Spider-Man Total Universe

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, it's now clear that 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 amazing 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 archives, Spider-Man Total Universe is the must-have collection for every Spider-Man fan.

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.

• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
  
• Publish Date: September 29, 2026
  
• Pages: 832
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Hardcover
  
• EAN/UPC: 9780762485185
  
• Dimensions: 12.3 X 9.3 X 1.3 inches 
  
• BISAC Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels