Marvel has revealed who will be the new Ultimate Spider-Man after that universe’s Peter Parker perished in a battle with the Green Goblin. The company revealed that the new Ultimate Spider-Man will be Miles Morales, a half-black, half-hispanic teenager and will debut in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1 launches in September, with his backstory detailed in forthcoming issues.
“The theme is the same: With great power comes great responsibility. He’s going to learn that. Then he has to figure out what that means,” said writer Brian Michael Bendis. “It’s certainly long overdue. Even though there’s some amazing African-American and minority characters bouncing around in all the superhero universes, it’s still crazy lopsided.”
“Maybe sooner or later a black or gay – or both – hero will be considered something absolutely normal,” added Ultimate Comics Spider-Man artist Sara Pichelli.
Source: USA Today
