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"Marvel Comics has denied rumours that its new Ultimate Spider-Man is gay. The question of half-black, half-Hispanic teenager Miles Morales&amp;#039;s sexuality was reportedly first raised by the Daily Mail, which claimed that the hero &amp;quot;could be gay in the future&amp;quot;. The rumours were based on comments made by Ultimate Spider-Man artist Sara Pichelli to USA Today that &amp;quot;maybe sooner or later a black or gay - or both - hero will be considered something absolutely normal&amp;quot;. When the story of Marvel&amp;#039;s new Spider-Man began to be reported in the media, some outlets began reporting the possibility that Morales may also be gay. Right-wing commentator Glenn Beck said: &amp;quot;Do I care if he&amp;#039;s half-Hispanic, all Hispanic? No. Half-black, half - I really don&amp;#039;t care. Half-gay, all gay, I don&amp;#039;t really care... I don&amp;#039;t care. It&amp;#039;s a stupid comic book.&amp;quot; Beck added that the new Spider-Man&amp;#039;s identity was the result of comments made by Michelle Obama about &amp;quot;changing our traditions&amp;quot;. Morales has replaced Peter Parker as the Spider-Man of Marvel&amp;#039;s Ultimate line following the events of &amp;#039;The Death of Spider-Man&amp;#039;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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