This is the issue that introduced Miles Morales, and even now, it still gets me excited to read. It doesn’t try too hard. It just lets the moment be itself. As someone who loves Peter Parker’s Spider-Man, you really feel the loss of Peter ripple through the world, and then there’s this kid, standing in the aftermath, not fully understanding the weight of what he’s stepping into. It’s quiet and focused, which makes it powerful.

You can feel the tone in the art, and it fits so well. There’s tension on every page, not just from grief, but from the change. This isn’t just a new Spider-Man. It’s a new kind of legacy. It doesn’t feel forced at all, it just lets it happen. That patience is what makes it work. You can feel that something generational is happening. It’s still one of the best character introductions in the past decade, not because it tries to prove anything, but because it knows how to wait.