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.

The animated Disney+ series makes a bold change to Spidey’s MCU story and the result is a series that’s fun and smart with a hint of genuine danger.

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