Bendis's Ultimate Spider-Man & Ultimate Comics (2000-2015) Reading Order

Bendis’s Ultimate Comics run reimagines Marvel’s heroes for a new generation, launching a bold, grounded universe through the lens of a young Spider-Man and evolving into a sprawling saga of interconnected reinvention.

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Bendis's Daredevil, Jessica Jones & The Defenders (2000-2013)

Primary collected edition:
Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus: Volume 1

Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus: Volume 1 Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus: Volume 1 cover

Collects: Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-39, #½

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Issue-by-Issue Reading Order

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1 -13EssentialSEP 2000-SEP 2001

Ultimate Spider-Man #1-13

#1: Powerless

#2: Growing Pains

#3: Wannabee

#4: With Great Power

#5: Life Lessons

#6: Big Time Super Hero

#7: Secret Identity

#8: Working Stiff

#9: Meet The Enforcers

#10: The Worst Thing

#11: Discovery

#12: Battle Royal

#13: Confessions

#1-13 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 1

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14 -22RecommendedAPR-DEC 2001

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #1-9

#1: Spider-Man & Wolverine

#2: Spider-Man & Hulk: Part 1

#3: Spider-Man & Hulk: Part 2

#4: Spider-Man & Iron Man: Part 1

#5: Spider-Man & Iron Man: Part 2

#6: Spider-Man & The Punisher

#7: Spider-Man, The Punisher & Daredevil: Part 1

#8: Spider-Man, The Punisher & Daredevil: Part 2

#9: Spider-Man & Fantastic Four

#1-9 collected in:Ultimate Marvel Team-Up Ultimate Collection

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23 -30EssentialOCT 2001-APR 2002

Ultimate Spider-Man #14-21

#14: Doctor Octopus

#15: Confrontations

#16: Kraven the Hunter

#17: Taking Advantage

#18: The Cycle

#19: Piece of Work

#20: Live

#21: Hunted

#14-21 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 2

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31 -34RecommendedJAN-APR 2002

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #10-13

#10: Spider-Man & The Man-Thing

#11: Spider-Man & X-Men: Peter Parker's Day Off

#12: Spider-Man & Doctor Strange: Part 1

#13: Spider-Man & Doctor Strange: Part 2

#10-13 collected in:Ultimate Marvel Team-Up Ultimate Collection

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35EssentialApr 2002

Ultimate Spider-Man #½

[untitled]

# collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 3

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36 -38RecommendedMAY-JUL 2002

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #14-16

#14: Spider-Man & Black Widow

#15: Spider-Man & The Hands of Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu: Part 1

#16: Spider-Man & The Hands of Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu: Part 2

#14-16 collected in:Ultimate Marvel Team-Up Ultimate Collection

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39 -44EssentialMAY-SEP 2002

Ultimate Spider-Man #22-27

#22: Reflections of…

#23: Responsible

#24: Ultimatum

#25: Plasmids

#26: Circles

#27: Illegal

#22-27 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 2

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45RecommendedJul 2002

Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special #1

[untitled]

#1 collected in:Ultimate Marvel Team-Up Ultimate Collection

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46 -64EssentialOCT 2002-SEP 2003

Ultimate Spider-Man #28-46

#28: Sidetracked

#29: Stolen Identity

#30: Emergency

#31: Black Van

#32: Just a Guy

#33: Origins

#34: Inheritance

#35: Legacy

#36: Today

#37: Still

#38: Father's Pride

#39: Therapy

#40: Average Bear

#41: The Letter

#42: Temptations

#43: Help

#44: Tampered

#45: Guilt

#46: Afterwards...

