Ultimate Spider-Man will always be my favorite Spider-Man comic series. Not only did I literally grow up right alongside it, but it successfully reinvented the character while staying true to the source material of who the character is and what his character represents. Plus, the edgier, more modern take on Spider-Man’s legacy made him super appealing to new fans and older fans alike.
@Scarlett_Reilly Hudson Start with Amazing. If I were, I’d start with issue 244 and read up until like 545. You’ll get a great taste of who the characters are. However, if you want to know the origins of Spider-Man and his villains, start from the very beginning. Amazing Fantasy #15 is his first appearance. Then move onto Amazing Spider-Man #1-38 (that’s Stan Lee’s run with the character). But, if you want to just read the latest stuff, read Nick Spencer’s run. It started in 2018 and is going to end a few months from now.
The first few issues (mainly volume 2) of Ultimate Spiderman was Boring asf. Even though I started to read Ultimate Spiderman as the first spidey comic out of curiosity, I had to stop reading it after a while because It wasn't so appealing and genuinely had a boring writing.
Absolutely love Ultimate Spider-Man, if you want a nice reboot that you can actually read from start to finish without getting burned out I highly recommend it. It takes the traditional stories that everyone already knows and just shakes it up and makes its own while staying faithful to the OG line.
My reading recommendations: 1. All of Lee/Ditko. If you like the feel, read Busiek's Untold Tales of Spider-Man beside it. Tons of fun. 2. Read Lee/Romita. Weirdly, a lot of fans haven't read this, which is crazy because it's what really shaped Peter into who he became. 3. Gerry Conway's run. This run straight up changed comics. Best of spider-man in the bronze age, if you ask me. 4. I'd recommend Amazing Spider-Man 189-200. It's not crucial, but it's really fun. Introduces Black Cat and brings back the burgler that shot Uncle Ben too. 5. Def read Stern's Amazing Spider-Man. His run beforehand on Spectacular is less important. Actually, if you want to speed through, just start halfway through Amazing with the introduction of the Hobgoblin. Complete change in mood. This is when Spidey starts to go Copper age. 6. Definitely read DeFalco, but feel free to skip anything after 261 that isn't hobgoblin related. Besides the Commuter Cometh. DO NOT SKIP THE COMMUTER COMETH! 7. On that note, read any Peter David you can get you hands on, particularly his Spectacular run. Don't skip Death of Jean DeWolf, it's brilliant. 8. After Defalco, just keep reading. Some plotlines will be tied up (albeit poorly) and then things will get started with Kraven's Last Hunt and David Michelinie's stuff. 9. Conway's Spectacular and Web runs (which are at the same time) are tons of fun and really good, but not crucial. Read any of JM DeMatteis on spectacular that you can find as well, particularly Spec 189 and 200. Maximum Carnage is not necessary and mostly a mess. Clone Saga is pretty mediocre, but if you can get through it, you'll at least know why it's so unpopular. Not a must for fans, but a must for super fans. 10. Ultimate is all good, but as the video stated, it's a different character. Just keep that in mind and read it whenever you want.
@@Spiderwing2047 you’ve got it backwards McFarlane drew and Michele wrote also McFarlane eventually wrote and drew on spider man 1990 for the first 15 issues
Marvel is really good about collecting old Spiderman material, the "Epic Collection" line is a great way to get into them. Kravens' Last Hunt comes in an epic collection and contains the material leading up to that storyline.
Can u send me a list of all the spiderman comics in order idk what the differences are between omnibus and stuff so it would be great if u could tell me sorry its been 2 years
I love the classic Amazing Spider-Man series, but at 800+ issues, the problem becomes, as with so many other comic series, that there is no ending - just a beginning and a perpetually drawn out middle. Sure, there are points that can serve as endings if you want them to, like Straczinsky's issue 500, but even so, it's just too much, with a lot of inconsistency. For that reason, Ultimate Spider-Man remains my favourite comics incarnation of the character and go-to suggestion for new readers. Over the course of 120-ish issues, it tells a self-contained story by a single author with a satisfying ending. It helps that it is also very well-written and imaginative, while remaining true to the thematic core of the character.
That’s kinda the reason why I enjoy reading Manga more than Comics. Manga for the most part, have a beginning, middle and end all written by the same author.
@@foreverfirebird5712 I know the Ultimatum storyline was almost univerrsally hated, but I'm quite partial to how it plays out in Ultimate Spider-Man, with Jameson penning his memorial and the final reveal that Peter survived. I wasn't as big a fan of the relaunched (and confusingly titled) Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man.
I’ve started on the original Stan Lee Spiderman comics and I plan to work my way up to some of the modern Spidey comics. He’s quickly become one of my favorite superheroes, so much that I’ve been binging everything Spiderman (watching the ‘94 animated series, playing the Marvel videogame)
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Huh, I thought he showed a good amount without risking just all his stuff getting tagged as Marvel's property. That said its demonitized anyways, Idk if that was the expectation when going into it
I’ve actually started with The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Really enjoying it so far. Decided to start with this line since it’s new for 2019 and there are only 6 issues so far
Issue #1 of Amazing or Ultimate is the only way to go for a new comic reader. For the other suggestions you'll need Wikipedia open to look up every new face.
It’s kind of absurd. I wish Marvel would just reboot all of their stuff. Not a soft reboot. A HARD reboot that resets everything. They could bring back well-received storylines while also helping to introduce new and old readers to a new universe. Of course, that may be an absurd idea in of itself, but I think with the right minds put together, it could work.
Excuse me, but Spider-Man did not have the Symbiote Suit during the Death Of Jean DeWolff, he had stopped wearing that outfit a year before. Besides the black suit didn't change Spidey's personaltiy in the comics, that was just something the 90's cartoon made up that caught on. No, this story is pure Peter.
