Add to favoritesThe goal with this project was to bind Amazing Spidey #1-152 (ending with the original clone story), including a lot of the stories that were published since, like Untold Tales of Spider-Man. Obviously, I’m not actually binding all originals with this. I used a variety of Marvel Tales, Spider-Man Classics, Marvel Milestones, Marvel Select: Spider-Man, a trade or two, and other various and sundry reprints.
Numbers in parentheses are number of issues in that volume. The order of Untold Tales intermixed with Amazing Spider-Man comes from the chronologies provided in Untold Tales of Spider-Man #14 and #25.
There are two versions of this map. When I made the first, I was still trying to match the Marvel Masterworks volume breaks because I knew I would have to use a few of the official volumes for difficult to find issues. At the time, the Masterworks had not progressed much past ASM #100, so I was guessing on where they would break in later volumes. Guessing wrong on the later volumes is partially what led to the second version of the map. I never bound volumes 10-13 on the original map.
I will list my reprint sources for the original version, although there are often multiple options. Beware of the many issues of Marvel Tales that cut pages or panels. In some cases, I was able to obtain scans of the missing pages and insert them.
Original version
Volume 1 (23)
Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel Milestone Edition)
Amazing Fantasy #16-18
Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Marvel Milestone Edition)
Amazing Spider-Man #2-4 (Spider-Man Classics #3-5)
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Annual #1
Amazing Spider-Man #5-6 (Spider-Man Classics #6-7)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-2
Amazing Spider-Man #7 (Spider-Man Classics #8)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #3
Amazing Spider-Man #8 (Spider-Man Classics #9)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #4
Amazing Spider-Man #9 (Spider-Man Classics #10)
Amazing Spider-Man #10 (pages 1-5) (Spider-Man Classics #11)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #5-7
Amazing Spider-Man #10 (pages 6-22)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #8
Volume 2 (25)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #9
Amazing Spider-Man #11 (Spider-Man Classics #12)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #10
Amazing Spider-Man #12 (Spider-Man Classics #13)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #11-13
Amazing Spider-Man #13 (Spider-Man Classics #14)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #14
Amazing Spider-Man #14 (Spider-Man Classics #15)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #15-16
Amazing Spider-Man #15 (Spider-Man Classics #16)
Sensational Spider-Man ’96
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #17
Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounters
Amazing Spider-Man #16 (Marvel Tales #154)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #18
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (Marvel Tales #150)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #19
Amazing Spider-Man #17 (Marvel Tales #155)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #20-21
Amazing Spider-Man #18 (Spider-Man Megazine #3)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #22
I made copies of pages 20-22 of ASM #18 and intermixed them with pages in Untold Tales #22, where they share scenes and dialogue.
Volume 3 (15)
Amazing Spider-Man #19-20 (Marvel Tales #157-158)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #23
Untold Tales of Spider-Man ‘97
Amazing Spider-Man #21 (Marvel Tales #159)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man ’96
Amazing Spider-Man #22 (Marvel Tales #160)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #24
Amazing Spider-Man #23 (Marvel Tales #161)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #25
Amazing Spider-Man #24-28 (Marvel Tales #162-166)
Volume 4 (14)
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 (Marvel Tales #167)
Amazing Spider-Man #29-37 (Marvel Tales #168-176)
Daredevil #16-17 (Daredevil Annual/Special #3)
Amazing Spider-Man #38 (Marvel Tales #177)
Webspinners #1-3
I chose to break here because we transition from Ditko to Romita.
Volume 5 (12)
Amazing Spider-Man #39-41 (Marvel Tales #178-179, 30)
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3 (Giant Size Spider-Man #2)
Amazing Spider-Man #42-49 (Marvel Tales #182-189)
Volume 6 (13)
Amazing Spider-Man #50-52 (Marvel Tales #190, 36-37)
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #4 (Giant Size Spider-Man #6)
Amazing Spider-Man #53-56 (Marvel Tales #38-41)
Amazing Spider-Man #57 (Ka-Zar #3)
Amazing Spider-Man #58-61 (Marvel Tales #30, 42-44)
For the next three volumes, I just got the Masterworks, because those issues are harder to find, and it puts the magazines down at comic size.
