Ultimate Spider-Man by Hickman & Checchetto
Jonathan Hickman · Marco Checchetto · David Messina
Story era 13 · Krakoa to the New Ultimate Age
Hickman reimagines Peter Parker as a married father who consciously chooses the heroic life that was taken from him.
Setup & reading order
Required setup along this run
These earlier stories explain events this book builds on. Reading checkpoints show where to switch books during a crossover.
- Ultimate InvasionUnowned
- Ultimates by Camp Vol. 1: Fix the WorldUnowned
- After Ultimate Invasion #4 and Ultimate Universe #1 in The Ultimates Vol. 1
Start Ultimate Spider-Man. Its twenty-four issues can be read in volume blocks as a parallel branch; finishing the entire Ultimates project first is unnecessary.
- Before Ultimate Universe: Finale — Spider-Man story in Vol. 4
Finish Ultimate Spider-Man #24, then read Ultimate Endgame #1–5 in the Ultimates project before returning to the Finale epilogue.
Optional context & path
Path: Earth-6160, the new Ultimate Universe. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Useful background and earlier stops: Ultimate Invasion — the Earth-6160 foundation · Ultimates by Deniz Camp — through Ultimate Endgame.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 8 sources
Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.
- Goodreads — Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1 reader reviews (opens in a new tab)Readers
- r/comicbooks — Ultimate Spider-Man after its first year (opens in a new tab)Readers
- AIPT — Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1 review (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- KPB Comics — Ultimate Spider-Man #24: the emotional legacy of Hickman’s run (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Penguin Random House Comics — Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1 (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Penguin Random House — Ultimate Spider-Man by Hickman and Checchetto (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) publication history (opens in a new tab)Reference
- Reference identity and legacy — Ultimate Spider-Man by Hickman and Checchetto (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Ultimate Spider-Man by Hickman Vol. 1: Married with Children
Book 1 of 4 · Krakoa to the New Ultimate Age
After Ultimate Universe #1, an adult Peter Parker chooses the heroic life that was stolen from him.
Ultimate InvasionUnowned
9781302957292Planned edition#1–6Edition 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.
Ultimate Spider-Man by Hickman Vol. 2: The Paper
Book 2 of 4 · Krakoa to the New Ultimate Age
Peter’s family and Ben Parker’s newsroom become active parts of his resistance.
Ultimate InvasionUnowned
9781302958282Planned edition#7–12Edition 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.
Ultimate Spider-Man by Hickman Vol. 3: Family Business
Book 3 of 4 · Krakoa to the New Ultimate Age
The Parkers’ double life collides with Kingpin’s expanding control of New York.
Ultimate InvasionUnowned
9781302958299Planned edition#13–18Edition 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.
Ultimate Spider-Man by Hickman Vol. 4: The End of the Beginning
Book 4 of 4 · Krakoa to the New Ultimate Age
The first Earth-6160 Spider-Man cycle reaches the Maker’s return and its line-wide finale.
Ultimate InvasionUnowned
9781302958305Planned edition#19–24#1Ultimate Universe: Finale supplies Peter Parker’s family epilogue, while the larger Ultimate Endgame conflict has its own collection. Keep those two endings distinct: this Spider-Man volume closes the family story, not every thread of the shared world.
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 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
Collecting rule: The four trades form the completed twenty-four-issue cycle.
- Vol. 4 includes the Spider-Man contribution to Ultimate Universe: Finale as partial material. Acquire the series in order, but save that epilogue until after the separate Ultimate Endgame core.