The New Ultimate Spider-Man Is...
 

http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/...ider-man_n.htm

Black and hispanic. Got their bases covered don't they?

Is it odd that I think Miles kinda looks like a certain half-black public figure?

http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/a...ne-johnson.jpg

I don't see it.

I know. I was trying to make a funny. Guess it didnt work. :(

I thought it was funny....:P

You know what?

I thought it was funny too:D

So that is who it is. I saw the entry for this character this morning on the Marvel Wiki with just that picture and the character's name, no context at all. It didn't even list "Spider-Man" has his alter ego.

It's this, and the reason is really stupid.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/...n-inside_n.htm

INACCURACY!!!
What about Ben Reily?

Wait...he was a clone of Peter...

Not to mention most of these guys (that weren't just one shot impostors):

http://marvel.wikia.com/Spider-Man#Others

I thought The Spider was gonna be the new Spider-Man (Peter & Xavier clone)

Or why not Ben. Though I guess that'd be too obvious right? It's not like he doesn't have a sample of Peter's blood, he's African American too.

Yeah, I would have guessed that they would have used someone who already was around anyway, like Ben. I haven't read the issue yet (still in the "to-read" pile as I've not been home from the shop long), so there may be some sort of reasoning for it.

I also don't follow Ultimate so there's also that....

And I heard that he could also possibly be gay. *lol*

Now it just seems like they're doing this to do it. I mean, do we really care that Spider-man is 1/2 black, 1/2 Hispanic, and possibly gay? That's not what makes a character. I mean, when I tell people about me I don't immediately say I'm a straight guy of Scotch-Irish decent. It's a part of me, but it doesn't define me.

The whole thing seems rather contrived to me. But it's the Ultimate line, so I'm not too concerned about it. More than likely Peter is going to come back, anyway.

I know...and the sad thing is, just as they kill off Peter, they bring back The Scarlet Witch (who was also supposed to be dead in the Ultimate Universe), so that blows any realism out of this whole deal already.

Seems like an obvious publicity stunt. There are times when diversity has been added to comics and has been a natural progression in the story. These just seems like Marvel wants to go, "hey look! We're being PC and progressive!"

It seems like the media is saying that more than the people behind the book.

Did the character say anything like that? Were the first words out of his mouth "Yo. I love me some hip hop and muh-fugging tacos! I'm half black and half hispanic by the way." It is a progression of the story for now at least.

How about we give it a couple of months. Time for the character to do something...ANYTHING.