Miles Morales Co-Creator Shares Art From ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’

Thanks to Sony’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Miles Morales is one of the biggest names in […]

December 30, 2018, 11:13am

Thanks to Sony’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Miles Morales is one of the biggest names in comics right now. The acclaimed movie has been a hit with critics and fans alike, thrusting Morales into the spotlight and turning the character into a household name.

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Sara Pichelli, one of the two creators of the character, recently took to Instagram to thank fans for their outpouring of support since Into The Spider-Verse hit theaters.

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Thanks for all the congrats and the love shared after you watched Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse. Here is the image I created for the movie, it was amazing seeing this on the big screen. ❤️🕷🕸 #sarapichelli #milesmorales #spidermanintothespiderverse #sony #marvel
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Pichelli co-created with Brian Michael Bendis as the character made his comics debut in Ultimate Fallout 4 (August 2011). Hailing from Marvel’s Ultimate universe, Morales replaced the Ultimate Universe version of Peter Parker, who suffered fate similar to that of Chris Pine’s Into The Spider-Verse counterpart.

After appearing in Ultimate Fallout, Morales went on to appear in his own spin-off title — Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man — before eventually merging with Earth-616 as a result of Secret Wars (2015).

When asked why they wanted Into The Spider-Verse to bring Morales to the silver screen, the movie’s architects — Phil Lord and Chris Miller — thought now was the right time.

“It’s his Brooklyn upbringing, it’s his culture.” Miller mentioned. “He’s half-Puerto Rican, half-African-American, he’s a product of a happy and alive family, he’s 13-years-old. All that tells the kind of hero he’s going to become, and we’re going to get to experience the Spider-Man legend through this new and exciting lens.”

“To bring Miles to life we worked with an actor that we’ve known for a little while and have been dying to work with,” Lord echoed. “[He] gave a performance that was so rich and so genuine that Miles became everything that we have envisioned and much, much more.”

Into The Spider-Verse stars Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Lieve Schreiber, Mahersala Ali, Nic Cage, John Mulaney, and Kathyrn Hahn in voice roles.

What’d you think of Miles’ silver screen debut? Were you a fan of Into The Spider-Verse? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is now in theaters.