#28-39 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 3

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#40-45 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 4

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#46 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 5

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65 -70EssentialAUG-NOV 2003

Ultimate X-Men #34-39

#34: Blockbuster: Part 1

#35: Blockbuster: Part 2

#36: Blockbuster: Part 3

#37: Blockbuster: Part 4

#38: Blockbuster: Part 5

#39: Blockbuster: Part 6

#34-39 collected in:Ultimate X-Men: Ultimate Collection: Volume 4

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71 -73EssentialOCT-NOV 2003

Ultimate Spider-Man #47-49

#47: Suspended: Part 1

#48: Suspended: Part 2

#49: Hero

#47-49 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 4

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74 -80EssentialSEP 2003-APR 2004

Ultimate Six #1-7

#1: Chapter 1

#2: Chapter 2

#3: Chapter 3

#4: Chapter 4

#5: Chapter 5

#6: Chapter 6

#7: Chapter 7

#1-7 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 5

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81 -86EssentialDEC 2003-JUN 2004

Ultimate Fantastic Four #1-6

#1: The Fantastic: Part 1

#2: The Fantastic: Part 2

#3: The Fantastic: Part 3

#4: The Fantastic: Part 4

#5: The Fantastic: Part 5

#6: The Fantastic: Part 6

#1-6 collected in:Ultimate Fantastic Four: Volume 1: The Fantastic

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87 -90EssentialDEC 2003-FEB 2004

Ultimate Spider-Man #50-53

#50: Black Cat

#51: Shadow Puppets

#52: Cat Fight

#53: Daughters

#50-53 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 4

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91 -96EssentialDEC 2003-MAY 2004

Ultimate X-Men #40-45

#40: New Mutants: Part 1

#41: New Mutants: Part 2

#42: New Mutants: Part 3

#43: New Mutants: Part 4

#44: New Mutants: Part 5

#45: New Mutants: Part 6

#40-45 collected in:Ultimate X-Men: Ultimate Collection: Volume 4

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97 -129EssentialMAR 2004-NOV 2005

Ultimate Spider-Man #54-86

#54: Hollywood: Part 1

#55: Hollywood: Part 2

#56: Hollywood: Part 3

#57: Hollywood: Part 4

#58: Hollywood: Part 5

#59: Hollywood: Part 6

#60: Carnage: Part 1

#61: Carnage: Part 2

#62: Carnage: Part 3

#63: Carnage: Part 4

#64: Carnage: Part 5

#65: Detention

#66: Even We Don't Believe This

#67: Jump the Shark

#68: Popular

#69: Meet Me

#70: Strange: Part 1

#71: Strange: Part 2

#72: Hobgoblin: Part 1

#73: Hobgoblin: Part 2

#74: Hobgoblin: Part 3

#75: Hobgoblin: Part 4

#76: Hobgoblin: Part 5

#77: Hobgoblin: Part 6

#78: Dumped

#79: Warriors: Part 1

#80: Warriors: Part 2

#81: Warriors: Part 3

#82: Warriors: Part 4

#83: Warriors: Part 5

#84: Warriors: Part 6

#85: Warriors: Part 7

#86: Silver Sable: Part 1; Visions: Part 1

#54-59 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 5

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#60-71 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 6

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#72-85 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 7

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#86 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 8

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130EssentialAug 2005

Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #1

[untitled]

#1 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 8

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131 -140EssentialDEC 2005-JUN 2006

Ultimate Spider-Man #87-96

#87: Silver Sable: Part 2; Visions: Part 4

#88: Silver Sable: Part 3; Visions: Part 5

#89: Silver Sable: Part 4

#90: Silver Sable: Part 5

#91: Deadpool: Part 1

#92: Deadpool: Part 2

#93: Deadpool: Part 3

#94: Deadpool: Part 4

#95: Morbius: Part 1

#96: Morbius: Part 2

#87-96 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 8

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141EssentialAug 2006

Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #2

[untitled]

#2 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 8

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142 -150EssentialJUL 2006-FEB 2007