Ultimate Spider-Man by Bendis & Bagley might honestly be my personal favourite Spider-Man run out there I love how it perfectly captures the essence of Spidey while also sets it in a modern day 21st century setting It is a great way for new readers to discover Spider-Man and his mythos
Dan Slott's Superior Spider-Man was got me back into comics a few years ago. Definitely not something to start of with, but a great run nonetheless. (Basically starts of with a dying Doc Ock switching minds with Peter Parker, and as Peter dies in Doc Ock's body, Doc Ock now has the memories of Peter and sees why he was a hero in the first place. So he now accepts his new role, and will beat spider-man in a new way. By being a SUPERIOR Spider-Man)
Superior Spider-Man has got to be one of the best runs in a while. It just makes you connect with the idea that Spider-Man is a hero that bounces back from loss. And Peter has to be spidey, whether he wants to or not
I love the Superior Spider-Man series. But you know me, I loved the Clone Saga. Yeah, both of those go into the crazy zone. Maximum Carnage is still up there on good storylines. Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut is also pretty noteworthy.
I would start with Kurt Busiek's _Untold Tales of Spider-Man_ or some of the '80s stuff by Roger Stern or David Michelinie's '90s run. They're mostly done-in-one stories that focus on the classic rogues with nice character moments from Peter and his cast. Neither try to upend the status quo or create stupid retcons like most current writers regularly do.
Dude this has got to be the best video about spider-man comics. Spider-man is my favourite superhero but Ive never read the comics and I couldnt wrap my head around the comics for such a long time so thank you for this great explanation on where to start. Keep it up my man.
The only problem I found in this video is when you completely spoil the twist of The amazing spider man 698 like that's an incredible twist and I wish you wouldn't have spoiled it in a RECOMMENDATION vid when new readers are obviously coming along
I enjoyed the Ultimate spiderman comics growing up, but I was often annoyed by Peter's immature attitude at times, granted, he is 15/16 in the stories but still. Spiderverse and spider island were fun, as well as the current spiderman run. I would like to read the stan Lee , Steve ditko run since those guys probably know spiderman better than any of us ever will. The spiderman comics dealing with venom and later Carnage look like good reads as well, especially from what I can tell, Peter seems to be in a very difficult situation during that time. Thanks for the recommendations
The classic spider man runs w lee, ditko and romita are the definitive spiderman comics and how I was introduced to the character. I got the first 100 issues in trades when I was a kid. Then I moved to Ultimate spiderman which is great
Conway, stern, defalco, David, Michaeline, all have essential stories I'd ad, like the green goblin arc in spectacular Spiderman, but one writer who really never seems to get mentioned probably because he was on "side" books and really didn't have a lingering effect is Paul Jenkins. Told some fantastic stories many of which really hit different emotions than the main titles, a little more heartfelt. A great slightly different angle on the wallcrawler
Hello, just a little correction in your video, during the story "the death of jean dewolf" and "kraven last hunt" spider man isn't wearing the symbiote suit, he is wearing a replic because he liked the black suit. Even thou great video man :)
Silver age for new readers, those coming directly over from the mcu. If you start with the silver age you will have access to everything and really appreciate all the evolutions of the medium. Let’s also not not kid ourselves that modern books are cash grabs. The art is better than the storytelling in modern books and jumping into modern books or starting with the best of the medium ends up making everything else seem mediocre. Thor-lee Kirby, spiderman-lee Ditko, f4-lee Kirby, iron man-lee Kirby, avengers-lee Kirby. X-men-Claremont. What I’m really saying is that starting at the beginning when you first get into comics allows you to avoid all the money making bs for subpar retellings of classic storylines. Dc comics I’d start with the 80s and go forward but marvel revolutionized the medium in the 60s. Only reason people warn everyone about the 60s is because they’ve read the best of the medium. Silver age-early 90s were the best runs and events. 2000s brought on major changes but great storylines pre civil war, however dc killed it from 95-2011. Right now marvel is doing a really great job of collecting all of their major runs from the begginning in omnibuses. Another reason why i highly recommend starting with omnibuses reprinting the silver age in the best format. This year all the xmen books are releasing.
Hey man this is the first video I've watched from you and I was really satisfied. I wanna encourage you to keep on being this same guy here, the way you talk, the way you do you. Usually I only understand about 30% of a UA-cam video cus the hosts are always overdoing it but this was time well spent. Am probably speaking out of ignorance since this is my first but, keep doing it! You've got a new subscriber
Maybe it's cuz I really like Nick Spencer's current run but trust me if you have the time to read it read it the epitome of what Spider-Man should be in all media the first few issues are weird because they're parodying Dan slott because the way he wrote Peter was kind of weird even though I do like some of his stories he kind of slowly started writing paper like he hated him self and basically didn't really care for his friends he didn't want to get back together with MJ and he only want to be Spider-Man but after that it's a great room you should read it you have the time and if you finished or you started come back and tell me if your liking it or if you don't like it that's fine too
As a dedicated Wulff Den fan I must say... READ THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN, IT'S THE BOMB. I'll send you my short box of it if you send it back after you're done, Will.
The older comics aren’t “dated”, they’re different. And I mean, better. The creative bullpen of that era and up until the 90s sand even early 2000s were simply more talented than today’s writers. Modern comic readers would have a hard time adjusting to them because they’re used to 3 bubbles per page, not per panel. Those books made the reader have to actually think and follow a story line.
here bc of me and my friends talking about comics and how i need to start reading em and i'm coming fresh off of a rewatch of sam raimi's first spider-man movie.
Just wanted to note that Sins Past has finally been retconned! We learn that the whole Norman sleeping with Gwen and her having his babies were manipulations created by Mysterio under Kindreds command. The twins are also just clones of Harry and Gwen which that’s a whole other topic but yeah. Definitely needed to be retconned that story was terrible. Hopefully the horrible Silk and Spider-Man arc is retconned bc it’s just weird. Their story needs an entire fresh start.
