Marvel: Illustrated Guide to the Spider-Verse:

by Marc Sumerak

Discover the dramatic diversity of the Spider-Verse in this deluxe, fully-illustrated volume!

Take a tour through the colorful worlds of Marvel’s Spider-Verse in this comprehensive guidebook detailing the lives of its many web-slingers. Follow Gwen Stacy—better known as Ghost-Spider—as she jumps between dimensions visiting the countless friendly (and some not-so-friendly) neighborhood Spider-folk whom she has met in her adventures across the Marvel Multiverse. From Peter Parker to Miles Morales, from Spider-Ham to Spider-Man 2099, more than 60 of Gwen’s iconic wall-crawling colleagues are profiled here, each illustrated with amazing original art. Thrilling and vibrant, this arachnophile’s treasury is a must-have collectible for every Spider-fan!

• EXCLUSIVE SPIDER-MAN Marvel Illustrated Guide to the Spider-Verse is filled with spectacular, never-before-seen artwork.

• 60+ More than 60 stunning illustrations celebrate the unique visual styles of the Spider-Verse’s diverse inhabitants.

• SWING INTO THE WORLD OF Showcasing detailed profiles of characters like Miles Morales, Spider-Ham, and Ghost-Spider, this book is the definitive guide to Marvel’s vast web of Spider-beings.

• AN ACCESSIBLE SPIDER-VERSE Featuring an appealing in-universe narrative and a fan-favorite host who explores every Spider-filled corner of the Marvel Multiverse.

• AN AMAZING ADDITION TO YOUR MARVEL This guide joins Insight Editions’ exciting line of Marvel Comics titles, including Avengers The Official Cookbook and Marvel Anatomy of a Super-Hero.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

112 pages, Hardcover

Published May 2, 2023

About the author

About Marc Steven Sumerak

Reviews

[Paul Sutter]

Interesting how the world of Spider-Man has changed over the last approximately six decades since the web-slinger was launched. I joined the ranks of Spidey lovers when I picked up issue number seventeen of the Amazing Spider-Man, which saw him running from Sandman. I was part of his adventures until the early seventies, and although my comic buying days had waned, I never forget watching his trial and tribulations, as he fought so many evildoers and triumphed.
Now with MARVEL ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE SPIDER-VERSE, we get to see many versions of Spider-Man. This most fascinating look at the web-slinger, is narrated by Gwen Stacy who is known as Ghost Spider. I recall she was killed in the late sixties, but obviously somehow reincarnated, and had not aged a day since then.
What we see in this book are approximately seventy versions of Spider-Man in the multiverse, where anything goes, and this alternate reality gives birth to so many variations of Spider-Man. There are radioactive spiders in this world as well, that gave birth to the super-hero, and some of the versions are most unique. There is Lady Spider, Cyborg Spider-Man, Madame Web, Web-Slinger, Arachnosaur, Zombie Spider-Man, Spider-Monkey, Spider-Cat, Spiders-Man, and dozens more.
The artists who have given us so many variations of Peter Parker aka Spider-Man, are to be commended for their visual representations. If you are a Spider-Man fanatic from the silver age of comics, or of the decidedly different more recent variety, then this book deserves a spot on your bookshelf. It gives us so many more reasons to be fascinated by one of the most memorable characters in comics history.

[Mark Hartman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent artwork and history behind 60+ spider-man characters from across the multiverse. Nice hardback with great paper and printed nicely. A quick read if you want to or can flip through and chose random characters. I wish had content page listing all the characters and also wish the text was serif instead of San Serif. This is a must have for fans of Marvel, Spider-Man, the multiverse, and the animated spider-verse movies. You won’t regret getting this book.

[Jackie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this super cool book through a Goodreads giveaway by Insight Publishing. My 10 year old is a big Spiderman fan and I became Mom of the Year when this book showed up. We had a lot of fun looking for Spidey-versions of Spider-heros that we spotted in the Spiderverse movies. I learned a lot and the art is incredible. My fave is still Spider-cat and the coughed up web-ball of doom.

[milo · Rating 3 out of 5]

a little hokey. but hilarious to hear just how many wack aliens eat spiderman in one single universe

[Sara Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are as many different Spider-mans as there are alternate realities. This book introduces you to a few of them along with a picture and description.

[Leah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is just making me realize how much I have to catch up on when it comes to the spiderverse lmao

[Zach Owens · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book. I got an idea of a lot of the multiverse spider-people! I hope there’s more books for this because it is such a big reality of the Spider-Verse!