[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by donmeca2020

I also can not understand for the life of me, why the hell they made an ultimate spider-man.... i understand Miles but ultimate peter why?

I think the reasoning is rather simple.

1. Remember, for many of our younger collectors, as well as generation, Ultimate Spider-Man was their first experience with a comic book. The Ultimate universe was created primarily as a way to draw in new readers with fresh takes on the characters, who might have otherwise might have been turned away from the long and often complicated back stories and histories of already established characters. It also breathed a breath of fresh air into Marvel, as many of the characters were redesigned (Nick Fury), or given entirely new attitudes or character traits (Captain America and Hawkeye are great examples) not to mention the storytelling at the time was hitting it out of the park. Ultimate Spider-Man, X-men, The Ultimates, and even Fantastic 4 were all amazing reads.

2. The Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon on Disney has been very successful, and soon will become the longest running Spider-Man cartoon ever, if it already hasn't surpassed the Fox one. I haven't done an exact episode count, but I know the show has already been on for quite a while, and has to be close.

3. Most importantly, we were told by Hasbro that we will be receiving alternative heads for Miles and Peter right, yet we were not shown anything on the Toy Fair showroom floor. For all we know, Hasbro has thrown us a red herring, and the alternate head for Ultimate Spider-Man will be one in the likeness of Tom Holland, who has been seen sporting the same haircut as the Peter from the Ultimate comic series on the set of Civil War.