Miles Morales has been an exciting, much-needed addition to the Marvel Comics universe, but it’s Peter Parker who needs to be in the films.
On Tuesday, it was announced that Spider-Man would be swinging into Marvel Studios, thanks to a new deal reached with Sony.
The announcement indicated that Spider-Man will be in an unspecified Marvel movie (Captain America: Civil War, duh) before a new movie is released on July 28, 2017; and Andrew Garfield — who played Peter Parker/Spider-Man in two Amazing Spider-Man movies for Sony — will not be reviving his role, which opens up the iconic character to a brand-new actor.
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Many fans quickly flocked to Twitter to champion leaving Peter Parker behind for another character from the Marvel Comics who could legitimately call himself Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
Miles debuted in the Marvel comics in August 2011, when Peter Parker died in the Ultimate Universe — an alternate universe that has largely existed outside of Marvel's normal continuity. (Don't worry: There are a lot of alternative universes in Marvel's comic books.) Miles is half-black, half-Mexican, and has been a huge breath of fresh air in the normally homogenous comic book landscape.
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