Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus
Kurt Busiek · Pat Olliffe · Roger Stern
Story era 02 · The Expanding Universe
Busiek and Olliffe add stories to Peter Parker’s earliest continuity while keeping their own sustained supporting-cast threads.
One-book project: Untold Tales of Spider-Man — retrospective foundation
Setup & reading order
- After The selected Lee/Ditko and Lee/Romita foundation
Read the entire Untold Tales omnibus as a retrospective block; do not alternate it issue by issue with the Silver Age omnibuses.
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: Amazing Spider-Man by Lee & Ditko · Amazing Spider-Man — Lee/Romita Foundation.
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.
- r/OmnibusCollectors — Untold Tales of Spider-Man reader appraisal (opens in a new tab)Readers
- CGMagazine — Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus review (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Penguin Random House — Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Grand Comics Database — Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus
Book 1 of 1 · The Expanding Universe
Busiek’s stories revisit Peter Parker’s earliest years, filling gaps between the Lee and Ditko adventures.
See reading checkpoints9781302928612Planned edition#16–18#1–25, #-1#1#1#1#37Untold Tales of Spider-Man #-1 is a real issue number from Marvel’s 1997 Flashback month, not a typo.
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 · Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.
Things to know
- These later-written stories revisit the Lee and Ditko period and also work as one retrospective block.