Miles Morales: Marvel Universe

Miles Morales: Digest Size Collection #5

by Brian Michael Bendis (Writer), Sara Pichelli (Illustrator), Nico Leon (Illustrator)

Miles Morales is hitting the big time! Not only is he joining the mainstream Marvel Universe, but he's also become a card-carrying Avenger! And he'll soon be a media sensation in this all-new, all-different New York - because when the rest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes fall, Miles must stand alone against a villain with the power to destroy the planet! Meanwhile, the Black Cat tries to get her claws into this new Spider-Man, and a new mutant threatens to grab the spotlight. But Miles' brave new world may be torn apart when Marvel's heroes go to war! Will he be forced to pick a side? Or can he and his Avengers friends Nova and Ms. Marvel find their own way? Plus: Learn the secret history of Miles' father…back when he was an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Collects Spider-Man (2016) #1-11.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Superheroes, Fiction

248 pages, Paperback

Published June 14, 2022

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

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another repackaged book with stuff I read in other volumes.

[Vanny (reading.halfling) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, was ein starker Band! Das stellt den anderen Miles-Morales-Comic, den ich bisher gelesen habe, noch einmal ganz ganz klar in den Schatten. Hier ist die Handlung super strukturiert, es ist von der ersten zur letzten Seite spannend und man begegnet so vielen Charakteren, dass es immer Spaß macht, auch mal in die nicht fokussierten Bereiche der Panels zu spingsen.
Auch die Entwicklung von Miles und seine Rolle in dem Geschehen finde ich richtig gut gemacht und hoffe, noch mehr aus der Comic-Serie lesen zu können!
Auch dass es hier wieder so selbstverständlich auch alle anderen bekannten Charaktere des Marvel-Universums gibt, gibt dem Comic einen Pluspunkt und macht ihn etwas cooler als den anderen Miles-Comic, bei dem das eher weniger so war.
Also: Wenn Spider-Man, dann dieser hier!

[Lucas Savio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bem no período que comecei a ler quadrinhos tinha gostado da inserção do miles no mcu mas na real hoje vejo que preferiria ele continuar ele no universo ultimate, onde realmente tinha consequências, fico sem entender coko a mãe do Miles simplesmente apareceu!! Aqui tem o tie-in de guerra civil II que da lara entender sem ter lido, eles contextualizam. Ainda está muito superior a mt história e é sempre bom ver histórias do miles vou continuar agora relendo!!!

[Iselin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good alternative version of Miles Morales. Excellent art and interesting plot twists. Only minus might be it sometimes felt like they suddenly skipped important dialogues when changing scenes. Otherwise very good.

[Rachel Nazareth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I needed a lighter read recently and I loved this book. It was great to see people losing it with joy over having a child of colour being Spider-Man! The importance of representation was talked about explicitly in this book and I loved that.

I found the black cat character interesting and loved to see Ms Marvel in there too. I hated seeing Myles suffer with his visions of moving to the wrong side of the fight - it was so hard. Of course he feels angry and out of control - I feel that way too sometimes and I’m not a comic character or super hero!!

It’s easy to think that the little good we do in the world means nothing, because evil often wins. But the good we do matters!! Keep going Myles.

Can wait to read the next collection!

[Amit · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much missing backstory in this collection.

[Sasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

I of course enjoyed reading these because I enjoy watching Miles Morales' journey but there were a few moments where the writing just fell short for me.
1) if you are going to introduce the idea that Miles doesn't want to be known at the "black spiderman" you have to discuss that. you can't just leave that hanging and have him be cut off every time someone brings it up. It's also a poor demonstration about what RACE means compared toethnicity. If you're going to write about a Black latino superhero then learn about the complexities of race for latinx communities.
2) the conversation about chubby ganke was written so poorly and completely diminished in the context it was strangely inserted into. considering the really shitty thing ganke does, the whole chubby plot thing looks silly. but it's not silly and something worth earnestly engaging with. however, ganke is written to be a tone deaf poc which is so disappointing.
3) miles' insane grandma....i like that she's this interesting woman that furthers the plot so much BUT she's just another hot tempered latina stereotype.

why does this all matter? because he's a black latino superhero surrounded by other black and poc characters that deserve to not be so weirdly written. it reeks of the fundamental misunderstandings of race, ethnicity, stereotypes etc.

i did think the conversation about profiling was interesting, it was a pretty multi-layered idea and was bale to play out n several contexts in the collection so that was cool to piece together.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Miles in the main Marvel Universe and interacts with all your favorite characters big & small, while also struggling to balance work and school, concerned overbearing parents, and ominous visions. The moments when Miles acknowledges and reckons with his race & culture were the most distinctive from Peter Parker's Spidey. Otherwise the stories sometimes barely hung on by a web.

[Cecilia Rodriguez · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of Miles Morales comics gathered together in one graphic novel.
There are several well known Marvel characters and hints that the storyline includes the Multiverse

[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

feels like a pretty noticeable step down from miles' prior titles so far, but miles himself is still an incredible character, and that really shines through.

[Nathan Petrashek · Rating 3 out of 5]

Portions of this book are incredible, delving headfirst into moral and cultural issues. Unfortunately those discussions fail to land in a story that is only occasionally coherent.

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was fine.