Ultimate Spider-Man #97-105

#97: Clone Saga: Part 1

#98: Clone Saga: Part 2

#99: Clone Saga: Part 3

#100: Clone Saga: Part 4

#101: Clone Saga: Part 5

#102: Clone Saga: Part 6

#103: Clone Saga: Part 7

#104: Clone Saga: Part 8

#105: Clone Saga: Epilogue

#97-105 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 9

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151 -153EssentialOCT-DEC 2006

Ultimate Power #1-3

#1: Part 1

#2: Part 2

#3: Part 3

#1-3 collected in:Ultimate Power

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154 -171EssentialFEB 2007-MAY 2008

Ultimate Spider-Man #105-115, #107, #117-122

#105: Clone Saga: Epilogue

#106: Ultimate Knights: Part 1

#107: Ultimate Knights: Part 2

#108: Ultimate Knights: Part 3

#109: Ultimate Knights: Part 4

#110: Ultimate Knights: Part 5

#111: The Talk

#112: Death of a Goblin: Part 1

#113: Death of a Goblin: Part 2

#114: Death of a Goblin: Part 3

#115: Death of a Goblin: Part 4

#107: Ultimate Knights: Part 2

#117: Death of a Goblin: Part 6

#118: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: Part 1

#119: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: Part 2

#120: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: Part 3

#121: Omega Red

#122: The Worst Day in Peter Parker's Life

#105-107 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 9

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#112-122 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 10

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172EssentialOct 2008

Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #3

[untitled]

#3 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 11

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173 -178EssentialJUN-NOV 2008

Ultimate Spider-Man #123-128

#123: War of the Symbiotes: Part 1

#124: War of the Symbiotes: Part 2

#125: War of the Symbiotes: Part 3

#126: War of the Symbiotes: Part 4

#127: War of the Symbiotes: Part 5

#128: War of the Symbiotes: Part 6

#123-128 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 11

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179 -183EssentialJUN-OCT 2008

Ultimate Origins #1-5

#1: Part 1

#2: Part 2

#3: Part 3

#4: Part 4

#5: Part 5

#1-5 collected in:Ultimate Origins

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184 -188EssentialDEC 2008-JUN 2009

Ultimate Spider-Man #129-133

#129: Ultimatum: Part 1

#130: Ultimatum: Part 2

#131: Ultimatum: Part 3

#132: Ultimatum: Part 4

#133: Ultimatum: Part 5

#129-133 collected in:Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection: Volume 11

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Cover of Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem #1

Cover of Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem #2

189 -190EssentialJUN-JUL 2009

Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem #1-2

#1: Part 1

#2: Part 2

#1-2 collected in:Ultimatum: Requiem

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191 -205EssentialAUG 2009-OCT 2010

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1-15

#1: The New World According to Peter Parker: Part 1

#2: The New World According to Peter Parker: Part 2

#3: The New World According to Peter Parker: Part 3

#4: The New World According to Peter Parker: Part 4

#5: The New World According to Peter Parker: Part 5

#6: The New World According to Peter Parker: Part 6

#7: Crossroads: Part 1

#8: Crossroads: Part 2

#9: Tainted Love: Part 1

#10: Tainted Love: Part 2

#11: Tainted Love: Part 3

#12: Tainted Love: Part 4

#13: Tainted Love: Part 5

#14: Tainted Love: Part 6

#15: [untitled]

#1-6 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Volume 1: The World According to Peter Parker

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#7-14 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Volume 2: Chameleons

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#15 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Volume 3: Death of Spider-Man Prelude

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206 -209EssentialJAN-MAY 2010

Ultimate Enemy #1-4

#1: Part 1

#2: Part 2

#3: Part 3

#4: Part 4

#1-4 collected in:Ultimate Comics Doomsday

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210 -213EssentialJUL-OCT 2010

Ultimate Mystery #1-4

#1: Part 1

#2: Part 2

#3: Part 3

#4: Part 4

#1-4 collected in:Ultimate Comics Doomsday

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214 -217EssentialDEC 2010-MAR 2011

