New ‘Spider-Man’ Following Death Of Peter Parker

[Mendoza Line]

New ‘Spider-Man’ Swinging Into Comic Book Shops Following Death Of Peter Parker

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) –

There’s a new web-slinger in town.

New Yorkers take their fictional heroes seriously, so it may come as a shock to some that Peter Parker, the Queens native whose destiny was forever altered by a radioactive/genetically altered spider, has been killed off in the “Ultimates” imprint of Marvel Comics. The Ultimate series is different from Marvel’s standard line, in which Peter Parker is still happily toiling away as everybody’s favorite hard-luck hero.

No, in the Ultimates series, Peter Parker gets killed at the hands of his nemesis the Green Goblin. But, being a comic book series, no hero stays dead for long. While Peter Parker may be gone, a new kid is stepping into the tights: Miles Morales.

Miles Morales is a half-black, half-Hispanic super-powered teen who gets into the hero game after being inspired by Parker’s death.

“He’s younger than Peter Parker, he’s coming from a completely different background, a completely different world view,” writer Brian Michael Bendis told the Associated Press. Bendis, who has been writing Ultimate Spider-Man (and many other) comics for Marvel since 2000, is enthusiastic about the change. “I’m now sitting with a pile of legitimately new Spider-Man stories to tell and that is the best news a writer could have.”

No word on whether the change in ethnicity is going to play a role in casting decisions in upcoming Spider-Man movies or Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.

[be47320]

half black, half hispanic?

phillybirds20 is spiderman?

[Chris46139]

when uva gets his subscription I'm sure he'll post a review

[Randle Pat McMurphy]

Originally Posted by be47320

half black, half hispanic?

phillybirds20 is spiderman?

Can see it now, Spiderman walking around with a bottle of Wild Turkey in a brown paper bag.


PS If you havent seen it, Jimmy Kimmel's spoof on this topic was hilarious. Check it out.

[ParrotHead]

WTF, have they lost their minds. Why kill him off

[sportsreport]

$$$$$

Originally Posted by ParrotHead

WTF, have they lost their minds. Why kill him off

[Mendoza Line]

From Marvel:

But another surprise could be in the pipeline after his creators said that in the future they would not rule out making him gay.

[Mendoza Line]

Here he is, for those that don't feel like looking it up....

[be47320]

holy shit, it is pb20!!

[dhunter]

Originally Posted by be47320

holy shit, it is pb20!!

too skinny to be pb

[be47320]

gay and

half black/half mexxican though?

thats a weird coincidence

[vividjohn45]

he would not be gay though except he got bit by a radioactive homosexual. so don't blame him.

also robin the boy wonder is known to hang out in the batcave from time to time along with alfred. the butler.

[mrmarket]

Looks the marketing department is going to set the story going forward. I wonder how many focus groups it took to shit out this masterpiece.

[ParrotHead]

Holy shit, trainwreck