Would It Work...

[Celgress]

...If Miles became the primary Spider-Man of 616 and Peter semi-retires, like what happened with Ben Reilly and Peter in the 1990s?

I think it could work. Unlike Ben at the time who was essentially a new character, Miles has been around long enough to establish himself. However, there would no doubt be an inevitable backlash. The most important question from Marvel/Disney's POV is would comic book sales of Amazing remain steady or would they fall or even collapse after such a change? That's something no one can really answer I suppose.

[WebSlingWonder]

I think, while it could work, there would have to be a very viable in-story reason. Peter as he is right now is in his prime as a hero, and doesn't seem like he has a reason to retire/quit. Even MJ supports him being Spider-Man, which was one of the main reasons he was intending to quit. I think if they were to have Miles be Spider-Man for good, it would have to have a strong reason.

[Celgress]

FYI That's a typo it won't let me edit in the poll question which should read - Do you think Miles could carry the franchise? lol

PS WebSlingWonder thanks for sharing your thoughts. I agree with you there would need to be a damn good reason given in-universe for the change.

[NC_Yankee]

...If Miles became the primary Spider-Man of 616 and Peter semi-retires, like what happened with Ben Reilly and Peter in the 1990s?

I think it could work. Unlike Ben at the time who was essentially a new character, Miles has been around long enough to establish himself. However, there would no doubt be an inevitable backlash. The most important question from Marvel/Disney's POV is would comic book sales of Amazing remain steady or would they fall or even collapse after such a change? That's something no one can really answer I suppose.

I do not see such a move as necessary. I would agree that Miles could carry Amazing, but as we saw with Renew Your Vows an adult, married and with child Peter will sell..Since the entire purpose of Spider-Man ( from the perspective of Disney/Marvel) is to make money, why take advantage of having both a teenage Spider-Man ( Miles) and an adult Spider-Man ( Peter)?

[H-E-D]

In an internal narrative sense, it could definitely work. But I'm not sure the current direct market audience would be onboard for it.

[Minerboh]

It's worth the try.
Miles is the only one that can carry on as Main Spider-Man. All the ethical values that make Spider-Man are there.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

The risks of such a story might potentially outweigh the benefits.

Let's say they do a crossover tomorrow, and Peter's decommissioned for a while and Miles becomes the sole Spider-Man and we get say a year and a half of Miles Morales as the one and only Spider-Man across all titles. If the sales are very good, it still won't lead to Miles replacing Peter because again that's not going to actually happen. Peter needs to be unpopular by himself for a legacy replacement to happen (as it did to Barry Allen and Hal Jordan who weren't popular at the time when they got replaced) and he isn't. If the sales are bad, it could kill Miles Morales as Peter's legacy for good.

My feeling is that Miles needs to be built up with his own rogues and his own relationships with rogues for that to happen. Miles taking over Peter's role should feel like an addition, a bringing of something new to something familiar.

And again, how many variations of "poor taste" can we keep doing about Miles filling Peter's shoes.

[Mister Mets]

I don't think it works.

One reason is that Peter Parker is a really popular character. Miles is doing okay, but there's no indication he's more popular (Into the Spider-Verse made less money than any of the other Spider-Man movies; the Miles comics don't outsell the Peter Parker comics.)

It could also create a backlash against Miles if there's a sense that he's being used to replace Peter. This is baggage the character and the franchise do not need.