We thought maybe you and Sara would be - bring Sara back.' Sara and I actually had other plans, but I kind of felt, just from the emails between Sara and I and how immensely proud she is of having co-created Miles, that maybe she would want to do this.

We didn't hire anybody to write that book. I think I'd like to stay.' And they said, 'Oh, we didn't take you seriously. Not only was I very moved by all the plans they had for Miles, I was like, 'Well, that's a whole different deal.' I forget who I turned to - Axel or someone - I said, 'I didn't know all this was going on. So not only is Miles Spider-Man in the Marvel Universe if you think about it, he's a much more traditional Spider-Man figure than he is a high school kid wrestling between being a superhero and being a high school kid and living in New York and, you know, pretty much staying in New York like Peter used to. When we got there, I found out Miles was an Avenger, which I did not know, and I found out that Peter Parker had aimed for greener pastures in a much a more international-flavored world. So we went to the next retreat, and I had my head buried in the sand, and I wasn't really paying attention to what some other people were doing until we got there. I had quietly said, 'Okay, I guess that's the place to stop.' Bringing Miles here, that had felt like a big mountain climbed, and, you know, we have to leave books eventually - even I have to leave books eventually. IGN Comics: What made you want to keep telling the story of Miles Morales? What story did you want to tell, instead of handing off the reins? Bendis: Truthfully - and some people have told me they don't believe me - I had resigned from the book.

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