When Spider-Man is relaunched this fall, it will be Miles Morale behind the mask.

“Many kids of color who when they were playing superheroes with their friends, their friends wouldn’t let them be Batman or Superman because they don’t look like those heroes but they could be Spider-Man because anyone could be under that mask,” says writer and co-creator Brian Bendis. “But now it’s true. It’s meant a great deal to a great many people.”

Morale has a big following – as many fans were wanting to see him in the upcoming Marvel/Sony Spider-Man reboot. While we won’t see it on the big screen any time soon, Marvel has certainly listened to the fans.

“Our message has to be it’s not Spider-Man with an asterisk, it’s the real Spider-Man for kids of color, for adults of color and everybody else,” says Bendis of the series which is drawn by artist Sarah Pichelli.

As you all may know, Marvel has already introduced a female Thor and have an African-American hero, The Falcon, taking over as Captain America.

“I started crying in the middle of the aisle,” says Bendis. “I realized my kids are going to grow up in a world that has a multi-racial Spider-Man, and an African American Captain America and a female Thor.”

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