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| Marvel Comics introduces mixed-race Spider-Man | Marvel Comics introduces mixed-race Spider-Man |
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| Marvel Comics has unveiled a new half-black, half-Latino Spider-Man, who replaces the recently killed-off Peter Parker. | Marvel Comics has unveiled a new half-black, half-Latino Spider-Man, who replaces the recently killed-off Peter Parker. |
| Miles Morales, introduced in Marvel's Ultimate Fallout Issue 4, is a nerdy teenager from New York City. | Miles Morales, introduced in Marvel's Ultimate Fallout Issue 4, is a nerdy teenager from New York City. |
| Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso said the new web-slinger "speaks to our rich cultural heritage" in the US. | Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso said the new web-slinger "speaks to our rich cultural heritage" in the US. |
| Parker died in Ultimate Spider-Man Issue 160 in June during a fight with his bitter enemy, Green Goblin. | Parker died in Ultimate Spider-Man Issue 160 in June during a fight with his bitter enemy, Green Goblin. |
| Like Parker, Morales is a geeky, working-class teenager from the boroughs of New York City. | Like Parker, Morales is a geeky, working-class teenager from the boroughs of New York City. |
| Morales lives with his black and Latino parents in ethnically diverse Brooklyn, while Parker was white and raised by his aunt and uncle in a mainly white neighbourhood in Queens. | Morales lives with his black and Latino parents in ethnically diverse Brooklyn, while Parker was white and raised by his aunt and uncle in a mainly white neighbourhood in Queens. |
| "Going into this we knew we wanted to make a statement about the 21st century," said Alonso. | "Going into this we knew we wanted to make a statement about the 21st century," said Alonso. |
| The Marvel editor-in-chief, whose mother was from England and father from Mexico, said he cried when Barack Obama was elected president "partly because he was African-American but largely because of the fact that he was mixed race". | The Marvel editor-in-chief, whose mother was from England and father from Mexico, said he cried when Barack Obama was elected president "partly because he was African-American but largely because of the fact that he was mixed race". |
| Alonso added that when Morales "peels off his mask now, he's going to have a very different look and he's going to resonate emotionally with all sorts of new readers". | Alonso added that when Morales "peels off his mask now, he's going to have a very different look and he's going to resonate emotionally with all sorts of new readers". |
| He told AFP news agency Spidey writer Brian Michael Bendis is Jewish and has two adopted children from Africa. | He told AFP news agency Spidey writer Brian Michael Bendis is Jewish and has two adopted children from Africa. |
| "So I know for him it was definitely personal," Alonso said. | "So I know for him it was definitely personal," Alonso said. |