Peter Parker – Spider-Man Omnibus Mapping | 14th Annual Tigereyes Most-Wanted Marvel Omnibus Poll

Once every year, thousands of Marvel collectors from around the world gather together online to watch Near Mint Condition and vote on their most-wanted omnibus titles. That time approaches – time for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 14th Annual Secret Ballot! This post explains every Peter Parker Spider-Man omnibus map – including out-of-continuity titles – for material that has not yet been collected comprehensively in omnibus – all of which will appear as options on the 2026 poll.

As one of the organizers of the poll, I work closely with Tigereyes and a team of Mapping Minties to be sure Marvel’s entire publishing history has been mapped, with every issue fitting somewhere into an omnibus volume to fill your oversize Marvel shelf. Then, we’ll kick off the poll on Near Mint Condition on March 22, 2026.

Mapping Spider-Man omnibuses is one of the most-massive undertakings in the Marvel Universe. Spidey has the most-popular line of omnibuses other than X-Men by any metric you’d like to use – number of releases, sales, and votes on the poll.

Spider-Man omnibuses announced for 2026 have included Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 7, Web of Spider-Man Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Brand New Day Vol. 3, Spider-Man by Zeb Wells Vol. 1, and Spider-Man by Zeb Wells Vol. 2 – plus Superior Spider-Man Returns.

That’s seven Spider-Man omnibuses in one year – and that’s just counting Marvel-616 continuity Spider-Man! However, it feels like it’s still a bit low for a year with a Spider-Man movie in it. We’ve gotta pump those numbers up.

So, how close are we to total Spider-Man coverage in omnibus? The options below get us pretty close, but at points we couldn’t map any further because of our guidance not to map more than one volume into a run where Marvel’s collection strategy is unclear. Taking into account the books we can’t credibly speculate on, I’d say we are less than 30 omnibuses away from total, line-wide coverage of every in-continuity solo Spider-Man comic.

That sounds like a lot, but at Marvel’s current pace of release it’s only 5 more years! Of course, there’s always new Spider-books to fill the schedule too, but even with Spider-Man adding 24 or more new issues a year there’s a solid chance we could reach complete coverage by the early 2030s if Marvel keeps up their pace.

Read this post and others in the series for a list of titles and omnibus mappings created by a group of the biggest collected edition enthusiasts on the internet. Every map is informed by Crushing Krisis comic guides and over a decade of polling data as explained by yours truly – keeper of the most-definitive guides to Marvel’s collected editions on the planet, including my Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (1963 – 2018) and Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present).

Even if you don’t own a single omnibus, you can use this post to learn about Marvel’s history of material and find great comics to read physically or digitally!

This post covers the following speculated omnibus volumes:

• Spider-Man from 1963-1998, by title
  • Marvel Team-Up Vol. 2 (1974 – 1978) [MMW 4-6]
  • Spider-Man: Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 2 (1980 – 1983) [MMW 4-6]
  • Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8 (1983 – 1984) [MMW 23-25]
  • Spider-Man: Spectacular Spider-Man by Peter David (1985 – 1987) [fits before Conway; could include other PAD material]
  • Spider-Man: The Black Costume Saga Aftermath (1985 – 1987) [could be ASM-only OR line-wide]
  • Spider-Man: Spider-Man by Conway & Buscema (1987 & on) [includes Spec & Web; fits before Spec by DeMatteis]
  • Spider-Man: Spider-Man (1990) Vol. 1 (1990 & on) [by Larsen, Mackie, Kavanaugh; could recollect McFarlane]
  • Spider-Man: Web of Spider-Man Vol. 3 (1991 – 1994) [fits prior to Clone Saga]
  • Spider-Man: Clone Saga Aftermath Vol. 1 (1997) [follows Reilly Vol. 2]
• Spider-Man’s Next Chapter, 1999 – 2007
  • Spider-Man: The Next Chapter Vol. 1 (1999 – 2000) [AKA by Mackie, Byrne, & Romita Jr]
  • Spider-Man: Peter Parker & Spectacular Spider-Man by Paul Jenkins (2001 – 2005) [both Parker & Spectacular]
  • Spider-Man: Marvel Knights & Sensational Spider-Man (2004 – 2006) [collects both series]
  • Spider-Man: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man by Peter David & Tom Taylor (2005 – 2020) [combines two Friendly runs]
  • Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Companion (2002 – 2007) [collects Unlimited + mini-series]
• Spider-Man by Dan Slott
  • Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man – Big Time by Dan Slott Vol. 1 (2010 & on)
  • Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man – Superior Aftermath by Dan Slott (2014 – 2015) [AKA Return of Peter Parker, follows Superior; collects ASM (2014), Family Biz OGN, etc]
  • Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man – Worldwide by Dan Slott Vol. 1 (2015 & on) [AKA All-New All Different]
• Out-of-Continuity Spider-Man Stories
  • Marvel Action – The IDW All-Ages Series (2018 – 2021)
  • Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man – Renew Your Vows (2015 – 2018)
  • Spider-Man: El Asombroso Hombre Arana (1972 – 1973) [Mexican alt-reality Bronze Age comics]
  • Spider-Man: Marvel Adventures Spider-Man Vol. 1 (2005 & on) [all-ages]
  • Spider-Man: Marvel Age Spider-Man (2004 – 2005) [all-ages]
  • Spider-Man: Marvel’s Spider-Man – The Gamerverse (2018 – 2023) [the PS4 tie-ins]
  • Spider-Man: Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2006 – 2009)
  • Spider-Man: Spider-Man Noir (2009 & on)
  • Spider-Man: Spidey Super Stories (1974 – 1982) [produced by Children’s TV Workshop]
  • Spider-Man: The 1970s Manga (1970 – 1971) [by K?sei Ono, Kazumasa Hirai, & Ryoichi Ikegami]
  • Spider-Man: The Amazing Spider-Man – The Newspaper Comic (1977 & on) [Vol. 1?]
  • Spider-Man: The Animated Series Adventures (1994 – 1997)

Remember: These titles and mappings are a suggestion of how Marvel could assemble these books. They are meant to make the books easy to find and to vote for. Your vote on the poll is a vote in favor of Marvel creating a book with that title or covering that period, NOT an endorsement of a specific mapping. Maps are presented as a proof of concept and to help you build your personal reading list.

