Spider-Man Paperback Collections

[cc008]

Hey everyone. I've started to convert all of, or most of, my reading to complete and ultimate paperback collections and I'd very much like to add some Spider-Man to that collection. Now, there are A LOT. Any tips or suggestions on which paperbacks to avoid and which are absolute musts for any collection?

[jb681131]

I would start with these:

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

[jb681131]

The I would pursue with theses

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

[jb681131]

Then you can continue with those:

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

[jb681131]

And for more recent reading, I would suggest the following:

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.

[cc008]

WOW. Thank you so much for taking the time to post all of that. I'm mostly interested in any "Complete" or "Ultimate" collections.. the bigger trades like the Big Time and Brand New Day volumes you posted. So I may start with those and work my way around. Thank you again

[jb681131]

WOW. Thank you so much for taking the time to post all of that. I'm mostly interested in any "Complete" or "Ultimate" collections.. the bigger trades like the Big Time and Brand New Day volumes you posted. So I may start with those and work my way around. Thank you again

Your welcome.
Since you're into bigger volumes you can read:

[jb681131]

And you can also read:

Spider-Man: The Clone Saga vol.1-5


Spider-Man: The Alien Costume Saga vol.1-2

[Lee]

Try the "Epic Collection" books, but leave the '90s ones until last.

[DrewHLMW]

This is the 3rd thread I've seen like this in the last 2 weeks, i suggest an old thread from a 2014 be stickied and updated every month with marvel's solicits but for some reason no one thinks giving new readers a great tpb list to easily find where they want to begin a good idea. "SPIDER-MAN TPB/HC COLLECTIONS - READING ORDERS" from 2014 lets get this stickied and updated people.

now as for the ultimate/complete collections you mentioned here you go
this is the best reading order of spidey in my opinion

Epic Collections before these but they're not all out and are not in order yet.

Amazing Spider-Man: the Gathering of Five
Amazing Spider-Man: the Next Chapter Vol. 1
Amazing Spider-Man: the Next Chapter Vol. 2
Amazing Spider-Man: the Next Chapter Vol. 3
Amazing Spider-Man: Revenge of the Green Goblin
Amazing Spider-Man by Straczynski Ultimate Collection Vol. 1
Amazing Spider-Man by Straczynski Ultimate Collection Vol. 2
Amazing Spider-Man by Straczynski Ultimate Collection Vol. 3
Spider-Man by Mark Millar Complete Collection
Amazing Spider-Man by Straczynski Ultimate Collection Vol. 4
Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man by Peter David Complete Collection
Amazing Spider-Man by Straczynski Ultimate Collection Vol. 5
Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day Complete Collection Vol. 1
Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day Complete Collection Vol. 2
Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day Complete Collection Vol. 3
Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day Complete Collection Vol. 4

These ones are not ultimate collections, you could wait and see if we get brand new complete collections volumes 5, 6 and 7 but it could be a long wait
Amazing Spider-Man: Red Headed Stranger
Amazing Spider-Man: Return of the Black Cat
Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 1
Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 2
Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 3
Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 4
Amazing Spider-Man: The Gauntlet Vol. 5
Amazing Spider-Man: Grim Hunt
Amazing Spider-Man: One Moment in Time
Amazing Spider-Man: Origin of the Species

Back to the epics/ultimates
Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time Complete Collection Vol. 1
Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time Complete Collection Vol. 2
Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time Complete Collection Vol. 3
Amazing Spider-Man: Big Time Complete Collection Vol. 4
Avenging Spider-Man Complete Collection
Superior Spider-Man Complete Collection Vol. 1
Superior Spider-Man Complete Collection Vol. 2
Superior Spider-Man Companion

for amazing spider-man vol 3 and 4 your stuck with the normal tpb for now, no ultimates of them yet

[cc008]

Thanks so much for your help. That list is perfect. I'm going to try to start chipping away at it.