In a typical example of ‘modern day comic book adaptation writing’ applied to an admittedly atypical target, the premiere of Marvel Studios’ new Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man animated Disney Plus series has revealed that the latest character to receive the race- and gender-swap treatment from the House of Mouse is none other than the wall-crawler’s long-time friend-slash-villain,

Old school Spidey fans will likely appreciate the retro-tinged 3D cel-shading style, which pays homage to the artwork of early Spider-Man comic books by Steve Ditko and John Romita. Daredevil fans will be pleased to hear the character's radar sense is set to be called up on in the show, with Charlie Cox providing his voice.

Chatting to me ahead of the Marvel series' two-episode premiere, Jeff Trammell was reluctant to go into detail on where the story will go next. However, Trammell, who's also the animated project's head writer and one of its executive producers,