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Peter Parker and Miles Morales are partners in crimefighting in Spectacular Spider-Men
AFTER CREATING animated series Spectacular Spider-Man, Greg Weisman is now delving into the wall-crawler’s comic book adventures. And as if one Web-head wasn’t enough, The Spectacular Spider-Men pairs Peter Parker with Miles Morales for their first monthly title team-up.
“It’s always nice to have someone for your lead to talk to, and if you have two equal leads, as we have in Spectacular Spider-Men, then the job is done for you,” Weisman tells Red Alert. “You play the dynamics between the characters, testing them under different circumstances and challenges.”
Along with Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli’s original 2012 series Spider-Men, Weisman has taken inspiration from the classic Spidey-starring Marvel Team-Up and the Thing-centred Marvel Two-In-One. “I’m sure books like Team-Up and Two-In-One are swimming in my head, and I’ve read the previous Spider-Men series,” says Weisman, who says that he’s adopted a more fluid approach.
“With this being ongoing, the biggest difference is that I’m planting seeds, hoping that the book is successful enough to last a good long time, so that some of those seeds will have time to flower,” he explains. “Not everything needs to be completely contained.”
With former Ultimate Universe resident Miles having shifted across to Marvel’s core 616 universe after 2017’s Spider-Men II, Weisman is also moving his relationship with Peter to the next level, progressing the pair beyond their original statuses as mentor and protégé and evolving them into being just good mates.
“I’ve had mentors in my life, and I’ve mentored people as well, which is a wonderful thing generally but at some point, the best of these relationships mature into friendships,” he says. “A protégé should outgrow the need for constant mentoring, although it doesn’t mean that a friend can’t offer advice. But things must evolve, an
