Wednesday, August 3

Spider-Man is now Black, and Hispanic

First, S/O to the bro J. Farris (@PharrisPhotography) for the heads up
As I read the head line, I got quite excited. Then I thought to myself, "I live in America, home of habitual haters". Whenever race is brought into something, it could very well possibly have a negative attitude towards it.
If you're familiar with the comic book world, in the Ultimate series, you know that the original webshooter Peter Parker dies. And what do you know, the person who "inherits the tights" is a young man of color. Meet Miles Morales, half-African-america and half-Latino. He makes his appearance in the Ultimate Comics Fallout #4.

"He swings into action, kicks butt, and when he pulls back his mask, there is another face there," said Axel Alonso, editor in chief of Marvel Comics.-CNN


I hate how they brought up President Obama having to do something with this new movement of break through for races of color. Just seem like they were basically saying, "Well since we have a Black president, midaswhale make Spider-Man black too". Alonso says that when the opportunity came up for the new Spider-Man, he wanted him to represent diversity. I can respect that. He himself is mixed.

In the Ultimate Comics Fallout #4, the new Spider-Man makes only a preview. His debut will be viewed in the September issue of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1.


Marvel released the first Ultimate Marvel imprint of comic books in 2000. The Ultimate imprint is an alternate world from Marvel's regular universe, where Parker is still alive and fighting. "The Ultimate Universe is known for its aesthetic and its attitude," Alonso said. "It is responsible for a lot of comic book innovation."

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At August 3, 2011 at 11:18 PM , Blogger Snagman said...

about time super heroes became more diverse!

 

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