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Spider-Man Timeline ’99-’05: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 14

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We're back! Summer's back and so is the indispensable Spider-Man. With a new era of Spider-Man now ongoing, we're able to move the ball down the field a bit further in selecting a list of essential Spider-Man comics. But before we get down to the dirty, gritty details, here's the how we decided which issues make our list: What are considered the best issues in the main Spider-Man Timeline are central Storylines that include an important change in status quo are also central Very important Read more [...]

Timeline of Events in Spider-Man Comics – 1963-2012

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Similar to our popular X-Men Timeline of Events, we've gone ahead and done one for the Ol' Webhead himself. This list details the major happenings that have a lasting effect on Peter Parker, which are either still in play today, or at least changed Spidey's world for a significant period of time. SPOILER WARNING! If you haven't already guessed, this list of events will spoil what happens in Spider-Man comics. The dates listed below are in relation comics published this year (2013) are current, Read more [...]

Chronological Spider-Man ’89-’91: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 9

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Enter: the Modern Age of Spider-Man! (Personally, I think we should start calling it the Chromium Age.) Hello Marvelites, Spider-Fans and/or M.M.M.S. members (see original Stan Lee era letter pages if you don't get the reference!). We continue our series of chronological Spider-Man essential issues list (released every Friday!) which ushers in the modern age of Spider-Man, marked with Todd McFarlane's move from Amazing Spider-Man to his newly created Spider-Man title created just for him Read more [...]

Spider-Man Chronology ’87-’89: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 8

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes! Welcome back to our stroll down memory lane of Peter Parker's most important life events. Our "Indispensable Spider-Man" series is a number of lists that contain the essential issues to read, from the beginning, to get the full Spider-Man experience while not reading too much of the filler that's out there. A new installment comes every Friday, and today we tackle the end run of the Copper Age, which features oh so many changes to the Spider-Man chronology status quo (hence Read more [...]

Spider-Man Chronology ’84-’87: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 7

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The great Copper Age of Spider-Man continues in our 7th installment of the Indispensable Spider-Man, featuring issues in the Spider-Man chronology published in between roughly 1984 and 1987. Just like the previous installment that also featured the Copper Age, we continue to see some essential events. The Black Symbiote Costume Saga, The end of the Hobgoblin Saga and the death of Ned Leeds. Gang War. The introduction of a new ongoing title. The list goes on. Here are the rules to how we pared Read more [...]

Spider-Man Chronology ’82-’85: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 6

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It's a great time to be a Spider-Man fan! In this edition of the Indispensable Spider-Man, we look at issues roughly between 1982 and 1985, which contains some of Spider-Man's best stories. Nothing Stops the Juggernaut. The Kid Who Collected Spider-Man. The Owl vs. The Octopus. Secret Wars. The First Hobgoblin Saga. All these stories rank consistently and high in many person's list, and make this one of the best Spider-Man chronology periods. Again, to recap, here's the criteria Read more [...]

Spider-Man Chronology ’79-’82: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 5

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Hello Again, True Believers! The Indispensable Spider-Man returns once again this week, bringing you just the essential issues of the Spider-Man chronology between 1979 and 1982. You'll notice that we are compressing the number of years included per post. The reason is twofold; first, because we look for good jumping on points/endings that delimit the era, such as new creative teams, new series launches or just the beginning of an important arc. The number of years each post will span from Read more [...]

Spider-Man Chronology ’75-’79: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 4

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Thanks for "swinging" on by again, Spider-Fan! It's time for another installment of our amazing, spectacular, sensational, deadly foe-y and, most importantly, essential - no, wait - indispensable (!) Spider-Man Chronology. This week, we look (mostly) at issues published between '75-'79. For those of you who are new, here is the lowdown on this Spider-Man Chronology listing: It is a pared down chronological Spider-Man reading order It is limited to just the essential issues so you can Read more [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]