Spider-Man Omnibus/OHC Reading List

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Early material collected in Marvel Masterworks Amazing Spider-Man volumes 1 thru 17.
Masterworks are not oversized but represent the most complete collection of Spider-Man material in order of publication. All other books for this list are oversized hard covers.


Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus vol 1
Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus vol 2
Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus vol 3
Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus vol 4
Amazing Spider-Man 500 Covers
Spider-Man Blue by Leob and Tim Sale
The Complete Frank Miller Spider-Man
Spider-Man by Roger Stern Omnibus
Spider-Man The Clone Saga Omnibus vol 1
Spider-Man the Clone Saga Omnibus vol 2
Spider-Man Ben Reilly Spider-Man omnibus vol 1
Spider-Man The Real Clone Saga (2010 mini-Series) by Mackie and Defalco
Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt DLX
Spider-Man Vs Venom Omnibus
Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus by Michelinie and McFarlane
Spider-Man Omnibus by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen
Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane Omnibus
Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus by Kurt Busiek
Spider-Man Tangled Web Omnibus
The Best Of Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski volumes 1 thru 5
Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus vol 1
Marvel Knights Spider-Man vol 1 OHC
Spider-Man: The Other
Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane vol 1 & 2
Spider-Man Civil War
Spider-Man Back in Black 1
Spider-Man Back in Black 2
X-Men/Spider-Man by Christos Gage (4 issue mini-series)
Spider-Man/Fantastic Four by Christos Gage (4 issue mini-series plus two older issues)
Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth
Spider-Man and the Human Torch
Spider-Men
Spider-Man (and Wolverine) by Zeb Wells and Joe Madureira
Spider-Man: The Graphic Novels
Spider Island
Spider Island Companion
Spider-Man Family Business
Superior Spider Man volumes 1 thru 3
Superior Foes of Spider-Man Omnibus
Spider-Man: Who Am I?
Spider-Man/Deadpool by Kelly and McGuinness
Amazing Spider-Man vol 1 & 2 by Slott
Spider-Verse
Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide 1 thru 3
Amazing Spider-Man The Clone Conspiracy
Spider-Man Red Goblin

Related:
Carnage Omnibus
Venombus Omnibus Vol 1 & 2


Alternate Spider-reality OHCs

Ultimate Spider-Man volumes 1 thru 12
Ultimate Spider-Man The Death of Spider-Man
Miles Morales Spider-Man Omnibus

There is an omnibus with the beginning of the Ultimate run (it contains the first three or four OHCs).


Please let me know if there are other oversized volumes I can add to this list. Thanks!

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Funny you did this. I was just looking through a list I found that tracked Dan Slott's entire run in TPB/Premier HC/OHC. Sadly there are very few OHCs for Spidey.

[Relstuart, Mod+]

I thought there would be more OHCs too. Though, Spider-Man has 7 omnibus volumes. Far more than any other individual character. 17 Masterworks is also pretty solid (17 comes out late this year).

[Sage]

By the way, if you're on the fence about the Ultimate Spider Man run, it's definitely worth the buy.. especially as you can (generally) find it for a good price (<$50). I only wish that they had a volume 2 to continue the story... I'm tempted to pick up the trades but it's tough after reading the Omnibus.

I'm a big Spidey fan and this was a refreshing alternate take on Parker and his crew.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Rel, I believe Spider-Man: The Graphic Novels is oversized. And you can offically add the Superior Foes Omnibus.

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Blindzider wrote: "Rel, I believe Spider-Man: The Graphic Novels is oversized. And you can officially add the Superior Foes Omnibus."

Good call on the Graphic Novels. Didn't know that book was out there. :) Updated Foes and the Dan Slott OHC to remove the 2016 date since they are already here. :) Also added Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane omnibus solicited for later this year.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

A few missing from the list:
Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 3
Spider-Man: Tangled Web Omnibus
Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide Vol. 1-2 (different from the one you have listed)
Amazing Spider-Man: The Clone Conspiracy
Spider-Man: The Clone Saga Omnibus Vol. 2 (out in Nov)

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Blindzider wrote: "A few missing from the list:
Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 3
Spider-Man: Tangled Web Omnibus
Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide Vol. 1-2 (different from the one you have listed)
Amazing Spider-Man: Th..."

Good looking out. I added all of those. Any feedback on if there is a better place for me to put the Tangled Web omnibus? These are loosely in order by publication (probably not perfect) but if you had all these on your shelf where would the proper place be?

[Bruno]

What about Spider-Man by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen Omnibus?

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Bruno wrote: "What about Spider-Man by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen Omnibus?"

Oh yeah, forgot about that one too. The should follow the Michelinie/McFarlane Omnibus.

Sorry Rel, forgot to answer about Tangled Web: short answer is I have no clue. Never read it. My shelves are probably different from most in that I have the "main" Spider-Man series in one place, then anything else in a separate group. So personally I would move things like Mary Jane, the Christos Gage series, Superior Foes, and some others, all into a separate subheading. That would leave the Lee/Busiek/Miller/Stern/Michilinie/Straczynski/Slott volumes in the main heading. Just my two cents of course.

If you want to go in canonical order, Untold Tales by Busiek needs to be in line with Omnibus V1. The story literally weaves between issues of the original Ditko run.

I would probably group the Dan Slott stuff together. Once you hit when he is the solo writer, everything new should pretty much be in order:
Spider-Island/Companion
Superior Spider-Man
Amazing Spider-Man V1 and V2
Spider-Man: Who Am I?
Spider-Verse
Amazing Spider-Man Worldwide V1 & V2
Amazing Spider-Man The Clone Conspiracy

[Michael]

What about that brilliant Millar Marvel Knights Spider-Man? Probably my favorite modern short run!