Cool but I don't know, isn't retconning everything the audience doesn't like just disingenuous and defeats the purpose of making a story to begin with? If that's the case then there isn't any real merit to the story being told. It's fan fiction at this point
@@AionShanks I think it’s more of the premise of fixing a questionable or poorly told story without just deeming it “not cannon”. Like yes the story happened but here’s WHY it happened. It’s essentially patching a story for the better.
@@beyondthreeworlds2465 yeah but what I want to say is, do you want that?(you as in (plural )the community at large) For example I'm a big fan of the attack on titan series. A lot of people didn't like the ending, I did but even if I didnt, that's the story that the writer wanted to tell, if the fans moaning about something has the power to change the actual story, that is kind of scary for the artistic integrity of said series. I get what you are saying but I don't think it's a good practice
@@AionShanks I definitely get what you’re saying and usually I don’t agree with retconning or completely changing the course of a story because it essentially means the community has control not the writers themselves. It creates a fine disconnect from cannon and fan-fiction. Though, in this case it wasn’t just me that wanted Sins Past retconned, it was most of the community. The story was so bad that it was completely backlashed by most of the fans and Marvel simply never spoke about it again. In fact, Marvel acted as if the story line never existed without any mention. I feel like in cases like these, where you have a character that has been built up for decades and makes a decision like that makes NO sense. Gwen would NEVER sleep with Norman and her reasoning for so made no sense. Because she felt “bad” for him. What?? That’s insanity and proof of poor writing. Somethings just need to be patched and this was one. This rarely happens in Spider-Man if not ever. This may be the first time if I can recall. I don’t think it’s that big of a deal bc I know Marvel usually never does this. But it was one of those times where Marvel and the fans actually agreed to fix this.
My man. Hated all of the Inheritor and Spider-Verse garbage he pushed, and the characters Slott didn't like were written horribly out of character. It also spawned one of the worst Spider-Man derivitives out there, Spider-Gwen.
@@Connorgallus I liked Morlun when he was first introduced during JMS run in 2001. As soon as they dded the rest of the inheritors with Slott, it kinda sucks. Nowadays, people hate the totem stuff and Morlun for good reason, because its descended into bs, but when the whole totem thing was originally introduced, it was just an interesting question that provided a new perspective. I liked the early part of the whole totem thing up to JMS's "The Book of Ezekiel" in which they say that perhaps science and the mystical element go hand and hand, and that science did give him his powers, but maybe some mystical force chose him in the form of the spider. The current totem thing sucks though.
I prefer the older comics, they had a run of the first 20 that were re-distributed with our local newspaper some years ago and I loved them. I just wish they were easier to get ahold of.
Funny you would happen to mention Ultimate Spider-Man and the clone saga fairly close together,cuz I have so much love for Bendis' Ultimate treatment of the latter. It was such an effective culmination of the entire series up to that point. It almost reads like an extended nightmare that Peter is having,and you keep waiting for the dream sequence to end,because SURELY all of these things aren't ACTUALLY happening to him like this. But no dream sequence,and no subsequent retcons to soften the various ways the events in the story have impacted Spider-Man's status quo. Man,I loved Ultimate Spider-Man!
Spider-girl by tom defaco is a really great legacy series that gave us Spider-girl mayday parker the daughter of peter parker and mary jane who's really awesome and adorable.
I highly recommend J. Michael Straczynski's initial run of Amazing Spider-man and concur with your opinions. However, I disagree with your opinion on Ultimate Spider-man by Bendis. I f*ckin hate it. The writing/dialogue is mind numbingly dumb and probably geared towards younger children. I'm also a fan of Jeph Loeb so his Spider-man Blue was pretty good but I really liked his writing on Batman drawn by one of my all-time favorite comic book artists, Jim Lee.
Spider-Man is the 3rd best-selling comic series with 380,000,000 copies worldwide x $32.29 = $12,270,200,000.00, or ₩14,635,281,050,000.00 in South Korea, or Ksh 1,248,002,042,000.00 in Kenya!!
I wanna start with Nick Spencer’s the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. I’ve read Spidery comics before, but never owned them and I never read them in a certain order.
I actually dig a lot of spider man writers Stan lee with steve ditko and john romita was really good I never read a lot after issue 100 But for the jms run i had mixed feelings for it. The stories were good but not friendly for me as a 14 year old. But Dan slott gave me the spider man i loved Stories like big time, no one dies, spider island, ends of the earth, dying wish, and superior spider man all gave me gawks, joy and excitement reading them, especially spider verse However, when world wide started i kinda skipped a lot mostly due to the cover art (sorry alex ross) but after nick spencers run started i started reading the rest of dan slotts run of worldwide and acutally enjoyed it, especially how it ended So now with nick spencer, it kinda feels like spider man but they aren’t major big hits like dan slott written but who knows, maybe he might turn it around someday and maybe perfect spider man again Or maybe another writer will take his place
After issue 100, Spider-Man get something more mature over it. In the 70s characters like Morbius and Punisher is introduced. Also there are subplots about drug issues and children going to prison. So yaer. The first 100 issues are good, if you want to read the iconic first appearences of Mysteorio, Chameleon and Lizard. But if you want some stories with more mature themes i can only recommend 70s Spider-man. Speaking of mature SM reading. Roger Sterns run is also a good starting point if you are famillir with the Hobgobling from the animated series. Yes it is around 250 issues in and crossovers with other spidey tittles, but Roger Stern still manage to tell a good story with alot of suspence and mysterie in it, while not lost you regarding who SPidey and all the other characters are. :) Regarding Brand New Day by Dan Slott. Personally i do not like it as an grown up due to the amount of fan service and lack of new stuff to the spidey character, but i loved it as a kid, because it was my entry point to the character. But i can see it value in being a good entry point for new readers. :) ;)
Something that still isn't clear in any of these types of videos is continuity. All of my life, I've been told about retcons and reboots and only recently have I heard some discussion that actually, the spiderman series has a full continuity all the way through to now. Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane existed in the same timeline and it coherent?
