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"Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Axel Alonso has said that the publisher is committed to diversity in its tiles. The executive told CBR that fans can expect heroes of various ethnicities to feature in its core line in 2012. &amp;quot;Our commitment to diversity is apparent across the line, and has been for some time. Black Panther has anchored a monthly title on and off for the past eight years, and is certain to be back in the mix in 2012,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Luke Cage has been a central character in [Brian] Bendis&amp;#039;s Avengers, and Shang Chi&amp;#039;s role in Spider-Island is a taste of things to come - and those are just three characters off the top of my head.&amp;quot; Marvel attracted mainstream media attention earlier this year with its decision to replace Peter Parker as the Ultimate Universe Spider-Man with a half-black, half-Hispanic teenager named Miles Morales.  Morales&amp;#039;s full debut as Spider-Man in Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #1 set a new digital sales record for Marvel. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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