Stan Lee himself often chalked up the popularity of Spider-Man among fans, was that “he could be anyone under the mask.” But can he be gay? Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which debuted last December, and featured Morales as the lead character was one of the top grossing animated movies of all time.
When Marvel Comics announced that a new character named Miles Morales, who was both Black and Latino, would be taking up the mantle of Spider-Man back in 2011, the company was deluged with hate mail.
