Miles Morales in Season One & Nick Spencer Rumor

[Hostile_17]

Two things I picked up tonight that have to do with the UU.

First, there's this, from Spider-Man: Season One:



And, yes, the Season One books are canon, meaning Morales is officially part of 616.

Secondly, I came across this conversation on SomethingAwful:

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E the Shaggy: Nick Spencer has a strange, strange background.

Skeematic:I thought that his issues of Secret Avengers were really soap boxy. I feel duped by Spencer. Morning Glories is really good (although the last few issues have been a bit iffy), but everything that I've read from the big 2 have been snoozers. Ultimate X-men is horrible, and he admitted to only writing it for the money, and you can tell.

Isn't this why most people go to work? For the money?

It's no different to how actors do the big Hollywood films for a paycheck so they can afford to keep doing the smaller indie films that pay next to nothing.

Whether you've liked Spencers' run on X-Men or not, it's obvious he's put the effort in doing the research into the characters and their history.

He's taken small story lines from previous issues and really expanded on them as well as making reference to little character moments going back years.

There is one scene in Fallout with Rogue in a church that really stood out to me showing that he had done his homework where she is talking about the end of days and he referenced the first time she saw Angel & Night-crawler together, likening them to an Angel & Demon.

Also I can't see him deliberately doing a bad job just for money as that will hurt the numbers for people then going and picking up his creator owned stuff. The reason I checked out Morning Glories is because I was enjoying X-Men, if he'd been doing a bad job I wouldn't have bothered (which is the reason I've been reluctant to pick up Walking Dead).

[Sparrowsabre7]

You, sir, just described an alternate reality. If but ONE thing is different, no matter how insignificant it may be, it's not the same universe. If "close enough" is all it takes to be considered canon with 616 then I'd say Ultimates 3 takes place in the regular MU, by that definition...

Well Iron Man Extremis is 100% canon, even though it massively changed Iron Man's origin.

[wyokid]

Isn't this why most people go to work? For the money?

It's no different to how actors do the big Hollywood films for a paycheck so they can afford to keep doing the smaller indie films that pay next to nothing.

Whether you've liked Spencers' run on X-Men or not, it's obvious he's put the effort in doing the research into the characters and their history.

He's taken small story lines from previous issues and really expanded on them as well as making reference to little character moments going back years.

There is one scene in Fallout with Rogue in a church that really stood out to me showing that he had done his homework where she is talking about the end of days and he referenced the first time she saw Angel & Night-crawler together, likening them to an Angel & Demon.

Also I can't see him deliberately doing a bad job just for money as that will hurt the numbers for people then going and picking up his creator owned stuff. The reason I checked out Morning Glories is because I was enjoying X-Men, if he'd been doing a bad job I wouldn't have bothered (which is the reason I've been reluctant to pick up Walking Dead).

There's doing it just because you know it pays better and then there's doing it because you're passionate about the subject and have stories you want to tell.

[KurtW95]

Miles Morales and Sam Fury shouldn't be introduced to 616.

[MarvelMaster616]

I haven't gotten Spider-Man Season One, but I definitely plan to. I don't mind easter eggs like this. In fact, I hope it does actually imply that Miles Morales will show up in 616. Part of what I really don't like about him as a character in Ultimate is that he's shackled by being this boring, personality-free replacement character that will always live in Peter's shadow. I think if he shows up in 616 without those circumstances it could be good for him. Perhaps, that's what Spider-Men will lead to. After Peter returns to 616, he seeks out a Miles Morales in his world. I would definitely give that a chance since Miles in Ultimate comics just isn't very interesting.

As for the comments on Ultimate X-men, I try not to trust anything someone claims a writer has said. It's usually not valid on some levels and even if it was true I doubt anyone at Marvel would ever acknowledge it.

[Nick Spencer]

Complete Bullshit.

[Jer]

It isn't cannon until Marvel decides it is cannon.

[BrotherUnitNo_4]

Complete Bullshit.

Someone please delete that Nick Spencer rumor.

[coolcatcool]

Miles Morales and Sam Fury shouldn't be introduced to 616.

I think your a closet racist. Notice how the 2 people he hates are black. He is not complaining about Hawkeyes costume in the 616 and Agent Coulson being introduced. He told me that he hasn't read the Ultimate Universe recently so how can you hate a character you haven't read. And then there is Sam Fury which I might add that Nick Fury is still alive in the 616. So you can't say you hate Sam Fury because he is Ultimate Nick Fury because he is not. You only hate him because he is black.

[Plawsky]

Complete Bullshit.

Yay! I knew it!

[KurtW95]

I think your a closet racist. Notice how the 2 people he hates are black. He is not complaining about Hawkeyes costume in the 616 and Agent Coulson being introduced. He told me that he hasn't read the Ultimate Universe recently so how can you hate a character you haven't read. And then there is Sam Fury which I might add that Nick Fury is still alive in the 616. So you can't say you hate Sam Fury because he is Ultimate Nick Fury because he is not. You only hate him because he is black.

Clearly you haven't read the Hawkeye threads. I hate the Hawkeye movie costume. I hate a lot of things. And just because I dislike two black characters doesn't mean I'm a "closet racist." I am simply a traditionalist when it comes to comics. I don't want characters who have been around for fifty years to all of a sudden be replaced by different ones just to match the movie versions. Ask me about many things. Just because I have opinion that you don't agree with doesn't make me a racist. I don't like Mary Jane. Does that mean I am predjudice against red heads? No. This just happens to be a touchy subject. I love superheroes of other races just as much as I love white heroes. It's just the replacement that I hate.

[Nevets F]

Clearly you haven't read the Hawkeye threads. I hate the Hawkeye movie costume. I hate a lot of things. And just because I dislike two black characters doesn't mean I'm a "closet racist." I am simply a traditionalist when it comes to comics. I don't want characters who have been around for fifty years to all of a sudden be replaced by different ones just to match the movie versions. Ask me about many things. Just because I have opinion that you don't agree with doesn't make me a racist. I don't like Mary Jane. Does that mean I am predjudice against red heads? No. This just happens to be a touchy subject. I love superheroes of other races just as much as I love white heroes. It's just the replacement that I hate.

It's ok to be prejudiced against red heads though.

[Trallis]

I own all of Loeb's work. I loved both the early years and Yellow.

When I said I really wanted to love Daredevil Yellow I meant Daredevil Season One. I did love Daredevil Yellow

[Trallis]

Miles Morales and Sam Fury shouldn't be introduced to 616.

Well it looks like you're too late. Nick Fury retired and his son who looks like Sam Jackson took over and changed his name to Nick Fury and Miles was saved by Spider-Man as a child. The latter actually makes sense. How many peoples' lives has Spider-Man saved. Ultimate Universe generally has the same people in it as the main, and we already know Miles grew up in nyc.

[Mister Mets]

The Spencer rumor is pretty shady. You're going with what the friend of someone on Something Awful recalls.

That's really thin to start a discussion about a writer's character, and to suggest that it reflects poorly on the guy's work.