Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Marvel's Epic Revival of Their Teenage Hero

For more than 60 years, Peter Parker has been a well-known Marvel hero, especially among young adults. This past month, Marvel released a TV series on Disney+ featuring everyone's favorite web-slinger. Here is why I think Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is one of the best ways Spidey has been brought to the screen since his debut.

First of all, the unique 3D animation is a reminder of Spidey's first form of media. The comic-style shows the panel borders sometimes and looks great for intense action.

White panel borders are shown, making this frame look like the page of a comic book.

Secondly, the characters were given different backgrounds and stories like we've never seen before. For example, Norman Osborn is Peter's mentor, while in most versions of Spider-Man, he is an enemy. There are even entirely new characters like Lonnie, Nico, and Pearl!

The recreation of the recruitment scene in Captain America: Civil War had me surprised.

Another amazing feature is that the series, like the original comics, tries to relate to Peter's social struggles as a teenager. For example, he tries to keep his friendships together while struggling to maintain his secret identity as Spider-Man.

Peter is nervous while talking to Pearl

Lastly, the plot twisted and turned so much and there were so many cliffhangers, leaving me always wanting more! I was lucky the episodes came in batches of two or three.

I'm not going to spoil anything for you here!

Overall, it's my favorite Marvel series to date, and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Luckily, season 2 was announced, so we're likely to see more of Peter's adventures and figure out those cliffhangers!