Spider-Man Total Universe

More Than 60 Years of Every Comic, Every Character, Every Story

Contributors

By Patrick A. Reed

By Marvel Entertainment LLC

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Sep 29, 2026
Page Count
720 pages
ISBN-13
9780762485192

Price

$19.99

Price

$25.99 CAD

Format

Format:

  1. ebook $19.99 $25.99 CAD
  2. Hardcover $60.00 $75.00 CAD

The only issue-by-issue, story-by-story history of Spider-Man comics from the wall crawler's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) to the present. Fully-illustrated with archival images.

From the moment Spider-Man first appeared on the cover of Marvel's Amazing Fantasy #15 in August 1962, creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko knew they had made something extraordinary. More than 60 years later Spider-Man is one of the world's most recognizable and beloved super heroes and his story spawned the lives and legends of countless other Marvel heroes and villains. How did a mild-mannered high-school kid named Peter Parker swing his way into comic book history and beyond? This is his story. In Spider-Man Total Universe, pop culture historian and curator Patrick A. Reed mines the Marvel archive and his own decades-long knowledge of Spider-Man to unearth every aspect of the making of this comic hero dynasty, tracing every storyline, story arc, cross-over event, saga, one-shot, and limited series. Along the way Reed profiles every key character in Spider-Man's universe and celebrates the writers, illustrators, and colorists that brought it all to life. Including thousands of images from the Marvel Universe archives, Spider-Man Total Universe is the must-have collection for every Spider-Man fan. 
 

Patrick A. Reed

About the Author

Patrick A. Reed is a pop culture historian, curator, and journalist. He is the co-curator of Marvel’s Spider-Man Beyond Amazing Exhibition, Marvel’s Earth’s Mightiest Exhibition, and associate curator of Marvel Universe of Super Heroes Exhibition. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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