WARNING: spoilers for Miles Morales: Spider-Man #18.
If Spiderman is known for anything across the world wide web, it's memes. And while his history has produced plenty of classic examples, fans are always demand more--"more pictures of Spider-Man!" Luckily enough, Miles Morales has delivered a new twist on a previous hit in his own comic series.
By now every Marvel fan knows the iconic meme of pointing Spider-Men, but not everyone will know the origin of the meme goes back to the 1967 TV series Spider-Man, one of the first of its time in terms of superheroes swinging on the small screen. When Peter Parker faced an impostor in season 1, episode 19, "Double Identity," he pointed out the fraud to police... and the rest was history. After the ensuing battle, the perp is caught web-handed, and Spider-Man shoots off into the night. But Peter's way of handling an impostor is a bit more mild-mannered than Miles Morales' explosive encounter.
The latest and greatest in Spider-Man meme homage comes from Miles Morales: Spider-Man #18. As Morales' classmates take on the intrusive Outlawed government agency C.R.A.D.L.E., Miles goes head to head with his own masked duplicate. What's worse, this clone also comes with his own explosive 'Venom-Blast', an ability unique to Miles. Now, what happens when one Spider-Man meets with another? There's usually a lot of accusatory fingers being pointed. In this case, it's fists.
While these two interactions between four seemingly different Spider-Men may have different contexts, the tribute itself (and the confused, curious excitement) still shines through. The storytellers Saladin Ahmed and Carmen Carnero stop short of recreating the exact same pose, but the same indisputable attraction of Ma true Spider-Man facing a fake is nevertheless on full display. Miles Morales can claim his fair share of recent memes from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but simply can't compete with the previous meme-age from the most meme-able of Spider-Men. But in fairness, Miles Morales' comics have a wealth of untapped meme potential; a Spider-Ham version of the red-and-black spider dubbed 'Miles Morhames,' and a mole version simply called 'Spider-Mole'.
While it remains uncertain is Miles Morales can overcome this deceptive image-twister, the real question is this: will his version of Marvel's famous Spider-Man fade into the annals of meme history? For now, the Internet says no. The fans say no. And Marvel seems to be web-slinging this Spider-Man meme train back on the right track.
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