Masterworks 7 (9)
Amazing Spider-Man #62
Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #1
Amazing Spider-Man #63-67
Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #2
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5
Masterworks 8 (10)
Amazing Spider-Man #68-77
Masterworks 9 (10)
Amazing Spider-Man #78-87
Volume 10 (15)
Amazing Spider-Man #88-90 (Death of Captain Stacy TPB)
Death and Destiny #1-3
Amazing Spider-Man #91-92 (Death of Captain Stacy TPB)
Amazing Spider-Man #93 (Marvel Selects: Spider-Man #6)
Amazing Spider-Man #94-95 (Marvel Tales #75-76)
Amazing Spider-Man #96-98 (Marvel Tales #191)
Amazing Spider-Man #99
Volume 11 (14)
Amazing Spider-Man #100-104 (Marvel Selects: Spider-Man #1-5)
Amazing Spider-Man #105-107
Amazing Spider-Man #108-109 (Spider-Man Visionaries: John Romita TPB)
Marvel Team-Up #3-4 (Spider-Man Megazine #3, Marvel Tales #234)
Amazing Spider-Man #110-111 (Marvel Apes #0)
Most of this span of Amazing Spider-Man, up until about #118 or so does not allow for other Spidey adventures (such as Marvel Team-Up) to take place. Very often, an issue would begin with Peter/Spidey lamenting about whatever happened to him in the previous issue, in the context of the immediate aftermath. I like the approach taken by certain websites, providing the opinion that #110 does not have to follow directly on the heels of #109. MTU #3-4 form a sequel of sorts to ASM #100-102, and the gap after #109 is the first place it can fit. Another alternative would between #118-119.
Volume 12 (12)
Amazing Spider-Man #112-123
Volume 13 (13)
Amazing Spider-Man #124-133
Giant Size Super Heroes #1
Giant Size Spider-Man #1
Volume 14 (12)
Amazing Spider-Man #134 (Marvel Tales #210)
Amazing Spider-Man #135 (Marvel Tales #112)
Amazing Spider-Man #136
Amazing Spider-Man #137 (Marvel Tales #114)
Giant Size Spider-Man #2
Amazing Spider-Man #138-140 (Marvel Tales #115-117)
Giant Size Spider-Man #3
Amazing Spider-Man #141-142 (Marvel Tales #118-119)
Giant Size Spider-Man #4 (Marvel Tales #212-213)
Volume 15 (11)
Amazing Spider-Man #143-146 (Marvel Tales #120-123)
Giant Size Spider-Man #5
Amazing Spider-Man #147-152 (Marvel Tales #124-128)
Updated version
Because I was having difficulty finding many of the issues in the early 100s, I opted to get Masterworks volumes 12 and 13. However, the breaks were not exactly where I had placed them, and it caused some issues for me with my already bound volume 14. I took the opportunity to adjust the entire set, obtaining better quality reprints (I used the first two Epic collections for the Ditko run), dropping some extra issues, and evening out the volume size in the first four volumes.
Volume 1 (20)
Amazing Fantasy #15-18
Amazing Spider-Man #1-6
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-2
Amazing Spider-Man #7
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #3
Amazing Spider-Man #8
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #4
Amazing Spider-Man #9
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #5-7
Volume 2 (17)
Amazing Spider-Man #10
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #8-9
Amazing Spider-Man #11
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #10
Amazing Spider-Man #12
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #11-13
Amazing Spider-Man #13
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #14
Amazing Spider-Man #14
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #15-16
Amazing Spider-Man #15
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #17
Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounters
I’m not going to cut up ASM #10 this time. Being at the beginning of the book also helps that decision.
