Miles Morales swings into action in first Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse trailer…

In many ways, Spider-Man is the definitive Marvel Comics character. He’s a flawed individual struggling with the balancing act of maintaining a normal life while living up to the rigors and responsibilities inherent in being New York City’s champion. This is in stark contrast to DC’s heroes who are most often gods and demigods attempting to reside in our society inconspicuously.

And it turns out Peter Parker isn’t the only Spider-Man out there, at least in this upcoming retelling.

Like Peter, Miles struggles with stress of being a hero, student and son while trying to maintain a dating life. But he also deals with an uncle who is a career criminal. And to top it off, he has to live up to the original Spider-Man’s legacy as New York City’s champion. It’s the ultimate misfit underdog story with web-slinging as the icing on the cake.

Spider-Man #1 picks up after the events of Secret Wars which merged the Ultimate continuity into the main continuity, where Peter is still alive. The debut issue opens with a rather dramatic prologue as we find Morales standing over wanton destruction where lead members of the Avengers have fallen in battle. Miles is confronted by an alien creature named Blackheart who gives him the option of death or kneeling in fealty before we shift to the main story.

In true Spider-Man tradition, Miles is dealing with the dilemma of balancing his heroics with the life of a high schooler. After spending a week begging a classmate to go out on a date, Miles was an hour late due to his responsibilities as Spider-Man. Soon after, we learn that Miles’ grades are also suffering because his web-slinging responsibilities are eating into his study time.

Written by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie), the trailer for the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was released Saturday in São Paolo, Brazil at the Comic-Con Experience CCXP17. The trailer introduces Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), as well as the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Man mask. Namely, that more than one can wear it.

After bounding and swinging around a vibrant and colorful New York City as Spider-Man, Miles appears to run into another Spider-Man and asks the all-important question: “So how many of us are there?”

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is directed by Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey, with Christina Steinberg, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, and Matt Tolmach producing.