Miles Morales or Spider-Gwen, Who Is Your Favorite?

[The Whovian]

This one is tough for me because I like them both a lot. I think Miles is one of the best new characters in comics in the last 10 years. But I feel the same way about Gwen too. It's very, very close for me, but I'm going with Gwen. My answer could be different in six months though.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Miles Morales is an actual character. Spider-Gwen is at the end of a day, a cool concept.

The most important part of Miles Morales isn't his costume, it's himself. He's brilliant, smart, compassionate and sweet. He embodies the underdog teenager of the 2010s the way Peter Parker did in the '60s.

The most important part of Spider-Gwen is the deservedly brilliant costume design that Robbi Rodriquez came up with, as well as the art style and coloring of Earth-65. Remove that and Spider-Gwen would not be any more than the joky alt-Gwen story that Slott intended and pitched originally.

[The Whovian]

Miles Morales is an actual character. Spider-Gwen is at the end of a day, a cool concept.

The most important part of Miles Morales isn't his costume, it's himself. He's brilliant, smart, compassionate and sweet. He embodies the underdog teenager of the 2010s the way Peter Parker did in the '60s.

The most important part of Spider-Gwen is the deservedly brilliant costume design that Robbi Rodriquez came up with, as well as the art style and coloring of Earth-65. Remove that and Spider-Gwen would not be any more than the joky alt-Gwen story that Slott intended and pitched originally.

I agree with everything you said about Miles. Like I said, in six weeks my choice could be different. I really like them both.

[CrimsonEchidna]

I think Gwen had a stronger more consistent start under Jason Latour but she's been floundering for the past couple of years while Miles has really started hitting his stride.

[Batman Begins 2005]

I'm a fan of both but prefer Spider-Gwen partly because I read her debut issue and her ongoings by the same creative team of Latour/Rodriguez/Renzi so there's an attachment to the character. The costume is perfect. As noted I'm a fan of Miles also through the first story arcs by Brian Michael Bendis and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), that's my favourite version of Miles Morales.

[Batman Begins 2005]

I think Gwen had a stronger more consistent start under Jason Latour but she's been floundering for the past couple of years while Miles has really started hitting his stride.

I dropped Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider after giving Seanan McGuire a go. Shame as a Spider-Gwen fan from her start.

[Frontier]

The most important part of Miles Morales isn't his costume, it's himself. He's brilliant, smart, compassionate and sweet. He embodies the underdog teenager of the 2010s the way Peter Parker did in the '60s.

I'd definitely say he's smart, but not brilliant. He seems to have above average intelligence for his age but he's no teen super-scientist or prodigy.

I also think he's a good representation of a 21st century teenager but less of an underdog then Peter was.

I think Gwen had a stronger more consistent start under Jason Latour but she's been floundering for the past couple of years while Miles has really started hitting his stride.

The problem with Gwen in my opinion is her story was pretty much complete at the end of the original Latour/Rodriguez run and Marvel has had to keep her around as a more standard Superhero, hence some of the creative choices they've made with her under McGuire.

[Kaitou D. Kid]

The movie version of Miles is arguably the most original Spider-Man since Peter Parker. I love the idea of Miles being an artist in the same way Peter is a scientist. It makes the idea of two Spider-Men co-existing feel so organic.

If we're only looking at comics, I think Spider-Gwen edges out Miles for now.