Thanks for that video and that clone saga ref.. I'm a big spidy fan forgive mii Will.. Not one web of or sensational Spider-Man? Or scarletspider? Lol i haven't read much be spidy except Spider-Man 2099. I also think they should use the clone saga in the mcu just to get Toby as Ben Reilly and Andrew as Kaine
The Sam rami movies directly based off its movie and tasm on the ultimate spider man comics like that part in spider man 2 were dic ock kill the doctor that’s was based off on the ultimate comics
I have to disagree with the suggestions on the basis that someone who wants to get into spider man comics probably never really read comics and to start them off with such a dated style that they will most likely not enjoy, can put them off comics
I totally agree and I would also say that old comics can be not so good, or not good at all, for starters, but when we get a little more used to the media and we start learning more deeply why things are how they are, the way comics have been done through time, how it's been evolving, reading old comics can be such a delightful experience. I know there are many people who read comics for s long time and still don't like old comics, but o definitely do.
i know you’re probably not gonna answer this because you have too many questions xD but, i was wondering where to start with Dr. Doom, Green Goblin, and Sinister Six?
My spider-man reading order By the way I gonna assume you know the origin of spider-man and some of his villans but i want you to read the modren verison of his origin just kidding .Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol 1: Amazing Fantasy#15 Amazing Spider-Man#1-38 Annual#1-2 Strange Tales Annual 2 Fantasic Four Annual#1 .Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol 2: Amazing Spider-Man#39-67 Annual#3-5 Spectalcer Spider-Man#1-2 .Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol 3: Amazing Spider-Man#68-104 .Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol 4: Amazing Spider-Man#105-142 Giant Sixed Super-heroes#1 Marvel superheroes#14 .Spider-Man By Roger Stern Omnibus:Spectacular Spider-Man#46-61 & 85 Amazing Spider-Man#206 & 224-252 Amazing Spider-Man Annual#15-17 Spectacular Spider-Man Annual#3 Web of The Spider-Man Annual#3 What If?#34 Spider-Man:The Death of Jean Dewolff Spider-Man:Last Hunt .Amazing Spider-Man By Todd Mcfarlence Omnibus: Amazing Spider-Man#296-329 Spectacular Spider-Man Annual#10 .Spider-Man By Todd Mcfarlence Omnibus:Spider-Man#1-14 & 16 X-Force#4
Ultimate Spider-Man will always be my favorite Spider-Man comic series. Not only did I literally grow up right alongside it, but it successfully reinvented the character while staying true to the source material of who the character is and what his character represents. Plus, the edgier, more modern take on Spider-Man’s legacy made him super appealing to new fans and older fans alike.
That's the first one I read
@@dustybeats5620 can u send me a list of all the comics i should read in order
@@MyBitch925 not exactly that's the first one I read cause it's what I got recommended
@Scarlett_Reilly Hudson Start with Amazing. If I were, I’d start with issue 244 and read up until like 545. You’ll get a great taste of who the characters are. However, if you want to know the origins of Spider-Man and his villains, start from the very beginning. Amazing Fantasy #15 is his first appearance. Then move onto Amazing Spider-Man #1-38 (that’s Stan Lee’s run with the character). But, if you want to just read the latest stuff, read Nick Spencer’s run. It started in 2018 and is going to end a few months from now.
The first few issues (mainly volume 2) of Ultimate Spiderman was Boring asf. Even though I started to read Ultimate Spiderman as the first spidey comic out of curiosity, I had to stop reading it after a while because It wasn't so appealing and genuinely had a boring writing.
Absolutely love Ultimate Spider-Man, if you want a nice reboot that you can actually read from start to finish without getting burned out I highly recommend it. It takes the traditional stories that everyone already knows and just shakes it up and makes its own while staying faithful to the OG line.
Many many many plotholes and confusing ending
My reading recommendations:
1. All of Lee/Ditko. If you like the feel, read Busiek's Untold Tales of Spider-Man beside it. Tons of fun.
2. Read Lee/Romita. Weirdly, a lot of fans haven't read this, which is crazy because it's what really shaped Peter into who he became.
3. Gerry Conway's run. This run straight up changed comics. Best of spider-man in the bronze age, if you ask me.
4. I'd recommend Amazing Spider-Man 189-200. It's not crucial, but it's really fun. Introduces Black Cat and brings back the burgler that shot Uncle Ben too.
5. Def read Stern's Amazing Spider-Man. His run beforehand on Spectacular is less important. Actually, if you want to speed through, just start halfway through Amazing with the introduction of the Hobgoblin. Complete change in mood. This is when Spidey starts to go Copper age.
6. Definitely read DeFalco, but feel free to skip anything after 261 that isn't hobgoblin related. Besides the Commuter Cometh. DO NOT SKIP THE COMMUTER COMETH!
7. On that note, read any Peter David you can get you hands on, particularly his Spectacular run. Don't skip Death of Jean DeWolf, it's brilliant.
8. After Defalco, just keep reading. Some plotlines will be tied up (albeit poorly) and then things will get started with Kraven's Last Hunt and David Michelinie's stuff.
9. Conway's Spectacular and Web runs (which are at the same time) are tons of fun and really good, but not crucial. Read any of JM DeMatteis on spectacular that you can find as well, particularly Spec 189 and 200.
Maximum Carnage is not necessary and mostly a mess. Clone Saga is pretty mediocre, but if you can get through it, you'll at least know why it's so unpopular. Not a must for fans, but a must for super fans.
10. Ultimate is all good, but as the video stated, it's a different character. Just keep that in mind and read it whenever you want.
Me watching this when I'm already 30 issues into Ultimate Spider-Man --
jet the gamer OMG SAME
i’m trying to get into amazing territory and xmen
I'm at 20 issues
I want to read it but some of them are so expensive
brandon quintero get the ultimate collections they’re £20 each.
My first Spider-Man series was Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man. While some people doesn't like this, it's still my favorite Spider-Man series.
Same! To me that series was so vivid. It brought me on to the Spawn series as well, which I'm working on now.
@@purichan7166 as an artist or writer?
