Peter Parker has been through hell. Joe Kelly’s ongoing run of The Amazing Spider-Man began with Doctor Doom — the new Sorcerer Supreme — delegating his responsibilities as Earth’s champion against the eight Scions of Cyttorak the Destroyer.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man episode 1, "Amazing Fantasy."Marvel Studios just introduced a new Spider-Man to the MCU in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,

“Amazing Fantasy” shows a handful of new characters that have not yet been given the spotlight. One of those is Peter’s best friend Nico Minoru (Grace Song), who is far different from Ned Leeds and Harry Osborn. She seems like the complete opposite of someone who would be friends with Peter.

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,

But the most similar origin story to the one shown in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is actually that of Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, where he’s bitten by a spider from a different dimension.

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