Thursday, December 8, 2011

A Letter to Brain Michael Bendis

Dear Mr. Bendis,

Your new series Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man was one of the most talked-about things going on in comics when it debuted in September. Miles Morales had gotten a lot of media attention due to both his position as the new Spider-Man and his race; he is a character many, many people are following closely. So far, the cover of every issue released (four months worth of comics) has featured Miles in the new Spider-Man costume, which itself has received an enormous amount of attention - it's already a t-shirt. And yet, in the comics themselves, Miles has so far appeared in-costume a total of...zero times. Yep, as of issue #4, he has not even received or made it yet.

It is our humble suggestion, then, that you get Miles Morales in that fucking costume already.

Your notoriously slow - sorry, decompressed - writing style has hemorrhaged - sorry, deterred - many people in the series' short run, but it seems to have settled at a steady readership of about 50,000. Surely Miles finally - sorry, finally - donning the costume, and the quickening in pace that would logically accompany it, would help restore sales to a fraction of the series' debut level. So let's get on with it already, Mr. Bendis. Give the people what they want, what those who still haven't jumped ship are so desperately waiting for. Because if you don't do it soon, there will be no one left to read about it when he does.

At the very least people would no longer be able to accuse Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man as false advertising.

Hugs and kisses,
Everybody

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