Marvel’s Head of Animation, Brad Winderbaum, previously talked about the series, saying: “I mean, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is amazing, to say the least. I think it’s really going to surprise people. It is very much like a cut from that Steve Ditko era of the comics.”
He went on to explain: “It’s Peter Parker back in high school just trying to make it work, take care of his aunt, completely broke, and having to be a superhero.
“It’s so essentially Spider-Man, and what Jeff Trammell, the creator of that show, did, which I think people are going to love, is he built this ensemble of characters around Peter that you fall in love with.”
He added: “Similarly, just because it’s long-form storytelling, as those relationships brew when the stakes rise in that first season, things feel really tragic and dangerous, and pretty incredible. So, I love that show.”