Miles Morales: Shock Waves (Marvel)

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The author makes sure that mystery and action are nicely balanced with small, personal moments, and leaves us with a nice opening at the end for more story. I was so happy to also see Ms Marvel and Squirrel Girl in the story, to remind us of how Miles and the other two are in-training at Stark Tower to get a better handle on their abilities and improve their teamwork. Full disclosure I'm not a Marvel reader, I'm not familiar with Mile's origin story, and I've never seen Into the Spiderverse. Though I do remember when Marvel was originally launching this character. So I came in as a new reader getting an intro to this comic from this graphic novel. The art warmly depicts an urban setting, using white gutters between panels in lots of different shapes, giving it a modern, fun, young feel.

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Araña. It means spider—and it also means Anya Corazon. She was a normal Brooklyn teenager with normal Brooklyn problems—until a few months ago, when she was gifted with amazing spiderlike abilities, from super-strength and heightened agility to web-slinging. A powerful mentor guided her on how best to use these new powers for good—until Anya lost him, just as she lost her mother, just as she’s about to lose everything she knows. Miles is watching the sun set from a rooftop when he gets a call from his friend Ganke, they joke about their dancing ability. Miles’s spider-sense starts to buzz and two villains, Trinity and Vex, bust onto the roof. Miles tries to stop them but is still learning to use his webs and the two escape with hang gliders. Leon: I think Justin gave Miles a voice that feels authentic to the character and its world. He was passionate about the project and once we hit a point where we understood how each other worked, it was smooth sailing. Honestly that’s the best type of co-worker anyone can ask for. Miles Morales is a normal kid who happens to juggle school at Brooklyn Visions Academy while swinging through the streets of Brooklyn as Spider-Man. After a disastrous earthquake strikes his mother’s birthplace of Puerto Rico, Miles springs into action to help set up a fundraiser for the devastated island. But when a new student’s father goes missing, Miles begins to make connections between the disappearance and a giant corporation sponsoring Miles’ fundraiser.This is my first experience with new spider-man because I am only familiar with the old spider-man but it does have a really handy explanation at the start of the book. Miles is different from Peter Parker (old spider-man) because he has some extra superpowers including invisibility and something he calls venom blast. The biggest difference is that he’s a teenager and Peter Parker is now a grown up.

My favourite character is Miles’s friend Ganke because he is very funny. I like his friendship with Kyle even though they often argue too. It teaches you the importance of how you can still be friends with someone even if you disagree. Miles meets with his Dad at the police station where his Dad works. He asks for help to find Mr. Granderson. While at the station he notices Trinity and Vex being released by Mr. Snow, the boss of Mr. Granderson and head of Serval Industries. After Lunch with his Mom, Miles is a bit uncertain about his responsibilities and priorities. He Meets up with Peter Parker, the other Spider-man, and asks him for help. Peter gives him some much needed advice. This story really combined everything you expect from comic heroes while also involving real life events like the earthquakes Puerto Rico was hit with. Mile's has family on the island as his mother grew up there and she's fundraising to send aid. Miles is so pre-occupied with balancing school and being a hero that's he's really neglecting his family life. So this story is really about him finding that balance between being Spider-Man and spending time with family and friends. This June, the Spider-Verse (and its many heroes) swing into the spotlight! Follow Gwen Stacy AKA Ghost-Spider as she guides you on an illustrated tour of the Spider-Verse. Then, the year 2099 meets Araña, and Araña meets the future Spider-Man—get to know Miguel O’Hara in prose novel Araña and Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow. Plus, more spider-stories for young readers, a new addition to the Miles Morales: Spider-Mansaga, and much, much more. Art style: vibrant and engaging, clearly inspired by “Into the Spider-Verse” without being derivative.A teenage Spider-Man has to balance his life as a superhero with being a student at a prestigious private school. The first books in our collaboration with Marvel have been enthusiastically received by critics and readers alike,” added Michael Petranek, Executive Editor and Manager, Graphix Media. “We are thrilled to bring fans of these amazing characters more stories to enjoy. We can’t wait to take our readers on new adventures and expand the breadth of our storytelling with Marvel.”

The art and the colors from Pablo Leon are sleek and engaging. It’s a great-looking comic, drawing inspiration from Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse without relying on its style. Leon has a great eye for color and line, and he imbues his action scenes with plenty of energy and charm. Ariana Maher’s letters are clearly laid out and quite beautiful alongside Leon’s art. An original middle-grade graphic novel from Graphix starring Brooklyn’s Spider-Man, Miles Morales, by bestselling author Justin A. Reynolds and Eisner nominee Pablo Leon! Leon: So obviously for me the strongest influence was the Spider-Verse movie. It had a great impact on me and it has been a very accessible portal for people to get into the Miles Morales universe. On a more traditional level, Miguel Covarruvias and Al Hirshfield are some of my biggest artistic influences. They use tangents smartly and purposely as an artistic choice, which is something I did a lot in this book. The graphic novel style feels like it is more exciting without narration because you can see what is happening better. I think it is good for people who find some books too long because it is quite short and there are more pictures than words so if you find reading hard you might like this and it’s a good way to get into longer books. This graphic novel is about when Miles Morales (aka spider-man) sets up a fundraiser party to raise money for victims of an earthquake in Puerto Rico, but then a student at his school’s dad goes missing. He has to then constantly switch between Miles and spider-man throughout the book to help find him. The plot jumps around a bit because of this which I liked because it gives the impression that Miles sort of lives two lives at once and it’s quite exciting.

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Grunenwald: Were there any particular stories or influences, Spider-Man or otherwise, that you drew from while working on the book?