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Superior Spider-Man Reading Order

Coming from Dan Slott, with artwork by Ryan Stegman, Humberto Ramos, and Giuseppe Camuncoli, The Superior Spider-Man series was launched after Amazing Spider-Man #700 in which Peter Parker finally loses his battle against Otto Octavius.

The famous Doctor Octopus swapped consciousnesses with Parker and left him to die in his decaying body to ensure his own survival. Otto became Peter, but arrogant as he is, he also decided to become a better Spider-Man than Parker ever was, and a better man than he was as Otto Octavius. He became the Superior Spider-Man.

This was a controversial move, but the Superior Spider-Man quickly became a fan favorite anyway. Of course, Peter Parker had to come back at some point, but Otto wore the costume for enough time to change things a little. And this was not the end of the Superior Spider-Man, as you’ll see in this reading order.

To know what came before The Superior Spider-Man series, take a look at our Dan Slott’s Amazing Spider-Man Reading Order.

The Superior Spider-Man Reading Order: Collected Editions

Who is Doc Ock? Before reading about the Superior Spider-Man, you can learn more about the creation and origins of Doctor Octopus.

I. Otto Octavius, The Superior Spider-Man

The most important books to read and in bold. For a more detailed guide, see the next section for our issue-by-issue reading order.

Alert Crossover Event! Clearly, Age of Ultron is optional, but the Superior Spider-Man being the official Spidey of that period, he played his part in the event. For more information, go to our Age of Ultron Reading Order.

Alert Crossover Event! Jonathan Hickman’s Infinity crossover event is set around the Avengers and the Mighty Avengers, but the Superior Spider-Man naturally played his part in the event. For more information, go to our Infinity Reading Order.

The Omnibus Edition/The Complete Collection

All the issues of the Superior Spider-Man series by Dan Slott are also collected in an omnibus:

This run has also been collected in the Complete Collection in two volumes, though they are out of print right now:

II. From Superior Spider-Man to Superior Octopus, then back again

After the Goblin Nation storyline, Peter Parker got his body back, he was the Amazing Spider-Man again! But what about Otto Octavius? He came back as the Superior Spider-Man during the Spider-Verse storyline (multiverse and time travel being a big help to explain it). That’s when he discovered that Peter will get back to his own body and, as we learn after, he made preparations in order to survive. That led to his return during the Dead No More: Clone Conspiracy storyline.

For the full reading order of the Spider-Verse event, click here.

  • Amazing Spider-Man: Edge of Spider-Verse
    Collects Edge of Spider-Verse #1-5.
  • Spider-verse
    Collects Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #7-15, Superior Spider-Man #32-33, Spider-Verse #1-2, Spider-Verse Team-Up #1-3, Scarlet Spiders #1-3, Spider-Woman (2014) #1-4, Spider-Man 2099 (2014) #6-8 And Material From Free Comic Book Day 2014 (Guardians Of The Galaxy) #1.

 

For the full reading order of the Dead No More: Clone Conspiracy storyline, click here.

In Amazing Spider-Man (2016) #25 collected in Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide Vol. 6, Otto Octavius became the Superior Octopus! Then we see him in action during the Secret Empire event (see reading order):

Being bad again, Superior Octopus finds a way to redeem himself during the Go Down Swinging storyline:

Now a hero, Superior Octopus helped the Spiders during the Spider-Geddon storyline. For the full reading order for the event, click here.

After Spider-Geddon, Marvel launched Volume 2 of Superior Spider-Man. Octavius resumes his career as the Superior Spider-Man once again, protecting San Francisco with the hired assistance of the Night Shift. 

The Superior Spider-Man Reading Order: Issue-by-Issue

This is the reading order, issue-by-issue, of Volume 1 of The Superior Spider-Man series.

  • Avenging Spider-Man #15.1
  • Superior Spider-Man #1
  • Daredevil vol. 3 #21-22
  • Superior Spider-Man #2
  • Avenging Spider-Man #16
  • Superior Spider-Man #3-5
  • Avengers v5 #6-9
  • Avenging Spider-Man #17
  • Avengers v5 #12-13
  • Avenging Spider-Man #18
  • Superior Spider-Man #6
    • Age of Ultron #1-2
    • Superior Spider-Man #6 AU
    • Age of Ultron #3-10
  • Avenging Spider-Man #19
  • Superior Spider-Man #7-9
    • Morbius – The Living Vampire #6-7
  • Superior Spider-Man #10
  • Avenging Spider-Man #20-21
  • Superior Spider-Man #11
  • Alpha – Big Time #1-5
  • Superior Spider-Man #12-13
  • Avenging Spider-Man #22
  • Superior Spider-Man #14
  • Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1
  • Superior Spider-Man #15-16
  • Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #2
  • Scarlet Spider #20
  • Superior Spider-Man #17-19
  • All New X-Men Special #1
  • Indestructible Hulk Special #1
  • Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Special #1
  • Avengers v5 #14-17
  • Mighty Avengers v2 #1-3
  • Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #3-7
  • Superior Spider-Man #20-21
  • Superior Spider-Man Annual #1
  • Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #8
  • Superior Spider-Man #22-25
  • Superior Carnage #1-5, Annual #1
  • Superior Spider-Man #26
  • Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #9-10
  • Superior Spider-Man #27-29
  • Superior Spider-Man Annual #2
  • Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #11-12
  • Superior Spider-Man #30-31

After The Superior Spider-Man ended

At the end of The Superior Spider-Man Volume 2, Doctor Octopus left his Superior Spider-Man outfit in the garbage behind him. At that time, Nick Spencer had become the writer of the main Spider-Man series and didn’t bring back Otto immediately. The Doctor made his comeback in The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 5) #67 and played a part in the Sinister War storyline.

Superior Spider-Man’s Returns

In 2023, Dan Slott who came back to writing more Spider-Man stories launched a new Superior Spider-Man series. It’s not Otto back in Peter’s body, but the story is a sequel to the original series, building on some actions Otto took as the web-slinger.

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