While that is the case for most multiverse Spider-Men, Miles Morales escapes that rule, simply being called Spider-Man. Miles became the only Spider-Man in his universe after the death of Chris Pine's Peter Parker at the start of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
The game's storyline features Miles Morales and Peter Parker coexisting and collaborating as separate versions of Spider-Man, which is canon to the original comic book plot. There is no leader of the two and no “passing of the torch,” so to speak, when, in the game, Parker decides to take a break.
Both Miles and Peter share the Spider-Man mantle in the new universe, though the now-16-year-old Miles patrols New York City, while Peter acts globally.
So, why did the devs recast the face model? Well, apparently, the older face was more difficult to use alongside Lowenthal's motion capture performance compared to the new one - especially as they moved into more powerful tech (the PS5).
Earth-1610, which Miles is from, was still supposed to have a Peter Parker, but instead, Miles was accidentally bitten by Earth-42's radioactive spider, and Peter died protecting Miles. Earth-1610's canon changed and Earth-42 was sans a Spider-Man. Miles is the original anomaly, as Miguel puts it.
This radioactive spider, originally native to Earth-42, was originally destined to bite the Miles Morales of its world, transforming him into its Spider-Man.
Following the Devil's Breath crisis, Miles consoled Peter at May Parker's funeral and allowed Peter to crash at his while his new place was getting ready. Miles slowly revealed his newfound powers, first to his best friend Ganke Lee, and then to Peter, who in turn revealed his secret identity to Miles.
As she died, Miles revealed to his mother that he was in fact Spider-Man. She told him she was proud of him, but begged him never to tell his father. Racked with guilt, Miles gave up the mantle soon after.
Peter Parker quits being Spider-Man because he gets no respect no matter how many people he saves. When he throws his costume in the garbage, some kid finds it and brings it to J. Jonah Jameson, chief of the Daily Bugle Building. While Peter is enjoying life not being Spider-Man, a new crime lord called Kingpin rises.
Miles Morales in Spider-Verse showcases his power by integrating his abilities with his sense of identity and inner strength. Miles is the strongest Spider-Man because his powers seem to be deeply tied to his emotions, reaching incredibly upper limits when he's pushed to his limits.
Hailey Cooper is a recurring original supporting character in Marvel's Spider-Man series, first appeared in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. As of Marvel's Spider-Man 2, she becomes Miles Morales' love interest.
His current superhero name Spin came from Gwen's suggestion of calling him Spider Spin, leading to him choosing the name Spin, in the short WEB-STER when he has to come up with a new superhero name so that WEB-Ster will not be confused. He is the first member of Team Spidey to have both his parents shown on screen.
After Peter Parker's apparent death in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #160, a new character by the name of Miles Morales takes up the mantle of Spider-Man as a 13-year-old superhero. The character of Miles Morales has been adapted into other forms of media, including the Spider-Verse films, where he is the main character.
Peter Parker and Miles Morales met for the first time in SPIDER-MEN (2012) #1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli. While fighting Mysterio, Peter fell through a portal that dropped him into the Ultimate Universe, Miles' home dimension.
While trying to test his own radioactive blood to see how it may affect his own unborn child, Peter gets caught in an experiment designed to remove superpowers from two newly created beings. Peter loses his powers for a time during the Clone Saga, but they eventually return.
What happened to the original Peter Parker in Spider-Man?
Due to his injuries and disease, Peter Parker dies, with his body remaining at Avengers Tower whilst the other Marvel heroes decide what to do about his death. Despite the tragedy of his death, Peter Parker returns, emerging from a cocoon under the Brooklyn Bridge, revitalized, and with some new spider-like powers.
Originally Answered: Does Aunt May know that Peter Parker is Spider-Man in the comics? Usually not. However, in the Ultimate continuity she found out. At her deathbed both in The Amazing Spider-Man #400 and in the PS4 game she reveals that she always knew.
Miles Morales (also known as Spin, Spider-Man or Kid-Arachnid) is a teenager of black-Hispanic descent. Miles is the second Spider-Man from an alternate universe in which his world's version of Peter Parker died in battle.
Since Earth-1610's Miles Morales wasn't supposed to become Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Miguel may resent him for causing Earth-42's Peter Parker to miss on his powers similarly to how Miguel's experiment worked while his first test subject died.
But this isn't the comics. Earth 1048 Miles Morales is stronger and more capable than Earth 1048 Peter Parker, and was explicitly written this way to serve the story.
Peter's on-again/off-again girlfriend Mary Jane Watson accidentally smuggles a genetically engineered spider out of Oscorp headquarters, which ends up biting Miles. The bite causes Miles to gain super powers, matching Spider-Man's but with the additional abilities to generate bioelectric attack and go invisible.
In the midst of the crime syndicate, the Underground, fighting against the sinister Roxxon Corporation, Rio discovered Miles' secret identity as Spider-Man when his best friend Ganke Lee brought him back to their apartment gravely wounded from a fight.
