Continue Reading
Pick up where you left off, or revisit recently read.
Publication Timeline
All title launches, key issues, and crossover events on one rail. Click any item for detail.
Eras
Six decades of Spider-Man divided into five publishing eras. Click any era to see its defining titles, events, characters, and creators.
Reading Orders
Curated paths through 60+ years of Spider-Man. Pick the one that matches where you are — newcomer, Silver Age fan, modern reader, Spider-Verse curious, beyond Peter Parker, or event chaser. Each path tells you what to read and why, in order.
Publishing Chart
Each title's run plotted year-by-year, sorted by launch date. Bars represent active publication; gaps mean the title was on hiatus. Hover a bar to see volume detail; click to jump to the title's full entry.
Ongoing Series & Major Spin-Offs
Pick a title from the list to see its publication history.
Chronological View
Every issue from every title sorted by publication date — useful for cross-title reading by era.
Creator Runs
Major writer runs — chronological tour of who shaped Spider-Man when.
Events & Crossovers
Spider-event Marvel-wide event with major Spidey role
Characters
Major characters of the Spider-Man mythos — heroes, villains, allies, and antiheroes. Click any card for full detail.
Writers & Artists
Creators whose runs shaped Spider-Man over six decades. Click a card for their notable runs.
My Collection
Read your comics on any device — connect your library below, click Read on any cover. Recommended: Google Drive (auto-syncs across phones, iPads, laptops).
Connect a public URL library
Best path for sharing with family — files live at a fixed HTTPS URL, the site fetches them directly. Works on iPad, iPhone, every device, every visitor.
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Upload your CBZ/CBR/PDF files to a public HTTPS host.
Easiest: Cloudflare R2 with a public bucket (10GB free, $0 egress, ~$1.35/month for 100GB).
Other options: Backblaze B2, AWS S3, even a regular static web host.
Keep your folder structure (e.g.
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Configure CORS on the bucket to allow
. For R2: bucket settings → CORS policy → allow GET from your site origin. - Generate a manifest — click . Upload this file to the ROOT of your bucket. It tells the site which file belongs to which issue.
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Paste your bucket's public base URL below (no trailing slash). E.g.
https://comics.frankel.example.comorhttps://pub-xxxx.r2.dev.
Once set up, anyone you share the site URL with reads the same library — no Google account needed.
Connect your Google Drive
This site runs entirely in your browser, so it needs your Google credentials to read your Drive (no shared server, no shared quota). Setup is one-time and takes about 5 minutes.
- Open Google Cloud Console and create a new project — name it anything (e.g., "Spider-Man Reader"). Free, no billing required.
- In the search bar, find and enable both: Google Drive API and Google Picker API.
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Go to OAuth consent screen. Pick "External", fill in app name / email, add scope
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Create OAuth credentials at Credentials → "Create Credentials" → "OAuth client ID":
- Application type: Web application
- Authorized JavaScript origins:
- Create an API key on the same Credentials page → "Create Credentials" → "API key". Copy it.
- Paste them below:
Credentials live in your browser's localStorage. They never leave this device. To rotate or revoke them, just clear them in this modal or revoke at myaccount.google.com.
Or add files manually (one-off)
Drop .cbz / .cbr / .pdf files here
Tap to add .cbz / .cbr / .pdf files
…or tap to browse. Multiple files OK. Files never leave your browser.
Multiple files OK — pick from Files, iCloud Drive, or Photos. Nothing uploads anywhere.
Extras in your library
What you don't have yet
Sources
This site is a hand-curated summary. Two reference sources informed the data:
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Crushing Krisis — Spider-Man Collecting Guide & Reading Order
crushingkrisis.com — Spider-Man Reading Order (1963–)
Peter Parker's flagship reading order, omnibus mapping, and era breakdowns. -
Wikipedia
Spider-Man · The Amazing Spider-Man · List of Spider-Man titles · Miles Morales · Spider-Verse
Issue-level metadata and event tie-in lists drawn from individual article infoboxes. -
Comic Vine (CBS Interactive / GameSpot)
comicvine.gamespot.com
Series cover images, character portraits, and creator photos. Comic Vine is a community-maintained structured-data wiki for comics. Per their terms of use, this site is non-commercial and links back to the Comic Vine entry for each title and character (click any cover to open the lightbox; deep cross-links available in detail modals).
Live data: issue-appearance counts on each character page are pulled from the Comic Vine API and reflect what's currently published in the comics industry. Counts refresh whenever the data file is rebuilt — running the included fetch script updates every count in a single pass.
Descriptions here are original summaries written to avoid copying source prose. Issue numbers, publication dates, creator credits, and event structure are factual data drawn from these references. Spider-Man and all related characters are trademarks of Marvel Comics.