@@theinkslicer Todd Defalco was the writer, David Micheline was the artist. The art and the story together made his run so great
This! I try to get my hands on all things Venom too
@@Spiderwing2047 you’ve got it backwards McFarlane drew and Michele wrote also McFarlane eventually wrote and drew on spider man 1990 for the first 15 issues
Marvel is really good about collecting old Spiderman material, the "Epic Collection" line is a great way to get into them. Kravens' Last Hunt comes in an epic collection and contains the material leading up to that storyline.
My Dad started me off on the original run when I was eight years old. It was lit.
when I was teenager I collected the Todd McFarland Spider Man comics leading up to when Peter Parker became cosmic Spider Man.
I read aggressively throughout high school and a bit into college. This will def help me catch up
Thanks man! So much Spider-Man content it's great to hear your opinion!!! Keep up the good work
Can u send me a list of all the spiderman comics in order idk what the differences are between omnibus and stuff so it would be great if u could tell me sorry its been 2 years
I love the classic Amazing Spider-Man series, but at 800+ issues, the problem becomes, as with so many other comic series, that there is no ending - just a beginning and a perpetually drawn out middle. Sure, there are points that can serve as endings if you want them to, like Straczinsky's issue 500, but even so, it's just too much, with a lot of inconsistency. For that reason, Ultimate Spider-Man remains my favourite comics incarnation of the character and go-to suggestion for new readers. Over the course of 120-ish issues, it tells a self-contained story by a single author with a satisfying ending. It helps that it is also very well-written and imaginative, while remaining true to the thematic core of the character.
That’s kinda the reason why I enjoy reading Manga more than Comics. Manga for the most part, have a beginning, middle and end all written by the same author.
@@goratuti1098 exactly
I love Ultimate Spider-Man, but the ending is the worst ending to anything I've ever enjoyed
@@foreverfirebird5712 I know the Ultimatum storyline was almost univerrsally hated, but I'm quite partial to how it plays out in Ultimate Spider-Man, with Jameson penning his memorial and the final reveal that Peter survived. I wasn't as big a fan of the relaunched (and confusingly titled) Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man.
The og batman comics ended with bruce retiring and dying
I’ve started on the original Stan Lee Spiderman comics and I plan to work my way up to some of the modern Spidey comics. He’s quickly become one of my favorite superheroes, so much that I’ve been binging everything Spiderman (watching the ‘94 animated series, playing the Marvel videogame)
I love spider man your fucking awesome for doing that good luck on your journey
Yo he wasn't wearing the symbiote in Death of Jean Dewoulf and Kraven's Last Hunt, that was a cloth black suit made by Black Cat before they broke up.
You are 100% correct. I missed that re-reading them before this video. My bad.
@@WulffDen Hey whaat about paul jenkins run?
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I agree 100%
Constructive feedback in a yt comment section!!!? :o
@@Alex-wn8qh IT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF
@@nosthetic_8908 Yup
Huh, I thought he showed a good amount without risking just all his stuff getting tagged as Marvel's property. That said its demonitized anyways, Idk if that was the expectation when going into it
I’ve actually started with The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Really enjoying it so far. Decided to start with this line since it’s new for 2019 and there are only 6 issues so far
Issue #1 of Amazing or Ultimate is the only way to go for a new comic reader.
For the other suggestions you'll need Wikipedia open to look up every new face.
It’s kind of absurd. I wish Marvel would just reboot all of their stuff. Not a soft reboot. A HARD reboot that resets everything. They could bring back well-received storylines while also helping to introduce new and old readers to a new universe. Of course, that may be an absurd idea in of itself, but I think with the right minds put together, it could work.
Excuse me, but Spider-Man did not have the Symbiote Suit during the Death Of Jean DeWolff, he had stopped wearing that outfit a year before. Besides the black suit didn't change Spidey's personaltiy in the comics, that was just something the 90's cartoon made up that caught on. No, this story is pure Peter.
Straczynski wrote my favorite spider-man storyline of all time, Back in Black
Back in Black is great the original hobgoblin run was lit.
About to read spidervesre :)
i just started to read comics and i started with ultimate spiderman its so nice and its amazing to see spiderman as a modern guy
1:15 “He’s had random *one* *shots* that have dramatically change who he was as a character”
So was the pun intended
Wait. This was only 2 years ago? The channel is so different.
Ultimate Spider-Man by Bendis & Bagley might honestly be my personal favourite Spider-Man run out there
I love how it perfectly captures the essence of Spidey while also sets it in a modern day 21st century setting
It is a great way for new readers to discover Spider-Man and his mythos
Dan Slott's Superior Spider-Man was got me back into comics a few years ago. Definitely not something to start of with, but a great run nonetheless.
(Basically starts of with a dying Doc Ock switching minds with Peter Parker, and as Peter dies in Doc Ock's body, Doc Ock now has the memories of Peter and sees why he was a hero in the first place. So he now accepts his new role, and will beat spider-man in a new way. By being a SUPERIOR Spider-Man)
Haven't read it all, but damn it's interesting to see his evolution. Found out recently he's got a new series...that I need to check out.
Superior Spider-Man has got to be one of the best runs in a while. It just makes you connect with the idea that Spider-Man is a hero that bounces back from loss. And Peter has to be spidey, whether he wants to or not
I didn't enjoy superior spider man. I though it was boring although most people liked it.
That sounds like the worst garbage i could imagine.
I love the Superior Spider-Man series. But you know me, I loved the Clone Saga. Yeah, both of those go into the crazy zone. Maximum Carnage is still up there on good storylines. Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut is also pretty noteworthy.
yay spider-man comics ;)
Tevya Smolka your profile picture is freaking beautiful 😭
Wally West thank you man
I’ve seen you in the comments of a bunch of other Spider-Man videos. Are you a Spider-Man fan?
@@andreseymour4527 yup a huge Spider-Man Man fan and in fact I’d actually did a video recently on Spider-Man villains doing there own civil war
@@TevyaSmolka What is your favourite Spider-Man story?
