Reddit reviews Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1: Coming Home

The JMS run is tied for favourite with Ultimate Spider-Man as my favourite spidey comics of all time

Starts there and goes up to after Civil war

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazing-Spider-Man-Coming-Home-TPB/dp/0785108068/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525645714&sr=1-1

You really want to pick up two things, both from Amazing Spider-Man: Coming Home is Morlun's first appearance, is very good, and the start of JMS' run. Also, The Other - which features the characters return and also his immense beat down of Spidey. Both by JMS and really good, imho!

I don't know if it's going to catch you up on the series, but the run by J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita, Jr. was fantastic in my opinion.

http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-Vol-Coming-Home/dp/0785108068/ref=pd_sim_b_3 THRU http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-Vol-Book-Ezekiel/dp/0785115250/ref=pd_sim_b_4

The others directly after aren't that good. And bear in mind these are from about 10-7 years old.

I, like you, fell in love with the character way before I started reading comics. So I wasn’t sure where to begin. I walked into a comic book shop and the owner gave me what I now consider one of my all time favourite comic runs ever, both writing and art-wise. It turned out to be my gateway into comics and this character in particular.

J. Michael Straczynski (writer) and John Romita Jr. (artist) teamed up for a brief run on the character. They’ve neatly collected these issues together in volumes, so for a first-time reader of the character, there’s no easier and cleaner place to start. It’s at the beginning of a new story arc, while still delivering some classic characters and issues Peter has to face. I cannot recommend it enough. Even though it picks up somewhere in the 500’s (the original Amazing Spider-Man series ran for 700 issues) it feels as though you’re starting from the very beginning, without missing a beat.

Volume 1: Coming Home

Here’s the link to order from Amazon:
Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1: Coming Home TPB https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0785108068/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_VUCMBbPDJ7JNP

I hope this is what you’re looking for. Best of luck, I look forward to hearing your feedback!

The Amazing Spider-Man: Coming Home could be good. I really enjoyed it and it started JMS on his run of writing Spidey, which lasted years. Mostly very good and mostly John Romita JR drawing.

If you want to start of a new status quo or way of being for Spidey, there's Brand New Day, which I don't recommend for quality, but more for having the stuff of Spidey with job, relationship stuff, new and old villains, new and old supporting cast.

Or, for something a fair bit different, darker, there's Superior Spider-Man, where 1 villain is now Spider-Man every issue, so that's worth a go.

Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 1 With Great Responsibility would be a good start, too, though a separate universe. Still Peter Parker, but a teenager and different ways of doing things with the villains, heroes etc.

I'd also recommend where it all started for Spidey, with Stan Lee and all them, with Essential Spider-Man, which has a number of Volumes with many annuals, issues throughout, most black and white, but good quality.

I really enjoyed/enjoy them.

Here's a link for Essential: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2/141-3040030-9989709?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=essential+spider-man


For Ultimate: https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Spider-Man-Vol-Responsibility-2000-2009-ebook/dp/B00AAJR3M4/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1511685030&sr=8-5&keywords=ultimate+spiderman


Superior Spidey: https://www.amazon.com/Superior-Spider-Man-Vol-Worst-Enemy-ebook/dp/B00EARP1W6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1511685088&sr=1-1&keywords=superior+spiderman


Brand New Day: https://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Brand-New-Day-Vol/dp/078512845X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1511685164&sr=1-1


Coming Home: https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-Vol-Coming-Home/dp/0785108068/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1511685216&sr=1-1&keywords=spider-man+coming+home

Hope that helps!

I know you asked about online, but I'd highly suggest looking into getting the trade paper backs. The JMS/JRJR run starts here:

https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-Vol-Coming-Home/dp/0785108068

Ignore that other guy. Most of us welcome newbies to the Marvel universe and enjoy helping. Here are a few of my favorites in no particular order...

Spider-Man: Reign

The Alien Costume Saga

Coming Home

Down Among The Dead Men

Spider-Man: Blue

And of course, Kraven’s Last Hunt