After being bitten by an experimental Oscorp spider, Miles begins developing superhuman powers similar, if not identical, to those of Spider-Man, including the ability to stick to surfaces. Peter later teaches Miles how to web-swing, along with designing a new pair of web-shooters for him. As of the events of Miles Morales, Miles also displays superhuman abilities like camouflage, which makes him effectively invisible, and a “venom blast” that can administer a bio-electric shock to his enemies.

Miles is working at the shelter when the prisoners escape from Ryker’s Island and The Raft, as he is helping Aunt May with those sick from Devil’s Breath. He becomes trapped with her inside the building after the convicts set it ablaze, before Spider-Man arrives to save them both. In a twist of irony, Miles then has to save Spider-Man with the help of Mary Jane Watson.