Warning: contains spoilers for Miles Morales: Spider-Man #32!
Marvel's Miles Morales has made his name as a very different sort of Spider-Man than the long-running Peter Parker, but now the new "main" Spider-Man has surpassed the original. Miles' comic book history is considerably shorter than Peter's, having debuted in the Marvel Ultimate universe just shy of ten years ago. But in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #32, the new webslinger fixes a major problem with his predecessor.
After a long and arduous battle with not one but three clones during his own Clone Saga, Miles has earned a night of relaxation and a date with fellow superhero and granddaughter of Vulture, Starling. But the date is interrupted by Taskmaster, who attacks the pair and reveals he's being paid by a mysterious employer to kidnap Starling - and despite Miles' best efforts, Taskmaster succeeds. Miles is left wounded and despondent in the streets of New York.
Two paramedics escort Miles to an ambulance where one of them stitches up his leg, saying "We all need help sometimes, brother." At that point, Miles realizes he doesn't have to look for Starling alone, and immediately pulls out his phone while being attended to and calls his fellow hero Ironheart. Ironheart sits at a database, sifting through data and information via NYC closed-circuit cameras, until she gets a fix on the location of Starling and thus Taskmaster.
Asking for help is something Peter Parker rarely, if ever, did during his stint as Spider-Man. In fact, it was common knowledge among the comic book faithful that if Peter was facing a world-ending threat (or simply a difficult-to-find villain), he would rather face his enemy alone - because he would consider it his own responsibility, and asking for help would be akin to passing the buck. Peter's tremendous guilt after Uncle Ben's murder forces him to take bigger and bigger risks because he believes he must solve every problem by himself, but Miles Morales is both mature and knowledgeable enough to ask for help when he needs it.
Thanks to Ironheart's help, Miles is eventually able to track down and defeat Taskmaster, thus saving his friend from an unknown fate. But were Peter wearing the mask instead of Miles, a slightly less happier ending would ensue. Miles Morales is not exactly like the Spider-Man of old, and that's exactly what makes him Peter Parker's best possible successor.
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