Even before the introductory credits rolled on the first episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, we might have just gotten a broad hint at future spider-heroes coming in the series.

The animated Disney+ series makes a bold change to Spidey’s MCU story and the result is a series that’s fun and smart with a hint of genuine danger.

Set outside of the “Sacred Timeline” Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is set somewhere in the multiverse exploring an alternate version of Spider-Man’s origins. Under the mentorship of Norman Osborn ( Colman Domingo ), Peter Parker learns how to utilize his new powers while balancing his social life as a freshman in high school.

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,

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.

In our own Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man review, we say the series is: "Simply spectacular from start to finish, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man cleverly remixes Mar

The premiere episode of Marvel's animated Spider-Man show pinballs between being an MCU cover band and doing its own thing.