#last remains

[abner-krill]

The Amazing Spider-Man: Last Remains

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[vertigoartgore]

Countdown to Amazing Spider-Man #1000/36 (2026) : 2020's Amazing Spider-Man Vol.5 #55 (LGY : #856) cover by Patrick Gleason.

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[storyofmorewhoa]

Harry-- --it's time.

Spectacular Spider-Man #179, 180, 183 (1991) by J.M. De Matteis, Sal Buscema, and Bob Sharen The Amazing Spider-Man #53 (2021) by Nick Spencer, Mark Bagley, John Dell, and Edgar Delgado

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Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer Reading Order

Looking back on this run gives me headaches. But I made the Ben Reilly list as setup for 75 so I figured I’d read the first 74. And seeing how much adjacent stuff there was I figured I’d share. A couple big things happen before this. One is Peter revealing his identity to JJJ, another is Peter’s “sister” returning well after her introduction in Family Business. Both of these happen in Zdarsky’s Spectacular spider-man run, which has a direct enough order.

FCBD 2017: Secret Empire B story

Spectacular Spider-Man (V3) 1-6

SSM 297-305, SSM Annual 2018, 306-310 -- There are 3 more issues but they’re part of Spider-Geddon and not by Zdarsky. Spider-Geddon basically happens before Spencer’s run and I don’t think is ever mentioned.

Another thing is Aunt May getting cancer. This is introduced and concluded in Tom Taylor’s Friendly Neighborhood SM run.

FCBD 2019: Spider-Man

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (V2) 1-14

But none of those are necessary for this run, simply the origin of those changes.

Bold=Important Italic=Optional [Brackets]=One Shot

[ASM Annual 2018] -- Adding this just for the completion sake. It’s completely unrelated but goes between Slott and Spencer’s runs. It’s a flashback to black costume Peter from the symbiote’s point of view.

[FCBD 2018: ASM] -- The Free Comic Book Day issue is a prelude to the run.

ASM V5 1-15

HUNTED: ASM 16, 16.HU, 17-18, 18.HU, 19, 19.HU, 20, 20.HU, 21-23 -- Hunted was the first big storyline. The .HU issues follow a different character in each.

ASM 24-29 — MJ leaves for LA in 25

[Red Goblin Red Death], ASM 30-31 -- These are Absolute Carnage Tie-ins. RGRD is just a couple stories about Norman’s time with the symbiote. These are the only issues with any relation to Donny Cates’ Venom run.

ASM 32-34, [2099 Alpha, FF 2099, Punisher 2099, Conan 2099, Ghost Rider 2099, Doom 2099, Venom 2099, Spider-Man 2099, 2099 Omega], ASM 35-36 — This reboots all of 2099 with new origins. Only the Alpha, Omega and SM issue are by Spencer and important to ASM. the rest are self contained and can be read in any order. Doom isn’t important, but it’s relevant and really good. Conan is irrelevant but fun.

ASM 37-43

[FCBD 2020: Spider-man] -- Short story with Black Cat by the BC writer. Unrelated.

Amazing Mary Jane 1-5 — This tells the story of MJ in LA. The writer planned her exodus with Spencer so the timeline would sync with ASM, but it was cancelled because of the pandemic. There was a sixth issue starting a new arc that was never continued and is no longer considered canon. She returns in 51 so this can be read anywhere between 25 and 50

SINS RISING: ASM 44, [Sins Rising Prelude], ASM 45-48, [Sins of Norman Osborn], ASM 49

LAST REMAINS: ASM 50, 50.LR, 51, 51.LR, 52, 52.LR, 53, 53.LR, 54, 54.LR, 55-57 -- This is really still part of Sins Rising but they decided to give it a new arc name. I tried moving around or combining the LR issues without success; they have to be read alternated.

ASM 58-65, [Giant-Size ASM: King’s Ransom] -- The Giant-Size concludes the arc.

ASM 66-69, [Giant-Size ASM: Chameleon Conspiracy] -- Same as above.

ASM 70, Sinister War 1, ASM 71, SW 2-3, ASM 72, SW 4, ASM 73-74 -- The SW issues don’t line up very well at all with the main ones but this was how I organized them before reading it and never saw a reason to move them around.

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[wwprice1]

Great stuff from Amazing Spider-Man #51.LR!

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