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The Amazing Spider-Man by Michelinie & Bagley Omnibus Vol. 2

David Michelinie · Todd McFarlane · Erik Larsen · Mark Bagley

Story era 06 · Heroes Return, Modern Dawn

Michelinie’s Spider-Man follows Peter through the arrival of Venom and Carnage, with distinct visual periods by McFarlane, Larsen and Bagley.

UnownedReading status not recorded1,128 pages39 full issues

Book 4 of 4 in Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie · 0 of 4 owned · 3,912 pages in all

Setup & reading order

3 earlier books in this run come first

After Amazing Spider-Man #329
Continue to the Larsen omnibus; #324, #327, and #329 repeat by design.
After Amazing Spider-Man #350
Continue to Bagley Vol. 1.
After Amazing Spider-Man #375
Continue to Bagley Vol. 2.

Optional context & path

Path: Spider-Man, classic era. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.

Useful background and earlier stops: Spider-Man by Roger Stern.

Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.

About these books · 4 sources

Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.

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The books

UnownedThe Amazing Spider-Man by Michelinie & Bagley Omnibus Vol. 2David Michelinie · Todd McFarlane · Erik Larsen · Mark Bagley1,128 pp

This book

The Amazing Spider-Man by Michelinie & Bagley Omnibus Vol. 2

Omnibus hardcover · 1,128 pages · Unowned

Book 4 of 4 · Heroes Return, Modern Dawn

The Maximum Carnage period brings this Michelinie and Bagley sequence to its conclusion.

See reading checkpoints

Released 8 Jul 2025 · 1,128 pages · Mark Bagley cover9781302964238Planned edition

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963)#376–393

The Amazing Spider-Man Annual#27–28

Web of Spider-Man (1985)#101–103, #112

Spider-Man (1990)#35–37, #45

The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976)#201–203, #211

The Amazing Spider-Man Ashcan Edition (1994)#1

Venom: Lethal Protector (1993)#1–6

Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) (partial — Maximum Carnage chapters)#1–2

Earth-616 Primary

Spider-Man Unlimited #1–2 supply the opening and closing Maximum Carnage chapters; keep them with the crossover here. The Spectacular Spider-Man chapters #201–203 and #211 also repeat in the DeMatteis and Buscema omnibus, where those chapters can be skipped after this reading.

Edition sources

Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.

Duplication · The Amazing Spider-Man by Michelinie & Bagley Omnibus Vol. 2

These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.

4 shared full issues — The Amazing Spider-Man by Michelinie & Bagley Omnibus Vol. 2 ↔ The Spectacular Spider-Man by DeMatteis & Buscema OmnibusThese books share full issues; the list identifies the repeated stories.

Show exact issues

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #201Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #202Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #203Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #211

Things to know

Collecting rule: Read McFarlane, Larsen, then the two Bagley volumes in order.

The Larsen creator book deliberately repeats Amazing Spider-Man #324, #327, and #329.
Cross-title event material makes Bagley Vol. 2 especially large.