Series Phase 5 — The Multiverse War (2025–2026)

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Season 1)

Name: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Season 1)
Released: 2025-01-29
Duration: 250 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Hudson Thames

"Meet the new hero on the block."

Released January 29, 2025 4h 10m ★ 7.8TMDB ○ Optional to the MCU

Peter Parker is on his way to becoming a hero, but his path to get there is anything but ordinary.

Watch note

Animated — not MCU canon. Alternate Peter Parker story where Norman Osborn is an early mentor. Unconnected to Tom Holland's continuity.

Why It Matters in the MCU

The animated series follows a Peter Parker in an alternate timeline where Tony Stark is not his mentor, replacing the Stark-dependency arc with a story about a young Spider-Man building his identity without an established framework to inherit or rebel against. The retro-futurist visual style — evoking the original Ditko comics while remaining contemporary in animation technique — gives the series a distinct aesthetic within the MCU's animated output. It is the franchise's first sustained attempt at an animated Spider-Man narrative set adjacent to but independent from the live-action continuity.

Watch These First

12 titles lead into Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Season 1) — 26 hours in total. All 12 are essential.

Captain America: The First Avenger Essential 2h 4m ★ 7.0
Iron Man Essential 2h 6m ★ 7.7 +1 before this
Iron Man 2 Essential 2h 4m ★ 6.9 +1 before this
The Incredible Hulk Essential 1h 52m ★ 6.3
Iron Man 2 (Post-Credit Scene) Essential 0h 2m
Thor Essential 1h 55m ★ 6.8 +3 before this
Captain America: The First Avenger (Credits) Essential 0h 2m
Thor (Post-Credit Scene) Essential 0h 2m
The Avengers Essential 2h 23m ★ 8.1 +3 before this
Iron Man 3 Essential 2h 10m ★ 6.9
Thor: The Dark World Essential 1h 52m ★ 6.5
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Essential 2h 16m ★ 7.7 +4 before this
Avengers: Age of Ultron Essential 2h 21m ★ 7.3 +1 before this
Captain America: Civil War Essential 2h 27m ★ 7.5 +1 before this
Spider-Man: Homecoming Essential 2h 13m ★ 7.3

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Where It Fits in the MCU

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Season 1) sits at position 148 of 158 in the MCU's story-chronological order, placing it within the Phase 5 — The Multiverse War (2025–2026) era. It is rated Optional — can be skipped without losing the main thread. Watching in story-chronological order provides the most coherent character development experience — individual arcs build naturally toward the franchise's major crossover events, with each film's post-credits scenes carrying forward into what follows.