Spider-Man: Spider-Verse - Miles Morales

Spider-Man: Spider-Verse

by Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli, David Marquez

Get to know Miles Morales, the Spider-Man of two worlds! In the wake of Peter Parker's death in the Ultimate Universe, brave young Miles steps forward with his own incredible arachnid-like abilities to live up to the Spider-Man legacy! Meet Miles' best friend Ganke, his parents Rio Morales and Jefferson Davis, and his uncle Aaron - but watch out, Miles, he's your Earth's Prowler! Jefferson has his secrets, too - but what do they have to do with S.H.I.E.L.D.? Then, Miles' life is turned upside down when he and his loved ones find themselves part of the Marvel Universe! But how can one teen hero stand in the way of the demonic Blackheart when the Avengers fall? COLLECTING: ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN 1-2, MILES MORALES: ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN 8-9, SPIDER-MAN (2016) 1-2, MATERIAL FROM ULTIMATE FALLOUT 4

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Spider Man, Superheroes, Fiction, Science Fiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published November 13, 2018

About the author

A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.

Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.

Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.

Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.

He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.

Reviews

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this from the library thinking it would be a new story rather than a compilation of random storylines several years apart (in both real-word time and story time).

After I read the book I was kind of puzzled why it exists, and then I remembered the movie. I guess they could have put this together thinking that it would be a good intro to Miles Morales, but I'm not sure why they couldn't just reprint his Ultimate Comics books (if they've gone out of print, which is entirely possible because Marvel tends to let things go out of print).

[Anita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Many many times, I have been forced to read superhero comic books aloud to my children, and it is not my favorite thing to do. Usually they are plotless, dull, and offensive. The characters are shallow.
The comic book format is difficult to read aloud, often with all caps and disruptive flow from bubble to bubble. I hate reading comic books. But this one was different. It had amazing artwork, an interesting story, clever writing, and a natural flow. It was enjoyable. Thank you for creating this.

[Sarahpelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This made me laugh, which is pretty awesome considering the day I've had. So yay!

[Gerry Sacco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice intro to Miles Morales, with a good mix of art and story.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like that this gives you an idea of Miles Morales as Spider-Man. It has Issues from Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011) 1-2, Ultimate Comics Spider-man (2011) 5, & Spider-man (2015) 1-2.

[emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

i kinda ship miles and ganke ngl

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stupid awesome "Into the Spider-Verse" movie making me interested in other Spider-characters. I don't have time for this! I'm barely making my way through my DC Rebirth reading list (at least 50 books left to read... and, believe it or not, that number means I'm actually making decent headway), plus I've not read all of the different stories leading up to Rebirth ("Forever Evil," "Convergence," "The Darkseid Wars," and "Titans Hunt,"--probably not in that order), PLUS... I still want to read my way through Grant Morrison's run on Batman/Nightwing's time as Batman/Bruce Wayne's return... and I don't even know how many books all of THAT is off the top of my head! *pants* ALL OF THAT... and now that stupid movie has made me fall in love with Miles Morales' character?
....
Stupid comic books and their stupid awesome stories.
Okay, rant aside, this is a pretty solid collection, giving us Miles' origin, followed by him meeting up with SHIELD, and then him being brought to our universe (not sure how that works, and I wasn't sure if I would like it, especially with him being older--there's a nice innocence that came with him as a younger character--but it totally works and the innocence totally stayed!). There were obvious differences between the comics and movie, but the changes between both made sense within each medium's unique stories. But most of the movie, I'm happy to say after actually reading the comics, stayed true to the spirit and a lot of the story/characters of the source material. That just makes me love the movie even more, which I can tell was nothing short of a labor of love, by fans for fans. And now, after seeing it and reading this collection... I'm going to have to add Miles Morales Spider-Man to my never-ending reading list. *sigh* That makes me both overwhelmed and overjoyed.

[Mara · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I was younger I loved comic books so much, but like only the randomest weirdest ones I could find for some reason. Anyways I've loved marvel my whole life so I feel it's high time I finally get into their comics, it's just there's so much and the prospect has always been quite daunting. That being said I've been proclaiming Miles as one of my favorite character for years, so I think I really gotta read his comics to be qualified (though I have watched every other piece of media he's been in 😪). I understand the idea of putting these two sets of comics together, but it was a bit of an odd combo if I'm honest, that being said I enjoyed them both anyways. Of course Miles is pookie and I'll definitely look more into his earlier works cause the latter comics were confusing me a lot. Also I forget in comics that characters just show up outta no where cause they're not tied down to movie logic. Makes a lot more sense. I think I'm gonna go on a bit of streak here and I know comics aren't "real" books or whatever pretentious book people say, but they're fun and I've already hit my reading goal this year so I'm logging them all I want idc.

