It not only introduces Miles Morales as the alternative Spidey, the Afro-Puerto Rican teen from Brooklyn, but also boldly breaks the rules of animation as a moving comic book splattered with graffiti.

Miles Morales Is The Afro-Latinx Representation We Need — And Not Just Because He’s A Hero. ... He tags buildings with his graffiti in places where his dad won't be able to find them.

Anyone can be Spider-Man. At least, that was the idea when Miles Morales first hit the scene in 2011 as the successor to the Ultimate universe’s Peter Parker. An Afro-Latino teenager taking up ...