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ASM #648–697
Not in an omnibus yet. Peter joins Horizon Labs, New York gets spider powers, and Doctor Octopus is dying.
Sixty years of Spider-Man is a lot. You don't have to start in 1962 – pick the path that fits you. Each one follows the story in order, book by book, and tells you what happens, what matters and where the gaps are.
The original stories from issue #1: Peter Parker's world, his family and his classic villains.
The big events: the black costume, Venom, Carnage and the Clone Saga.
A clean modern start: Brand New Day resets Peter's life, and you can read on to today.
For readers who know Miles from the films. A new Spider-Man, his family and growing up.
Peter gets his powers, loses Uncle Ben and learns that great power means great responsibility.
New stories set between the early issues. Written in the 90s, but they fit right after Omnibus 1.
Peter starts college, Mary Jane arrives, and the Green Goblin's secret identity is finally revealed.
Peter and Gwen grow closer, but Gwen's father dies in a fight Spider-Man is part of.
The Green Goblin kills Gwen Stacy, and Peter can't save her. Nothing is the same after it.
Gwen seems to come back – the Jackal has cloned her, and Peter too. The first Clone Saga starts here.
Peter finishes college and asks Mary Jane to marry him. The Black Cat enters his life.
A lighter stretch: Peter in graduate school, and new villains like Madame Web and Hydro-Man.
Smart, simple and full of heart. A new villain, the Hobgoblin, becomes a long mystery.
The story goes on from #252 with the black costume.
Peter comes back from Secret Wars in a black costume that turns out to be alive – an alien symbiote.
The wedding of Peter and Mary Jane, and Kraven's Last Hunt. Read them in the Epic Collections.
Web of Spider-Man Omnibus 1 →
Peter and Mary Jane are newly married, and Eddie Brock shows up wearing the old black suit as Venom.
Venom comes back, and six of Peter's oldest enemies team up again as the Sinister Six.
A new symbiote, even more violent than Venom, is born – and Peter's long-dead parents seem to return.
The same years in Spider-Man's second series: Harry Osborn breaks down and becomes the Green Goblin.
Carnage starts a city-wide killing spree, and then comes the painful truth about Peter's parents.
Ben Reilly, the clone from 1975, comes back with all of Peter's memories. Meanwhile Aunt May is dying.
Tests say Peter is the clone. He gives up being Spider-Man to start a family with Mary Jane.
Ben Reilly is the new Spider-Man, with a new costume and his own series. Peter and MJ expect a baby.
The Clone Saga ends: the man behind it is revealed, Ben dies, and Peter was the real one all along.
1997–2007 is not in an omnibus yet. The story picks up on the Modern Start path.
One More Day erased Peter's marriage. He is single, broke and back with Aunt May – the easiest way in.
The mysteries of the first book are solved, and Norman Osborn pulls Harry into his plans.
Old villains return one by one, Kraven's family hunts Spider-Man, and we learn what ended the marriage.
Not in an omnibus yet. Peter joins Horizon Labs, New York gets spider powers, and Doctor Octopus is dying.
Doctor Octopus swaps minds with Peter and becomes a "superior" Spider-Man – smarter, harsher, less liked.
Not in an omnibus yet. Spider-Verse, Parker Industries and the start of Nick Spencer's run.
A mysterious enemy, Kindred, makes Peter pay for every mistake he ever made – and is finally unmasked.
Peter has lost his friends and Mary Jane is with another man, while Norman Osborn tries to be a hero.
The truth about Peter and Mary Jane comes out, and New York's gangs go to war.
The whole Gang War crossover with all the tie-ins. The ASM issues are also in Zeb Wells Omnibus 2.
In the Ultimate universe Peter Parker has died, and Miles, a kid from Brooklyn, carries on in his name.
The same issues are in Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus (2018) – you need only one.
After Secret Wars Miles lives in the main Marvel Universe: school, his friend Ganke, two Spider-Men.
The same issues are in Spider-Man: Miles Morales Omnibus (2019) – you need only one.
Miles is older and a big brother now, and a man called the Assessor wants to use him.
Miles' story continues in Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022), not in an omnibus yet.