When I read Spider-Man comic issue 1 to 100 i was like wow spectacular Spider-Man is exactly like the original
Love that young justice poster in the background 😍😍
I'm starting out with the Nick Spencer run as it appeals to me the most.
I would start with Kurt Busiek's _Untold Tales of Spider-Man_ or some of the '80s stuff by Roger Stern or David Michelinie's '90s run. They're mostly done-in-one stories that focus on the classic rogues with nice character moments from Peter and his cast. Neither try to upend the status quo or create stupid retcons like most current writers regularly do.
Dude this has got to be the best video about spider-man comics. Spider-man is my favourite superhero but Ive never read the comics and I couldnt wrap my head around the comics for such a long time so thank you for this great explanation on where to start. Keep it up my man.
The only problem I found in this video is when you completely spoil the twist of The amazing spider man 698 like that's an incredible twist and I wish you wouldn't have spoiled it in a RECOMMENDATION vid when new readers are obviously coming along
Ever since I was a kid I've been a Spiderman fanboy.
Lol same
I love nick Spencer amazing Spider-Man it was really awesome and really great.
Ultimate spider-man is the best spider-man ever for me and the best comic.
I would recommend emotional comics like maybe the kid who collects Spider-Man or maybe something inspirational like if this be my destiny
I enjoyed the Ultimate spiderman comics growing up, but I was often annoyed by Peter's immature attitude at times, granted, he is 15/16 in the stories but still. Spiderverse and spider island were fun, as well as the current spiderman run. I would like to read the stan Lee , Steve ditko run since those guys probably know spiderman better than any of us ever will. The spiderman comics dealing with venom and later Carnage look like good reads as well, especially from what I can tell, Peter seems to be in a very difficult situation during that time.
Thanks for the recommendations
ironically, thats my favorite part about him. i am 15, and i relate to a lot of the issues peter has. well not the spidey ones but the normal ones.
I really never had the patience to read comics or anything for that matter but I've finally started. I appreciate this video
The classic spider man runs w lee, ditko and romita are the definitive spiderman comics and how I was introduced to the character. I got the first 100 issues in trades when I was a kid. Then I moved to Ultimate spiderman which is great
It's indeed great. I'm reading all over again and enjoying so much.
Thanks for the Spidey recommends - can’t wait to see the new movie
You was talking about far from home or no way home ?
@@RajSingh-us1vy that comment was left two years ago. I’m fairly certain they were talking about far from home.
@@orangejuicegaming6055 yeah no way home wasn't even announced two years ago
@@ItsKomplicatedMusic they were probably talking about homecoming 💀
@@sansticky138 Homecoming came out 4 and a half years ago
Conway, stern, defalco, David, Michaeline, all have essential stories I'd ad, like the green goblin arc in spectacular Spiderman, but one writer who really never seems to get mentioned probably because he was on "side" books and really didn't have a lingering effect is Paul Jenkins. Told some fantastic stories many of which really hit different emotions than the main titles, a little more heartfelt. A great slightly different angle on the wallcrawler
Superior spiderman was awesome. Spiderman blue is one of my all time favorite stories.
Start from amazing fantasy 15 and then issue 1 from amazing spider man. Stan Lee and Ditko's run is just great.
Hello, just a little correction in your video, during the story "the death of jean dewolf" and "kraven last hunt" spider man isn't wearing the symbiote suit, he is wearing a replic because he liked the black suit. Even thou great video man :)
I had only watched recent Wulffden videos and getting to see this is a spiritual experience
Silver age for new readers, those coming directly over from the mcu. If you start with the silver age you will have access to everything and really appreciate all the evolutions of the medium. Let’s also not not kid ourselves that modern books are cash grabs. The art is better than the storytelling in modern books and jumping into modern books or starting with the best of the medium ends up making everything else seem mediocre. Thor-lee Kirby, spiderman-lee Ditko, f4-lee Kirby, iron man-lee Kirby, avengers-lee Kirby. X-men-Claremont. What I’m really saying is that starting at the beginning when you first get into comics allows you to avoid all the money making bs for subpar retellings of classic storylines. Dc comics I’d start with the 80s and go forward but marvel revolutionized the medium in the 60s. Only reason people warn everyone about the 60s is because they’ve read the best of the medium. Silver age-early 90s were the best runs and events. 2000s brought on major changes but great storylines pre civil war, however dc killed it from 95-2011. Right now marvel is doing a really great job of collecting all of their major runs from the begginning in omnibuses. Another reason why i highly recommend starting with omnibuses reprinting the silver age in the best format. This year all the xmen books are releasing.
Hey man this is the first video I've watched from you and I was really satisfied. I wanna encourage you to keep on being this same guy here, the way you talk, the way you do you. Usually I only understand about 30% of a UA-cam video cus the hosts are always overdoing it but this was time well spent. Am probably speaking out of ignorance since this is my first but, keep doing it! You've got a new subscriber
Btw ultimate Spider-Man is the bestttt run!!
Maybe it's cuz I really like Nick Spencer's current run but trust me if you have the time to read it read it the epitome of what Spider-Man should be in all media the first few issues are weird because they're parodying Dan slott because the way he wrote Peter was kind of weird even though I do like some of his stories he kind of slowly started writing paper like he hated him self and basically didn't really care for his friends he didn't want to get back together with MJ and he only want to be Spider-Man but after that it's a great room you should read it you have the time and if you finished or you started come back and tell me if your liking it or if you don't like it that's fine too
Do you mean the 2000 version
As a dedicated Wulff Den fan I must say... READ THE SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN, IT'S THE BOMB. I'll send you my short box of it if you send it back after you're done, Will.
Obviously It's Renew Your Vows
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The older comics aren’t “dated”, they’re different. And I mean, better. The creative bullpen of that era and up until the 90s sand even early 2000s were simply more talented than today’s writers. Modern comic readers would have a hard time adjusting to them because they’re used to 3 bubbles per page, not per panel. Those books made the reader have to actually think and follow a story line.
here bc of me and my friends talking about comics and how i need to start reading em and i'm coming fresh off of a rewatch of sam raimi's first spider-man movie.
