Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, Vol. 1

A wonderful new addition to the Spider-Man mythos, as well as fantastic read – I finished this graph

Marvel Graphic Novel Review (10/10) “Masterpiece” Ultimate Comics Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis Vol. 1 (Collects Ultimate Comics Spider-Man 1-5 & Ultimate Comics Fallout #4) Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Sara Pichelli Synopsis (from Marvel): Miles Morales IS the new Spider-Man! What's the secret behind his powers, and how will he master them? What new and familiar enemies will rise to challenge this all-new Spider-Man? And will Miles live up to Peter Parker's legacy? Analysis: This is one of the best Spider-Man stories that I have read in a LONG time. I haven’t read a Spider-Man comic since Bendis’ launch of “Ultimate Spider-Man” (2000), which I considered a very good reboot, and I have to say that this is probably up there with me in terms of Spider-Man stories “Death of Gwen Stacy,” “The Clone Story Line,” and the “Death of Peter Parker.” In essence this is an expanded What If story, because it talks about what if another radioactive spider from Dr. Norman Osbourne’s laboratory bit another child from high risk neighborhood, but a what if story that also melds with the current Marvel Ultimates Universe. In this story though the student is NOT a high school student, but a middle school student and Bendis does a great job making the character of Miles Morales a believable middle schooler. Miles is overly sensitive, easily frightened, but very intelligent for a middle school student. What also makes this story more interesting is that Miles is a black character, and lives in a high risk neighborhood with crime, and lower living standards when compared to the sunny, white suburbs that Peter Parker grew up in. Thus it makes sense why Morales would be a sensitive kid, as he is constantly surrounded by risky situations, and to make matters worse, mutant registration and the decrying of meta-human activity is on the rise - putting a fearful child who discovers he has powers on a heightened edge. For the first time in a long time, it felt that a Spider-Man wa...