Anything from the 90s till present please.
Thanks.
Anything from the 90s till present please.
Thanks.
I'll recommend BKV's Spider-Man/ Doctor Octopus: Negative Exposure, a mini set during the Lee/ Romita days in the POv of a photographer jealous of Peter Parker's good fortune. It's solid work by a guy who has a well-deserved following for his creator-owned stuff.
The idea of MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN #1-12 was brilliantly simple, although Marvel only did it once. The plan was to give A-list creators twelve issues to do their take on Spider-Man, and leave without any encores. The first time around Marvel had the good fortune to get Mark Millar at a time when he was practicing what he preached on shorter comic book runs, believing that if writers stuck around too long, their work would have diminishing returns. The result was essentially a distillation of everything that is good and great about the wall-crawler. Millar, Dodson and Cho reconciled the disparate aspects of the character: the geek aware he’s married to a woman outside of his league, the reckless superhero who picked fights with the Avengers, and the nice guy who will do a tremendous favor for one of his greatest villains. We also get a sense of the how brutal Spider-Man’s job is−something that has previously been more effectively conveyed by the movies−thanks to the edgier tone of the series. The story had some new revelations about one of Spider-Man’s greatest enemies, and a change in Venom that has come to define that villain.
Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley is an excellent 21st Century retelling of Spider-Man's origin, that serves as an accessible startpoint to the Ultimate Spider-Man saga.
Some links from earlier discussions touch on similar questions.
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...hlight=graphic
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...ight=recommend
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...ight=recommend
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...ight=recommend
Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 1
Superior Spider-Man Volume 1 & 2
Spider-Island
"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."
The Very Best of Spider-Man - Compilation of must read early stories
1.Amazin Fantasy #15 - first Siper-Man appearance
2.If this be my destiny... The Final Chapter - Amazing Spider-Man #33
3.Spider-Man no more - Amazing Spider-Man #50
4.The Kid Who Collects Spiderman - Amazing Spider-Man #248
5.Whatever Happened to Crusher Hogan? - Amazing Spider-Man #271
6.The Sand and the Fury - Amazing Spider-Man #317
7.Fathers and Sins - Amazing Spider-Man #365
8.The Osborn Legacy - Spectacular Spider-Man #189
Spider-Man: Wizard Masterpiece Edition - Compilation must read stories
1.Nothing Stops the Juggernaut - Amazing Spider-Man #229-230
2.Hyde in Plain Sight (aka Hyde & Seek) - Amazing Spider-Man #231-232
3.The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man - Amazing Spider-Man #248
4.Venom Strikes Back - Amazing Spider-Man #315-317
5.The Death of Jean DeWolff - Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110
Death of the Stacys - Two sad but very good stories
1.Spider-Man vs. Dr. Octopus/And Death shall come - Amazing Spider-Man #88-92
2.The Night Gwen Stacy Died - Amazing Spider-Man #121-122
Kraven's Last Hunt (Epic Collection) - Collects Spider-Man/Wolverin, The Wedding and the aclaimed Kraven's Last Hunt
1.Man Of The Year - The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #20
2.High Tide - Spider-Man versus Wolverin - prequel to The Hobgoblini Revealed
3.The Hobgoblin Revealed! - The Amazing Spider-Man #289
4.Mask - Web of Spider-Man #29 - sequel to The Hobgoblini Revealed
5.The Wedges of Sin - Web of Spider-Man #30 - sequel to The Hobgoblini Revealed
6.The Big Question - The Amazing Spider-Man #290 - prequel to The Wedding
7.Dark Journey - The Amazing Spider-Man #291 - prequel to The Wedding
8.Growing Pains - The Amazing Spider-Man #292 - prequel to The Wedding
9.The Wedding - The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21
10.The Honeymoon - The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #7 - Sadly not collected
11.Part 1: The Coffing - Web of Spider-Man #31
12.Part 2: Crawling - Amazing Spider-Man #293
13.Part 3: Descent - Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #131
14.Part 4: Resurrection - Web of Spider-Man #32
15.Part 5: Thunder - Amazing Spider-Man #294
16.Part 6: Ascending - Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #132
17.The Wedding of the Year - Marvel Age #54 - includes interviews, the Shea Stadium and the Newspaper Strip weddings
Birth of Venom - The main Venom stories
1.Invasion! - Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8
2.The New Spider-Man - Amazing Spider-Man #252-259
3.Chance - Amazing Spider-Man #298-300
4.Return of Venom - Amazing Spider-Man #315-317
5.Monster Mash - Fantastic Four #274
