Miles Morales

Miles Morales (Miles Gonzalo Morales) is a Marvel Comics character from Earth-1610, first appearing in Ultimate Fallout Vol 1 4, created by Brian Michael Bendis; Sara Pichelli.

Miles Gonzalo Morales is a Brooklyn-born teenager who took up the mantle of Spider-Man, first as the successor to the fallen Peter Parker of the Ultimate universe (Earth-1610) and later as a hero operating alongside Parker in the main Marvel continuity. Created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli, he debuted in Ultimate Fallout #4 in 2011. Of African American and Puerto Rican descent, he became one of Marvel's most prominent modern characters and a defining example of legacy heroism in mainstream comics.

Bitten by a genetically altered spider, Miles gained superhuman strength, agility, wall-crawling, enhanced reflexes and a danger-sensing "spider-sense." His powers diverge from Peter Parker's with two signature additions: a bio-electric "venom blast" that can stun or incapacitate targets, and a camouflage ability that renders him and his clothing effectively invisible. He relies on mechanical web-shooters and a costume of his own design, and has grown into a capable improvisational fighter and quick strategist.

After the death of the Ultimate universe's Peter Parker, Miles reluctantly adopted the Spider-Man identity, at first hiding his double life from his family while learning the job largely on his own. He was later drawn into cross-dimensional conflicts such as Spider-Verse, and following the collapse and rebirth of the multiverse he continued his career in the primary Marvel Universe, where he balanced school with membership in major super-teams. Subsequent arcs explored his relationship with his uncle's criminal legacy, a mythic connection to the spider-god Anansi, and dark turns including a stint transformed by vampirism during Blood Hunt.

Miles is the son of Jefferson Davis, a former criminal turned protective father, and Rio Morales, a nurse; his paternal uncle Aaron Davis operates as the burglar and mercenary Prowler and served as an early antagonist and complicated mentor figure. His closest confidant is best friend and roommate Ganke Lee, one of the first people to learn his secret, and he has had significant romances including with Lana Baumgartner, the reformed criminal known as Bombshell. He also shares a mentor-and-brother dynamic with Peter Parker, and was turned into a vampire by Blade during a later crisis.

Miles has served with the Ultimates and the Avengers, and was a founding member of the Champions, a team of young heroes seeking a more idealistic approach to superheroics. He has worked alongside the Spider-Army across the multiverse and, at various points, cooperated with government agencies and allied with the Blood Hunters.

Miles has used many identities beyond Spider-Man, including Captain Universe, Shadow-Spider, and the Black Ghost, and was catalogued by his captors as "Subject 00-42." His breakout mainstream success came through the Academy Award-winning animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its sequel, along with the acclaimed Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales video game. His costume—black with red webbing and accents—has become one of the most recognizable superhero designs of the 21st century.

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