But what’s funny about the entire situation is how Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is, in fact, one of those “woke” shows you’re always hearing culturally conservative types harp on about. It celebrates multiculturalism by treating diversity as a simple fact of the world Peter Parker exists in.

When it comes to Marvel Cinematic Universe lore, few things have been more impactful than Captain America: Civil War, which signaled a seismic shift in the MCU’s future by introducing characters and moments Marvel fans still gush about.

A poster for the Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man episode, "Secret Identity Crisis," by Julien Rico Jr. asks if Norman Osborn is "A Friend or Foe." This comes after Tarantula and Speed Demon struck in a clip from the episode.

Some Spider-Man fans take issue with the MCU take on Peter Parker despite his movies being financial and critical successes. They feel Tony Stark acting as a mentor to the teen vigilante is antithetical to Peter’s outsider status.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man puts Peter Parker in some interesting costumes. Here's a list of all of them.

Unfortunately, because everyone is so dang interesting, the character who ends up being the least compelling is Peter Parker himself. [ Ed. note: This post contains some spoilers for the latest episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.]

Although it reinvents the canon, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man understand one key aspect of the hero better than the MCU.

Three new episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man arrived on Disney+ on February 5, 2025. After a two-episode premiere, which introduced the audience to Peter Parker’s world and friends, the new episodes focus on new challenges for the superhero.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 's iteration of the web head is a classic spin on Spidey - which gets back to the roots of what originally made him great: quintessential coming-of age stories colored by Pop era visuals and the American dream.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man showrunner Jeff Trammell has addressed the decision to have Harry Osborn learn the web-slinger's secret identity in episode 4 and what that could mean moving forward.