Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018-) #1

by Saladin Ahmed

[Quirky Cat]

I think we all knew that a reboot of Miles Morales’ series was on the horizon. His character has been getting a lot of ink lately, thanks to the new movie/tv series that’s launching. Still, I’ve always enjoyed his perspective so I was looking forward to it.
In the previous series concerns had been mentioned about Miles’ character; how he didn’t act true to his heritage. Honestly, even enjoying the series I could absolutely see the complaints they were making. I can also say that I feel like those concerns were addressed in this rebooted series. I can’t comment on all the subtleties (but would love it if somebody else stepped up and did so), but there were a few heavy hitting moments: moments talking about current politics and why that would directly concern the people in Miles’ life. I think it showed us that the series was willing to try harder.
As far as the first issue in a rebooted series goes, this was a solid one. All of the important characters were shown, conflict was strewn about, and we got a good idea of what has been going on in Miles’ life (hint: he’s not getting enough sleep). They did introduce an antagonist, but not in the way you’d expect. I really enjoyed that particular twist.