WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Spider-Man #237, by Brian Michael Bendis and Oscar Bazaldua, on sale now.


The life of being Spider-Man, or a Spider-hero in general, has never been an easy one. In fact, it's usually filled with misery, frayed relationships, and on more than one occasion, death. For Miles Morales, the youngest Spider-Man of the bunch, the situation has gotten considerably more complicated over the years. Back in his original universe, he lost not only his mother Rio in a fight against that reality's Venom, but also his late uncle Aaron Davis, who was a criminal named the Prowler and had blackmailed his nephew into working with him for a short time. It's here where things get really complicated for our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

See, back in the Marvel Universe-altering Secret Wars, Miles spent eight years in stasis before arriving on Battleworld alongside Peter Parker and a handful of other heroes. The two webheads eventually stumbled across the reality-manipulating Molecule Man, who had been imprisoned by Doctor Doom in order to re-create the world in Doom's image. Miles, ever the nice guy, decides to offer the sometimes villain the burger that's been in his pocket for nearly a decade, not entirely sure if it's still technically edible since they were in stasis for most of that time.

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Molecule Man, unconcerned about potential food poisoning, scarfs it down and, as a solid, brings Miles, his friends and family to the Prime universe to live in peace. And yes, that includes his dead mother. However, with Spider-Man #237, it's become very clear that though he had the best of intentions, Molecule Man's solid for Miles has really screwed him over.

The problems surrounding Rio Morales' resurrection aren't cosmic or grandiose, but are instead normal parent/teenager issues. Not having a recollection that her son is a superhero, she thinks his school troubles are related to drugs, and even hires well-known PI Jessica Jones to spy on him to figure out what's wrong. Eventually, Miles remembers that his mother was killed, and his father Jefferson discovers his dual identity, which puts a considerable strain on the Morales family when Rio realizes both her husband and son are lying to her.

In this issue, Rio and Jefferson finally reconcile their differences as Jefferson promises to be more honest and open. But before they can truly celebrate their reunion, Miles tells them to hightail it out of New York and go to Cleveland so he can deal with the other family member brought back from the dead.

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All across the Marvel Universe, there have been cracks in the multiverse that have led to many characters from other universes returning from the post-Secret Wars mess. Jimmy Hudson, the Wolverine from Miles' universe, managed to slip through the cracks, as did Old Man Logan and the villainous Reed Richards known best as the Maker. None of these characters have interacted much with Miles, if at all, but in recent issues of Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Miles has learned that one of the transfers extended to his uncle Aaron.

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Aaron himself has no memory of coming back to life, saying that he just remembers waking up in bed. Not one to question a return to life back from the grave, Aaron just chalked it up to a simple do-over (this is the Marvel Universe, after all) and has decided that he wants to start things over.

Now that he's got the Iron Spider armor and leading a new iteration of the Sinister Six, all he wants is for Miles to stay out of his way and let him do what he's best at -- but Miles clearly can't abide by that. The two of them are going to face off again, and it's anyone's guess how this'll end for the Morales men.

Miles' life as Spider-Man has never been a walk in the park, but since transferring from one universe to the other, things have quickly escalated to a level of madness even he can't deal with. It's no wonder he's seriously pondered the option to give up the hero life considering he's recently met an evil version of himself and was once led to believe he was going to kill Captain America.

Obviously, Molecule Man didn't mean for his act of goodwill to go this awry, but it does beg the question: should Miles have given him that burger to begin with? Or was he always just destined to have the same bad luck befall him as it has Gwen Stacy, Peter, Eddie Brock, Jessica Drew and so on? We'll never truly know, but as the "Sinister Six Reborn" story continues, it's clear that Miles may not be entirely wrong in wanting to hang up the suit.