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Ultimate is much better imo but I also really like JMS' run. JMS did an amazing job at introducing new concepts to a story which has been running for about 40 years by the time he started writing Spider-Man. He story-telling was amazing and he made Aunt May and MJ much more interesting & important characters. It's sad to me that his entire run was pretty much wiped out and is ignored by other writers.

However, in Ultimate, Bendis managed to built a complete story, with a clear beginning and a clear end (at least until he decided to undo it), in 160 issues. He built the entire Spider-mythos from the ground up, excelling remarkably. Bagley's work alongside Bendis was just an amazing.

To me, while JMS' run gave us a daring reinvention of a character which existed for over 40 years and was great at it (still one of my favorite ASM runs to date), Bendis' run gave us the ultimate (pun intended) Spider-Man story. It's basically a 160 issues long love letter to the character.

Since the last book collecting the classic 2099 run is scheduled to be released next year, I consider getting into the classic 2099 myth, and would like to know your opinions about it. Is it worth reading? How well has it aged?

Also, seeing as Brand New Day is getting the complete collection treatment, I consider getting it as well. I heard from a lot of people that those are actually quite good stories, but, again, I'd like to hear what you guys think.

Recommendations for other Spidey epics would be welcome as well!

USM is horrible

SSM was spectacular (pun intended) and, as mentioned above, actually had a (pretty interesting) story.

This is basically the biggest fan war ever in the Hack 'n' Slash genre, but personally I would say that Dante wins, as Dante after the events of DMC1 was pretty much an untouchable god.

@zeeguy91: It's from the non canon "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?"

Quasar and I think this is a stomp

Maybe one of Jurgens' excellent stories? Thou I don't see the Dark Gods storyline working in the MCU

^This.

And the guys over at Marvel Staff also seem to have forgotten about him

Thors destroy Supes, this is a stomp.

@gokaifire: Well we haven't seen the Beyond/Beyonders at all since that issue you're referring to so I doubt it, and even if he did die it's not like this is the first time this has happened. Thor's too big to die like that, while it was a nice scene and a heroic sacrifice Thor's death deserves as much attention as Steve's/Pete's (1610) got. It was treated as a throwaway too much for it to be his actual death. If Thor is to die in this event (which is highly unlikely) he should get the treatment Barry Allen got in COIE