Spider-Verse — lean event spines
Dan Slott · Olivier Coipel · Giuseppe Camuncoli · Christos Gage · Jorge Molina · Jed MacKay · Cullen Bunn
Story eras 10–11 · The Heroic Age and the Incursions to After the Multiverse
Spider-Verse and Spider-Geddon bring together the central conflicts surrounding the individual Superior Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099 and Gwen stories.
Setup & reading order
- After Superior Spider-Man #32–33 and Edge of Spider-Verse #2 in their planned omnibuses
Read Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #9–15 before the post-Secret Wars Gwen series. The timeline cannot split those large character collections, so this checkpoint controls the event switch.
- After The post-Secret Wars Spider-Gwen series and Miles’s Bendis finale
Read Spider-Geddon #0–5 and its Vault of Spiders setup alongside Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #1–4, then continue Ghost-Spider from #5.
Optional context & path
Path: Spider-Verse events. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Useful background and earlier stops: Spider-Gwen by Jason Latour.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 5 sources
Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.
- Spider-Man readers — crossover assessment (opens in a new tab)Readers
- The Beat — Spider-Verse conclusion (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- AIPT — Spider-Geddon collected review (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Marvel — Spider-Verse core (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Spider-Verse — event and collection map (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3: Spider-Verse
Book 1 of 2 · The Heroic Age and the Incursions
After Superior Spider-Man’s setup and before Secret Wars, Peter assembles the multiversal Spider-Army across this seven-issue event.
See reading checkpoints9780785192343Planned edition#9–15Collects Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #9–15 only; the #7–8 prelude and the Edge of Spider-Verse anthology are not included.
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.
Spider-Geddon
Book 2 of 2 · After the Multiverse
The returned Inheritors drive the crisis surrounding Ghost-Spider #1–4; read those opening chapters alongside the event.
See reading checkpoints9781302914752Planned edition#0–5#1–2Edition 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 across this project
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
- The crowded crossover has mixed reception; it connects the central conflict around the individual Spider-family stories.
- The core omits the optional Amazing Spider-Man #7–8 prelude and peripheral anthology stories.