Book Review: Miles Morales Spider-man, Volume 1

Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Miles Morales is in the mainstream Marvel Universe now, and this first book features the first five issues of his solo series and integrates him into the 616-Marvel continuity.

In this book, Miles fights a Demon and has the original Spidey questioning whether he can use the name Spider-man. Then, he's kidnapped but the new ruler of the Underworld in New York, Black Cat. In a way that's very reminiscent of the original Spider-man dealt with personal problems while also fighting crimes, Miles has to deal with his mom being so concerned about his grades that she's concluded he's using drugs and called in his very strict grandma who complicates his superhero career. Also his best friend Gangke reveals his secret identity to a former X-men who came to the school.

The book works, with a few nice battles, but also sets up some compelling plot points that hopefully will be answered in the course of the series. It's very entertaining for the most part. My only complaint was that teh book had a few Ultimate Spider-man TV show style flashback with a silly cartoonish looking Spidey. Less of that. But other than that, this is a solid book that left me wanting more.



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