Today any observer of Marvel's multimedia empire would acknowledge Miles Morales as a key part of the larger ecosystem. The breakout star of 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse film and titular protagonist in the recently-released 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel's Spid🍒er-Man: Miles Morales game for PlayStation, this modern-day webslinger h🐼as made his mark.

, assuming the Spider-Man mantle of the Ultimate Universe in the wake of that imprint's Peter Parker making the supreme sacrifice, co-creator Brian Michael Bendis had more modest ambitions: "In the begi🐟nning it was just about trying♐ to find truth in this new character and trying to see if we could do the impossible which is replace someone as beloved, and not commercially broken, as Peter Parker with someone else," explains the writer. "Someone who you hope will be a delightful surprise and not the opposite.

"The 𝓡Marvel Unive🦂rse is this living breathing organism and you can just tell [when] things are working and when things aren't. Miles [worked] and the audience really responded. I was delightfully surprised. I remain surprised."

, both written by Bendis with art from the character's initial designer Sara Pichelli and later David Marquez. Morales met the mainline Marvel Universe's Peter Parker in Bendis and Pichelli's , paving the way for a relationshi♑p fans would embrace on the page as well as in films and games. The reality-shifting included a sizable role for Miles and, with the collapsing of the Ultimate Universe, th🍨e integration of a second Spider-Man into a world that included the Avengers and company.

"When we decided that Secret Wars would be a good point to bring the Ultimate Universe to a close, we had a conversation about what unique elements of that world we might want🐷 to migrate over to the prime Marvel Universe, a💜nd Miles was always at the head of the list," verifies Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort. "He was pretty much the most successful character in terms of audience engagement of any of the new characters created in the Ultimate U. So finding a way to maintain him even after putting the rest of that continuity to bed was a key objective."

"I was actually going to leave the book before that happened and had tendered notice," recounts Bendis of his plans prior to Miles' move. "Then I heard how important Miles was to Secret Wars and how the plan was to move him into the Marvel Universe proper as Spider-Man. That was never on the table before. That would be insane for me to even think ﷺof. Once I heard the plan I told Marvel that maybe I was reconsidering quitting and they said, 'Yeah, we weren't even thinking about you quitting.'

"I thought if there was ever going to be a blowback on Miles it was going to be then. That's when he was taking the more traditional role of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in the Marvel Universe proper, while Peter Parker was taking a more Bruce Wayne/Tony Stark track. But a𓆉ll the pieces just moved in the right direction, Miles was ready to take the main stage, so was the audience. I think Miles' observations about the already existing Marvel Universe was part of his appeal. It was like Harry Potter discovering the worldꦰ of magic. It was already there for him to discover. We are with him."

, joining Earth's 💧Mightiest Heroes alongside the new Ms. Marvel as well as the Sam Alexander incarnation of Nova.

with his youthful compatriots. The new ongoing title provided a further spotlight for Marvel's youth movement and cemented the dynamic the new Spider-Man had with characters like Kamala Khan

"I love that Kamal൲a and Miles kind of came out of the same Marvel and are seen in such lovely light," relates Bendis. "Both characters were created with a lot of love almost at the same ti🧸me. We immediately started playing with what the relationship would be. I immediately thought that Miles would be gaga over her and [Ms. Marvel's co-creator] G. Willow [Wilson] made it clear that the affection would not be reciprocated and I thought that was fantastic. That was a high school scenario I could relate to."

"Characters leave teams all the time, but when Miles left the Avengers along with Ms. Marvel and Nov🥀a, there was no way they were going to just drift apart—they'd been through too much together, and their bonds and shared moral convictions led them to start the Champions," continues Smith, who would follow the trio to their new home as an editor. 

"Even as we've shifted and expanded the roster over the years, in my mind it always comes down to Miles, Sam, and Kamala and the love and respect they have for one another. They've been through some rough stuff but I think they'll always find their way back to each other. And Miles has always been a good person to have in that trio—he's not afraid to lovingly tell his friends when they're wrong, which I think is one of 𒈔his best qualities."

, Miles Morales has become a cornerstone of the Marvel Universe. Among the most recognized and beloved icons in a crowded scene of heroes, this Spider-Man has exceeded the expectations of even the man who conceived him as a concept nearly a decade ago.

"When I left Marvel [in 2017], I told anyone who cared or wanted the advice th🅘at I would really appreciate if they moved on from where I was with everything," reflects Bendis. "I didn't want them to spin the same wheels over and over as sometimes happens with characters that are well-liked. But I knew that Miles was different from other Marvel characters because he was growing and changing, actively, and I wanted the new creators to really try to embrace that. 

"And I've been deeply spoiled. From books, film, video games, and on. Every single ꩵcreator who has added to the Miles legacy has done so by bringing a lot of truth and sometimes painful truth from their lives into his. It all fits in bea𒉰utifully and it feeds a character to such higher levels."

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