6.Til Death Do Us Part! - Web of Spider-Man #1
Spider-Man: Blue - Retelling of Spider-Man origins
1.Spider-Man: Blue - Spider-Man Blue #1-5
Have Fun reading all that
Brand New Day
Brand New Day vol.1 - Free Comic Book Day 2007 + Amazing Spider-Man #546-564 + Spider-Man: Swing Shift
Brand New Day vol.2 - Amazing Spider-Man #565-577 + Annual #1 + Secret Invasion: The Amazing Spider-Man #1-3
Brand New Day vol.3 - Amazing Spider-Man #578-591 + Spider-Man: Presidents' Day Special + Spider-Man: Fear Itself + Amazing Spider-Man: Extra #1-3
The Gauntlet and Grim Hunt
1.Prequels
Died in Your Arms Tonight - The Amazing Spider-Man #600-601, annual 36 + Amazing Spider-Familly #7
Red-Headed Stranger - The Amazing Spider-Man #602-605
Return of the Black Cat - The Amazing Spider-Man #606-611 + Web of Spider-Man #1
2.The Gauntlet
Book 1 - Electro & Sandman - The Amazing Spider-Man #612-616, Dark Reign: The List - Amazing Spider-Man + Web of Spider-Man #2 Electro + Sandman origins
Book 2 - Rhino & Mysterio - The Amazing Spider-Man #617-621 and Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2) #3-4 Rhino and Mysterio origins
Book 3 - Vulture & Morbius - The Amazing Spider-Man #622-625 + Web of Spider-Man #5-6 origins of Vulture and Morbius
Book 4 - Juggernaut - The Amazing Spider-Man #626-629 + #229-230 (the original "Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut)
Book 5 - The Lizard - The Amazing Spider-Man #630-633 + Web of Spider-Man #6
3.Sequel
Grim Hunt - The Amazing Spider-Man #634-637 + Web of Spider-Man #7 + Grim Hunt Prologue + Spider-Man Origin Of The Hunter
4.More Sequels
Origin of the Species - The Amazing Spider-Man #642-647
Kraven's First Hunt - The Amazing Spider-Man #663-667
Big Time - Includes Spider-Island
Big Time: Ultimate Collection - Amazing Spider-Man #648-662 + 654.1
Big Time: The Complete Collection vol.2 - Amazing Spider-Man #663-676 + Amazing Spider-Man: Infested + Free Comic Book Day 2011 + Spider-Island: Deadly Foes
Big Time: The Complete Collection vol.3 - Amazing Spider-Man #677-687, 679.1 + Daredevil #8 + Amazing Spider-Man: End of the Earth + Avengin Spider-Man #8
Big Time: The Complete Collection vol.4 - Amazing Spider-Man #688-697 + Avenging Spider-Man #11 + Alpha: Big Time #1-5
I fully agree with your take on Marvel Knights Spider-Man, having greatly enjoyed that saga myself and for many of the same reasons.
If you want 90s and onward, I would recommend Spider-Man: Identity Crisis, which collected the period across four ongoing Spider-Man comics when Peter had to assume four different superhero identities --- with help from his then-wife Mary Jane, taking full advantage of her career in fashion to help with the designs --- in order to expose the truth behind a murder for which Spider-Man had been framed. Then in the 2000s, I'd recommend Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski: Ultimate Collection Vols. 1 and 2, which contain a sizable chunk of the first half of his overall run, and some of the best ideas and writing on Spider-Man in a good while, reexamining his origin from a more mystical perspective (however controversial as that was for some fans), reexamining his teenage years by having him become a teacher at his old high school, reexamining his relationship with Aunt May by finally having her find out about her nephew's dual life, and even reexamining his relationship with Mary Jane --- and ultimately, all of those reexaminations made all of those aspects of Spider-Man's life and character even stronger, at least in my opinion.
The spider is always on the hunt.
Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man
1.Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man
Then you can read:
Superior Spider-Man
Spider-Verse
Back in Black
All-New Ultimate Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Renew Your Vows
1.Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows - Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1-5, Secret Wars: Secret Love #1
I think that's all - I hope that's what you wanted.
What about Maximum Carnage or The Clone Saga?
I would definitely recommend Spider-Man/Human Torch, a 5 issue mini by Dan Slott (his first Spider-Man story) and Ty Templeton that examines the relationship between Spider-Man/Peter and Johnny Storm throughout the years. Each issue takes place during a different era of Spider-Man; the early days, dating Gwen and helping Captain Stacy, post-Gwen's death and the Spider-Mobile, the black suit and dating Felicia Hardy, and working as a teacher married to Mary Jane; and shows how the two grew together despite all the differences. It's wonderfully funny and enjoyable, the art is incredibly appealing that evokes classic Spidey, and filled with great emotional moments as well.
If you like "Kraven's Last Hunt", you might also like its sequel "Soul of the Hunter" which was also done by the same creative team.
If you like looking at beautiful artwork, you might like "Spirits of the Earth".