Ultimate Doom #1-4

#1: Part 1

#2: Part 2

#3: Part 3

#4: Part 4

#1-4 collected in:Ultimate Comics Doomsday

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218 -228EssentialNOV 2010-JUN 2011

Ultimate Spider-Man #150-160

#150: Spidey's 150th Anniversary Special

#151: [untitled]

#152: [untitled]

#153: Death of Spider-Man: Prelude: Part 1

#154: Death of Spider-Man: Prelude: Part 2

#155: Death of Spider-Man: Prelude: Part 3

#156: Death of Spider-Man: Part 1

#157: Death of Spider-Man: Part 2

#158: Death of Spider-Man: Part 3

#159: Death of Spider-Man: Part 4

#160: Death of Spider-Man: Part 5

#150-155 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Volume 3: Death of Spider-Man Prelude

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#156-160 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Volume 4: Death of Spider-Man

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229 -232EssentialJUL-AUG 2011

Ultimate Fallout #1-2, #4, #6

#1: Part 1

#2: Part 2

#4: Part 4

#6: Part 6

#1-6 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man Fallout

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233 -245EssentialSEP-AUG 2011

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1-12, #0

#1: All-New Ultimate Spider-Man

#2: Who Is Miles Morales?

#3: To Be or Not to Be... Spider-Man!

#4: What Would Peter Do?

#5: The Boy Who Would Be Spider-Man!

#6: Meet The New Spider-Man!: Part 1

#7: Meet The New Spider-Man!: Part 2

#8: [untitled]

#9: [untitled]

#10: [untitled]

#11: [untitled]

#12: [untitled]

#0: Zero

#1-5 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Volume 1

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#6-10 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Volume 2

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#11-12 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Volume 3

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246 -250EssentialJUN-SEP 2012

Spider-Men #1-5

#1: Part 1

#2: Part 2

#3: Part 3

#4: Part 4

#5: Part 5

#1-5 collected in:Spider-Men: Worlds Collide

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251 -268EssentialAUG 2012-APR 2014

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #13-18, #16.1, #19-28, #200

#13: Divided We Fall: Part 1

#14: Divided We Fall: Part 2

#15: United We Stand: Part 1

#16: United We Stand: Part 2

#17: United We Stand: Part 3

#18: United We Stand: Part 4

#16.1: Point-One

#19: Venom War: Part 1

#20: Venom War: Part 2

#21: Venom War: Part 3

#22: Venom War: Part 4

#23: Spider-Man No More: Part 1

#24: Spider-Man No More: Part 2

#25: Spider-Man No More: Part 3

#26: Spider-Man No More: Part 4

#27: Spider-Man No More: Part 5

#28: Spider-Man No More: Part 6

#200: [untitled]

#13-18 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Volume 3

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#16.1-22 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Volume 4: Venom War

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#23-28 collected in:Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Volume 5

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#200 collected in:Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man: Volume 1: Revival

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269EssentialNov 2013

Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #1

Part 1

#1 collected in:Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand

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Cover of Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #1

Cover of Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #2

270 -271EssentialNOV-DEC 2013

Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #1-2

#1: Part 1

#2: Part 2

#1-2 collected in:Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand

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Cover of Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #2

Cover of Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #3

272 -273EssentialDEC 2013-JAN 2014

Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #2-3

#2: Part 2

#3: Part 3

#2-3 collected in:Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand

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Cover of Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #3

Cover of Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #4

Cover of Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #5

274 -276EssentialJAN-FEB 2014

Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #3-5

#3: Part 3

#4: Part 4

#5: Part 5

#3-5 collected in:Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand

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277EssentialMar 2014

Survive #1

[untitled]

#1 collected in:Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand

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Cover of Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #1

Cover of Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #2

Cover of Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #3

278 -289EssentialMAY 2014-APR 2015

Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #1-12

#1: [untitled]

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#3: [untitled]

#4: [untitled]

#5: [untitled]

