Essential Marvel Comics

Chronological Spider-Man ’89-’91: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 9

Enter: the Modern Age of Spider-Man! (Personally, I think we should start calling it the Chromium Age.) Hello Marvelites, Spider-Fans and/or M.M.M.S. members (see original Stan Lee era letter pages if you don’t get the[…]

Spider-Man Chronology ’87-’89: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 8

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes! Welcome back to our stroll down memory lane of Peter Parker’s most important life events. Our “Indispensable Spider-Man” series is a number of lists that contain the essential issues to read, from the beginning,[…]

Spider-Man Chronology ’84-’87: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 7

The great Copper Age of Spider-Man continues in our 7th installment of the Indispensable Spider-Man, featuring issues in the Spider-Man chronology published in between roughly 1984 and 1987. Just like the previous installment that also[…]

Spider-Man Chronology ’82-’85: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 6

It’s a great time to be a Spider-Man fan! In this edition of the Indispensable Spider-Man, we look at issues roughly between 1982 and 1985, which contains some of Spider-Man’s best stories. Nothing Stops the[…]

Spider-Man Chronology ’79-’82: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 5

Hello Again, True Believers! The Indispensable Spider-Man returns once again this week, bringing you just the essential issues of the Spider-Man chronology between 1979 and 1982. You’ll notice that we are compressing the number of[…]

Spider-Man Chronology ’75-’79: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 4

Thanks for “swinging” on by again, Spider-Fan! It’s time for another installment of our amazing, spectacular, sensational, deadly foe-y and, most importantly, essential – no, wait – indispensable (!) Spider-Man Chronology. This week, we look (mostly)[…]

Spider-Man Chronology ’71-’76: Indispensable Spider-Man Pt 3

Merry Marvelous Salutations, comic fans! As the week draws to a close, we bring you another installment of the Indispensable Spider-Man, this time featuring the Spider-Man chronology from ’71-’76. (No, you didn’t miss anything; Marvel hasn’t published[…]