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Spider-Man Omnibus Mapping: Spider-Man from 1963-1998, by title

For the Bronze Age of Spider-Man, we can map one or two more sequential collections of each of his titles based on if they are still working from Marvel Masterworks volumes. Titles are listed from oldest (i.e, Amazing) to newest. See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (1963 – 2018) for a list of all of the existing Spider-Man omnis from this period – there are many!

Marvel Team-Up Vol. 2 (1974 – 1978) [MMW 4-6]

Marvel Team-Up Vol. 1 Omnibus finally exists in the world and it follows the “3 Masterworks” rule perfectly.

That makes it easy to predict the contents of the next volumes collecting Marvel Team-Up (1972) unless Marvel radically changes their strategy. However, there could be one minor deviation from that plan: Volume 2 could end six issues early with issue #58 so that Volume 3 starts cleanly with the first Claremont/Byrne issue at #59, as many prior collections have.

A vote for this book is a vote for Marvel to set a steady bi-annual pace to continue this new omnibus line, possibly alternating with Amazing Spider-Man omnibuses.

Volume 2 would collect Marvel Team-Up (1972) #31-64 & Annual 1, Giant-Size Spider-Man (1974) #4-5, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #17, Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #9 & 13, and material from Marvel Comics Calendar 1976, Marvel Premiere (1972) #31, and material from Mighty Marvel Calendar 1977.

Because issue #59 begins a notable run by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, there is a possibility that the book could cut off at #58.

Subsequently, Volume 3 would collect Marvel Team-Up (1972) #65 (or, 59) -100 (omitting #79 due to an appearance by Red Sonja) and material from Marvel Tales (1966) #255 & 262-263, and Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #18.

Spider-Man: Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 2 (1980 – 1983) [MMW 4-6]

The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 Omnibus was released in 2022 and perfectly followed the “3 Masterworks” rule, so we can assume that will continue for the next volume, right?

Well… maybe. Let’s discuss the timing of the next book first.

When we reach 2027 it will have been five years since the last volume – a long gap for any omnibus line. If we were waiting for a cool-down period after the Masterworks for that volume were released, it has long since passed – Masterworks Volume 6 was out in 2023!

However, I suspect there are other concerns with the timing of this book. First, it significantly overlaps the Spider-Man by Roger Stern omnibus, which was reprinted in 2021. The still unannounced Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8 will begin to double-dip that Stern book as well, and Marvel could be waiting to see the sales (and reception) of that volume before announcing this one.

There’s also the pacing of Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) in omnibus versus Amazing Spider-Man (1963). Right now, the Amazing line has collected issues through 1981. Releasing this book prior to Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8 would mean this line was ahead of Amazing again, which Marvel could be trying to avoid.

Based on all of that, I’d say signs point to us getting Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8 before we get this volume… unless perhaps it totally crushes in its performance on the poll!

Now we come to the topic of the contents of this book.

The Spider-Man by Roger Stern omnibus included Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #43-61. That’s almost exactly half of this book, so as long as it follows the 3xMMW rule, there should be plenty of new material here.

Yet, looking ahead, there is Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga, effectively a “line-wide event” collection of the Spider-Man line. That book collects Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #90-100. It would take less than an entire 4th MMW of material for this book to meet flush with that book, and there’s no other ephemera to include. Just a straight shot of 10 issues.

(Oh, and just to make things more complicated, Peter David’s run on this title begins with issue #103 – smack in the middle of the next volume, no matter how you slice it.)

Now that the Masterworks line is seemingly dead, isn’t it more important than ever that omnis are consistent to each other rather than to a dead line of books? Marvel seems to have internalized that lesson on some lines (X-Men), but not on others (Iron Man). If this book met up cleanly with that one, that would give us interoperability between the Spider-Man title line and the Spider-Man line-wide books, if Marvel is planning to develop them further.

All of that means this book is much less of a slam dunk than it seems at first glance. Both its timing and its contents could be very up in the air.

A vote for this book is a signal to Marvel that five years between volumes is far too long – and, that we want them to put a stake in the ground and signal how they are going to handle this book’s intersection with Stern and approaching Black Costume Saga.

This would collect Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #43-79 & Annual 2-3.

It is possible it could continue to collect Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #80-89 to meet cleanly with Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga.

Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8 (1983 – 1984) [MMW 23-25]

We’re getting Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 7 in just a few months, but our wish to return to an annual pace on that main Spider-Man line seems to have curled into a monkey’s paw.

That’s because Volume 7 kept up a trend of collecting not even two Masterworks per Spider-Man omnibus, which yielded the shortest Amazing omnibus yet.

Marvel ostensibly has the excuse of wanting the end of Volume 7 to line up perfectly with the start of the Spider-Man by Roger Stern omnibus at Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #224. Volumes 6 & 7 together would have been 1,472 – far bigger than Marvel has ever gone for another MMW-based omnibus.

