Spider-Man

How to Collect Spider-Man in Omnibus – The Video Collecting Guide (updated through June 2027)

July 27, 2026 by krisis Leave a Comment

In January, I joined Omar on Near Mint Condition to present a comprehensive visual video guide to How to Collect X-Men in Omnibus. That quickly became the NMC most-viewed live stream of all time!!! In the comments, viewers suggested many follow-up videos, and today Omar & I are back with the most hotly-demanded of them all: How to Collect Spider-Man in Omnibus!

Join us for a comprehensive look at how to have the most-complete omnibus shelf of Peter Parker Spider-Man in the Marvel 616 Universe. We’ll look at every title from 1963 to present, breaking down how it has been collected – and what is left to collect.

This condenses fifteen years of knowledge from my Guide to Collecting Spider-Man (1963-2018) and Guide to Spider-Man – Peter Parker (2018 – Present) as well as nearly a decade of Near Mint Condition omnibus announcements and video reading orders.

That includes all of the recent Spider-Man omnibus announcements for the first half of 2027, including Marvel Team-Up Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Big Time Vol. 1, and Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8!

(Watch this video on Youtube)

Marvel Omnibus Announcement: Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 8

July 24, 2026 by krisis Leave a Comment

The Amazing Spider-Man 1963 0250 cover Near Mint Condition announced one of the final Marvel omnibuses for the first half of 2027, and this June 2027 book is arriving earlier than many of us guessed it would! Of course, there’s always money in Spider-Man – especially right now – so it’s the perfect time to announce this book: Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 8

The “Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus” line are what many of us refer to as a “Masterworks” line of omnibuses. That’s because they are generally based on the restoration work and mapping of Marvel Masterworks hardcovers. Masterworks began by collecting their characters’ first stories from the Silver Age, but have now extended through the Silver Age into Bronze (and, in some cases, beyond).

New volumes of this Amazing Spider-Man line used to arrive at a 2-5yr interval, which is why it has been somewhat shocking (and prediction-defying) that we’ve now had three volumes in three years – Volume 6 in 2025, Volume 7 out last month, and now Volume 8 in 2027.

That is the quickest pace Marvel has ever set for a Masterworks-based line of omnis. We have no precedent for it whatsoever.

I suspect that part of that accelerated pace has to do with what this book double dips and what is just on the other side of the contents of this omnibus. [Read more…] about Marvel Omnibus Announcement: Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 8

Marvel Omnibus Announcement: Spider-Man: Big Time Omnibus Vol. 1

July 22, 2026 by krisis Leave a Comment

The Amazing Spider-Man 1999 0648 cover - The first issue of the Big Time era collected in Spider-Man: Big Time Omnibus Vol. 1 Near Mint Condition announced another Marvel omnibus for May 2027, and this book fills a massive modern gap with a map that is very much Krisis-Approved! Readers remain divided on this material 15 years after its release, but regardless of the fan sentiment I am happy this will exist: Spider-Man: Big Time Omnibus Vol. 1!

“Big Time” was the banner that kicked off the era of Spider-Man that followed “Brand New Day.” Like “Brand New Day,” this involved Amazing Spider-Man (1963) shipping multiple times a month, so there was only one other supporting Spider-Man ongoing on this period. Unlike “Brand New Day,” instead of being steered by brain trust of writers, “Big Time” was written by a single lead writer: Dan Slott (with frequent assists with his more deadline-oriented friend, Christos Gage).

Dan Slott was part of the writer-go-round during “Brand New Day,” but this omnibus kicks off the collection of his eight continuous years writing Spider-Man. To this point, the only omnibus collections of that entire period are the Superior Spider-Man Omnibus, Super Spider-Man Returns Omnibus, and the Spider-Verse / Spider-Geddon Omnibus.

That leaves us with some big gaps to fill!

Fans have stayed divided on this run because it’s more of post-MJ Spider-Man. Some readers are simply never going to enjoy Spider-Man not with Mary Jane, and that’s their prerogative. Personally, I don’t care so much.

Also, certain fans simply never cared for Dan Slott’s writing for Spider-Man. I don’t like Slott on every comic, but I found him endlessly engaging during this run. However, I’d agree he could write Peter Parker as a bit of a careless asshole and not just stuck with his Parker Luck. Also, Slott’s track record in writing women other than She-Hulk is abysmal. From Carlie Cooper to Cindy Moon to Mockingbird, almost every supporting woman who turns up in this run is treated like a shallow accessory to Spider-Man rather than a character with their own motivations.

You’ll note that this omnibus does not say “by Dan Slott” in the title. I think that’s a positive thing, and it shows in the mapping of this book. This could have simply collected Amazing Spider-Man (1963) issues, including the issues that interacted with the line-spanning event Spider-Island. Instead, it collects all of Spider-Island, including mini-series and one-shots not by Dan Slott.

That’s a different approach than the recent Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells omnibus line, which avoided collecting non-Wells tie-ins to both Dark Web and Gang War.

Some folks object to all of this non-Slott material in the book, saying it waters down the story. Pour moi, I think it’s a good thing for two different reasons.

Marvel Omnibus Announcement: Marvel Team-Up Omnibus Vol. 2

June 10, 2026 by krisis Leave a Comment

Near Mint Condition announced another new Marvel omnibus coming in January 2027, and to me this one makes perfect sense: Marvel Team-Up Omnibus Vol. 2.

For those not in the know, Marvel Team-Up (1972) was essentially the original secondary Spider-Man title. Almost every issue featured Spider-Man teaming up with a different Marvel character (although Human Torch took over for Spidey a limited number of times).

That didn’t necessarily mean that every issue was a one-shot story. There were some multi-issue storylines, with guest stars tagging in and out as the team-up while the story continued.

With Marvel Team-Up Omnibus Vol. 1 out in December 2025, Marvel finally started collecting this Spider-Title in oversize format. That book covered 1972 to 1975, which put this omnibus line a full decade behind the main omni line for Amazing Spider-Man (1963).

That’s why I had this book at #22 on my 2027 Marvel Fantasy Draft Ballot. With other Spider-Title omnis converging on a point in the 80s that is very well collected, it makes sense for the next classic Spider-Man omnibus to instead be something that is under-collected. [Read more…] about Marvel Omnibus Announcement: Marvel Team-Up Omnibus Vol. 2

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

February 23, 2026 by krisis 7 Comments

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!