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.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man premiered on Disney+ on January 29, 2025, and has already aired five episodes. The show is an animated retelling of Spider-Man’s origin story.

Citizens walking down a busy street in New York City in January look up to see a black-clad Spider-Man swinging high in the sky. After stumbling to stick the landing on a rooftop, Spider-Man’s mask slithers away from his face to reveal Richard.

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.

Ultimate Spider-Man #13 by writer Jonathan Hickman, artist Marco Checchetto, color artist Matthew Wilson, and letterer Cory Petit picks up where the previous issue left off, following Mary Jane's discovery that Peter has been replaced by his shapeshifting AI suit.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man introduces Carla Connors, but can a gender-flipped Lizard fix the supervillain's underwhelming movie past?

Head writer Jeff Trammell and supervising director Mel Zwyer pay homage to the early comics with a "moving comic" style in CG while introducing a surprising supporting cast.

Peter Parker has a new friend group in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. So what does this mean for Ned and MJ?

When Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man was announced, it was going to be a prequel series for Tom Holland's Peter Parker. However, it has since shifted away from that initial