Still, it’s a bummer to be coming off off a book that’s barely bigger than an Epic Collection into a book that is about to substantially double-dip an existing omnibus. Roger Stern collected Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #224-252 & Annual 16-17 and Masterworks Vol. 23-24  collect #224-251 & Annual 16-17… a single issue of difference in favor of the Stern book!

Making things even messier, then we have Spider-Man: The Complete Black Costume Saga, which collected Amazing Spider-Man #252-263 & 18, compared to the contents of Masterworks Vol. 25, which are Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #252-262 and Annual #18.

Well… shit. No matter how you slice it, this book is going to be a full on double dip of existing omnibuses that exist on the shelves of many Spider-Man collectors.

On one hand, that’s a good thing! Making this book totally cover those two books means they are interchangeable, and folks can easily swap between them on their shelves. And, it gives Marvel a reason to get back to following their 3xMMW rule.

However, it also means there will be a serious enthusiasm gap for this volume, because all of the Amazing Spider-Man (1963) issues we’re missing in omnibus right now would be in the next book.

A vote for this book is a vote for Marvel to keep up the pace of this classic, flagship line – and to just bite the bullet and get this double-dipping over with.

This will likely collect Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #224-262 or 263 & Annual 16-18 and The Official Marvel Try-Out Book (1983).

Spider-Man: Spectacular Spider-Man by Peter David (1985 – 1987) [fits before Conway; could include other PAD material]

Peter David wrote most issues of Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) from #103-136 & Annual 5-7. That means this book could slightly overlap Spider-Man: Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 3 – or, that book would simply end slightly earlier to make room for this book.

While some people would want all of PAD’s Spider-Man writing from this period, in the long run those sort of messy creator-centric omnibuses just create mapping problems. I’ve included those issues below as reference, but that is not our recommended mapping.

In fact, in my semi-professional opinion, this book is just a bad idea. It doesn’t play nicely with the existing Spectacular line or the Complete Black Costume Saga. I love Peter David’s writing and I want to see it collected comprehensively, but it’s not a reason to mess with the mapping of a line that could be fixing old mistakes instead of causing new ones.

A vote for this book is a vote to collect all of the run of Spectacular Spider-Man mostly written by Peter David, including issues he did not write, which I think is a very bad idea from a mapping perspective.

This would collect Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #103-136 & Annual 5-7.

It could also collect other Peter David Spider-Man material from this period, including Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #266-267, 278, & 289, Web of Spider-Man (1985) #7, 11-13, 40-44 & 49, and Incredible Hulk (1968) #349

Spider-Man: The Black Costume Saga Aftermath (1985 – 1987) [could be ASM-only OR line-wide]

In 2024 we got a Complete Black Costume Saga omnibus that collected Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #252-263 & Annual 18; Marvel Team-Up (1972) #141-150 & Annual 7; Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #90-100 & Annual 4; and Web of Spider-Man (1985) #1.

There’s a good reason for that book to exist – it’s the origin of the black symbiote suit! It is packed with the classic issues of the suit slowly beginning to influence Peter’s personality for the worse until he finally ditches it… unknowingly creating one of his greatest villains in the process.

That book excited major Spider-Man collectors for a reason other than its story contents. It was the first time Marvel has offered a comprehensive, “line-wide” Spider-Man omnibus with all of his ongoing titles in one book prior to the start of the “Clone Saga” nearly a decade of issues later.

Suddenly, fans became very hype at the idea of a “Black Costume Saga Aftermath.” Not only would it be closing a slim gap of Amazing Spider-Man (1963) issues that have never been collected in oversize format, but it would be breaking ground on a line-wide approach to collecting Spider-Man that could continue both backward and forward from this point – just like the X-Men: Blue & Gold omnibus line.

Think of it as Spider-Man: Red & Blue.

Of course, not everyone feels that way. Some people just want a book with this title to be a straight sprint through Amazing Spider-Man (1963) issues to completely close the gap from here to Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane, which starts with issue #296.

Either way, this book is in high demand. In fact, I strongly suspect it will be the top-ranked Spider-Man book on this year’s poll.

A vote for this book is a vote to begin to collect the remaining issues of Amazing Spider-Man (1963) that have never been in omnibus before… and maybe doing that as a line-wide collection.

So, what is this book? Is it a book just of Amazing Spider-Man, which is effectively Vol. 9? Or, is it a line-wide collection of ALL the Spider-Man titles, mirroring the collection format of the Black Costume Saga?

A vote for this is a vote collect the next swath of material. How much? It depends on if it just focuses on Amazing Spider-Man or if it collects all three major titles. That is left open to your interpretation.

This book could be one of two things.

A book exclusively collecting Amazing Spider-Man (1963) and only necessary crossover issues would collect Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #264-295 & Annual 19-21; Spider-Man versus Wolverine (1987) #1; Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #131-132; and Web of Spider-Man (1985) #29-32 would cleanly meeting up with the first Michelinie/McFarlane book on the other side.

However, a “Line-Wide”” book would effectively continue to collect a year of Spider-Man per volume, and would need three volumes to reach issues #296-300, where other existing volumes begin. A first book could collect Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #264-274 & Annual 19, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #101-110 & Annual 5, and Web of Spider-Man (1985) #2-11 & Annual 1, along with Marvel Graphic Novel 22: Amazing Spider-Man – Hooky OGN.

Spider-Man: Spectacular Spider-Man by Conway & Buscema (1987 – 1991) [fits before SpecSM by DeMatteis]

This is a volume that is effectively a companion to the first two David Michelinie omnibuses, collecting both Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) and Web of Spider-Man (1985) during that same period. We already know the end-point of this run, because we have the next omnibus in sequence – the 2025 Spectacular Spider-Man by DeMatteis & Buscema Omnibus.

