10 Best New Comic Book Characters Of The Decade

2. Miles Morales

Miles Morales Spider-Man Spider-Gwen
Marvel Comics

Pretty much the only character to survive in his entirety from Marvel fusing the Ultimate and mainline Marvel universes together, it was never in question that Miles was gonna be on this list.

After killing off Peter Parker in the Ultimate universe, people were expecting a lot. But they probably weren't expecting the black-latino mix Miles to be the one replacing him. Miles zigs pretty much every way Ultimate Peter zagged, which is probably one of the many reasons why so many people latched onto him right at the start.

Unlike Peter, Miles is an extroverted social butterfly who thrives among other people, gets along with most folks he meets pretty much immediately, but still has that nerdy edge to him to keep him similar enough to Peter. But you all saw Spider-Verse, so you don't need me to tell you that it's almost impossible to hate this kid. He's one of the most lovable characters that Marvel has ever created, and there's only one character that could top him.

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John Tibbetts is a novelist in theory, a Whatculture contributor in practice, and a nerd all around who loves talking about movies, TV, anime, and video games more than he loves breathing. Which might be a problem in the long term, but eh, who can think that far ahead?