Ben Reilly, the Spectacular Spider-Man clone is back and is currently being Spider-Man. This, of course has brought the ire of journalists because it "betrays the promise of Miles Morales being Peter Parker's successor". Ot doesn't make sense since Ben Reilly has been holding that post since the first Clone Saga back in 1975... Hell, even Kaine is higher on the totem pole than Miles. Let's be honest here: the sole reason the so-called "journalists" are mad about Ben Reilly is that they're campaigning for the faux diversity program. Miles only has 10 years of existence. By seniority, Ben Reilly has the right of being Peter Parker's successor... let's not mention that Genetically, both Ben and Kaine have Replacing Peter Parker as their destiny... it's their raison d'être. But since both Ben and Kaine are white, that's bad in current year.
Miles deserves to be something else. He needs to step out of Peter Parker's shadow and become his own hero.
As ridiculous as this outfit is, it HAS BEGUN MILES'S STEPPING OUT OF PARKER'S SHADOW. I don't like that it looks like a Kaine fanboy suit. Since Miles is like Super Puerto Rican, he should take the name "el Guabá" the Puerto Rican Cabe Spider or Whip Spider, in order to a: promote his "so-called Puerto Ricanhood" and b: to separate himself from the Parker trio.
I'm not against Miles as a character, the problem is how he was shoved into 616... in 616 we have a Miles Morales who is a criminal and friend of Wilson Fisk. I think he calls himself Ultimatum or something... the pint is that Miles was literally created to replace A Peter Parker l, which he did and now he's in the main Marvel Universe in the most convoluted way possible.
Especially when existing replacements are available. Now had Miles been a kid who gained Spider powers on the 616 and the Parker clones were discovered later on, I'd defend Miles's seniority over the clones' birthright. It's litwrally the same reasoning why I defend the idea of Rhodey or Lila over Riri as Iron man replacements. .y argument comes from respecting the character's history over interaectional politics.
Like I said before, I want Miles to shine bright in his own and become a Spider-Man of his own and not live under Parker's shadow. Kinda like Anya was doing before she became a Spider-Woman. Or how DC's Dick Grayson stepped away from Robin and became Nightwing. He became a hero of his own, an EQUAL to Batman who only became Batman when Bruce Wayne "died"... but Nightwing doesn't have an issie that Miles does... Nightwing taking the role of Batman doesn't have the same negative connotations of say, Falcon taking Captain America's mantle. Which is more racist:
-Miles wearing a white man's hand-me-downs.
-Miles being skipped as the replacement of a white character by another white character that preceded him by 36 years as a replacement of the previously mentioned white character.
To me, Miles becoming THE Spider-Man is far more racist. Miles IS NOT PETER PARKER AND HE NEVER WILL BE!! Stop trying to make him Peter Parker and giving him copies of the worst Parker Storylines... he had a One Moronic Deal and a Clone Saga now... the whole Kamala's law reeks of Civil War for the young Morales...
Miles deserves better.
Eventually, Peter Parker will return as Spider-Man, but in case that he kicks the bucket, Ben Reilly is still the better option.
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