I'm only on Ultimate Spider-Man #64 so far, so it's going to be a while before I get there but I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with the story.

Wow! Is this the answer nowadays in order to create diversity in comics is to change every white character to BLACK?  I can't wait to see the entire white superheroes turned into Blacks *Sarcasm* 
Stupid creators!!!!  I guess I won't be collecting Spidey anymore.
Why don't you just create an all new character  starring some black kid instead? 
How many other white characters can you guys name that has been "replaced" by a black dude?

Is he black (african-american)? coz if so it would be awesome if they're reacting to the fan support for that black actor that auditioned for the new spider-man film

He's a cutie pie!

No frickin way. It's totally gonna fail.

WOW! I made Miles Morales in good time

Is he black (african-american)? coz if so it would be awesome if they're reacting to the fan support for that black actor that auditioned for the new spider-man film

Would have preferred Ultimate Miguel O'Hara. :P

affirmative action hits the Ultimates? 
I am all for a new characters under the mask, but they reasoning just smacks of catering to the PC crowd. I am black male and I would rather you not have ANY diversity then to create something to "appeals to minorities" or whatever thought process they used. 
 I am ticked by this because they already had a character in Miquel O' Hara they could have used, so this is just a load of crap and I will not be buying this book!

Nope, sorry... Peter is Spider-Man, just like how Bruce will always be Batman.

Unless they do some crazy thing where the former Spidey villains think it's really him and hunt him down and take him out, only to have ANOTHER Spider-Man pop up. Then we get a new Spider-Man every month of each race, gender and sexual orientation until that stop being stupid and bring Peter back.

I wonder if Ultimate Spider-Man will finally stop talking like a middle-aged Jewish man now.  
 
Not that I want them to start throwing "hip" slang into the dialogue to show us all just how much the new Ultimate Spider-Man is all-new, all-interracial, but it would be nice to not see the word "tuchus" every issue and "oy" every other page.

 How many other white characters can you guys name that has been "replaced" by a black dude?

diversity is good, especially now that the character is a different race, now a lot more stories can be made rather than the average spiderman tale

Even in Ultimate Universe Spider-Man is too established as Peter for anyone to replace him, for me at least, so I am with those against him. 
 
I'm all for diversity in comics, but why oh why must we continue to have legacy replacements of characters to fill the void? There are plenty of diverse characters out there, but lets face it they are just not as popular (mostly) to last.  
 
New diverse characters who are written well and have depth are superb. Situations like this, to me at least, just continue to scream PC tokenism.

  How many other white characters can you guys name that has been "replaced" by a black dude?

This should be an interesting development. I do like the alliterative name, which is classy. Why didn't they go with my idea and name him Parker Peterson?

Oh man. I found this early concept art of the original design they were going to go with for this new Spider Man on another site. Crazy. 

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Interesting, an African-American Spidey! Im open to the idea. Sounds great!

When your argument starts off with :"I'm not racist but..." you've already failed. I'm curious to see how Bendis will handle this. I like him. He's a great writer.

@The Mighty Monarch: I don't consider John Stewart a replacement because there are a entire corps of green lantern. I never saw Steel as a replacement either. The only thing that says superman about him is the S Shield and he came out with three others. one became a villian. one was an existing character (eradicator), stell became a character of his own, if anything superboy was the replacement. Black Panther was already a major character long before going to Daredevils base of operations.

I was ok with Donald Glover being Spider-Man, so i'm ok with this. I love the new Ultimate costume too!

Fascinating!  As a man of color even this is a little bizzare to me but oh well it should prove interesting none the less. DC comics does their replacements so much better. BLAM!!!

@CaptainCyke said:

I just wished if they were going to add in an all new character then they would do Miguel O'Hara.  Could have been an interesting way to bring 2099 into the Ultimate Universe. Also would have served the "diverse" purpose.

Agreed. Plus, that Spidey 2099 costume is awesome sauce.