That books would starts with Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #178. Gerry Conway started writing the title at issue #137 and wraps up with #173, though Buscema continues to pencil. That gives us an obvious hunk of issues to collect. Also, per commenter RM, Conway also wrote a very intertwined run of Web of Spider-Man (1985) in this period.

Eagle-eyed commenter RM shared the following:

Here’s Conway himself discussing the run in Tom DeFalco COMICS CREATORS ON SPIDER-MAN book, page 55:

“…I made this deal with my editor — Jim Salicrup — that my books would be basically subplots that would star the supporting characters. We would do superheroics around that, but my primary focus was on what was happening to Joe Robertson or Mary Jane or Aunt May. I tried to write my two books as if they were coming out bi-weekly. We would have a two-part story in one title. A sub plot would start, weave through the other title and conclude where it originally began. That was a complicated way to craft a story, but it kept me interested.”

Based on that, it sounds like this book absolutely needs to collect Web of Spider-Man (1985) #47-58 and likely also #59-80. That’s another 34 issues, so that would push this to be two volumes.

If you’ve read this entire post, you’ve heard me come out hard against a Peter David author run on Spectacular Spider-Man (1976). However, I don’t have the some negative opinion of this book. There is a vast, uncollected expanse of Spectacular and Web prior to the Clone Saga, and it’s going to take a long time for any line-wide style omnibus to get there. Capitalizing on the fact that it is almost entirely written by Conway is a good thing.

A vote to collect this book is a vote to begin to collect the entire Gerry Conway run on Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) and Web of Spider-Man (1985).

This would begin to collect Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #137-177 & Annual 8-11; Web of Spider-Man (1985) #47-80 & Annual 6; Amazing Spider-Man (1963) Annual 24; and Spider-Man/Doctor Strange: The Way to Dusty Death OGN.

Collecting the Web of Spider-Man (1985) issues may be optional, since #47-72 have already been collected alongside limited Spectacular Spider-Man issues in the Web omnibus line.

This could also include Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #16.1-20.1 and Amazing Spider-Man: Going Big (2019) #1, both also by Conway.

Spider-Man: Spider-Man (1990) Vol. 1 (1990 & on) [by Larsen, Mackie, Kavanaugh; could recollect McFarlane]

Oh, did you think we were done with the mapping drama? Y’all, Spider-Man comics have more mapping drama than X-Men comics because all of his titles start the same dude.

We already have a Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane omnibus, printed in 2016 and reprinted in 2021. It is a very slim book at 440pgs that collects only the Todd McFarlane issues of Spider-Man (1990), rudely skipping issue #15.

The “Clone Saga” omnis don’t begin until Spider-Man (1990) #51. That gives us a perfectly omni-sized amount of issues to cover to get there.

The question is whether or not we collect around that slim Todd McFarlane book. The reason to collect around it is that the ToddFather always sells, so Marvel can keep reprinting it. The reason to double-dip it is that the ToddFather always sells, so Marvel should just map those issues into this book as well.

That’s why this title is intentionally vague. Do we re-collect the contents of the slim, poorly-mapped Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane or start afterward?

I refuse to answer that question! But, much of this book represents totally uncollected Spider-Man, which should make it tempting to vote for.

A vote for this book is a vote to plug the gap in Spider-Man (1990) until the Clone Saga in any way you think is appropriate.

This could either collect Spider-Man (1990) #1-50 OR it could collect Spider-Man (1990) #15 & 17-50 (mapping around the existing Todd McFarlane omnibus). Either way, it would likely omit Maximum Carnage issues (#35-37), though it could include other minor crossovers with the other Spider-titles.

Spider-Man: Web of Spider-Man Vol. 3 (1991 – 1994) [fits prior to Clone Saga]

This is the final piece of Spidey’s line we need to reach the Clone Saga, and it’s actually the most straight-forward.

We already have two volumes of Web of Spider-Man (1985), released two years in a row, and collecting material that has largely been completely unseen in any collected edition!

All we need is one more perfectly omni-sized book to get to the Clone Saga. That’s it. No fuss. No mapping drama. No double-dipping. Just a straight shot to finish collecting over 100 issues of this classic title – possibly in just three years.

Let’s git’er done, y’all!

A vote for this book is a vote to finish collecting Web of Spider-Man (1985) prior to the Clone Saga, maintaining a brisk annual pace of release.

This would collect of Web of Spider-Man (1985) #73-116 & Annual 7-10, likely skipping Maximum Carnage issues (#101-103) though it could include other minor crossovers with the other Spider-titles.

That would bring this omnibus line to a close, as the next issue is collected in the Clone Saga omnibus line.

We have four line-wide Spider-Man omnibuses that collect every issue of every title with The Clone Saga Vol. 1-2 and Spider-Man: Ben Reilly Vol. 1-2. See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (1963 – 2018) for a list of those books.

Spider-Man: Clone Saga Aftermath Vol. 1 (1997) [follows Reilly Vol. 2]

A vote for this book is a vote for the next sequential volume after the Clone/Reilly omnibuses.

Many fans are hoping Marvel will continue this “all-in-one” line-wide approach to continue collecting through the end of Amazing Spider-Man (1963) – which is roughly 30 issues per title.

For reference, the Clone/Reilly books managed to collect 5-8 issues per title of the four ongoing titles, plus 1-2 issues of Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) and assorted mini-series and one-shots. They weighed in between 35-45 issues each and about 1,300 pages.

That means Marvel would need four, or maybe five omnibuses to do the job after the Clone Saga.

While Marvel could certainly go back to collecting only Amazing Spider-Man (1963) rather than maintaining a line-wide approach, that decision would create a mess. Amazing was constantly having minor crossovers with the other titles in the line. Even if this was not a linewide book, it would still wind up collecting at least a third of the other books, if not more.

