Unfortunately, because everyone is so dang interesting, the character who ends up being the least compelling is Peter Parker himself. [ Ed. note: This post contains some spoilers for the latest episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.]

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man makes passing references to Ben Parker, maintaining his legendary status as a father figure for Peter Parker. Including Uncle Ben on-screen would diminish his mythic stature, as he would become just a regular character rather than a larger-than-life hero for Peter to emulate.

Audiences may have felt graphic violence wouldn't ever surface on the show. Those audiences were proven wrong.