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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1: Make Mine Miles Morales.

You know the story. Marvel killed off Peter Parker, and replaced him with a half-Latino, half-Black character named Miles Morales. Divisive as fuck. Forced some claim, excellent others exclaim. This week the first issue dropped with him in it, and the question quickly shifted to: is this fucking comic good?

The answer for me? Absolutely.

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‘Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1’ Sets Digital Sales Record. Well Done.

I’ve been rather  vociferous  in my support for Miles Morales. I had an idea that just the hype (whether you liked the concept or saw it as shoe-horning) would push sales of Ultimate Spider-Man #1. I didn’t anticipate this sort of deluge.

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