Out of respect for people who make bad mapping decisions, we’ve left this title loose enough that you can decide for yourself how this book will be mapped. However, we’re absolutely not giving you a map of what it would look like just with Amazing Spider-Man. You’ll take your line-wide map and like it.

A vote for this book is a vote for Marvel to explore the undiscovered country of late-90s, post-Clone Spider-Man in omnibus for the first time.

This would likely collect Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #-1 & 419-421, Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #-1 & 242-245, Spider-Man (1990) #-1 & 76-80, Sensational Spider-Man (1996) #-1 & 12-18, Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) #15-16, Spider-Man Team-Up (1995) #6, Journey Into Mystery (1952) #505, Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives (1997) #1-3, Marvel Holiday Special (1991) #1996 (material from), X-Man (1995) #24, Spider-Man: Dead Man’s Hand (1997) OGN, Silver Surfer (1987) #128-129, Marvel Valentine Special (possibly also Spider-Man: Father’s Day Is Every Day (Toyota Giveaway)).

This could also potentially include Daily Bugle (1996) #1-3, which was not in the Clone Saga omni line.

Click to expand our proposed maps for the next three volumes in this line

Spider-Man Omnibus Mapping: Spider-Man’s Next Chapter, 1999 – 2007

Spider-Man’s omnibus options after his line relaunch in 1999 are, once again, focused on a cluster of four books with a gulf of unresolved material on either side of them… and alongside them.

In this case, those books are Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day Vol. 1 & Vol. 2. Together, they collect nine years of Amazing Spider-Man. See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (1963 – 2018) for a list of those books.

What they don’t collect are the first two years of “The Next Chapter” relaunch of Spidey’s line, or the following era from 2009-2011 prior to the Superior Spider-Man Omnibus. Plus, there are several significant side-titles that remain uncovered in omnibus!

That means we have a lot to map in this period! The run of 1999-2007 is one of the worst-collected periods of Spider-Man despite those main omnibuses because there’s just so much more to collect!

Spider-Man: The Next Chapter Vol. 1 (1999 – 2000) [AKA by Mackie, Byrne, & Romita Jr]

A vote for this book is a vote to ignore the Byrne-only omnibus and start all over again starting from the integrated mapping of “The Next Chapter” trade paperbacks.

This would collect Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #1-15 & Annual 99, Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #1-15 & Annual 99, Spider-Man (1998) #1/2, Thor (1998) #8, and Spider-Woman (1999) #9, Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man (1999) #1 (2nd story) & 10-16, and “Fast Lane” comic inserts.

It could also optionally collect Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man (1999) #1 (1st story) & 2-9, though those stories are not set at this point in continuity.

Then, the next volume would collect Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #16-29 & Annual 2000 & 2001, Peter Parker: Spider-Man #16-29 Annual 2000, Spider-Man: Revenge of the Green Goblin (2000) #1-3, Wolverine (1988) #156-157, Spider-Man: The Mysterio Manifesto (2001) #1-3, Spidey/Marrow (2001) #1, Spider-Man: Lifeline #1-3 (AKA Spider-Man Universe #14-16).

It could also optionally collect Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man (1999) #17-18, Spider-Man: Death and Destiny (2000) #1-3 (a retcon series), Spider-Man vs. Punisher (2000) #1, Daredevil / Spider-Man (2001) #1-4, and Year In Review: Spider-Man (2000) AKA Peter & Mary Jane’s Spider-Man Scrapbook.

Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Vol. 1 begins here – see Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (1963 – 2018). 

Spider-Man: Peter Parker & Spectacular Spider-Man by Paul Jenkins (2001 – 2005) [both Parker & Spectacular]

A vote for this book is a vote to collet the two different Paul Jenkins runs that parallel JMS’s run in a single omnibus.

This would collect Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1998) #31-50 (and optionally including #20-30, which would double-dip a potential all-inclusive mapping of “The Next Chapter), Daredevil/Spider-Man (2001) #1-4, Sentry/Spider-Man (2001) #1, Spectacular Spider-Man (2003) #1-27.

Spider-Man: Marvel Knights & Sensational Spider-Man (2004 – 2006) [collects both series]

A vote for this book is a vote for a single omnibus to collect the series that started out as Marvel Knights Spider-Man (2004) and then became Sensational Spider-Man (2006).

This would collect Marvel Knights Spider-Man (2004) #1-22 and its continuation as the Sensational Spider-Man (2006) #23-40 & Annual 1 (but not #41, which is part of “One More Day”), Marvel Spotlight: Spider-Man (2007) #1, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Spider-Man: Back In Black Handbook (2007) #1, and Spider-Man Family (2007) #1-2.

It could also collect Spider-Man & Wolverine (2003) #1-4, which was a Marvel Knights title.

Spider-Man: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man by Peter David & Tom Taylor (2005 – 2020) [combines two Friendly runs]

A vote for this book is a vote for an omnibus that collects either or both of Peter David’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2005) and Tom Taylor’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2019).

This would combine Peter David’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2005) #1-23 & Annual 1 (but not #24, which is part of “One More Day”) and Tom Taylor’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2019) #1-14 & Free Comic Book Day 2019 (Spider-Man/Venom)

Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski Companion (2002 – 2007) [collects Unlimited + mini-series]

Now that we have the JMS run on Spider-Man completed in a pair of omnis, as well as the entire following period of “Brand New Day,” we have a good idea of what has been omitted.

Since the existence of the JMS books preludes us getting a line-wide collection of every Spider-Man title, unless all of the creator-focused books above did a lot of heavy lifting of additional material, we need a full omnibus to cover it all.