[Becky B · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Spider-Verse version of Miles Morales beginnings as a superhero. It tells how Miles gets bit, discovers his powers, and has to navigate becoming a Spider-Man in an area where the original just died and Spider-Woman is a bit jealous of anyone else with spidey powers.

This isn't my favorite origin story version for Miles. I like the Marvel-Action: Spider-Man version of the story where he has Gwen as a fellow high school friend and Peter is still alive and a mentor much better. This is still ok, but Miles faces a lot more issues. His parents also don't know the truth, and that makes things more difficult too. Recommended for those who want ALL the Miles Morales they can get their hands on.

Notes on content: 16 minor swears. No sexual content. Miles does talk to a friend about wanting to make out with a girl but nothing happens. There are superhero battles that result in some minor injuries, and a scary demon-thing at the end that has brought some serious damage to other superheroes.

[Angie Dahl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this to get a better feel for Miles Morales before going to see the spider-verse movie. I did my spider-verse reading a bit in reverse— I read the event before doing a deeper dive with Miles’ comics. This did give the reader a better grasp on Miles, but I definitely could’ve used more. Some stories ended abruptly, and I wanted to know what happened! I guess the purpose of this collection is to get you to read the rest of Ultimate Spider-Man.

[Nicole Magolan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was in a Spider-Man kinda mood, so I got a heap of comics from the library. Some of them are randomly in the middle of a series -- but ima read them anyway.

Thankfully this one isn't!

I was looking forward to reading some more about Miles after the Into The Spiderverse movie.
This was an enjoyable, but somewhat hollow read. It was a weird collection of stories that didn't exactly fit together. I really like Miles as a character though.

[Namratha · Rating 3 out of 5]

I downloaded this book after being completely blown away by the edgy perfection of Spider-Man : Into the Spider-Verse.

While the book was engaging, it took too many random leaps to make a lot of sense. Miles is still an adorable heir to the Spidey-Web but I wish the story line would have been more structured.

[Connor · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good introduction to Miles Morales. I don't think there was too much relation to the Spider-verse story, but if you were unfamiliar with him (like I was), I would recommend reading this before Spider-verse.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok, the induction of Miles was great. Integrating him into the MCU was lame. It made sense that he would take up Spider-Man's mantle on his death. But to have two Spider-Men seems lame, Reminds me too much of Ben Reilly and that did not work out well for Ben.

[Sleepseeker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've never read any Miles Morales comics before and after reading this, I want to start. This is a great start into how he becomes Spider-man and showing you his intro. It's a very easy read and I would recommend it to anybody who likes Spider-man comics.

[Karen Hsu · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought I would like this more, since I LOVED Into the Spider-verse the movie. But this one's story was so fragmented, my kids didn't know what was going on (they hadn't seen the movie), and I had a hard time tracking it.

[Priscilla Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

LOVED the storylines but I didn’t love the selections for this collection. It was a little too disjointed for me.

[J · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fresh start, nice read. Enjoyed art and story

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good introduction to the new kid on the block

[Niamh Ennis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting shift between the two years of publishing, but otherwise a nice dip in the pond of Miles Morales.

[Janneke · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had sm fun reading these! Now I am so stoked to start reading more comics, although it's a bit expensive at times :/
Just wished our libraries would stock more Marvel comics.

[Rosario Juarez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a first for me I bought it to read to my son because he loves Spiderman and I ended up loving it and wanting more..

[Melinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a compilation of 5 various Miles Morales issues. The art is beautiful. I loved Miles acting surprised, kinda cool, kind of a dork but still trying to figure out how he fits in.

[Alison · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the curse of reading comic books, the story is never complete....

[Al Halpain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really great!

[Adrienna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the graphics except when they tried to copy the Japanese artwork with characters small but with big emotions; colors were good, and the story was decent with a few exceptions.

[Roderick · Rating 2 out of 5]

The animated adaptation made me want to read this. While it's attractively-illustrated, the story was only okay.

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good to see the origin of Miles!

[ismahane ❖]

No Rating!

i paged (not read) through this one specifically so i can add it as the placeholder for Spider-Man ATSV in the 2023 bookish awards for best adaptation!! (that movie was outta this world!!)

[Emsizzle9000 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the action sequences and when spiderman says that Miles can also be spiderman