Hah, so on a lark I decided to check out The Ultimate Spider-Man on Netflix. It started off...okay. They utilize the weird fourth wall shattering pause time to talk to the audience shtick that Zach Morris pioneered at Bayside High.

It's set a year into Spidey's career when he's approached by Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. for additional training and gear. Turns out Nick is starting a new initiative to start training the Next Avengers and he wants Spidey to help lead this new team he's assembled. The team consisting of Iron Fist, White Tiger, Luke Cage and Nova.

I thought it was a pretty neat concept and made me wish Marvel had Spidey's rights back even more. And then something happened that took me completely by surprise...

AGENT COULSON SHOWED UP! He advises against Spidey's recruitment, citing the reports from the Daily Bugle. Later on, Parker is surprised to find that his new team has been transferred to his high school and Coulson is now his new principle!

It felt like Marvel's attempt to slide Spidey into their new universe, at least in the animated portion of it. Oh yeah and the Fantastic Four were shown to exist in this universe as well.