In a typical example of ‘modern day comic book adaptation writing’ applied to an admittedly atypical target, the premiere of Marvel Studios’ new Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man animated Disney Plus series has revealed that the latest character to receive the race- and gender-swap treatment from the House of Mouse is none other than the wall-crawler’s long-time friend-slash-villain,

Since Stan Lee and Steve Ditko first created Spider-Man more than six decades ago, the character has been one of the most enduring superheroes in popular culture. From comics to animated series and a slew of live-action films (as well as 2018’s animated,

Disney+'s new animated comedy, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, has to overcome being "the Farm" to at least two different versions of "Paree." Do an animated Spider-Man-centric series in 2025 and you're inevitably going to be compared to the Spider-Verse films,