“For the US is a nation of stories: it was willed into existence by its founders – literally written into being. Each generation has to tell the nation’s tale in its own way, or the whole thing falls apart – or ceases to be relevant, which is the same thing. Comic books are the myths not of America’s creation, but of the meaning of its history – and Spider-Man is one of the most important. […] Spider-Man is the pure dream: the American heart, in the act of growing up and learning its path. That he will, from now on, be called Morales rather than Parker is a prophecy of a new America that alarms some, but inspires others. That, after all, is what superheroes are here for.”—How Spider-Man can weave the American dream - FT.com
