The first episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man takes a drastic detour from the MCU in pretty significant ways.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is exclusive to Disney+, so you’ll need a subscription to stream the new show. Luckily, the new episode will be available no matter which plan you’re subscribed to. There are two Disney+ plans: one with ads costs $9.99/month, while the ad-free plan costs $15.99/month.

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 the MCU, Peter Parker's billionaire mentor was Iron Man. But in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Peter's mentor is not as friendly.

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

Man's seemingly inconspicuous supporting characters are based on Marvel heroes and villains. Let's run through them.