Earth-616 / Prime Marvel
Peter Parker
Bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker learns that with great power comes great responsibility — Marvel's everyman hero for more than sixty years.
First appearance Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)
Character guide
Spider-Man
With great power comes great responsibility — and a lot of unpaid rent.
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About Spider-Man
Spider-Man is Marvel's flagship street-level hero, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962). Most often Peter Parker, the mantle also belongs to Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy, Miguel O'Hara, and a multiverse of others — the through-line for Brand New Day on screen and decades of comics.
- Alter ego
- Peter Parker (primary)
- First appearance
- Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962)
- Created by
- Stan Lee & Steve Ditko
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Powers
- Wall-crawling, spider-sense, super-strength
- Base of operations
- New York City
- Notable allies
- Mary Jane, Aunt May, the Avengers
- Notable foes
- Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Venom
Spider-Man Across the Multiverse
Earth-1610 / Ultimate / 616
Miles Morales
Miles Morales took up the mantle in the Ultimate Universe and crossed into the main line — a new generation under the mask.
First appearance Ultimate Fallout #4 (2011)
Earth-1610
Ultimate Peter Parker
Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley's Ultimate Spider-Man reinvented Peter's high-school years for a new century.
First appearance Ultimate Spider-Man #1 (2000)
Earth-65
Ghost-Spider (Gwen Stacy)
On Earth-65, Gwen Stacy got the bite — and became Ghost-Spider, a dimension-hopping hero of the Spider-Verse.
First appearance Edge of Spider-Verse #2 (2014)
Earth-928
Spider-Man 2099
In the year 2099, Miguel O'Hara becomes a genetically engineered Spider-Man in a corporate dystopia.
First appearance Spider-Man 2099 #1 (1992)
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Required reading
9 stories from the guide
01 / 1962–63
Amazing Fantasy Omnibus / Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1
Stan Lee & Steve Ditko
View Trade Paperback on Amazon ↗The radioactive spider, Uncle Ben, and the birth of Marvel's greatest street-level hero.
Collects Amazing Fantasy #15, Amazing Spider-Man #1–10
Before you read None — ideal entry
02 / 2008–09
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Various
View Trade Paperback on Amazon ↗Peter starts over after One More Day — the comic era that shares a name with the 2026 film.
Collects Amazing Spider-Man #546–564 and related
Before you read None — screen companion
03 / 1987
Kraven's Last Hunt
J.M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck
View Trade Paperback on Amazon ↗Kraven buries Spider-Man and steals his life — one of the darkest, best Spidey sagas ever.
Collects Web of Spider-Man #31–32, Amazing Spider-Man #293–294, Spectacular Spider-Man #131–132
Before you read None
04 / 2011–12
Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1
Brian Michael Bendis & Sara Pichelli
View Trade Paperback on Amazon ↗Miles Morales steps into the costume after Ultimate Peter's death.
Collects Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1–6
Before you read None — Miles entry
05 / 2000–01
Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1
Brian Michael Bendis & Mark Bagley
View Trade Paperback on Amazon ↗A modern retelling of Peter's origin that redefined Spider-Man for a generation.
Collects Ultimate Spider-Man #1–7
Before you read None
06 / 2013
Superior Spider-Man Vol. 1
Dan Slott & Ryan Stegman
View Trade Paperback on Amazon ↗Otto Octavius in Peter's body — a Superior Spider-Man who will save the city his way.
Collects Superior Spider-Man #1–5
Before you read None
07 / 2015
Spider-Gwen Vol. 1
Jason Latour & Robbi Rodriguez
View Trade Paperback on Amazon ↗Gwen Stacy as Spider-Woman — band practice, dimension hops, and a life Peter never lived.
Collects Spider-Gwen #1–5
Before you read None
08 / 1992–93
Spider-Man 2099 Classic Vol. 1
Peter David & Rick Leonardi
View Trade Paperback on Amazon ↗Miguel O'Hara's debut as the future Spider-Man in Nueva York.
Collects Spider-Man 2099 #1–10
Before you read None
09 / 2015–16
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Vol. 1
Brian Michael Bendis & Sara Pichelli
View Trade Paperback on Amazon ↗Miles arrives in the mainstream Marvel Universe and proves there is room for two Spider-Men.
Collects Spider-Man #1–5
Before you read Ultimate Miles
Collectibles & apparel
Film & TV
Film · 2002
Spider-Man
Tobey Maguire · Sam Raimi
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Film · 2004
Spider-Man 2
Tobey Maguire · Sam Raimi
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Film · 2007
Spider-Man 3
Tobey Maguire · Sam Raimi
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Film · 2012
The Amazing Spider-Man
Andrew Garfield · Marc Webb
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Film · 2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Andrew Garfield · Marc Webb
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Film · 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Tom Holland · MCU
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Film · 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Tom Holland · MCU
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Film · 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Tom Holland · MCU
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Film · 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Tom Holland · MCU
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Film · 2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sony Animation
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Film · 2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Sony Animation
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TV series · 1994–1998
Spider-Man: The Animated Series
1990s classic
View on IMDb ↗Poster artwork courtesy of TMDB.