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List of Spider-Man Comics in Order to Amazing Spider-Man #700

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Fitting in with the end of an era, we've completed our Spider-Man reading order to include up to the end run of the Amazing Spider-Man series.  Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos closed of this long running series with #700.  The issues now included in the reading order are everything that occurs before Superior Spider-Man #1. For those loyal to this reading order, this update should only cover additional issues near the end of the list. Don't get too down on the news of the end of Amazing Spider-Man, Read more [...]
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Timeline of Events in X-Men Comics – 1963-2012

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Below you will find a listing of major events in X-Men. This list will help you get up to date on how the X-Men got where they are today and how they came to be. This list has been created in anticipation of the upcoming "All-New X-Men" series, which has a special focus on the evolution of the X-Men, as the original five X-Men are plucked from time to help deal with how their future went off the rails. SPOILER WARNING! Reading this list of events will spoil what happens in X-Men comics (which Read more [...]
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Best Superman Stories of All Time

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We're continuing our focus on Superman here at Comics Back Issues by counting down the top 25 best Superman stories of all time.  We'll be using our methodology used for other Top 25 lists, that is scouring the web for the most lists we could find and compile an aggregate listing for the most definitive list out there. Top 25 Superman Stories Overview No story is off limits, as we include Golden, Silver, Post-Crisis an Elseworlds stories in this list.  In fact, alternate reality stories tend Read more [...]
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Spider-Man Chronology ’66-’71: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 2

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Welcome again, Marvelites! It's Friday, and that means another installment of our Spider-Man chronology series, titled "The Indispensable Spider-Man", comes your way. In this series, we list the most important issues of a particular era of the Spider-Man chronology. Once we're done, together these lists will give you a complete Spider-Man reading order, pared down to the essentials. This includes what is considered the best issues, as well as issues containing important changes to the status quo. Read more [...]
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Spider-Man Chronology ’63-’66: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 1

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Welcome, Spider-Fans, to our latest, greatest feature on this humble site, the indispensable Spider-Man chronology ! Lots of blood, sweat and tears went into bringing you this essential Spider-Man reading order (actually, none of those things went into this list, just a LOT of reading and note taking!). What is this indispensable Spider-Man Chronology exactly? We are delivering to you a pared down list of issues of Spider-Man comics to bring you just the essential (or, as we call it, indispensable) Read more [...]

Amazing Spider-Man Movie Source Material

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The Amazing Spider-man movie is coming to theatres this summer to reboot the entire series. The reboot means we'll probably be getting a origin story or two. Hey, maybe even three. If you're looking to catch up on some reading that could have influenced the story found in the next Amazing Spider-Man movie, then look no further. Below you will find some essential issues needed to catch up on the essential elements that are said to be found in the new movie. Since no one (well, at least no one Read more [...]

Spider-Man and the Green Goblin Essential Issues

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Spider-Man and the Green Goblin Timeline There are many deadly foes of Spider-Man and the Green Goblin is most definitely one of them.   Along with Doctor Octopus, he receives this title for be renowned for killing someone close to Spider-Man, in this case, his girlfriend Gwen Stacy. This list focuses on the essential issue for Norman Osborn, the first, original Green Goblin. Spider-Man and the Green Goblin Meet for the first time Spider-man first encounters the Green Goblin in the Amazing Spider-Man Read more [...]

Spider-Man Revealed! and Other Times Spider-Man is Unmasked

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A History of Spider-Man Revealed! We recently featured on this blog an essential issue reading list for Spider-Man's girlfriends (see the lists for Mary Jane, Gwen Stacy and Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat). All of those storylines contain an important issue in which Spider-Man's identity is revealed. To complete that theme, here are some issues, listed chronologically, where Spider-Man revealed his identity, is unmasked or otherwise had his identity compromised. 1. Spider-Man Revealed : A computer Read more [...]

Gwen Stacy Spider-Man Comic Book Essentials

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Our last posts featured Spider-Man's main squeeze Mary Jane, but it would be unfair to leave out his first love, Gwen Stacy. Some of the most important, iconic issues in the bronze age of comics are Gwen Stacy Spider-Man comics. Here are some of the most essential Gwen Stacy issues, including important appearances later on by Gwen Stacy's clone. Essential Gwen Stacy Spider-Man Issues First Gwen Stacy Spider-Man Appearance The first Gwen Stacy Spider-man appearance was in Amazing Spider-Man Read more [...]

Mary Jane Watson Comic Book Essentials Timeline

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Mary Jane Watson (Sometimes Watson-Parker), is arguably the most important supporting character in the Amazing Spider-Man. Her history is spread out across decades of issues, as she weaves in and out of of Peter Parker’s life, until their wedding, where she maintains a more stable appearance after that. The following is a list of some of the most important issues concerning Mary Jane, which would make for an interesting read. Read along with us on this Mary Jane Watson comic book Timeline. The Read more [...]