And in the not so distant past, Spiderpool fans petitioned so hard they got a Deadpool/Spider-Man team-up comic dripping in queer subtext, including assorted covers with the two heroes acting out famous kisses.īut with all that good stuff said, there have been some rumors flying around that, if you connect the dots, Andrew Garfield ( the popular British actor who played the second version of big-screen Spidey) was fired for pushing to make Peter bisexual. Miles Morales, Peter’s protégé and successor after Peter dies in the Ultimate universe, is a young, Afro-Latino superhero inspired by Barack Obama and Donald Glover who has his own movie coming later this year. The comic is always chock-full of strong women shaping Peter Parker’s life. He has also notably been one of the characters at the forefront of social progress. One of the first superheroes to get their own film adaptation, he still peaks in popularity contests alongside icons like Batman and Wolverine. The famous web slinger has been played by three actors over the last twenty-something years, has had two different characters under the mask, and has filled many roles in the Marvel universe across page and on screen. Spider-Man has always been a bit more.flexible.
