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Solid_Seb posted...

This seems more a complaint about mantle-passing in super hero franchises than anything specific about miles (who isn't that similar to peter imo, all that they really share is being an altruistic nice guy). I see nothing wrong with the passing of a mantle onto a protg, it makes more sense than not having a character change for 80 years.

Both Peter and Miles start off as brilliant but somewhat socially awkward teenagers who become superheroes of the cheeky and wisecracking variety. I don't mind stories that entertain the idea of someone else taking up the mantle of Spider-Man, but if they're just gonna be "Peter Parker but darker", where's the novelty? If the novelty IS the fact that Miles is black, then to me, that just feels kind of lazy and unimaginative. I'd rather Miles's Spidey be meaningfully distinct from Peter's, as opposed to just feeling like a knockoff.