Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man makes passing references to Ben Parker, maintaining his legendary status as a father figure for Peter Parker. Including Uncle Ben on-screen would diminish his mythic stature, as he would become just a regular character rather than a larger-than-life hero for Peter to emulate.

In the seventh and eighth episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Peter Parker battles The Scorpion, Norman Osborn's true colours may have been revealed, and Otto Octavius unleashes his arms!

Episodes three to eight of “ Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ” (2025) are now available to stream on Disney+. It has been a while since the show’s premiere and has been a mixed bag of moments for New York City’s wall-crawling, web-shooting hero.

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.

The character of Lonnie “Tombstone” Lincoln is one of the more controversial aspects of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Some have complained about his prominent role in the series since he isn’t classically associated with Peter Parker and his origins,

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man initially started as the series that would finally address the origin tale of Tom Holland's version of Spider-Man.

Three new episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man arrived on Disney+ on February 5, 2025. After a two-episode premiere, which introduced the audience to Peter Parker’s world and friends, the new episodes focus on new challenges for the superhero.

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.]