I would have actually liked Jessica Drew to take over for Peter Parker but I'm curious to see this new kid as Spider-Man, I've enjoyed everything that I've read from Bendis so it should be good regardless

Woohoo! This will finally show how relevant comics are to the wider world and end the marginalization I feel!  Iconic character are so boring and...ewww!...white! I'm all for any change that will allow me to show how liberated and superior I am to your average not-fully-politically-correct comic fan. It's not important if a story is good or if a character is compelling, the really important thing to me is that characters are multi-ethnic and portray a sensitivity to problems we face in our diverse multicultural melting pot caused by racist whites and their greedy desire to monopolize super-powers. Even though I will shout long and loud that diversity of comic book characters is highly desirable and universally positive, I have a strong suspicion that colored/crippled/homosexual heroes can't carry their own titles or provoke enough interest in their own original characters, so I fully endorse substituting them for well-liked, well-established characters in the hopes that their residual success will prove that comic book readers are not a bunch of dirty racists.  In fact, to prove I am not a dirty racist, I will start picking up this title even though I have no actual interest in the character.
 
Also, I swear that although I will complain more or less constantly about the trash Marvel and DC pumps out, I will still eagerly lap up their swill month after month, especially their repetitive and poorly executed Events and #1 relaunches.
 
Signed,
Average Comic Book Fan

Woohoo! This will finally show how relevant comics are to the wider world and end the marginalization I feel!  Iconic character are so boring and...ewww!...white! I'm all for any change that will allow me to show how liberated and superior I am to your average not-fully-politically-correct comic fan. It's not important if a story is good or if a character is compelling, the really important thing to me is that characters are multi-ethnic and portray a sensitivity to problems we face in our diverse multicultural melting pot caused by racist whites and their greedy desire to monopolize super-powers. Even though I will shout long and loud that diversity of comic book characters is highly desirable and universally positive, I have a strong suspicion that colored/crippled/homosexual heroes can't carry their own titles or provoke enough interest in their own original characters, so I fully endorse substituting them for well-liked, well-established characters in the hopes that their residual success will prove that comic book readers are not a bunch of dirty racists.  In fact, to prove I am not a dirty racist, I will start picking up this title even though I have no actual interest in the character. Also, I swear that although I will complain more or less constantly about the trash Marvel and DC pumps out, I will still eagerly lap up their swill month after month, especially their repetitive and poorly executed Events and #1 relaunches.  Signed, Average Comic Book Fan

...I really wish he would have been indian/Latino.

Why must they ruin their books? WHY?!

Nice to see a Latino hero. There isn't enough of them in the comics. I could only count a handful.

I would need time to create love to this character...

I am on board with the new Spider-Man. I think the more Ultimate universe gets away from 616 the better. I just wish Peter was still alive and just taking up a new identity as a regular non-super hero somewhere else.

It's a great move because sticking with Peter's death meant that they could close the chapter on one tradition (to be brought back later). At the same time, I'm surprised Marvel didn't go Asian/Hispanic/Black just to cover 3 demographics instead of two. It's sad but that seems to be the only way to make minority characters sell by giving them the best selling brand names. While I never needed my minority race to be represented to like comics, I hope this does create more readership. 

great can't wait to check it out the book in trade paperback.

I don't really care for the U universe so yeah. But why not Miguel - like everyone else is asking? - if they wanted Latino? This kid could have gotten his own title or something.

Should have done Miguel O'Hara.

@crusader8463: Really? Is that their plan? Do you work for Marvel? Well YOU see, none of us know what their motivations behind this is. But since this is Bendis, I'm inclined to think this is more than just the "token black guy" BS argument you just presented to me. This is the same guy who turned Luke Cage from a 2-Dimensional character to a pretty solid member of the Marvel Universe. Maybe they made him black because, that is how Bendis envisioned this new character. But thanks for the BS lesson in Racial Stereotypes, you idiot.