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Originally Posted by Jason Abbadon

Intenions aside, it's not gutsy if he is keeping the same Spidey formula that's been ingrained since the 60's.
If it's the same old same old, it's...well it's old.

And I sorta have issues with white guys writing black characters if (and I'm not saying it'll happen here) every issue has a mandatory "Did you know?" feel to it because the writer is not writing from experience, but rather from second hand accounts or worse, TV or movie depictictions of what being black/hispanic/gay/ska fan is realy all about.

I just prefer writers to write what they know, y'know?

Not that I'm buying this book anyway- I never got into the Ultimates and my roommate told me (then made me read) the abomination Ultimates 3 was.

Ultimates 3 was definitely an abomination. Can't argue that, but I was pleasantly surprised by the spider-man issue and ultimate fallout. I am generally one of the first people to call marvel out on screw ups, but this was far from that. It didn't read like a second hand story either, but more towards genuine fears a parent might have about what their children may face and the hopes they have for them. I could genuinely see the parents or miles being of any creed or race in this story with the hopes and dreams thrown on him and his child like innocence of not getting what's going on or the whys.

It read very much like a father concerned over his children, and not like a marketing stunt. So far it hasn't touched any of the previous spidey points either, but I too share that concern. So far it's come across as very real, circumstantial (bad or good depending on how view it)luck, and moderately fresh and new. Now if it stays that way? That's anyone's guess. But yeah, my biggest worry was the usage of cliches and second hand stories you mentioned. Somehow rather miraculously it avoids all that for now. The child eyes of Miles himself convey a naivete to the world that really works in its favor that parker lacked with his initial greed driven reasonings and then tragedy driven heroics. So far at least, the only thing that's the same is the with great power comes responsibility. But without that, it wouldn't be spider-man. Everything else is different so far, but again who knows if it'll stay that way. Even the powers seem to be different with good story-centric reasonings on why.