‘Across the Spider-Verse’ and the Latino legacy of Spider-Man

As a Latino literature and media scholar, a lifelong gamer and a Guatemalan-American girl whose dad read her comics every night, I quickly became a fan and then scholar of <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00064246.2022.2007345" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Miles Morales</a>, the Afro-Puerto Rican Spider-Man who first appeared in comic book form in 2011’s “<a href="https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/39962/ultimate_fallout_2011_4" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Ultimate Fallout #4</a>.” Just seven years after his introduction, Morales swung into theaters in “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4633694/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse</a>,” a visually stunning, 3D-animated film that won an Academy Award for <a href="https://variety.com/2019/film/news/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-wins-oscar-best-animated-film-1203145826/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">best animated feature</a>. Now, its sequel, “<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9362722/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</a>,” features two Latino Spider-Men in starring roles. Irish-Latino Spider-Man Miguel O’Hara of “Spider-Man 2099,” voiced by Oscar Isaac, is jumping into the fray. And although he was a well-received Spider-Man as a Marvel comic book character in the 1990s, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of him. <a href="https://medium.com/the-conversation/across-the-spider-verse-and-the-latino-legacy-of-spider-man-acd0a711ed25">Read More</a>