Please keep doing this for more comics!
Just wanted to note that Sins Past has finally been retconned! We learn that the whole Norman sleeping with Gwen and her having his babies were manipulations created by Mysterio under Kindreds command. The twins are also just clones of Harry and Gwen which that’s a whole other topic but yeah. Definitely needed to be retconned that story was terrible. Hopefully the horrible Silk and Spider-Man arc is retconned bc it’s just weird. Their story needs an entire fresh start.
Cool but I don't know, isn't retconning everything the audience doesn't like just disingenuous and defeats the purpose of making a story to begin with? If that's the case then there isn't any real merit to the story being told. It's fan fiction at this point
@@AionShanks I think it’s more of the premise of fixing a questionable or poorly told story without just deeming it “not cannon”. Like yes the story happened but here’s WHY it happened. It’s essentially patching a story for the better.
@@beyondthreeworlds2465 yeah but what I want to say is, do you want that?(you as in (plural )the community at large)
For example I'm a big fan of the attack on titan series. A lot of people didn't like the ending, I did but even if I didnt, that's the story that the writer wanted to tell, if the fans moaning about something has the power to change the actual story, that is kind of scary for the artistic integrity of said series. I get what you are saying but I don't think it's a good practice
@@AionShanks I definitely get what you’re saying and usually I don’t agree with retconning or completely changing the course of a story because it essentially means the community has control not the writers themselves. It creates a fine disconnect from cannon and fan-fiction. Though, in this case it wasn’t just me that wanted Sins Past retconned, it was most of the community. The story was so bad that it was completely backlashed by most of the fans and Marvel simply never spoke about it again. In fact, Marvel acted as if the story line never existed without any mention. I feel like in cases like these, where you have a character that has been built up for decades and makes a decision like that makes NO sense. Gwen would NEVER sleep with Norman and her reasoning for so made no sense. Because she felt “bad” for him. What?? That’s insanity and proof of poor writing. Somethings just need to be patched and this was one. This rarely happens in Spider-Man if not ever. This may be the first time if I can recall. I don’t think it’s that big of a deal bc I know Marvel usually never does this. But it was one of those times where Marvel and the fans actually agreed to fix this.
I loved Superior Spider-Man and the Spider-Verse is one of the best Spidey events ever!
This is awesome as a comic reader who only started a few months ago, you should do videos for a bunch of superheroes
K id say its a bit misleading to say JMS was responsible Sins Pats and OMD, cuz he was not. The Marvel Editorial was behind them.
Really good picks imo.
(Except for the Slott stuff :P )
My man. Hated all of the Inheritor and Spider-Verse garbage he pushed, and the characters Slott didn't like were written horribly out of character. It also spawned one of the worst Spider-Man derivitives out there, Spider-Gwen.
I'd say his superior Spider-Man stuff is good. He never really understood how Peter Parker should act
@@Connorgallus I liked Morlun when he was first introduced during JMS run in 2001. As soon as they dded the rest of the inheritors with Slott, it kinda sucks. Nowadays, people hate the totem stuff and Morlun for good reason, because its descended into bs, but when the whole totem thing was originally introduced, it was just an interesting question that provided a new perspective. I liked the early part of the whole totem thing up to JMS's "The Book of Ezekiel" in which they say that perhaps science and the mystical element go hand and hand, and that science did give him his powers, but maybe some mystical force chose him in the form of the spider. The current totem thing sucks though.
I am checking into this for my brother who loves spiderman! Thanks for the info!
I prefer the older comics, they had a run of the first 20 that were re-distributed with our local newspaper some years ago and I loved them. I just wish they were easier to get ahold of.
Get the omnibus
I remember Marvel releasing a MARVEL essentials line and remember seeing Spiderman included at barnes and noble a few years back.
This should be a regular feature, Will, even if you do a quickie like you did She-Hulk. I would really like your recommendations on other characters.
Funny you would happen to mention Ultimate Spider-Man and the clone saga fairly close together,cuz I have so much love for Bendis' Ultimate treatment of the latter. It was such an effective culmination of the entire series up to that point. It almost reads like an extended nightmare that Peter is having,and you keep waiting for the dream sequence to end,because SURELY all of these things aren't ACTUALLY happening to him like this. But no dream sequence,and no subsequent retcons to soften the various ways the events in the story have impacted Spider-Man's status quo. Man,I loved Ultimate Spider-Man!
sins past and one more day is more editorial meddling than strazynski. akin to avi arad in spider-man 3s creation.
I started with ultimate spiderman. Really like it
Bruh Flashpoint is DC.
Finally the start to freaking Spider-Man
Spider-girl by tom defaco is a really great legacy series that gave us Spider-girl mayday parker the daughter of peter parker and mary jane who's really awesome and adorable.
I highly recommend J. Michael Straczynski's initial run of Amazing Spider-man and concur with your opinions. However, I disagree with your opinion on Ultimate Spider-man by Bendis. I f*ckin hate it. The writing/dialogue is mind numbingly dumb and probably geared towards younger children. I'm also a fan of Jeph Loeb so his Spider-man Blue was pretty good but I really liked his writing on Batman drawn by one of my all-time favorite comic book artists, Jim Lee.
Video begins at 2:26
I get why people shit on the clone saga, but as a kid I loved it. Thats what got me into spiderman.
I’m really sad this only has 6.6K views. This is a great video!
Almost 50 btw
@@theoefraim1093 bruh this comment was a year ago
I never read a old time comic but now that I saw this im trading my new comics for old ones.
I am sorry but superior spider man is like top 10 spider-man stories. It was just SO good
Spider-Man is the 3rd best-selling comic series with 380,000,000 copies worldwide x $32.29 = $12,270,200,000.00, or ₩14,635,281,050,000.00 in South Korea, or Ksh 1,248,002,042,000.00 in Kenya!!
