Oh my, what a mistake-a to make-a. The problem with consuming comics in a non-serialised scattergun way, is that sometimes that scattergun can spectacularly backfire on you, resulting in you coming away from a particular volume with a nasty taste in your mouth.

I've been trying to gee C up to get ready to go and watch the MCU's awesome "Captain Marvel" film and noticed "Civil War II" on offer on ComiXology. So yes, I have no one but myself to blame for this one.

Civil War II is the follow up to the original Marvel Civil War comic by Mark Millar, the first volume to set superhero against superhero, against the backdrop of dovetailing comic series all leading to a singular moment in the Marvel Comic Universe.

This time it's all about one's perspective of interpreting future events as we find the key Marvel heroes facing off against each other over a particular mutant supe who can foresee the future. Ths time Tony Stark and Captain Marvel are at loggerheads as TS believes that the visions are subjective at best, while Captain Marvel takes them at face value, believing the only way to prevent the horrible things that happen in the visions from actually happening, she and her team must take direct action. Action that often involves imprisoning, or in some cases killing other supes.

I meant this as a way of getting C up to speed with Captain Marvel, before coming to the horrific conclusion that everyone who reads this comes to - that Bendis' depiction of an awesome superhero (Captain Marvel) is flawed, and that Carol Danvers comes across as a colossal a-hole, whichever way you fall in the Stark vs Cap Marv debate. Not quite the character introduction I imagined!! Oops!

So it was swiftly rectified by diving back to ComiXology to instead hoover up one of the greatest sets of "Origin Stories" comics created for Captain Marvel, from the hugely talented team of Kelly Sue De Connick and David Lopez, who really give us the "Higher, Further, Faster, More" supe we deserve.

This is far more what you're after if you want something that previews the version of Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel that appears in the movie.

The problem with playing catch-up with well-loved comic series is that you feel duty bound to try and slot everyting you read into some sort of linear timeline - and when it comes to Marvel Comics and series fragmentation, that's a purely impossible task.

So our Comic of the Week this week, "Spider-Man: Miles Morales Volume 1" by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli might now be two years old, and Bendis may have jumped ship to DC Comics from Marvel (lucky old DC, Bendis is an IMMENSE talent) but this series is undoubtedly one of the best if you've been looking for stuff that has interesting paralells that run comfortably alongside the behemoth "Into the Spider-Verse" movie.

Miles Morales here is a bit older than he's depicted in the movie, with even more of the same issues he encountered in the flick.

Being a teenager is hard enough. Being a teenager who also happens to be Spider-Man, has just been drafted into the Avengers AND has a Grandma who is convinced he's on drugs or running around with questionable young ladies is quite another matter entirely.

So poor Miles. Alongside his long-suffering (but utterly brilliant, in our opinion) friend Ganke Lee, the dude's trying to cope with nefarious demons who want to turn the world to ashes, kicking the Avengers' collective asses in the process (thankfully Miles is around to add a little sting here or there to the invader) - but also trying to cope with plumetting school grades and a love life that careers from non-existent to completely disastrous.

With the addition of a new pupil at his part-board school, Miles also has to deal with his secret identity accidentally being blurted out to "Golden Balls" - a mutant ex X-Men member who can summon golden spheres from...well, we never quite find out where from (thankfully).

We love Ganke Lee!

As the story begins to unfold at breakneck pace, Miles soon realises that a new super-criminal cadre would rather this new Spider-Man was hung up by his webs - permanently.

Pichelli's artwork combined with Bendis' superb plotting, fantastic observational eye for teen angst - and a ton of tongue-in-cheek jokes, cameos and utterly KILLER lines, this is a total win of a comic. We've devoured Volumes 1 and 2 and are just waiting for Volume 3 to arrive so if you're on Team Miles and haven't read this yet, this is a truly awesome jumping-in point for more of his ace comic run.

Sum this comic up in a sentence: It's not easy being Spidey!

"Spider-Man: Miles Morales Volume 1" by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli is out now, published by Marvel Comics (self purchased, not provided for review)