2023 Review: So upon re-read I enjoyed this more but still around a 3-3.5. The art is solid, Miles is fun, the conversation about fat vs race is still dumb, and the ending not as good as the first 3 issues, but overall a fun start for the 616 universe to let Miles grow.

Original Review: I read all of the Ultimate line Miles, and reading the current Miles storyline, but never did get a chance to read the middle when Bendis wrote Miles for the last time.

This is pretty good but nothing remarkable. Bendis fits Miles into the main Marvel Universe pretty easy. He has his friend Ganke, his mother is back alive, his father still worked for Shield, so nothing major changes. He goes to school and tries to live his best life...that is until a former X-Men joins the school and things spiral.

I think there's some great fight scenes here, I like SOME of the conversations, and the art is solid. What Bendis tries too hard here is to add in the "I'm fat no one likes me" and "Dude I'm black, try to live that" back and forth and it just doesn't work. Even as teenagers it seems forced. Like I'm a pretty big guy, I'd never say something as stupid as "Try being fat it's the same as being Black in America" Like what?

But anyway, it was okay besides that. I can see why people wanted Bendis off this after awhile, he's running out of stories here.