Black Spider-Man = Venom

African American actor Donald Glover (the black guy on Community) is currently seeking the role of Spider-Man for the reboot of the series via an intenet campaign. The news reached the comic book creator Stan Lee and here’s what he had to say….

" I certainly think he should have a chance to audition….white characters Kingpin and Nick Fury were played by African-American actors in film…but that might not work in the case of Spider-Man.”

"Everybody seems to be familiar with Spider-Man, so I say that it isn't that it's a racial issue - it's just that it might be confusing to people. But that's a matter for the people at Marvel to take into consideration. I certainly don't want to weigh in on it in any way, except to say I think Glover is a fine actor."

Who’s next? Thor? Aquaman? Jabberjaw? (Okay, he was a great white shark but could you see him played by a black fin reef shark? NO). Video below.