![]() ![]() Yet, Miles has already had to undergo a process of de-colonization similar to the still-ongoing revisions of Black Panther, despite coming nearly 50 years later.Ĭreated by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli in 2011 for Marvel’s Ultimate/Earth-1610 series, Miles’s popularity has brought him not only into Marvel’s prime universe, Earth-616, as Peter Parker’s mentee, but also to now multiple Disney animated series (2012 2016–present), a hugely successful video game developed by Insomniac Games (2018), and the critically acclaimed blockbuster movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).Īcross these media, perhaps no authorial choice better captures the much-needed de-colonization of the character than the naming of his African-American father Jefferson Davis. ![]() ![]() Miles Morales, Miles Morales: Spider-ManĪFTER BLACK PANTHER, Miles Morales, the new in-continuity Afro-Latinx Spider-Man, is the most impactful Black superhero on both page and screen this decade. There’s always more to the story, right? I mean, a name, whether good or bad, is almost never just a name. ![]()
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