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Spider-Man by Peter David

I always found it pretty hard to read Spider-Man comics...select runs and what not since in the old days there were upwards of 3 Spider-Man titles....and the "classic" runs were always spread across said titles. So I thought I'd make a list to help all!

This is the reading order for the legendary Hulk, X-Factor and of course Spider-Man writer Peter David's run. Peter David wrote quite a lot of Spider-stuff but his magnum opus is generally considered to be the Death of Jean DeWolff story.

If enough people like this list, there's a few other writers (Stern, Mantlo, Michiline, DeMatteis De Falco, MacFarlane) who I could also do. I'll even take requests!

Note: Peter David also wrote the first 44 issues of Spider-Man 2099.

List items

1. Compulsion

Spider-Man becomes the experiment of a group of college students!
2. Jump For My Love, or Spring is in the Air

The Toad, Frog-Man and Steel Spider battle for the right to be Spider-Man's sidekick!
3. The Commuter Cometh

Spider-Man...in the suburbs? Wuh oh!
4. United We Fall

Pt. 1 of a story where Spider-Man, the Wasp and Paladin battle gangsters!
5. No Fury

Pt. 2 of a story where Spider-Man, the Wasp and Paladin battle gangsters!
6. Welcome to my nightmare

Spider-Man vs. Nightmare! Also Peter David's first Hulk.
7. Ace

Spider-Man vs. a thinly-veiled Michael Jackson inspired character.
8. Have You Seen...That Vigilante Man!

Pt. 1 of a story where Peter Parker becomes a superhero after foiling a robbery. (NOTE: only Pt. 2 is written by Peter David but this is included here for completeness)
9. Law And Order

Pt. 2 of a story where Peter Parker becomes a superhero after foiling a robbery. (NOTE: one line of dialogue references the Death of Jean DeWolff - however this story is also referenced during Death of Jean DeWolff making it hard to place in terms of chronology. I've placed this first as events from this are explicitly referred to later whereas the Jean DeWolff reference is slightly less explicit with a cop simply stating Spider-Man helped with "the Jean DeWolff case" which could easily be read instead as "one of Jean DeWolff's cases" for the sake of narrative placement.
10. Original Sin

Pt. 1 of Death of Jean DeWolff
11. Sin of Pride

Pt. 2 of Death of Jean DeWolff
12. He Who Is Without Sin

Pt. 3 of Death of Jean DeWolff
13. All My Sins Remembered

Pt. 4 of Death of Jean DeWolff
14. Point Of View

Spider-Man finally confronts J. Jonah Jameson!
15. You Better Watch Out...You Never make a Sound!

Spider-Man vs. Santa?
16. Mayhem!

Aunt May is held hostage in her own home!
17. If This Be Justice

Co-written with Tom De Falco and Mary Jo Duffy. This is part of a larger ongoing story in De Falco's run concerning the Hobgoblin framing Flash Thompson. The sub-plot featuring Brian DeWolff is obviously Peter David's contribution to the issue.
18. Things Fall Apart

Spider-Man goes to Doctor Strange to investigate the nature of Black Cat's bad luck powers!
19. 102 Uses for a Dead Cat

Spider-Man vs. Sabretooth! Black Cat is there too!
20. Dinner Hour

Black Cat confronts Doctor Strange about her powers!
21. Ashes to Ashes

Spider-Man tries to save a dangerous runaway from SHIELD.
22. Catfight

Black Cat vs. Sabretooth.
23. Ace II

Because you demanded it... Spider-Man vs. a thinly-veiled Michael Jackson AGAIN.
24. Eye Witness!

The story of a bank robbery told from the perspective of Mary Jane, J. Jonah Jameson and lastly Peter Parker.
25. Father's Night Out

Spider-Man battles a paternal Mauler.
26. With Friends Like These...

Spider-Man and Black Cat vs. Blaze!
27. The Hobgoblin Revealed!

Double-sized issue featuring the mystery of the Hobgoblin
28. Spider Hunt

J. Jonah Jameson hires Silver Sable and the Wild Pack to hunt Spider-Man
29. Foreign Affairs

The big finale. Spider-Man vs. Foreigner, the NYPD, the Wild Pack and his relationship with Black Cat reaches boiling point.
30. Sin-Cere

Sin-Eater Released (1/3)
31. Sin-Thesis

Sin-Eater Released (2/3)
32. Sin-Ister

Sin-Eater Released (3/3)
33. All You Need Is Love

Cult of Love (1/4)
34. That Old Time Religion

Cult of Love (2/4)
35. Pressure

Cult of Love (3/4)
36. Autodafe or... "Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition"

Cult of Love (4/4)
37. Reunion

Spider-Man/Hulk crossover (1/2)
38. Warzone

Warzone (2/2)
39. Corner Business

Spider-Man annoys a drug dealer.