Spider-Man, Issue #1 begins with the story of what happened to Miles Morales in the eight months between the "Secret Wars" arc and him being a full member of the Avengers. I haven't read every "Miles Morales" story out there, so bear with me. In this universe, Peter Parker as Spider-Man is/was dead, and Miles Morales gets bitten by a spider in grade seven or so. He's a bit older in this comic, in high school, but he's still a kid, and that's what I like about this comic.
The main bad guy is, "Blackheart, son of Mephisto, Prince of the Underworlds." That's a slightly ambiguous appositional phrase, as we don't know if "Prince of the Underworlds" refers to "Mephisto" or "Blackheart." I would guess that Mephisto is the King of the Underworlds, and Blackheart is the Prince of the Underworlds. Anyway, Blackheart has wiped through the Avengers, and it's up to Miles Morales Spider-Man to stop him, but Miles has other problems. He's flunking out of school, he can't get a date, and his mother is angry at him. She thinks he's on drugs, but she doesn't know the truth about him being Spider-Man. Only his father and his friend, Genki, do.
Brian Michael Bendis writes this series. As I've mentioned, I only started reading comic books as an adult less than three years ago, but I've done so with gusto. I read a lot of Image, manga, European and South American comics. I don't read that much Marvel, but I've become a Spider-Man fan, mostly because of the writing of Brian Michael Bendis. Sara Pichelli is the artist, and she's able to capture Miles Morales from different angles with different facial expressions, and still make him recognizably Miles Morales. This is accented by the colors of Justin Ponsor, whose best attribute is his ability to capture light on the characters' faces. The two of them have made this a very realistic title so far. The letters by VC's Cory Petit are clear and classical, consistent and strong. I'll buy Issue #2 next Wednesday.
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