The New Spider-Man is WHAT?

You may recall a post I wrote back in July where I was singing the praises of the new Ultimate Spider-Man costume.  Despite the fact that I was very upset that Marvel decided to kill off the Ultimate Peter Parker (one of my all time favorite characters) I couldn't hold back my awe for the newly designed black and red duds of the new Spidey.

At the time Marvel had not yet announced who was behind the mask of this new web-head.  All I knew was that I'd probably check it out just because I thought the costume was so cool.

So imagine my shock when Marvel released the news that the kid behind the mask of the new Ultimate Spider-Man was named Miles Morales....and that he was half black half Latino (I've read online that supposedly the Latino side is Puerto Rican, which as you can imagine makes me THAT much happier, but that has yet to be confirmed).

Is that one of my cousins from Queens?

I'm not going to get too much into this for no other reason that when the news broke, a good friend at The Washington Post, fully aware of my biracial background, sent me a message and basically said I had to write about this topic for a number of reasons.  So I did write about it, pouring all my heart and soul into the story, which ran in The Post shortly after the news broke.

I can honestly say that my write up on Miles in The Post turned out to be my favorite thing I've ever written for them.  So if you really want to know what I think of the new Ultimate Spider-Man, click here.