The adult Miles Morales is a striking character with an intriguing backstory-he’s a former crime lord who has a deep and genuine friendship with Wilson “The Kingpin” Fisk from the days when they worked together. For the most part, writer Brian Michael Bendis matches their from moment to moment, but as mentioned above, Spider-Man II is a mess.
Thanks to Pichelli, Bagley, John Dell, colorist Justin Ponsor, and letterers Cory Petit and Chris Eliopoulos, Spider-Men: Worlds Collide is a consistently striking comic. And the same can be said for the similarities between Miles Morales the heroic teenager and Miles Morales the ruthless former crime lord. Thanks to Pichelli’s masterful pencils, Miles’ growth feels genuine-setting aside his superheroism, the seeds of her older Miles are recognizable in her younger Miles. As an older teen and a more established Spider-Man in Spider-Man II, Miles has become more confident and graceful, even amidst the teenage nerves that come with talking to his crush.
As a young teenager in Spider-Men, Miles is anxious and bouncy, particularly when meeting the full-grown and very much alive mainline Peter.
She’s a terrific artist, and her Spider-Men are marvelous, especially Miles. Sara Pichelli is the reason to pick up Spider-Men: Worlds Collide. Spider-Men II is a mess, in large part due to the “Miles leaves Spider-Man behind” elements that undercut what could be an intriguing conflict between Miles and his alternate self. Spider-Men as a whole is quite good, if overly cute in places. Writer Brian Michael Bendis’ scripts and stories are less consistently successful. Thanks to illustrator (and Miles Morales co-creator) Sara Pichelli, both books are gorgeous and vibrant-and packaging them together provides an excellent opportunity to track the evolution of Miles’ physicality and style. As comics themselves? They’re a mixed bag. Whatever else there is to say about Spider-Men and Spider-Men II, they’re terrific documents of where Marvel comics were in 20.
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