The new Spider-Man is a young black and Latino Brooklyn

A new superhero was born Wednesday, August 3, launched by Marvel Comics publishing in the United States: it is a modernized version of Spider-Man, whose alter ego is now a teenager in New York mid -black and half Latino. In everyday life, the new Spider-Man Morales called Miles. He lives with his parents in the neighborhood of Brooklyn New York, at least when he is not busy chasing the bad guys in his red suit and blue.

The previous incarnation of Spider-Man, one of the comic hero whose popularity has never wavered, was Peter Parker, a white orphan originally from Queens, still in New York. But he was killed by his nemesis, the Green Goblin, in the June issue devoted to his adventures.

"When the opportunity arose to create a new Spider-Man, we knew it had to be a representative character, its origins and experiences, the diversity of the twenty-first century," said Axel Alonso, Editor Chief of Marvel, in a statement on the official website.

"The character of Miles follows the narrative tradition of characters like Peter Parker, but also shows that it is a new, unique, Spider-Man and it is worthy to be called," he added .

Axel Alonso told they had the idea of ​​changing the ethnic origin of Spider-Man when Barack Obama, whose father was African, acceded to the White House in January 2009. During the campaign, Barack Obama had also said that Batman and Spiderman were his two favorite superheroes because of their "inner turmoil".

But other proceeds before the change, it was still necessary that Marvel is the right opportunity. This is done with the death of Peter Parker. "To kill Spider-Man, it was necessary that we know who would replace him", said Axel Alonso, whose origins also played.

Her father is Mexican and her mother British, as the author of Spider-Man, Brian Michael Bendis, is Jewish and has two adopted children from Africa. "I know he made it a personal matter," said Dr. Alonso. "The theme is the same: a great power leads to great responsibilities," said Bian Michael Bendis to USA Today.

Spider-Man is a superhero's most popular on the planet. In March, a copy of the first comic book featuring his adventures, was released in 1962 and sold 12 cents at the time, was sold for $ 1.1 million at auction.