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Michael wrote: "What about that brilliant Millar Marvel Knights Spider-Man? Probably my favorite modern short run!"

Good catch. I didn't realize there was an OHC out there for the beginning of the run. Looks like a 41 issue run with the first 12 issues in the OHC. Spider-Man Other was also part of the run.

[Johnny]

Should this be updated with Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus Vol. 1 and The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus vol. 4?

[Relstuart, Mod+]

Johnny wrote: "Should this be updated with Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus Vol. 1 and The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus vol. 4?"

Yes. :) Added vol 4. Straczynski started in 2001.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

There's also:
Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt - Deluxe Edition
Spider-Man: Red Goblin
Spider-Man by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen Omnibus
Spider-Man: Worldwide V3
Amazing Spider-Man vol 2 by Slott
Spider-Man/Deadpool by Kelly/McGuinness (not sure if this is OHC)
Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine by Aaron/Kubert (not sure if this is OHC)

Amazon has a Spider-Man vs. Venom Omnibus which I don't recall seeing before:
COLLECTING: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) 258, 300, 315-317, 332-333, 346-347, 361-363, 374, 378-380; WEB OF SPIDER-MAN (1985) 1, 95-96, 101-103; QUASAR 6; AVENGERS: DEATHTRAP - THE VAULT GN; DARKHAWK 13-14; SPIDER-MAN: THE TRIAL OF VENOM; GHOST RIDER/BLAZE: SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE 5-6; SPIDER-MAN (1990) 35-37; SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) 201-203; MATERIAL FROM AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) 373, 375, 388, ANNUAL 25-26; SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL 12; WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL 8; MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) 117-122; SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED (1993) 1-2; VENOM SUBPLOT PAGES

[Relstuart, Mod+]

I did an update. Please let me know if anyone has any feedback on where I placed the books aiming for chronological/publishing placement. Thanks!

[noelbeast]

Got a question for you all on the topic of Spider-Man: opinions on the Spider-Man vs. Venom omni?

I can't exactly explain it, but I've never been much intrigued by the character of Venom. I think part of it is just the art I saw of the character often when I was younger, McFarlane's sort of exaggerated style, which never really spoke to me.

But how's the writing featured in this book? Is there an overarching narrative that's worth the read from end to end? Doesn't it also essentially contain the origins or Carnage, and might that be an interesting read?

Now that the book is starting to rise up in price, I'm wondering if I should pick up a copy before the inevitable. Thanks!

[Blindzider, Moderator]

I also never cared for the character. To me, his initial appearance was actually intimidating: a bigger, meaner Spider-Man who couldn’t be detected by spider sense.

Once Larson took over Amazing, he added the whole long tongue and eating brains stuff which I despise. Carnage is just an even more exaggerated extension of venom and not that interesting either. Those early battles don’t stick out in my brain as being memorable.

Having said that, I know I’m in the minority when it comes to venom and carnage. Only Cates’ recent venom has been worthwhile to me.

My opinion, for what it’s worth..

[Darth Bane]

I'm a huge Venom fan, but... the "brains, brains, brains" era of Venom has not aged well. IMO the very best venom is his first and second appearances, which are included in that omni. If I had to recommend any of the symbiote omnis that would be this one (it effectively is the venomnibus vol 0). The other two are the 90s limited series, which vary greatly in quality. Even Lethal Protector, which is loved by many, in many ways killed the original character. There isn't an overarching story so much as this book simply containing all of his early appearances. I liked it, but unless you are a 90s kid or interested in that era of Spider-Man, I wouldn't consider it a must buy.

[Johnny]

A bit of info about the Spider-Man vs Venom Omnibus, if I remember correctly it is so far the only way to collect the full Maximum Carnage saga in a hardcover.

[noelbeast]

Thanks guys, appreciate it! Sounds like if I’m going to enjoy any classic Venom, the initial stories might be some of the best. I think I might give it a shot. The character is so popular, sure that if I don’t like it, it won’t be hard at all to resell.

[Bruno]

Hi all... where would we fit "Spider-Man by John Byrne Omnibus" on the reading order list?

[Johnny]

Bruno wrote: "Hi all... where would we fit "Spider-Man by John Byrne Omnibus" on the reading order list?"

After the Ben Reilly Omnibus and before the J. Michael Straczynski Omnibus.

I actually made a list for myself where all the Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus were in the timeline: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Nice list Johnny. Been thinking about putting something like that together here.

Looks like the V5 omnibus would lead right up to the Byrne Omnibus and would be the last of the numbered books.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

For anyone looking to collect all issues of Amazing Spider-Man in hardcover form, see this list here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Johnny]

Blindzider wrote: "For anyone looking to collect all issues of Amazing Spider-Man in hardcover form, see this list here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Really impressive! Also thanks for giving me credit.

2 small details:

The part:
Volume 2
#1-#29
Spider-Man by John Byrne Omnibus
I think is suppose to be #1-#18 since that is what is collected in that omnibus.

Also v2 issues #19-21 are actually present in the Spider-Man by David Michelinie and Erik Larsen Omnibus.

[Blindzider, Moderator]

Johnny wrote: "Blindzider wrote: "For anyone looking to collect all issues of Amazing Spider-Man in hardcover form, see this list here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Really impressive! Also than..."

Correct on both! I don't think I would have ever seen that second one. Thanks!