#6: [untitled]

#7: [untitled]

#8: [untitled]

#9: [untitled]

#10: [untitled]

#11: [untitled]

#12: [untitled]

#1-5 collected in:Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man: Volume 1: Revival

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#6-12 collected in:Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man: Volume 2: Revelations

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290 -294EssentialMAY-DEC 2015

Ultimate End #1-5

#1: [untitled]

#2: [untitled]

#3: [untitled]

#4: [untitled]

#5: [untitled]

#1-5 collected in:Secret Wars: Battleworld: Ultimate End

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295 -315EssentialFEB 2016-OCT 2017

Spider-Man #1-21

#1: [untitled]

#2: [untitled]

#3: [untitled]

#4: [untitled]

#5: [untitled]

#6: [untitled]

#7: [untitled]

#8: [untitled]

#9: [untitled]

#10: [untitled]

#11: [untitled]

#12: Sitting in a Tree: Part 1

#13: Sitting in a Tree: Part 3

#14: Sitting in a Tree: Part 5

#15: [untitled]

#16: [untitled]

#17: [untitled]

#18: [untitled]

#19: [untitled]

#20: [untitled]

#21: [untitled]

#1-5 collected in:Spider-Man: Miles Morales: Volume 1

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#6-11 collected in:Spider-Man: Miles Morales: Volume 2

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#12-14 collected in:Spider-Man/Spider-Gwen: Sitting in a Tree

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#15-19 collected in:Spider-Man: Miles Morales: Volume 3

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#20-21 collected in:Miles Morales: Spider-Man Omnibus: Volume 2

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316 -320EssentialJUL-DEC 2017

Spider-Men II #1-5

#1: Part 1

#2: Part 2

#3: Part 3

#4: Part 4

#5: Part 5

#1-5 collected in:Spider-Men: Worlds Collide

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321 -327EssentialNOV 2017-MAY 2018

Spider-Man #234-240

#234: Sinister Six Reborn: Part 1

#235: Sinister Six Reborn: Part 2

#236: Sinister Six Reborn: Part 3

#237: Sinister Six Reborn: Part 4

#238: Sinister Six Reborn: Part 5

#239: Sinister Six Reborn: Part 6

#240: [untitled]

#234-240 collected in:Spider-Man: Miles Morales: Volume 4

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Bendis's Ultimate Spider-Man & Ultimate Comics (2000-2015) Reading Order

Event timeline

Primary collected edition:Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus: Volume 1

Issue-by-Issue Reading Order

Ultimate Spider-Man #1-13

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #1-9

Ultimate Spider-Man #14-21

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #10-13

Ultimate Spider-Man #½

Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #14-16

Ultimate Spider-Man #22-27

Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special #1

Ultimate Spider-Man #28-46

Ultimate X-Men #34-39

Ultimate Spider-Man #47-49

Ultimate Six #1-7

Ultimate Fantastic Four #1-6

Ultimate Spider-Man #50-53

Ultimate X-Men #40-45

Ultimate Spider-Man #54-86

Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #1

Ultimate Spider-Man #87-96

Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #2

Ultimate Spider-Man #97-105

Ultimate Power #1-3

Ultimate Spider-Man #105-115, #107, #117-122

Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #3

Ultimate Spider-Man #123-128

Ultimate Origins #1-5

Ultimate Spider-Man #129-133

Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem #1-2

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1-15

Ultimate Enemy #1-4

Ultimate Mystery #1-4

Ultimate Doom #1-4

Ultimate Spider-Man #150-160

Ultimate Fallout #1-2, #4, #6

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1-12, #0

Spider-Men #1-5

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #13-18, #16.1, #19-28, #200

Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #1

Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #1-2

Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #2-3

Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand #3-5

Survive #1

Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #1-12

Ultimate End #1-5

Spider-Man #1-21

Spider-Men II #1-5

Spider-Man #234-240

Primary collected edition:
Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus: Volume 1