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Originally Posted by CLASSIFIED

I was hoping the new Ultimate Spiderman's identity under the mask wouldn't have been revealed right away, if ever.

Had they done that, what you are claiming Spider-Man has always represented would have been achieved more perfectly.

Definitely agree with that, but the modern world sadly is all about immediate gratification. I don't think people could have waited longer than one issue.

But nah, it's not a claim, it actually is what spidey represents. It's mentioned throughout the classic run too of pre-80s, we just in modern times automaticly put peter parker with spider-man as it's information the audience knows and has always held true. The commentary is in the civilians of the comic though that don't have that outside the page knowledge.

It's J.J.J.'s main complaint towards spidey in classic times. He hides his identity behind a mask, you don't even know what race or creed he is let alone who he is. Whereas a masked person like steve rogers is an american icon to him. Even though Rogers wears a mask, his identity is open to the public. Classic Marvel went so far as to even push this in the 60s and 70s superhero toons pre-amazing friends.

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Originally Posted by Jason Abbadon

See.. that would have been an incredibly gutsy and innovative thing- do the title with everything being based on the reactions of the supporting cast and possibly build a mystery as to who the new guy really is.

Instead they'll rehash old Spidey stories with a modern twist or mine the headlines for whatever is trendy.

See what I said above about immediate gratification, but I don't think Marvel is doing this for headlines. That's the PR department. I think Bendis is genuinely just writing this for his kids who are black. For that, he should be admired. What father wouldn't want to make their child's hero more relatable to them? Bendis just happens to be in a spot where he can do it, whereas the rest of the world has to find one to relate to. He gets to make the most iconic one just for them, the rest of us just get to go for the ride. The PR department definitely fubared this up though, but like I said before that falls more on the news sensationalizing it, and Marvel's PR department. Everyone else is just stating what it is with the questions asked. It got so bad on the sensationalizing that some rags even twisted the artists words about why does it matter into it being ZOMG new Spidey is gay!!!