SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES Will Give The Wall-Crawler An Unexpected Sidekick: Spider-Cat

@Kingdork - well he had his own personality and hiss existance still respected Peter Parker, unlike failed attemps at gender/race beinding of popular characters, its a matter of time before we get him in live action.

@Kingdork - He was created not as a cash in or forced PC, but from the heart and it shows. Miles is one of Marvel’s finest recent additions and a true credit to the name Spider-Man. I can’t wait to see more, not just from the game but his story in general.

@GwenLantern - "If he was introduced today, the comicsgate crowd wouldn't let it happen. It's amazing how times change so fast."

Eh, I dunno if I agree. It wouldn't have happened back then either, by that reasoning. Remember, there was a bit of an outrage against him back when he was first announced, and some of those may've been the same comicsgate crowd only under a different name, for the most part. So, if they have that much power, it wouldn't have happened then, either. Marvel got away with Miles cause it was in the Ultimate universe (which had been deformed beyond recognition by that point), and fans could otherwise still have 616 Spidey.

The supposed "coup d'etat" at DC wasn't so much because there was a proposal of a black Batman but, indeed, because it was a Marvel NOW! kinda initiative -- I'm guessing you're speaking about the All New All Different thing, which was concurrent with both MARVEL NOWs and of which Marvel backtracked relatively soon bringing the beloved classic characters back. I mean, it was a mess, there were like a zillion #1's in just a few years for the same titles, and later they returned to their classic numbering... very 90's and gimmicky of them, and not very succesful sales-wise.
So DC execs, based on Marvel's experience, assumed (correctly IMO) that it was VERY risky for the sales of their main properties to g ahead with 5G -- yet another Crisis waiting to happen. I mean, dating Superman and Batman in the forties, others in the 50's and so on? The gimmick was definitely going to run old fairly soon. Add to that that this was after some MAJOR missteps from DiDio and co. by that point, which had already negatively affected sales and it was obvious heads were going to roll and the whole thing was going to be nixed.
So... Now they get to make a light version of it and see what's the reception with FUTURE STATE. Then, whichever characters are appreciated by fans, they can build on afterwards. Much like with Miles in the Ultimate universe.

Bottom line, replacing characters with about 90 years of publishing on their backs, I think it's obvious by now that it's not only risky but most surely to end up being a failure. It's not even a "it's cause Comicsgate people are powerful conservatives" thing. It's just that it may work for a little, as a gimmick, but quickly readers want the classics back -- and maybe they want t keep the new characters or some of them, but they don't want them to replace the classics. Those characters have been beloved for very long, too much so to be swiftly replaced by newcomers. I mean, it didn't work in the 90s either, even though the replacements were all white (Knightfall, Clone Saga, that weird time between the death and return of Superman, etc) so it's hardly an anti-inclusivity sentiment.

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@RegularPoochie - damn, I'm guess it's in a better place now. Mine got hit by car 😭

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