The MCU Changes Spider-Man’s Origin With an Old Sci-Fi Trope, But Is It For the Best?

Most comic book readers know how Spider-Man got his powers: from a radioactive spider bite. In the comic series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, this happened during a battle between Doctor Strange and an alien creature at Midtown High. A spider fell through a magical portal and bit Peter Parker. It wasn’t initially known if the spider was from another dimension or had magical abilities, but the details were finally explained in the last episode of the season.







