MILES MORALES FIRST APPEARED IN 2011’S “ULTIMATE FALLOUT” #4. MILES DOESN’T COME FROM THE MAIN MARVEL COMIC UNIVERSE. IN HIS UNIVERSE, HE HAD BEEN BITTEN BY A SPIDER THAT HIS UNCLE HAD STOLEN FROM NORMAN OSBORN. IT GAVE HIM POWERS SIMILAR TO SPIDER-MAN (PETER PARKER), AS WELL AS A STUN BLAST AND A CAMOUFLAGE ABILITY. UNLIKE PETER PARKER, HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE A SUPERHERO. HE WANTED TO BE A REGULAR TEEN. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THIS DESIRE TO REMAIN NORMAL CAUSED HIM TO BE LATE GETTING TO THE SCENE WHERE SPIDER-MAN DIED SAVING HIS FAMILY. JUST LIKE PETER PARKER, HE LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT “WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBLITY”.
HE’S GAINED POPULARITY SINCE HIS DEBUT. HE IMMEDIATELY RECEIVED HIS OWN SERIES, AND HE WAS QUICKLY INTRODUCED INTO VIDEO GAMES AND CARTOONS. MOST PEOPLE KNOW HIM FROM 2018’S “INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE” WHICH WAS A RETELLING OF HIS ORIGIN THAT INTRODUCED HIM TO SEVERAL OTHER UNIVERSES’ SPIDER-PEOPLE. A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE THE MOVIE HIT THEATERS, FANS WERE ABLE TO SEE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ORIGIN TOLD IN “SPIDER-MAN” FOR THE PLAYSTATION 4. MILES IS GETTING HIS OWN SPIN-OFF/SEQUEL TO THIS GAME WHEN THE PLAYSTATION 5 COMES OUT IN NOVEMBER, 2020.
HIS ORIGIN ALLOWS PEOPLE WHO GREW UP WITH PETER PARKER’S DEBUT TO CONNECT WITH NEW, YOUNG FANS OF MILES MORALES IN A WAY THAT OTHER MARVEL CHARACTER CAN’T. THE MCU ALREADY STARTED TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS POPULARITY WITH 2017’s “SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING” WITH AN EASTER EGG WHERE HIS UNCLE MENTIONS HIM.
