"1) Please don't tell me that Miller's 'darker and edgier' Spider-man is going to replace Ult!Spidey."
One of the things I actually really like about the Ultimate line is that Bendis actually seems rather protective of Spider-Man (note how little he showed up in Ultimatum). He's written a ridiculous number of issues, from everything he says he really seems to enjoy writing a youthful, funny Peter Parker, and I really don't think he'll be giving that up any time too soon. Perhaps it's naive optimism, but I choose to cling to it all the same.