Miles Morales: Spider-Man begins with high school student and part-time Spider-Man, 16-year-old Miles Morales, setting the kitchen table for his family’s Sunday dinner. Miles decides to use the “good china” to celebrate the dinner marking the end of his punishment. He had been suspended from school after getting caught trying to leave campus in the middle of class. He’d told his teacher that he needed to go to the restroom, but in reality, his spidey-sense—a buzzing sensation Miles feels when there is an imminent threat near him—had been acting up. Miles claims his spidey-sense has been acting up since the beginning of the school year, describing it as being “broken.” He would go out and try to find the source of danger he was sensing, but would find nothing.

Miles’s parents, Rio Morales and Jeff Davis, tease him about his lack of control over his bladder. He is saved from his parents by the doorbell, which alerts the family to the arrival of Miles’s best friend and roommate Ganke Lee. Together, the family and Ganke eat dinner. Throughout dinner, Miles reflects on the events of the week prior.