Thanks for the recommendations
I wanna start with Nick Spencer’s the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. I’ve read Spidery comics before, but never owned them and I never read them in a certain order.
I just got back into comics, mostly spiderman and i got a bunch of the volumes of the masterworks and they are so good
Should i read ASM after issue 100 and before 2001?..i really really like the character...i've read Dan Slott's run..
Last Hunt is a work of art
Spider-Man Life Story is really cool too 😁
I actually dig a lot of spider man writers
Stan lee with steve ditko and john romita was really good
I never read a lot after issue 100
But for the jms run i had mixed feelings for it. The stories were good but not friendly for me as a 14 year old. But Dan slott gave me the spider man i loved
Stories like big time, no one dies, spider island, ends of the earth, dying wish, and superior spider man all gave me gawks, joy and excitement reading them, especially spider verse
However, when world wide started i kinda skipped a lot mostly due to the cover art (sorry alex ross) but after nick spencers run started i started reading the rest of dan slotts run of worldwide and acutally enjoyed it, especially how it ended
So now with nick spencer, it kinda feels like spider man but they aren’t major big hits like dan slott written but who knows, maybe he might turn it around someday and maybe perfect spider man again
Or maybe another writer will take his place
Please do this as often as possible!
After issue 100, Spider-Man get something more mature over it. In the 70s characters like Morbius and Punisher is introduced. Also there are subplots about drug issues and children going to prison. So yaer. The first 100 issues are good, if you want to read the iconic first appearences of Mysteorio, Chameleon and Lizard. But if you want some stories with more mature themes i can only recommend 70s Spider-man.
Speaking of mature SM reading. Roger Sterns run is also a good starting point if you are famillir with the Hobgobling from the animated series. Yes it is around 250 issues in and crossovers with other spidey tittles, but Roger Stern still manage to tell a good story with alot of suspence and mysterie in it, while not lost you regarding who SPidey and all the other characters are. :)
Regarding Brand New Day by Dan Slott. Personally i do not like it as an grown up due to the amount of fan service and lack of new stuff to the spidey character, but i loved it as a kid, because it was my entry point to the character. But i can see it value in being a good entry point for new readers. :) ;)
I'm gonna start with the superior spiderman series
I just finished it bro, do it!
Something that still isn't clear in any of these types of videos is continuity. All of my life, I've been told about retcons and reboots and only recently have I heard some discussion that actually, the spiderman series has a full continuity all the way through to now. Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane existed in the same timeline and it coherent?
Thanks for that video and that clone saga ref.. I'm a big spidy fan forgive mii Will.. Not one web of or sensational Spider-Man? Or scarletspider? Lol i haven't read much be spidy except Spider-Man 2099. I also think they should use the clone saga in the mcu just to get Toby as Ben Reilly and Andrew as Kaine
I'm here because of the PS4 spider-man game. It's AMAZING.
I honestly prefer the older style of comics. They feel more, comfortable
Where do I get the stan lee comics tho ? are there reissues
U can buy multiple issues together in one book from Amazon. The first book u gotta get is called Great Power. The link is in Wulff dens bio
You can get all of them from a Marvel Unlimited subscription or pirate them off readcomiconline sites
The Sam rami movies directly based off its movie and tasm on the ultimate spider man comics like that part in spider man 2 were dic ock kill the doctor that’s was based off on the ultimate comics
The Last Jedi is a good movie!!!
I liked it.
It was so bad it made me give up on Star Wars as a franchise. lmao
started reading back to basic amazing spiderman a few weeks ago, great timing? whats your thoughts on the kraven trapping everyone in central park?
I just started reading it, but I’m loving the Amazing Spider-man Comics after peter got his body back from doc ocl
I’m biased in saying this cause it was the first main spider man story I read but to me superior spider man is my favorite spider man comic.
Thanks man I’m watching a year later lol huge help
I have to disagree with the suggestions on the basis that someone who wants to get into spider man comics probably never really read comics and to start them off with such a dated style that they will most likely not enjoy, can put them off comics
I totally agree and I would also say that old comics can be not so good, or not good at all, for starters, but when we get a little more used to the media and we start learning more deeply why things are how they are, the way comics have been done through time, how it's been evolving, reading old comics can be such a delightful experience. I know there are many people who read comics for s long time and still don't like old comics, but o definitely do.
Superior spiderman was dope.
i know you’re probably not gonna answer this because you have too many questions xD but, i was wondering where to start with Dr. Doom, Green Goblin, and Sinister Six?
User Unknown idk much ab Dr. Doom but for green goblin figure out which version u like and I’d pick from there
Can I just read amazing spiderman from volume 1 to the last one 🤔
I know that's a ridiculous question but I'm just getting into comics 😅
My spider-man reading order
By the way I gonna assume you know the origin of spider-man and some of his villans but i want you to read the modren verison of his origin just kidding
.Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol 1: Amazing Fantasy#15 Amazing Spider-Man#1-38 Annual#1-2
Strange Tales Annual 2 Fantasic Four Annual#1
.Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol 2: Amazing Spider-Man#39-67 Annual#3-5 Spectalcer Spider-Man#1-2
.Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol 3: Amazing Spider-Man#68-104
.Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol 4: Amazing Spider-Man#105-142 Giant Sixed Super-heroes#1 Marvel superheroes#14
.Spider-Man By Roger Stern Omnibus:Spectacular Spider-Man#46-61 & 85 Amazing Spider-Man#206 & 224-252 Amazing Spider-Man Annual#15-17 Spectacular Spider-Man Annual#3 Web of The Spider-Man Annual#3 What If?#34
Spider-Man:The Death of Jean Dewolff
Spider-Man:Last Hunt
.Amazing Spider-Man By Todd Mcfarlence Omnibus: Amazing Spider-Man#296-329 Spectacular Spider-Man Annual#10
.Spider-Man By Todd Mcfarlence Omnibus:Spider-Man#1-14 & 16 X-Force#4