When you look at Tom Holland’s run as Spider-Man in the MCU, it’s basically one massive, interconnected origin story.
Spiderman Homecoming (2017)
We start after the events of the Civil War. Peter is desperate to prove he’s ready for the big leagues. He receives a gift from Tony Stark, a high-tech suit. The suit acts as training wheels for his superhero career.
The main conflict comes from Adrian Toomes (The Vulture). A blue-collar guy stealing alien tech left behind from the Battle of New York. The twist? He’s also the dad of Peter’s high school crush. Tony sees Peter being reckless and takes the high-tech suit away. Peter has to stop the Vulture using nothing but his old homemade cloth suit. It’s his first real lesson in what it actually means to be a hero without a multi-billionaire backing him up.
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Set after the chaotic events of Avengers: Endgame. Peter is grieving the loss of Tony Stark. Wanting to be a “normal” teenager on a European school trip. He is heavily dodging the pressure of becoming “the next Iron Man.”
Enter Quentin Beck (Mysterio), a master of illusion pretending to be a hero from another dimension. Peter is tricked into handing over Tony’s high-tech tactical glasses (E.D.I.T.H.) to Beck. Once Peter figures out the deception, he uses his “Peter Tingle” (spider-sense) to see through the holograms and defeat Mysterio in London. But Mysterio gets the last laugh: a mid-credits scene reveals a doctored video framing Spider-Man for the attack and exposing Peter Parker’s secret identity to the entire world
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
With his life completely ruined by the public exposure, Peter turns to Doctor Strange for a magical fix to make everyone forget he’s Spider-Man. Peter messes up the spell mid-cast by trying to add exceptions for MJ, Ned, and Aunt May, which accidentally cracks open the multiverse.
Villains from past movie franchises (like Green Goblin and Doc Ock) spill into the MCU. Peter tries to cure them instead of sending them back to die, but the Green Goblin kills Aunt May in the process. With the help of two alternative Peters (Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield), they manage to cure the villains.
To stop the multiverse from completely collapsing, Peter makes the ultimate sacrifice: he tells Strange to cast a new spell that makes everyone forget Peter Parker ever existed.
Brand New Day
The trilogy leaves Peter completely isolated. His best friends don’t recognise him, his tech is gone, and he has no family left. The final shots show him moving into a tiny apartment, listening to a police scanner, and swinging out of the window in a simple, hand-sewn classic red-and-blue suit.
It is the ultimate MCU “Brand New Day”—no Stark tech, no Avengers backup, just a friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man starting completely from scratch.
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