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Spider-Man Spider-Verse Reading Order

In almost all the universe, there’s a Spider-Man. In a 2014 Marvel Event named Spider-verse, all the Spider-Men were attacked by Morlun and his family, the Inheritors.

Written by Dan Slott, the storyline really began a few years ago during J. Michael Straczynski’s Coming Home story. When the evil Inheritors begin exterminating spider-characters throughout the multiverse in order to feed on their force, every single Spider-Man ever is needed to save the day!

An interdimensional spider-army gathers to fight Morlun and his deadly family, but as the Prophecy comes to fruition, none of them are safe! What will this brutal war for survival mean for Peter Parker…and the rest of the spiders? Starring hundreds of Spider-Men, from the beloved to the obscure!

What To Read before Spider-Man Spider-Verse?

The Spider-Verse brings back a lot of spider-men, A LOT. If you are a long-time reader of the series, you’ll probably remember some. If you are a hardcore fan, you’ll remember all of them. That said, not knowing the cartoon version or the Spider-Ham 2099 will not be an obstacle here, the story may be full of references, and even a neophyte can read it and understand all the important points.

All those big events always use old stories to build their mythology, Spider-Verse is no exception. Here is what you can read before. It’s not obligatory reading, but it helps to understand what is at stake from the beginning.

Spider-Man Spider-Verse Reading Order:

Spider-Man Spider-Verse Reading Order: The Collected editions

The Omnibus

This omnibus collects the first Spider-Verse event, but also its sequel, Spider-Geddon.

  • Spider-Verse/Spider-Geddon Omnibus
    Collects Edge of Spider-Verse (2014) #1-5; Spider-Verse (2014) #1-2; Superior Spider-Man (2013) #32-33; Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #7-15; Spider-Man 2099 (2014) #5-8; Scarlet Spiders (2014) #1-3; Spider-Woman (2014) #1-4; Spider-Verse Team-Up (2014) #1-3; Free Comic Book Day 2014 (Guardians of the Galaxy) #1 (Spider-Verse story); Edge of Spider-Geddon (2018) #1-4; Spider-Geddon (2018) #0-5; Superior Octopus (2018) #1; Spider-Force (2018) #1-3; Spider-Girls (2018) #1-3; Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (2017) #311-313; Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider (2018) #1-4; Vault of Spiders (2018) #1-2; Spider-Geddon: Spider-Man Noir Video Comic (2018); Spider-Geddon: Spider-Gwen – Ghost Spider Video Comic (2018); Spider-Geddon: Spider-Man Video Comic (2018); Spider-Geddon Handbook (2018) #1.

The Paperbacks

To be clear from the start, you really only need two books to read the Spider-Verse Event in its entirety:

  • Amazing Spider-Man: Edge of Spider-Verse
    Collects Edge of Spider-Verse #1-5.
  • Spider-verse
    Collects Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #7-15, Superior Spider-Man #32-33, Spider-Verse #1-2, Spider-Verse Team-Up #1-3, Scarlet Spiders #1-3, Spider-Woman (2014) #1-4, Spider-Man 2099 (2014) #6-8 And Material From Free Comic Book Day 2014 (Guardians Of The Galaxy) #1.

Also, if you can’t find the mini-omnibus, here is the listing of the TPBs:

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Spider-Man Spider-Verse Reading Order: Issue By Issue

Before everything really start, multiple stories began to put in place every piece of the event. What came before is relatively optional, if you only want the Spider-Verse stuff, you need to start here.

I. Prelude & The Edge of Spider-Verse

  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #4
  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #5
  • Free Comic Book Day 2014 – Guardians of the Galaxy
  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #6
  • Superior Spider-Man #32
  • Superior Spider-Man #33
  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #7
  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #8
  • Edge of Spider-Verse #1
  • Edge of Spider-Verse #2
  • Edge of Spider-Verse #3
  • Edge of Spider-Verse #4
  • Edge of Spider-Verse #5
  • Spider-Man 2099 vol. 2 #5
  • Spider-Verse Team-Up #1
  • Spider-Verse #1
  • Spider-Verse #2

II. The Main Spider-verse Event

This is the core of the event. Everything, even the prelude, is collected in one big book, except Edge of Spider-Verse for some reason.

  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #9
  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #10
  • Spider-Man 2099 v2 #6
  • Scarlet Spiders #1
  • Scarlet Spiders #2
  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #11
  • Spider-Verse Team-Up #2
  • Spider-Woman vol. 5 #1
  • Spider-Woman vol. 5 #2
  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #12
  • Spider-Man 2099 vol. 2 #7
  • Scarlet Spiders #3
  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #13
  • Spider-Verse Team-Up #3
  • Spider-Woman vol. 5 #3
  • Spider-Man 2099 vol. 2 #8
  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #14
  • The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #15

What to read after Spider-Man Spider-Verse?

If like me, you wanted to follow more adventures of the spider-gang, there’s a short, but good series with multiple spider-men, women, and hams. It’s called Web-Warriors.

Then, there’s a sequel called Spider-Geddon and the Reading Order is here.


Want to know more about The Spider-People? Following are some characters reading orders:

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