Delighting Spidey fans everywhere is the fact that Miles Morales, the young, Afro-Latino Spider-Man introduced by Brian Bendis and Sara Pichelli in 2011, is finally receiving his due off the page. The character is due to star first in Insmoniac's upcoming Spider-Man game for the PlayStation 4, before going on to take a leading role in this December's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - a film that looks more and more stunning each time we see it.
Making all of these appearances even better is the fact that the character's presence has already been confirmed in the MCU. Donald Glover played the character's canonical uncle Aaron Davis in Homecoming, and Kevin Feige himself later confirmed the teen's existence at an event late last year (a subsequent easter egg involving Miles' costume was even spotted the other month).
Many felt as though Marvel missed a trick in not making Morales the MCU's Spider-Man to begin with, but they can still make up for lost time. A cameo in Avengers 4, followed by a supporting role in Homecoming 2, would go a long way in laying the groundwork for his eventual transformation into NYC's second Spidey.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
