Marvel finally reveals what Spider-Man was doing before joining the MCU. Tom Holland’s Peter Parker made his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: Civil War. When Tony Stark recruits the boy to Team Iron Man, it becomes clear that Peter was already well into his superhero career. However, the film doesn’t delve into how Spidey’s reputation precedes him.
Spider-Man’s pre-MCU life is finally analyzed in Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man #3 by Christos Gage and Eric Gapstur. Marvel revealed even more details about the upcoming issue in its February 2025 solicitations.
YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR SPIDER-MAN #3 (2025) |
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February 19, 2025 |
Writers: |
Christos Gage |
Artists: |
Eric Gapstur |
Cover artist: |
Leonardo Romero |
Variant covers: |
Benjamin Su |
ROCKED IN TROUBLE! With a new school, new powers, and a new secret identity, Peter Parker is lost as he tries to navigate his double life as Spider-Man. YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR SPIDER-MAN is joining a new animated series on Disney+, but you can read about it first as he takes on THE EXECUTORS! |
The solicitation reveals that in this MCU prequel, Spider-Man faces the Enforcers. This comic could show how Spider-Man built his credibility before Civil war, while also canonizing these forgotten villains in the MCU.
Spider-Man officially faces his perfect enemies on the streets in a new MCU prequel
Who are the Executors?
Marvel is currently preparing to release an animated prequel to Peter Parker’s MCU debut called Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. With Craig do Creek Jeff Trammell serving as head writer, the show will showcase Peter’s origin story and pre-Civil War escapades. This comic series will be a companion piece to the 2025 animated show and will introduce the Enforcers to the MCU. In Marvel’s Earth-616 canon, the Enforcers originally debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #10 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
Featuring Montana, Ox and Fancy Dan, the Enforcers are a gang of hired guns who team up with those who pay them in New York City’s criminal underworld. In his days as a strictly street hero, they are among Spider-Man’s earliest rivals in official Marvel continuityand now they will be Spidey’s first villains in the official MCU continuity. Audiences are eager to see the MCU’s Spider-Man take on more street-level villains, so this new story should be a welcome addition to the MCU-centric comics.
Marvel news Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man Comic builds credibility in Spider-Man’s MCU
Executors would be a notable challenge
Why Civil War introduces Spider-Man after his superhero journey has already begun, deprives the audience of seeing Spidey’s origins and the first villains he faces. This comic not only fills the space that the third Captain America didn’t succeed, but it adds context to what Iron Man saw of Spider-Man to be impressed enough to recruit a child into his war. Tony didn’t just see a young man with impressive powers taking on street thugs, he saw Spider-Man defeat one of New York’s toughest gangs – and now readers will too in this new edition.
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man #3 is available February 19, 2025 from Marvel Comics.