Spider-Man collected editions

Creator Stan Lee wrote the first 110 issues of Spider-Man, initially with Steve Ditko, then with John Romita Sr. before being replaced by Gerry Conway.

Then just 19, Conway delivered "some of the boldest stories of the era", including "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" and "The Goblin's Last Stand".

"[8] The storyline dominated multiple titles for two years and involved Ben Reilly replacing Peter Parker as the titular character.

Despite criticism of the change in direction, writer Slott said: "I see a lot of online fans out there saying that 20 years of continuity have been wiped.

"[10] Superior Spider-Man launched in 2013, with writer Dan Slott; and artists Ryan Stegman, Humberto Ramos and Giuseppe Camuncoli.

"If we woke up in a world where J. Jonah Jameson was in the Bugle, and Peter Parker was taking pictures for a living, and Aunt May was in the hospital, I would shoot myself," he told Comic Book Resources.

"The cool thing is, I get to write the Spider-Man that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created, that John Romita Sr. worked on, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, Roger Stern -- everybody adds to the tapestry, and it's kind of fun to be the current guy in the line.

Dan Slott remained the Spider-Man writer, but promised a new suit and a new global company for Peter Parker.

Spencer said: "A lot of what I'll be doing is reconnecting Peter with some very classic, quintessential elements of the story that fans and readers are going to recognize.

[14] Spider-Man was relaunched in 2022, with Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr. A Marvel press release said: "Wells and Romita Jr.'s run will bring all of the classic elements fans love, along with surprising new takes on classic supervillains from Spider-Man's rogues gallery.

Joe Kelly continued his run from the previous Amazing Spider-Man volume, and was joined by pencillers Pepe Larraz and John Romita, Jr.[18] Launched in 1987, Marvel Masterworks was Marvel Comics' first attempt at republishing a series in full color, beginning with a character's first appearance.

Beginning in 2006, the Premiere Classic hardcover line "compiled selected storylines from ... five decades of Marvel history".

Marvel's Gallery Editions are large-format hardcovers that "emphasise the size of the pages printed rather than the amount of comics within.

Marvel Senior Vice President of Sales David Gabriel said they were intended to be: "big, fat, color collections at the best price we can maintain.

"[22] Though the books are often published out of order, Gabriel added: "When all is said and done, the Epic volumes will fit seamlessly next to one another on readers' bookshelves, presenting a complete and unbroken run of each title!"

[23] Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man was initially written by Peter David, running for two years from December 2005 until November 2007.

[25] The Sensational Spider-Man ran from 1996 to 1998, with almost all issues crossing over with the other core titles as part of the Clone Saga.

[28] The adjectiveless Spider-Man comic was initially launched in 1990 as a way for Todd McFarlane to take on his own book.

At first it was a continuation of the previous book - but with issue #20, an all-British creative team, Paul Jenkins and Mark Buckingham, took over.

[30] Marvel pitched a third volume as: "The spider-team that redefined the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN returns to celebrate the TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the most monumental and shocking Spidey story in a generation!".

[31] This meant Dan Slott was returning to write Spider-Man after his 10-year run on the core title.

[33] Bendis told USA Today that he was inspired in part by Donald Glover's appearance in the TV series Community dressed as Spider-Man.

Spider-Man 2099 is a superhero created by Peter David and Rick Leonardi in 1992 for the Marvel 2099 line.

The character is a futuristic re-imagining of the original Spider-Man, whose secret identity is Miguel O'Hara.

In this "romantic-comedy manga", a youthful Mary Jane navigates high school in a world dominated by Spider-Man and his supervillains.

In 2011, writer Brian Michael Bendis told Comic Book Resources: "The Ultimate Universe was originally supposed to be this ground-level look at Marvel characters.

"[38] Launching in January 2024 and written by Jonathan Hickman, "Ultimate Spider-Man introduces a Peter Parker unlike any seen before, being in his thirties with a wife and kids, and facing different concerns.