Spider-Woman Reading Order!

Spider-Woman means several different characters depending on era, context, and whether or not we’re including alternate universes. For most readers in the modern Marvel era, Jessica Drew is the most familiar alter ego, and indeed Jess has the longest comics history with the title.

Believe it or not, though, she’s not the only Spider-Woman with Avengers credentials, though, and I’ll be referencing the full suite of Spider-Women in the below guide to Spider-Woman comics.

I’ve either noted or abbreviated when a series isn’t focused on Jessica Drew, often with the initials JC (you know, Jessica Carpenter).

Below you’ll find a complete Spider-Woman reading order, complete with the Comic Book Herald logo next to my favorite series. Whether you’re here for Jessica Drew, Julia Carpenter, or Mattie Franklin, the comics of all Spider-Women are listed here!

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Spider-Gwen

Miles Morales

Marvel Masterworks: Spider-Woman Vol. 1

Collects: Marvel Spotlight (1971) 32, Marvel Two-In-One (1974) 29-33, Spider-Woman (1978) 1-8

Essential Spider-Woman, Vol. 1

Collects: Marvel Spotlight #32, Marvel Two-In-One #29-33 And Spider-Woman #1-25

Essential Spider-Woman, Vol. 2

Collects: Spider-Woman #26-50, Marvel Team-Up #97 And Uncanny X-Men #148

Avengers 240 – 241

Secret Wars

Collects: Secret Wars 1-12

Avengers Annual #15

Iron Man #214

Spectacular Spider-Man 125 to 126

Wolverine Epic Collection: Madripoor Nights

Collects: Wolverine (1988) 1-16, Material From Marvel Comics Presents (1988) 1-10, Marvel Age Annual 4

Avengers – West Coast Avengers: Along Came A Spider-Woman

Collects: Avengers West Coast 58-59, 63-75

Spider-Woman Vol. 2 (1993 – 1994)

Collects: Spider-Woman #1 To #4

Deadpool and the Secret Defenders

Collects: Secret Defenders 15-25

Spider-Man: The Gathering of Five

Collects: Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 440-441, Spider-Man (1990) 96-98, Sensational Spider-Man (1996) 32-33, Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) 262-263

Mattie Franklin

Spider-Woman Vol. 3

Collects: Insert New

Mattie Franklin

Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 2

Collects: Alias 11-15

Mattie Franklin

New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 1

Collects: Avengers (1998) 500-503, 500 Director’S Cut; Avengers Finale; New Avengers (2004) 1-10, 1 Director’S Cut; New Avengers Most Wanted Files

I’m not sure it can be overstated how much of a focus writer Brian Michael Bendis puts on Spider-Woman in his ongoing run on New Avengers. Jessica Drew is a focal point throughout, and even leads the charge of the entire roster in the collected edition cover.

New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 2

Collects: New Avengers (2004) 11-25, New Avengers Custom 676: Army & Air Force, Giant-Size Spider-Woman 1, New Avengers Annual (2006) 1, New Avengers: Illuminati Oneshot, Civil War: The Confession

New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 3

Collects: Civil War: The Initiative, New Avengers (2004) 26-37, New Avengers Annual (2006) 2, New Avengers: Illuminati (2007) 1-5

Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers – The Ms. Marvel Years Vol. 1

Collects: Giant-Size Ms. Marvel 1, Ms. Marvel (2006) 1-17, Ms. Marvel Special 1

Omega Flight: Alpha to Omega

Collects: Omega Flight #1-5

New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 4

Collects: New Avengers (2004) 38-54, Secret Invasion: Dark Reign One-Shot

Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D.

Collects: Spider-Woman (2009) #1-7

Spider-Woman: Origin

Collects: Spider-Woman: Origin #1-5

New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 5

Collects: Free Comic Book Day 2009 (Avengers), New Avengers (2004) 55-64, Dark Reign: The List – Avengers One-Shot, New Avengers Annual (2006) 3, New Avengers Finale; Material From Amazing Spider-Man (1999) 601, Breaking Into Comics The Marvel Way 1

Spider-Man: Grim Hunt

Collects: Amazing Spider-Man #634-637

Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 1

Collects: Avengers Prime 1-5, Avengers (2010) 1-12, New Avengers Annual (2011) 1, Avengers Annual (2012) 1

Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete Collection Vol. 2

Collects: Avengers (2010) 12.1, 13-24; Avengers Assemble: An Oral History Of Earth’S Mightiest Heroes

Spider-Man: Spider-Island

Collects: Amazing Spider-Man #666-673, Venom #6-9, Spider-Island: Deadly Foes & Spider-Island Spotlight

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

Spider-Woman Volume 1: Spider-Verse

Collects: Spider-Woman 1-4

Spider-Woman Vol. 2: New Duds

Collects: Spider-Woman 5-10

Spider-Woman: Shifting Gears Vol. 3: Scare Tactics

Collects: Spider-Woman 13-17