notice first off is that Miles is older than the fresh faced and naive webslinger than we knew before. Well he isn’t exactly mature yet, he is much more o…