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Shablagoo posted...

Can someone explain who Miles is and his origins as Spider-Man/how he relates to the story? Mostly I know about Spider-Man from the Sam Raimi movies. Into the Spider-Verse is probably the best superhero movie ever made though.

In the early 2000s Marvel created a new universe with updated origins for their characters, the Ultimate universe. Basically Peter got his powers from genetic engineering rather than radiation. This Peter had pretty much his entire career as Spider-Man while he was a teen. He heroically sacrificed himself to save Cap from getting killed IIRC
Somewhere during the later years of his career, Miles was bitten by another tampered spider. Both his and Peter's spider came from Oscorp and Osborn was trying to recreate Spider-Man. It's pretty much the same origin as Into The Spider-Verse without the Kingpin and multiverse shenanigans. Peter's identity was made public after his death, Miles went to his funeral and asked Gwen or MJ (don't recall) why Peter did what he did. They told him and that's when he decided to continue the legacy.
Save for a couple of interactions with Peter's supporting cast, Miles was mostly in his own little corner of that universe. He had a few run-ins with villains like Osborn and Venom, but a few of his own as well. Then his universe got destroyed in an event and now he is in the main universe along with the classic Spider-Man