Reddit reviews Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Vol. 1
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After getting some reading under your belt, I'd also suggest checking out some of the books in the side bar.
Hope this helps :)
Marvel has not ever rebooted like DC has, but there are definitely places where you can jump on.
Okay, here's the deal. This isn't really considered spoilers anymore because its the whole pitch behind Superior Spider-man. Doctor Octopus managed to swap consciousness with Spider-man before he died. So Superior Spider-man is about Doc Ock becoming Spider-man and deciding to prove he can do it better than Peter ever did.
It sounds crazy. And it really is. But the writing has been fantastic and it is a fun ride. These are comic books so Peter will come back somehow. Probably not for a year or two. If that sounds fun, and it is!, then you can just pick up Dying Wish which is the end of Amazing Spider-man. Then pick up the first Volume of Superior.
Now. If you read all that and thought, damn I just really wanted to read about Peter Parker being Spider-Man. Then that is fine. Start with Brand New Day. That will give you about a 150 issue cushion in between that and Superior Spider-man.
Okay I know this has been a lot of recommendations and text. But if you have the money to spend I would really recommend you starting with Ends of the Earth then working your way to Superior Spider-man. This is not a necessity for story, but since you don't have a good grasp of who Peter is before Doc Ock takes over it won't have the same impact. Ends of the Earth really showcases who Peter is and why he does what he does. Also Doc Ock is the villain in it, so thats even more setup for Superior.
I started from J. Michael Straczynski's run on The Amazing Spider-Man and straight through Superior to now. Here's the reading order of J. Michael Straczynski to Big Time:
http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-Ultimate-Collection-Book/dp/0785138935/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1412858993&sr=8-4&keywords=amazing+spider-man+by+jms
http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-JMS-Ultimate-Collection/dp/0785138943/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-JMS-Ultimate-Collection/dp/0785138951/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-JMS-Ultimate-Collection/dp/078513896X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_z
http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-Ultimate-Collection-Book/dp/0785138978/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Brand-New-Day-Vol/dp/078512845X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412859490&sr=1-1&keywords=spider-man+brand+new+day
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http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Brand-New-Day-Vol/dp/0785132422/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Kravens-First-Marc-Guggenheim/dp/0785132430/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1PECDWKJMK0CSC91BRTN
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-New-Ways-Dan-Slott/dp/0785132449/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0F83QKBSVC3K2HGBCY9R
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Crime-Punisher-Zeb-Wells/dp/0785134174/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1QESJRKA46KTC3B8M4QD
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Death-Dating-Mark-Waid/dp/0785134182/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Election-Day-Marc-Guggenheim/dp/0785134190/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0M680NBFE1VSSRGJ6PTP
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-24-Fred-Van-Lente/dp/0785134204/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=13Q8Z1Z8J02K050KSX2T
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-American-Son-Joe-Kelly/dp/0785140832/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0263Y3F47GNY5SVPPEC9
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Died-Your-Arms-Tonight/dp/0785144854/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=16ZEYFXWXQXBYQS55A4V
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Red-Headed-Fred-Van-Lente/dp/0785138692/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZV0RZFH4QB32T1T8TS2
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Return-Black-Joe-Kelly/dp/0785138684/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1SKDCR7FV2FENPC43AWA
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Gauntlet-Vol-Electro-Sandman/dp/0785138714/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1FYM85KEFNYVS019SWBZ
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Gauntlet-Vol-Rhino-Mysterio/dp/0785138722/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=08MTTJFRZKR1V30AGCNG
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Gauntlet-Vol-Vulture-Morbius/dp/0785146121/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=067V3YMN8DNQK9854QGD
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-The-Gauntlet-Vol-Juggernaut/dp/0785146148/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-The-Gauntlet-Vol-Lizard/dp/0785146164/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1WV4APRVGM83YTP6GPTD
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Grim-Hunt-Joe-Kelly/dp/0785146180/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YAYC1092ZF1T6RBBYKD
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Moment-Time-Joe-Quesada/dp/0785146202/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0477052AA9CP2SF700ME
http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Origin-Species-Mark-Waid/dp/0785146229/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0G9WSN56V9RN3K2M5K17
Go back and read Ultimate Spider-Man if you haven't already.
You can also go back to Brand New Day or Big Time as good starting points.
If you want to start with Deadpool, Marvel has been releasing these nice big Deadpool Classic trades, which collect his earliest appearances and then his 90's comic series, which outshines the current one to infinity. The first trade can be found right here and there are four more after it, with a sixth scheduled for next year.
As for Spidey, start with Brand New Day and work your way up from there. New stories, new villains, new cast -- it's perfect for you. Here's a link for you.
As for Batman ... well, I never recommend Batman, so read this awesome Superman story instead: Link
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!
From my understanding (In the way marvel is using it), it is simply a collection of about 6-7 comics that centralize around a specific theme and are in numerical order. http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Brand-New-Day-Vol/dp/078512845X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335195218&sr=1-1 contains Amazing spider-man 546-551.
Marvel does do collections however, which appear to be the same as a volume, but are far from it. Collections merely focus on a simple theme and don't have to actually follow each other in time or series. For instance, when I started to read Spider-man about 4 years ago, I was Brand new to comics and made the mistake of buying the collection, Spider-man: Back in black, thinking it was a volume of comics, while in fact it was a collection. Here http://www.amazon.com/Sensational-Spider-Man-Black-Roberto-Aguirre-Sacasa/dp/0785129979/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335195546&sr=1-4 you can see how it is a random assortment of comics that feature Spider-man in his Symbiote suit.
TL;DR Collections are only based on a theme, while volumes follow a Story arch and are always in order.
Hope that helps!
Brand New Day has a long run with many classic Spider-man elements. It usually gets lamented due to the awkward transition from the 2000's continuity. http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Brand-New-Day-Vol/dp/078512845X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406135725&sr=8-1&keywords=Spider-man+Brand+NEw+Day
Ultimate Spider-man is a fantastic read. I personally stopped after the ultimatum run.
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Spider-Man-Vol-Power-Responsibility/dp/0785139400/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1406135750&sr=8-6&keywords=ultimate+spiderman
Spider-man: Blue is an essential read. Great art, and an even better script.
http://www.hpbmarketplace.com/booksearch?keyword=Spider-man%3A+Blue
The most recent Spider-Man relaunch is Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide Vol 1, so that's a great place if you wanna just jump on board with what's happening now.
If you wanna spend some time catching up first, you could also start with Brand New Day, which was a sort of soft reset for the Spider-Man brand and established much of the current status quo.