Amid recent casting news for the newest film adaptation of Spider-Man, Stan Lee has come forward to reaffirm that he'd like his Marvel characters to stay exactly as they are. Though that's not to say that he's necessarily opposed to diverse representation — just not in his own creations.

On the red carpet of the Ant-Man premiere in Hollywood on Monday night, the comic book creator told E! News, "I'd like Spider-Man to stay as he is, but I have no problem creating a superhero who's homosexual. I have no problem with having a black one, a Latino one, a Chinese one, anything — the whole world is our playground. The whole world has heroes we can draw from."

"I'm just not too happy changing what has already been established," he explained.

What's been established is that Spider-Man is a "Caucasian and heterosexual" male who "is raised in a middle-class household," as put forth in leaked emails that Gawker published as a part of the Sony hacks.

A few years ago, Lee also brushed off racial debates during Donald Glover's bid to play the webbed superhero, telling MTV that casting Spider-Man "shouldn't be a racial issue" and that he would not stop anyone from auditioning. However, he explained that because "everybody seems to be familiar with Spider-Man ... it's just that it might be confusing to people."

In another conversation with Newsarama, he reiterated that while the world has a place for gay superheroes, he just doesn't see any reason to "change the sexual proclivities of a character" once they're already written another way.

Though Lee toes the line and flip flops a bit when it comes to race and sexuality issues, the point remains that he'd like for his superheroes to stay how he's written them.

His statements, coupled with the conditions that Marvel detailed in those hacked emails, seem to even further limit the scope for the already-slim chances to see actors of color portray superheroes on screen.

"I just see no reason to change that which has already been established when it’s so easy to add new characters. I say create new characters the way you want to. Hell, I’ll do it myself," he told Newsarama.

The ball's in your court, Stan. We'll wait.