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.

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.]

Hudson Thames brings a fresh voice to Peter Parker in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, taking the right approach to his character.

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

Throughout Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Peter experiments with different suits, trying to find the perfect one. Each design reflects a different stage of his journey, some make him more intimidating, some make him more recognizable, and some just don’t work at all.

Lonnie Lincoln from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is given the nickname of Tombstone, and here is all you need to know about him.

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 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.

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,

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.