Not all Companion omnibuses are an attractive buy, because they are by definition a hodgepodge of different series, creators, and influences. However, this book benefits by being anchored by fifteen issues of Spider-Man Unlimited (2004), which at lease gives it a central identity. Also, it could pick up the Jeff Loeb & Tim Sale Spider-Man: Blue (2002) #1-6, an eternally popular mini-series.

And, a lot of these other mini-series are quite good – or, if not good, at least interesting. Spider-Man: Get Kraven (2002) is a farcical send-up you probably wouldn’t expect, Venom vs. Carnage (2004) is the first big symbiote throwdown in years, Spider-Man: Breakout (2005) #1-5 paints the picture of why Spidey wound up on Bendis’s New Avengers squad, and Spider-Man/Black Cat: Evil That Men Do (2002) #1-6 would put Kevin Smith’s name on the spine of this book.

A vote for this book is a vote to collect all of Spider-Man Unlimited (2004), since the JMS omnibuses ignore it, plus the many supporting mini-series that ran alongside JMS’s Spider-Man run. The Brand New Day era was much more consistent about collecting these sort of supporting books alongside the main run if they were part of continuity.

This would collect some or all of Spider-Man Unlimited (2004) #1-15, Spider-Man: Get Kraven (2002) #1-6, Spider-Man: Quality of Life (2002) #1-4, Spider-Man: Blue (2002) #1-6, Deadline (2002) #1-4, Venom vs. Carnage (2004) #1-4, Spider-Man & Wolverine (2003) #1-4 (a Marvel Knights title), Spider-Man Special: Black and Blue and Read All Over (2006) #1,  Marvel Holiday Special (1991) 2004-2005 & 2007 (Spider-Man stories), Gravity (2005) #1-5, Spider-Man: Breakout (2005) #1-5, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four (2007) #1-4, Spider-Man/Black Cat: Evil That Men Do (2002) #1-6, Spider-Man/Human Torch (2005) #1-5, and optionally material from Marvel Team-Up (2004) #1-2, 5-7, 10-13.

 

Spider-Man Omnibus Mapping: Spider-Man by Dan Slott

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Vol. 1-3 carry us through 2010, all the way to the Dan Slott era of Spider-Man.

Then, there’s even more mapping drama ahead! Figuring out how to collect Dan Slott both prior to and after the Superior Spider-Man Omnibus is not as simple as it sounds. See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (1963 – 2018) for more details.

Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man – Big Time by Dan Slott Vol. 1 (2010 & on)

I am an avowed fan of Dan Slott’s run on Spider-Man.

Yes, Slott always brings a certain mean-spirited vibe to his writing for any character outside of the main spotlight, which always includes all of the women in a cast. However, Slott had a magic touch for keeping Peter Parker swinging through some huge, fun, cartoonish plots that centered him being a friendly neighborhood wall-crawler and used many of his classic villains in new ways.

Given the massive size of each of the three Brand New Day books, you might there is a chance that Marvel tries to knock out the entirety of Dan Slott’s pre-Superior run into a single omnibus. However, I think the sheer size of it is unfeasible.

The BND books each were in the 40-50 issue range and ran from 1,240 to 1,392 pages. The absolute smallest volume we could map that covers Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #648 to 697 with only the absolutely necessary .1 issues and supporting issues weighs in at 57 issues. Even if none of them were longer than 22 pages (and some are), we’d already be on the high side of the size of the BND books.

Plus, there is a lot of supporting material that is essential to Slott’s run and the BND books set the delightful precedent of leaving just about nothing behind. They collected tons of sideline one-shots and series, even if they mostly focused on a character other than Spider-Man.

Will the Slott-era books do the same? It’s a slightly different story, since here we are talking about a singular creator rather than the brain-trust of the BND era. But, given how a single book to cover this slice of Slott seems impractical, I think there’s a strong potential for this run to be all-inclusive.

A vote for this book is a vote to get underway on collecting Dan Slott’s “Big Time” run on Spider-Man! You’re not voting on a map! You’re just voting to get started!

This book is likely to collect Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #648-673 & 654.1, Free Comic Book Day 2011 – Spider-Man, Venom (2011) #6-9 (part of Spider-Island), The Amazing Spider-Man: Infested (2011) #1,  Spider-Island: Deadly Foes (2011) #1, and Spider-Island Spotlight (2011).

It could optionally then add 16 issues of supporting Spider-Island material (The Amazing Spider-Girl #1-3, Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger #1-3, Spider-Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1-3, Herc #7-8, Spider-Island: Avengers #1, Spider-Island: Spider-Woman #1, Spider-Island: I Love New York City, Black Panther #524, Spider-Island: Heroes For Hire) and/or 6 additional issues of non-Slott material (Spectacular Spider-Man #1000, The Identity Wars crossover from Annual 38 to Deadpool & Hulk Annuals, and Fear Itself: Spider-Man (2011) #1-3.)

Then, a second volume would collect Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #674-697 & 679.1, Daredevil (2011) #8, Amazing Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth #1, and Avenging Spider-Man (2011) #8 (part of Ends of the Earth).

That’s just 28 issues. To that we could could add 25(!) non-Slott material from Amazing Spider-Man (1963) Annual 39, Avenging Spider-Man (2011) #1-7, 9-15, & Annual 1, which was effectively a team-up book (along with a crossover into Daredevil (2011) #11 and The Punisher (2011) #10), Avenging Spider-Man: Daily Bugle (2011) #1, Spider-Men (2012) #1-5 by Brian Bendis, and Spider-Man vs. Vampires (2010) #1.

