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Long reads on Spider-Man: where to start reading, every movie in order, the Sinister Six, his most important first appearances, why he matters, and rankings of his villains and his many versions.

• Where to start with Spider-Man: the essential comics, in orderSixty-four years and more than a thousand issues of Amazing Spider-Man, boiled down to the stories that built him, in the order they came out, with…Reading guide
• Every Spider-Man movie in order, and the villains in eachThree Peter Parkers, two animated Spider-Verses and one record-breaking 2026 sequel. Here is every Spider-Man film in the order it came out, who…Movie guide
• The Sinister Six: every original member, explainedIn 1964, Doctor Octopus decided Spider-Man could not be beaten alone. Six of his worst enemies have been coming back together ever since. Here is who…The villains
• Spider-Man's most important first appearancesThe issues where Spider-Man's world was born: his friends, his loves and his worst enemies, in the order they arrived, plus the record-setting sale…Key issues
• Why Spider-Man mattersHe was supposed to be a one-off in a canceled anthology. Instead he rewrote what a superhero could be, took on the comics censors, became New York's…Cultural impact
• The toughest opponents Spider-Man has ever faced, rankedOne test for everyone: the classic Peter Parker, at his peak, one-on-one. The lower his chance of winning, the higher the opponent ranks. First his…Power rankings
• The strongest versions of Spider-Man, rankedTwenty-six Spider-Men, one test: send each of them against the original Sinister Six, all at once. From Spider-Ham to the Cosmic…Power rankings