Analyzing Arthrology Through the Spider-men
By: Elias Christian Pacheco
When the character of Miles Morales was created, it was answering a simple question:
How do we re-create the same sense of wonder that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko did back in 1962?
This task was given to Brian Michael Bendis and Sarah Pichelli, yet it was not until the newest ongoing
series that focuses on the character where the most potent of a connection between both versions was
established. Writer Saladin Ahmed and artist Javier Garron took on the recently iconic character to bring
back the sense of Peter Parker to the character to Morales. The ongoing series Miles Morales: Spider-man
is effective in establishing an arthrological connection through weaving, to have the audience create a link
between the original idea of Spider-man and Miles version.
How do we re-create the same sense of wonder that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko did back in 1962?
This task was given to Brian Michael Bendis and Sarah Pichelli, yet it was not until the newest ongoing
series that focuses on the character where the most potent of a connection between both versions was
established. Writer Saladin Ahmed and artist Javier Garron took on the recently iconic character to bring
back the sense of Peter Parker to the character to Morales. The ongoing series Miles Morales: Spider-man
is effective in establishing an arthrological connection through weaving, to have the audience create a link
between the original idea of Spider-man and Miles version.
For a jumping on point, lets start with how the overall character of Miles has changed with this series.
Not generally speaking of his physical character, he still is the same Miles with the same costume, and
still has his same home life and friends. When referring to character, it refers to the idea of the
character of his actions. Ahmed made the decision to have his Miles be more grounded like Peter,
and focus on his everyday struggles down in the streets of Brooklyn, like juggling high school, family, friends,
his girlfriend, and fighting crime. This echoes the original writing of Peter Parker, in the sense that Lee
wanted to make the character an image that teen readers could relate to.
Thus, it makes more of a focus on showing Peter and Miles as a teenager in high school,
with Miles borrowing the inner monologues commonly used with Peter showing their grief rather than
showing them punch their way out of a situation in their spider-suits.
Not generally speaking of his physical character, he still is the same Miles with the same costume, and
still has his same home life and friends. When referring to character, it refers to the idea of the
character of his actions. Ahmed made the decision to have his Miles be more grounded like Peter,
and focus on his everyday struggles down in the streets of Brooklyn, like juggling high school, family, friends,
his girlfriend, and fighting crime. This echoes the original writing of Peter Parker, in the sense that Lee
wanted to make the character an image that teen readers could relate to.
Thus, it makes more of a focus on showing Peter and Miles as a teenager in high school,
with Miles borrowing the inner monologues commonly used with Peter showing their grief rather than
showing them punch their way out of a situation in their spider-suits.
In doing this in the current series, it creates an arthrological connection to Peter through Miles,
specifically through weaving, having the actions that Miles makes and his inner turmoils demonstrated
through monologues set up a weaved connection back to the original Peter, creating a stronger line to Miles being a re-invention of Spider-man for a new world. In terms of a physical, narrative world, weaving connections are established by both Ahmed and Garron by placing Miles in the world of the original Spider-man. The first issue also sees Miles in his original setting of Brooklyn, while Peter is in Queens, but still they pit Miles against classic Spidey foe, the Rhino. They construct a familiar setting around both characters, with Rhino being caught red handed in a robbery and being apprehended by Miles, while he totes off quips towards the big brute. Having this interaction again sets up a connection, weaving in different characters, as again weaving a path back towards Peter for the reader to engage with him and place him as the newest Spider-man for the audience.
specifically through weaving, having the actions that Miles makes and his inner turmoils demonstrated
through monologues set up a weaved connection back to the original Peter, creating a stronger line to Miles being a re-invention of Spider-man for a new world. In terms of a physical, narrative world, weaving connections are established by both Ahmed and Garron by placing Miles in the world of the original Spider-man. The first issue also sees Miles in his original setting of Brooklyn, while Peter is in Queens, but still they pit Miles against classic Spidey foe, the Rhino. They construct a familiar setting around both characters, with Rhino being caught red handed in a robbery and being apprehended by Miles, while he totes off quips towards the big brute. Having this interaction again sets up a connection, weaving in different characters, as again weaving a path back towards Peter for the reader to engage with him and place him as the newest Spider-man for the audience.
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