I’m not sure Marvel would have the appetite to put that much non-Slott material into a Slott omnibus rather than “Slott Companion” omnibus – but, we’ll see how Volume 1 goes!

The wickedly-fun and entirely self-contained The Superior Spider-Man Omnibus fits here. See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (1963 – 2018) for more details.

Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man – Superior Aftermath by Dan Slott (2014 – 2015) [AKA Return of Peter Parker, follows Superior; collects ASM (2014), Family Biz OGN, etc]

Both the Spider-Verse OHC and Omnibus leave us with an awkward problem when it comes to collecting Dan Slott’s run on Spider-Man. Both of them only collect about a third of Amazing Spider-Man (2014) – the volume that marked Peter Parker’s return to his own mind and body after the conclusion of Superior Spider-Man (2013).

Some people might suggest collecting around Spider-Verse, but… why would you do that!? Spider-Verse is a great hook to get people to buy a book, and it does not require all of the tie-ins crammed into its other collections to read coherently. Spider-Verse wasn’t a direct crossover. The original oversize hardcover line of this title included issues of Amazing Spider-Man (2014) with none of the Spider-Verse tie-ins – not even the main two-issue series!

Or, maybe you are DEEPLY OFFENDED by the idea of double-dipping Spider-Verse. That’s fine. Even if you skip the Spider-Verse tie-in issues entirely, there’s plenty of material to collect here.

If we look past the mapping concerns, in a way this era echoes the start of “Brand New Day” because we have a version of Peter Parker who is trying to re-establish himself. That means Dan Slott can have him do some back-to-basics stuff, so this run is much less focused on big villains and much more focused on Peter himself… and also Spider-Verse.

To support this brief run, there was a lengthy digital comic by Joshua Fialkov exploring Peter trying to regain a sense of himself, a Gerry Conway arc that was effectively it’s own mini-series while Slott took a break from the book, and Mark Waid’s Spider-Man: Family Business (2013) OGN, which Slott references heavily in the next portion of this run – plus, a series of Specials and an X-Men book where Sauron doesn’t want to cure cancer!

A vote for this book is a vote to collect from the end of Superior Spider-Man to Secret Wars, no matter how you feel that should be done.

This would collect Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-18, 1.1-1.5, & Annual 1 (note that #7-15 tie in to Spider-Verse and double-dip Spider-Verse collections), Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #16.1-20.1 (effectively a mini-series by Gerry Conway), The Amazing Spider-Man: Who Am I? Infinite Comic (2014) #1-12

It could optionally also include Spider-Man: Family Business (2013) OGN (which has an impact on the next run)., Spider-Verse (2014) #1-2 (to frame Spider-Verse), Superior Spider-Man (2011) #32-33 (part of Spider-Verse, but would mean the Dan Slott line has all of Superior in it), Spider-Man & The X-Men (2014) #1-6, Free Comic Book Day 2014 (Spider-Man story), and “Inhuman Error” (from Amazing Spider-Man Special #1, Inhuman Special #1, and All-New Captain America Special #1).

Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man – Worldwide by Dan Slott Vol. 1 (2015 & on) [AKA All-New All Different]

Coming out of Secret Wars (2015), Dan Slott took Spider-Man in yet another all-new, all-different direction. Fans were split on it at the time, but I absolutely loved it – I think it is the peak of Slott’s run on Spider-Man.

“Worldwide” gave us 40 issues with a Spider-Man who was no longer dealing with “Parker Luck.” This was a Spider-Man who figured out how to take advantage of all of the “superior” aspects of Doc Ock piloting his life. Not only is this version of Peter a successful business man running his own company, it also has Spider-Man as a sort of superhero James Bond working for SHIELD and falling for with his handler Mockingbird.

If you’ve ever been frustrated with how much of a bummer Spidey books can be, this title is the antidote. And, it builds to a massive crescendo that puts one of Spider-Man’s signature villains back on the board in a new an interesting way.

Plus, the art is great! Seriously, I don’t have a single bad thing to say about this run.

The book would be nearly 50 issues, some of them double- and triple-sized, so we wouldn’t be able to add in much supporting material. In that case, we’d need a “Worldwide Companion.”

Alternately, this could simply be a Vol. 1 with some of that material, breaking sometime prior to the switch to Legacy numbering.

I think trying to force a decision on Main/Companion vs. Vol. 1-2 isn’t helpful. That’s why we’re just leaving this open-ended on the poll.

A vote for this book is a vote to get an omnibus of Dan Slott’s All-New All-Different Spider-Man run, in whatever form that takes. Once we get it, we can map what it doesn’t include.

This book would begin to collect Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1-32, 789-801, Annual 1 & 42, and Free Comic Book Day 2016 (Spider-Man Story)

It might also begin to collect Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1.1-1.5 (which were not by Slott – they were a totally separate mini-series), ASM & Silk: The Spider(fly) Effect #1-4, Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #1-4, Clone Conspiracy material (The Clone Conspiracy #1-5; The Clone Conspiracy: Omega; Silk #14-17; and Prowler #1-5), and Spider-Men (2017) II #1-5.

Spider-Man / Deadpool by Joe Kelly & Robbie Thompson (2016 – 2019) [complete series]

Putting ‘Pool and Spidey together in one book seems as obvious as an peanut butter & jelly so it’s wild it hadn’t been done too often before this run.

Even more wild is that most people don’t realize this series ran for 50 issues (plus a .1 issue!), making it one of the longest post-2015 Marvel runs! The first half was mostly written by Deadpool veteran Joe Kelly. The back half is a charming mega-arc by the always under-appreciated Robbie Thompson. Both sides of the series focused on the bromance between these two characters… though maybe Deadpool wanted to take things to the next level.

