When Jeff Trammell landed the job of creating Marvel Studios' animated series "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" (premiering today), he stepped into the most fertile creative period for the web-slinging superhero in his 63-year history.

Man’s placement in the endless web known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe, executive producer Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt said something happens in the new Disney+ show that branches it off from the traditional timeline Tom Holland’s Spider-Man occupies.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man doesn’t spin the same old origin story. Marvel Studios’ first Spider-Man animated series was conceived as a prequel to the live-action films starring Tom Holland,

(Fourth from Left-R) Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Hudson Thames) and Harry Osborn (Zeno Robinson) in Marvel Animation’s YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation. © 2024 MARVEL. All Rights Reserved.

In the MCU, Peter Parker's billionaire mentor was Iron Man. But in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Peter's mentor is not as friendly.

Peter Parker has been through hell. Joe Kelly’s ongoing run of The Amazing Spider-Man began with Doctor Doom — the new Sorcerer Supreme — delegating his responsibilities as Earth’s champion against the eight Scions of Cyttorak the Destroyer.

Light spoilers for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man lie ahead, so read on accordingly. Those who are familiar with the original Spidey comics are likely aware of the fact that Peter Parker has historically attended Midtown High or some variation of it.

I did not really know what to expect from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man in the wake of the hard-to-surpass X-Men 97. But it's great

Spider-Man's latest animated outing has arrived on Disney +. Recap everything that happened in this new corner of the MCU