Getting into comic books can be a very daunting task, especially if the particular character you are interested in has fifty plus years of continuity. As one of the world's most popular superheroes, Spider-Man is getting a lot of attention these days and more and more fans are trying to get into the medium that gave birth to everyone's favorite wall-crawler: comic books. Spider-Man is a character that has almost sixty years of history! How can a new fan realistically gain a solid foundation of Spider-Man continuity without going back and ready hundreds of issues of continuity (not to mention spending exorbitant amounts of money). In this week's episode, we go over the absolute essential Spider-Man stories that fans should read, in order to get a solid foundation of what makes Spidey one of the most popular superheroes of all time! Enjoy!

Addendum: After making this episode, I noticed that I totally forgot to mention Kraven's Last Hunt as one of the essentials. It not only is important but one of the best and I didn't want you all to think that I totally wrote it off. I have linked Kraven's Last Hunt below!

Spider-Man Essential Reading:

Kraven's Last Hunt
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Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol.1
https://amzn.to/3gpt1CS

Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 2
https://amzn.to/3rrpOsS

Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 3
https://amzn.to/3LgYkOk

Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: The Death of Captain Stacey (Amazing Spider-Man #90)
https://amzn.to/3gywmiV

Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Spider-Man No More (Amazing Spider-man #50)
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Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Great Power (Amazing Fantasy #15)
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Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga (Amazing Spider-man #144)
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Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin (Amazing Spider-man #238)
https://amzn.to/3HvDqsA

Spider-Man: The Birth of Venom (Amazing Spider-man #252, Web of Spider-man #1)
https://amzn.to/3GpNFNO

Spider-Man Carnage Classic (Amazing Spider-Man #361)
https://amzn.to/34jcJsR

Clone Saga Omnibus Vol.1
https://amzn.to/3HMKFg9

Amazing Spider-Man: Dying Wish (Amazing Spider-Man #700)
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Spider-Man: Life Story
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The Superior Spider-Man
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