Welcome to the Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide, where we take you through the Wellington City Libraries’ collection of a comic book character. This post is all about the first to do whatever a spider can: Peter Parker, the Amazing Spider-Man!
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This blog will just cover what we have of The Amazing Spider-Man, the main Spider-Man series which has published continuously since 1963, and any other Peter Parker-centric comics.
If you want to read about Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen, and the other heroes from across the Spider-Verse, check out their blogs here (Part One) and here (Part Two).
Who is The Amazing Spider-Man?
Let’s do this one more time….
Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, and gained superhuman abilities like incredible strength and reflexes, adhesive fingers and toes to climb along walls, and a ‘spider-sense’ that could predict danger. After the tragic death of his Uncle Ben, Peter learned that with great power must also come great responsibility, and he became the crimefighting hero Spider-Man.
An Amazing Fantasy
Spider-Man first appeared in the fifteenth (and final) issue of an anthology comic called Amazing Fantasy in 1962. Proving to be a hit with readers, he received his own series the following year, The Amazing Spider-Man.
On Libby, we have the first twenty issues of the series (plus the original Spider-Man story from Amazing Fantasy), which introduces Peter’s supporting cast, like his Aunt May, his boss J. Jonah Jameson of the Daily Bugle newspaper, and his first love interest Betty Brant.
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1 (only on Libby)
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 2 (only on Libby)
For a contemporary take on Spider-Man’s early years, check out the Learning to Crawl volume, which takes place between Amazing Fantasy #15 and The Amazing Spider-Man #1, or the recent Spidey miniseries.
The amazing Spider-Man [1.1] : learning to crawl / Slott, Dan
Spidey. Volume 1, First day / Thompson, Robbie
Spidey. Vol. 02, After-school special / Thompson, Robbie
The whole run on Spidey is also collected in one volume as
Spidey. [1], Freshman year / Thompson, Robbie
Brand New Day and The Gauntlet
Brand New Day was a mid-2000s Amazing Spider-Man arc which re-established a classic status quo for Peter Parker, working once more for the Daily Bugle and struggling to stay afloat in post-recession New York. In the now-classic The Gauntlet arc, Spider-Man faces revamped versions of his classic foes, like Sandman, Electro, the Lizard, and Mysterio.
The Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day (only on Libby)
The amazing Spider-Man : brand new day. Vol. 2 / Gale, Bob (also on Libby)
The amazing Spider-Man : brand new day / Slott, Dan
The amazing Spider-Man : election day / Guggenheim, Marc
The amazing Spider-Man : crime and punisher / Guggenheim, Marc
The amazing Spider-Man : death and dating / Waid, Mark
The amazing Spider-Man : the gauntlet [1] : Electro & Sandman
The amazing Spider-Man : the gauntlet. [Vol. 2], Rhino & Mysterio
The amazing Spider-Man : the gauntlet [3] : Vulture & Morbius
The amazing Spider-Man : the gauntlet [4] : Juggernaut
The amazing Spider-Man : the gauntlet. [Vol. 5], Lizard
Spidey hits the Big Time
Big Time sees Peter Parker joining Horizon Labs, a tech company specialising in cutting-edge research and development. This era focused more on Peter’s scientific smarts, as he used his personal lab to develop tech for fighting villains as Spider-Man and then repurposed it into consumer technology at Horizon.
The amazing Spider-Man : big time
The amazing Spider-Man : matters of life and death / Slott, Dan
The amazing Spider-Man : the return of Anti-Venom
The amazing Spider-Man : flying blind
The amazing Spider-Man : ends of the Earth
The Amazing Spider-Man : Lizard : no turning back / Slott, Dan
The amazing Spider-Man : dying wish / Slott, Dan
Into the Spider-Verse
After having his mind taken over by Doctor Octopus (see Superior Spider-Man in our Spider-Verse blog), Peter returned just in time to join the Spider-Verse crossover, where he first met Silk, Spider-Gwen, and the rest of the Spider-Army.
The amazing Spider-Man [1] : the Parker luck / Slott, Dan (also on Libby)
The amazing Spider-Man [2] : Spider-Verse prelude / Slott, Dan (also on Libby)
The amazing Spider-Man [3] : Spider-Verse / Slott, Dan (also on Libby)
The amazing Spider-Man [4] : graveyard shift / Slott, Dan (also on Libby)
The amazing Spider-Man [5] : spiral / Conway, Gerry
Spider-Man Worldwide
Continuing Dan Slott’s 100+ issue run on Amazing Spider-Man, this series has Peter Parker going global after becoming the multi-millionaire owner of Parker Industries, with Spider-Man acting as his ‘security consultant’.
The amazing Spider-Man : worldwide [1] / Slott, Dan
The amazing Spider-Man : worldwide [2] / Slott, Dan
Civil war II : amazing Spider-Man / Gage, Christos
The amazing Spider-Man : worldwide [3] / Slott, Dan
The amazing Spider-Man : worldwide [4] / Slott, Dan
The amazing Spider-Man : worldwide [5] / Slott, Dan
The amazing Spider-Man : worldwide [6] / Slott, Dan
The amazing Spider-Man : worldwide [7] / Slott, Dan
The amazing Spider-Man : worldwide [8] / Slott, Dan
The amazing Spider-Man : worldwide [9] / Slott, Dan
Spider-Geddon (ONLY on Libby)
Spider-Man goes Back to Basics
Nick Spencer (Superior Foes of Spider-Man, Captain America) took over the series and brought Spider-Man down to Earth and back to New York. Here, Peter rekindled his romance with Mary Jane Watson and became roommates with one of his B-list villains, Fred Myers aka Boomerang.
The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 1, Back to basics / Spencer, Nick
The Amazing Spider-Man [2] : friends and foes / Spencer, Nick
(also on Libby)
The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 3, Lifetime achievement / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man [4] : hunted / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 5, Behind the scenes / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man : absolute Carnage
The amazing Spider-Man [7] : 2099 / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man [8] : threats & menaces / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man [9] : sins rising / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man [10] : Green Goblin returns / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 11, Last remains / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man : last remains companion / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man [12] : shattered web / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man [13] : king’s ransom / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man [14] : Chameleon conspiracy / Spencer, Nick
The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 15, What cost victory / Spencer, Nick
Spider-Man Beyond
Peter Parker’s clone Ben Reilly (see Scarlet Spider in our Spider-Verse blog) takes on the Spider-Man mantle while Peter is out of commission, joining up with the Beyond Corporation as their corporate-sponsored hero.
The amazing Spider-Man : beyond [1]
The amazing Spider-Man : beyond [2]
The amazing Spider-Man : beyond [3]
The amazing Spider-Man : beyond [4]
The Return of Peter Parker
The current run of Amazing Spider-Man has no shortage of ups and downs for Peter Parker, as he gains a new suit courtesy of the reformed Green Goblin, teams up with the X-Men to prevent a demonic invasion in Dark Web, and faces an upgraded Doctor Octopus.
The Amazing Spider-Man. Volume 1, World without love / Wells, Zeb
The Amazing Spider-Man. Volume 2, The new sinister / Wells, Zeb (also on Libby)
The amazing Spider-Man. Volume 3, Hobgoblin / Wells, Zeb (also on Libby)
The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 4, Dark web / Wells, Zeb
The amazing Spider-Man. Volume 5, Dead language, part 1 / Wells, Zeb
The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 06, Dead language, part 2
The amazing Spider-Man [7] : armed and dangerous / Wells, Zeb