Volume 3 (19)
Amazing Spider-Man #16
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #18
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #19
Amazing Spider-Man #17
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #20-21
Amazing Spider-Man #18
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #22
Amazing Spider-Man #19-20
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #23
Untold Tales of Spider-Man ‘97
Amazing Spider-Man #21
Untold Tales of Spider-Man ’96
Amazing Spider-Man #22
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #24
Amazing Spider-Man #23
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #25
Volume 4 (18)
Amazing Spider-Man #24-28
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2
Amazing Spider-Man #29-37
Daredevil #16-17
Amazing Spider-Man #38
Volume 5 (13)
Amazing Spider-Man #39-41
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3
Amazing Spider-Man #42-50
Masterworks 6 (12)
Amazing Spider-Man #51-52
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #4
Amazing Spider-Man #53-61
It was easier to obtain MMW volume 6 than to find acceptable reprints. Otherwise, I would have led this volume off with #50.
Masterworks 7 (9)
Amazing Spider-Man #62
Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #1
Amazing Spider-Man #63-67
Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #2
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5
Masterworks 8 (10)
Amazing Spider-Man #68-77
Masterworks 9 (10)
Amazing Spider-Man #78-87
Volume 10 (15)
Amazing Spider-Man #88-90
Death and Destiny #1-3
Amazing Spider-Man #91-99
Volume 11 (12)
Amazing Spider-Man #100-109
Marvel Team-Up #3-4
Masterworks 12 (11)
Amazing Spider-Man #110-120
Masterworks 13 (11)
Amazing Spider-Man #121-131
Volume 14 (24)
Amazing Spider-Man #132-133
Giant Size Super Heroes #1
Giant Size Spider-Man #1
Amazing Spider-Man #134-146
Giant Size Spider-Man #5
Amazing Spider-Man #147-150
I used the Original Clone Saga TPB as the base of this volume. It has the first three pages of ASM #151 included to cap off the story. If I continue further, I will start the next volume with #151, and may or may not include those three pages. I decided that most of the Giant Size issues weren’t necessary, as they were glorified Marvel Team-Ups, and just killed the pacing of the main series at this point. The two GS #1 issues were left in mainly because I had already obtained them.
There are a variety of reprints to use for this project. Here is a list of reprints I used, or at least considered. I won’t bother listing the obvious ones like the Masterworks or Epic collections.
Sequential reprints
Spider-Man Classics #1-16 – AF #15, ASM #1-15
Spider-Man Megazine #1-6 – ASM #16-21 (each issue also includes two ASM issues by Stern and JRjr, and an issue of MTU)
Marvel Tales #137-190 – AF #15, ASM #1-50, ASM Annuals #1-3
Marvel Tales #223-227 – ASM #88-92 (also in the Death of Captain Stacy TPB)
Marvel Select: Spider-Man #1-6 – ASM #100-104, 93
Short reprints
Marvel Milestone Editions – AF #15, ASM #1, 3, 129, 149, 150
Marvel Tales #191 – ASM #96-98
Marvel Tales #192 – ASM #121-122
Marvel Tales #209-213 – early Punisher appearances (ASM #129, 134-135, and GS Spidey #4)
Marvel Tales #264-265 – ASM Annual #5
Marvel Apes #0 – ASM #110-111
Spider-Man Family #2 – ASM #113-115
Spider-Man vs. Dracula – Giant Size Spider-Man #1
Stan Lee Meets Spider-Man – ASM #87
TPBs
Spider-Man Visionaries: John Romita (2002) – ASM #39-42, 50, 68-69, 108-109
Spider-Man vs. Dr. Octopus (2000) – ASM #3, 54-56, 130-131
Spider-Man’s Greatest Team-Ups (1996) – ASM Annual #2-3, Daredevil #16-17, among others
The Original Clone Saga – ASM #136-150 (plus opening pages of #151 and later Spectacular Spider-Man issues)