‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Just Tackled One of Marvel’s Most Niche Characters

In a deep-cut Marvel Comics reference, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man features NFL Superpro Phil Grayfield as Lonnie Lincoln’s coach.

Feb 7, 2025 - 18:22
 0
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Just Tackled One of Marvel’s Most Niche Characters

Who doesn't love a niche character? Kite-Man, Dr. Phosphorus, Madame Web. When our favorite comic book films and TV series do their homework and reference an out-of-left-field character, it's fun. Speaking of left field, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man just tackled one such character. Maybe. Lonnie Lincoln's (Eugene Byrd) unassuming coach, Grayfield (Roger Craig Smith), may eventually turn out to be none other than Marvel Comics' character NFL SuperPro. Who? That's right. But it's complicated.