It’s all a surprisingly fun read and it would make a very easy sell to the wider comic-loving public with these two characters on the same cover!

A vote for this book is a vote for a one-and-done oversize collection of the team-up of two of the most popular characters of the modern age of comics!

This would collect Spider-Man/Deadpool (2016) #1-50 & 1.MU.

It could possibly omit the “Til Death Do Us” crossover issues in #15-16, as some prior collections have done – especially if they will be covered in one of the two other Deadpool omnis we need in this period. Alternately, it could including those issues and their crossover with Deadpool (2015) #28-29 and Deadpool & the Mercs for Money (2016B) #9-10

Spider-Man: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man by Peter David & Tom Taylor (2005 – 2020) [combines two Friendly runs]

Your eyes do not deceive you – you already saw this book once earlier in this post! That’s because it contains two runs, and one of them is from 2019-2020.

A vote for this book is a vote for an omnibus that collects either or both of Peter David’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2005) and Tom Taylor’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2019).

This would combine Peter David’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2005) #1-23 & Annual 1 (but not #24, which is part of “One More Day”) and Tom Taylor’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2019) #1-14 & Free Comic Book Day 2019 (Spider-Man/Venom)

Here, we have Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, followed by Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond, followed by Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells Vol. 1 & Vol. 2. That completely collects the main Amazing Spider-Man title from 2018 to the start of 2025! Right now we’re in what seems like the early stages of an absolutely stellar run by Joe Kelly that has turned Amazing Spider-Man into one of Marvel’s best books for the first time in a long while. See Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present) for details.

Spider-Man Omnibus Mapping: Out-of-Continuity Spider-Man Stories, by Title

Looking for some standalone Spidey stories or books set outside of regular continuity? These titles will also be on the poll..

• Marvel Action – The IDW All-Ages Series (2018 – 2021) [Spider-Man, Avengers, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, et al]
  • This would collect IDW’s Marvel Action: Spider-Man (2018) #1-12, Marvel Action: Avengers (2018) #1-12, Marvel Action: Black Panther (2018) #1-6, Marvel Action: Captain Marvel (2019) #1-6, Marvel Action: Spider-Man (2020) #1-3, Marvel Action: Avengers (2020) #1-3, Marvel Action: Chillers (2020) #1-4, Marvel Action: Origins (2021) #1-5, Marvel Action: Captain Marvel #1-5, and Marvel Action: Spider-Man #1-5, and but NOT “Marvel Action Classics” series, which were reprints of older all-ages comics
• Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man – Renew Your Vows (2015 – 2018)
  • This would collect the alternate timeline Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows (2015) #1-5 launched in Secret Wars, a story from Spider-Verse (2015) #2, and the subsequent ongoing Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows (2016) #1-23.
• Spider-Man: El Asombroso Hombre Arana (1972 – 1973) [Mexican alt-reality Bronze Age comics]
  • This would collect Mexican Spider-Man (AKA El Sorprendente Hombre Araña) adventures from Amazing Spider-Man (MX) #123-185
• Spider-Man: Marvel Adventures Spider-Man Vol. 1 (2005 & on) [all-ages]
  • This would begin to collect the all-ages Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man (2005) #1-61 & Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man (2010 #1-24 (and material from Ashcan)
• Spider-Man: Marvel Age Spider-Man (2004 – 2005) [all-ages]
  • This would collect Marvel Age Spider-Man (2004) #1-20 & FCBD and Marvel Age Spider-Man Team-Up (2004) #1-5
• Spider-Man: Marvel’s Spider-Man – The Gamerverse (2018 – 2023) [the PS4 tie-ins]
  • This would collect series in the universe of the Playstation 4 game, which include Spider-Geddon (2018) #0, Spider-Verse (2019) #1, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Velocity (2019) #1-5, Marvel’s Spider-Man: City At War (2019) #1-6, and Marvel’s Spider-Man: The Black Cat Strikes (2020) #1-5, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (2023) #1
• Spider-Man: Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2006 – 2009)
  • This would collect the out-of-continuity romance book Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2005) #1-20 and Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2008) #1-5.
• Spider-Man: Spidey Super Stories (1974 – 1982) [produced by Children’s TV Workshop]
  • This would collect Spidey Super Stories (1974) #1-57, all-ages tales produced alongside Children’s TV Workshop (Electric Company).
• Spider-Man: Spider-Man Noir (2009 & on)
  • This would collect Spider-Man Noir (2008) #1-4, Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face (2009) #1-4, material from Edge of Spider-Verse (2014) #1, Spider-Geddon: Spider-Man Noir Video Comic, material from Spider-Verse Team-Up (2013) #1, Spider-Verse (2019) #4-5, Spider-Man Noir (2020) #1-5 (which continues directly from his appearance in Spider-Verse #5), and Spider-Man Noir (2025) #1-5
• Spider-Man: The 1970s Manga (1970 – 1971) [by K?sei Ono, Kazumasa Hirai, & Ryoichi Ikegami]
  • Collects the original 8 Volumes of Manga first published in Monthly Sh?nen Magazine
• Spider-Man: The Amazing Spider-Man – The Newspaper Comic (1977 & on) [Vol. 1?]
  • Collects the newspaper comics starting from January 3, 1977
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series Adventures (1994 – 1997)
  • This would collect Spider-Man Adventures (1994) #1-15 and The Adventures of Spider-Man (1996) #1-11.
  • It could also include the contents of a paperback called “Adventures of Spider-Man: Radioactive” which collected further cartoonish stories that are not in the same continuity as the issues above from Spider-Man Magazine (1994) #1-19 and Spider-Man Magazine Special (1995) #1-2