Spider-Man is the only Marvel property that Sony owns outright, although they recently entered a joint custody deal of sorts with Marvel Studios, thus allowing Peter Parker entrance into the Avengers and their expanded universe hijinks. Sony has struggled to make Spider. Peter Parker and his alter ego Spider-Man must be heterosexual and Parker must be Caucasian, according to a legal licensing agreement between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marvel Entertainment.
Sometimes student, sometimes scientist and sometimes photographer, Peter Parker is a full-time super hero better known as the web-slinging and wall-crawling Spider-Man. As an orphaned child, Peter was raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. At a science expo, Peter was bitten by an errant radioactive spider which granted him an array of arachnid.
Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, is among the most popular superheroes ever. There's hardly a comic book or superhero fan that doesn't know all about the nerdy kid from Queens that a radioactive spider bit. The one thing people still get confused about is Parker's ethnicity.
So, is Peter Parker Italian, as mentioned in the MCU? What's his true ethnicity? But is that really true? Sure, anyone can imagine themselves under the costumes, but I guess anyone can't imagine themselves as Peter Parker since he contractually has to be white and straight. And furthermore, only white and straight boys get to see themselves represented on the big screens and see their imagination become reality. In the years since, fans have grown vocal in their calls for license-holder Sony to bring Miles Morales to the screen, or to at least allow Peter Parker to be played by a non.
"I wouldn't mind, if Peter Parker had originally been black, a Latino, an Indian or anything else, that he stay that way," Lee said. "But we originally made him white. I don't see any.
Spidiversity: Non-White Peter Parker is a Non-Issue Just like you, I was thrilled to hear that my favorite comic book hero had cleared the contractual hurdles that had previously prevented him from appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Spidey's coming home! And here's the second, more stringent set of standards for the character of Peter Parker himself: Peter Parker Character Traits. Depictions of Peter Parker or his Spider.
Peter Parker Can't Be Black or Gay? What Marvel's 'Spider-Man' Restrictions Really Mean Leaked documents reveal that Marvel gave Sony a list of what Spider-Man is - and isn't.