8 Things Nobody Wants To Admit About MCU Spider-Man

5. He Was Introduced In Pretty Much The Worst Way

Captain America: Civil War stands out as one of the best films in the MCU, and while Spidey's appearance in the film is likely still a highlight to many, in retrospect... it sticks out like a sore thumb.

Civil War has so many moving parts in it and by far the most compelling is the battle going on between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark. Christopher Marcus and Stephen McFeely's adaptation of the Mark Millar and Steve McNiven comic is a noticeable upgrade in that it dedicates the time to unpack Tony's feelings, injecting some moral ambiguity into an issue that was decidedly more black and white on paper.

Factor in the relationship between Steve and Bucky, the arrival of Black Panther and Zemo AND the conflict between all the heroes, and you do have to wonder whether or not it was the best place to introduce Spider-Man.

By introducing Spidey as Stark's muse in Civil War, Sony and Marvel effectively locked the character into one path. His costume, his motivations, everything is defined by Iron Man and the Avengers from that point on. There are attempts for Peter to reconcile that responsibility with what he should be doing as a young high schooler in the following features, but that's his ENTIRE arc.