Hey Arachnaphiles!

Though you can view our selection of Spider-Man essential issues in reading order through our weekly Indispensable Spider-Man series of blog posts, or by filtering our complete Spider-Man reading order by searching the table for issues marked with an asterisk (or two asterisks for even further filtering), we decided to offer the list on its on handy page right here.

If you want to view the write-ups for each individual blog post for more details, here’s the list:

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1963-1966 – Part 1

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1966-1971 – Part 2

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1971-1975 – Part 3

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1975-1979 – Part 4

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1979-1982 – Part 5

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1982-1984 – Part 6

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1984-1987 – Part 7

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1987-1988 – Part 8

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1988-1991 – Part 9

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1991-1994 – Part 10

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1994-1995 – Part 11

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1995-1996 – Part 12

Spider-Man Essential Issues from 1996-1998 – Part 13

Spider-Man Essential Issues Criteria

For those new to the Indispensable Spider-Man, the list consists of just the essential issues of Spider-Man in chronological reading order. We’ve removed “filler” issues to make reading Spider-Man from the beginning much easier, focusing on what is considered the best issues, the issues with important lasting events and the issues that connect these that are important to the narrative. This list is in constant evolution, so send us your suggestions and check back often!

Unfortunately, for you trade-readers out there, this list focus on the floppies, as there are many filler issues included in the trade paperbacks, as well as the fact that many runs aren’t currently published in trade format (Like our favorite J.M. DeMatteis Spectacular Spider-Man runs). Still, most of the early issues of Spider-Man are considered essential, so getting the Essential Amazing Spider-Man series for starting your Spider-Man essential issues reading would be a good bang for your buck.

This list goes up to 1998, just before the renumbering of Amazing Spider-Man (with a few highlights of the latter years included). I hope to get the rest done sometime in early 2013.

The Indispensable Spider-Man Essential Issues Master List

You can search for any information found within the table below. Searching for two asterisks (**) will further pare down the list for an even smaller Spider-Man essential issues reading order.

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