Fundamentally, Miles shares the main quality that Peter embodied, the archetype of the underdog hero, with his civilian mixed-race Hispanic and African-American identity, his more tactical and sneaky skillset, and his small frame transplanting and updating the original roots of Peter Parker as the teenage Working-Class Hero for a new generation.
In addition, he has some powers that Peter didn't have, with extra abilities like Spider-Camouflage and venom blasts, but at the same time, not being as fast and agile as Peter is. He's also on the whole far less neurotic than either classic or ultimate Peter. Where Peter had only Aunt May as his family, Miles lives with his parents and has many relatives. He was still in grade school when bitten by his own genetically-modified spider. In addition, Miles is younger than Peter when he started out in both the Ultimate and 616 continuity. In effect, Peter Parker becomes Uncle Ben to Miles, inspiring him to uphold his legacy and spirit. Peter's death drives him into action, where Miles, on seeing the death of The Heart of Ultimate Marvel, comes away believing that had he been on the scene and active, Peter might well have survived the day. Rather, he was confused and weirded out about his powers, especially because his father Jefferson was mutant-phobic (at the time) and disliked costumed heroes. But unlike Peter, Miles wasn't fame-obsessed and cocky when he started out. Miles shares a bit in common with his predecessor, namely their mutual gravitation toward science and many of the same abilities - namely Spider-Sense and wall-crawling. Miles' first appearance was in Ultimate Fallout, a miniseries that provided a requiem for Peter's death, and then officially debuted as Spider-Man in the second volume of Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man.
Inspired by the election of President Barack Obama and actor Donald Glover's unsuccessful campaign to play the lead role in The Amazing Spider-Man, Bendis created Miles in the Ultimate universe and planned the Death of Ultimate Peter Parker as an event to specifically introduce his successor.
Miles Morales is the principal protagonist of Ultimate Spider-Man after Peter Parker's death. Finding the will to act, Miles dons a makeshift suit to help fill in the void Spidey left. Miles convinced himself that acting earlier and revealing himself as an ally to Peter could have spared New York's hero. The death of Spider-Man, soon publicly revealed to be the young Peter Parker, shocked Miles out of apathy. Miles Morales, better known by his alias (Ultimate) Spider-Man, is a Marvel Comics character created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, first appearing in Ultimate Fallout #4 (dated August 2011).īitten by another genetically-enhanced spider, 13-year-old Miles was given powers similar to Peter before him, to his dismay.