"We live in a world of cowards. We live in a world full of small minds who are afraid. We are ruled by those who refuse to risk anything of their own. Who guard their over bloated paucities of power with money. With false reasoning. With measured hesitance. With prideful, recalcitrant inaction. With hateful invective. With weapons. F@#K these selfish fools and their prevailing world order." Tony Stark
I'd rather see Miles the current teen Spider-Man in this role than Peter (talk about a missed opportunity). That said, I might just give the book a chance (it isn't honestly in my wheelhouse).
"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."
Besides, if they used Miles, it could be mistaken for being set in 616. With Peter, it's obviously an AU - in 616, Moon Girl wasn't even BORN when Peter was bitten by the spider! Here, Lunella appears to be a few years older then usual (the other kids aren't towering over her) and Peter is obviously over a decade younger, making them much closer in age.
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In fact, Kamala had been a superhero for longer in that continuity. She joined the Avengers in season 4, but got her powers in season 3. That Spider-Man cartoon started in the same year as Avengers Assemble season 4, with Kamala guesting in a few episodes of Spider-Man season 2.
Of course, what didn't change is that she was the same age as Miles (Peter, Gwen and Anya were de-aged to match him, Miles and Kamala were the same age they are in the comics). It's too bad that Miles and Kamala didn't have much interaction in the Spider-Man cartoon.
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