Miles Morales' Captain America Origin Makes Black Widow His Nemesis
Warning: preview images for What If… Miles Morales Became Captain America #1 are ahead!
In Marvel Comics, Miles Morales is best known for being one of the many Spider-People that populate its comics universe. Having originated from the Ultimate universe, he's no stranger to extradimensional threats and surviving the death of the multiverse. A new preview from Marvel for What If... reimagines Miles taking on the role of Captain America, and features an ill encounter with Natasha Romanoff, better known as Black Widow.
Marvel'sWhat If... is a comic book anthology series from the 1970s that puts a twist on key events in Marvel's past, all narrated by the celestial being, Uatu the Watcher. An animated version of the series for the Marvel Cinematic Universe came out in 2021 on Disney+. The first volume of What If... was released in 1977 and ran until 1984, and since then the series has seen several reboots. What If... is significant in Marvel canon because it's regarded as the first iteration of the multiverse.
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The preview for Cody Ziglar's and Paco Medina's What If… Miles Morales Became Captain America #1 introduces readers to a Captain America decked out in a blue and black version of the classic stars and stripes. He is on a mission in Vlasihka, Russia with his uncle Aaron, better known as the Prowler in the mainstream Marvel Universe. In his internal monologue, Miles recalls what he's learned from his uncle, while the two are seen in a helicopter together that is soon taken out by an RPG. Aaron falls to his death, and it's revealed that Black Widow is the one who fired the rocket.
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