The many different Peter Parker stories are often consistent in several ways, yet the MCU just confirmed a big Spider-Man origin change.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is a retelling of Peter Parker's origin story, but with one key, cosmic twist.

After all, the idea that even good people can make mistakes, but those mistakes can drive them to be better, is a really compelling concept, especially for a superhero. Untangling Ben’s death from Spidey’s origin story and removing any culpability Peter might have had then risks robbing the Web-Head of this nuance.

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.

When Jeff Trammell landed the job of creating Marvel Studios' animated series "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" (premiering today), he stepped into the most fertile creative period for the web-slinging superhero in his 63-year history.

Light spoilers for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man lie ahead, so read on accordingly. Those who are familiar with the original Spidey comics are likely aware of the fact that Peter Parker has historically attended Midtown High or some variation of it.

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I did not really know what to expect from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man in the wake of the hard-to-surpass X-Men 97. But it's great