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

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.

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.

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