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Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man #8-9
Spider-Man by Joe Kelly Omnibus
One of the finest - and funniest - writers in comics spins amazing tales of Spider-Man! As one of the key creators in Spidey's "Brand New Day" era, Joe Kelly crafted a series of memorable adventures for the wall-crawler - including a clash with crime bosses Hammerhead and Mister Negative, and a romantic reunion with the Black Cat! Peter's pal Harry Osborn suits up as the American Son! Kraven's family embarks on a grim hunt - and it's spider season! But when Peter Parker's nonstop life pits him against Baron Zemo, the results will be downright savage! Plus: More Spidey tales as only Kelly can write them, including a riotous team-up with Deadpool! Collecting AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1999) #575-576, #595-599, #606-607, #611, #617 and #625; NON-STOP SPIDER-MAN #1-5; SAVAGE SPIDER-MAN #1-5; MARVEL FANFARE (1996) #2-3; and WEBSPINNERS: TALES OF SPIDER-MAN #7-9 - plus material from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: EXTRA! #1 and #3; AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1999) #577, #600, #612, #634-637 and #647; and SPIDER-MAN: GRIM HUNT - THE KRAVEN SAGA.
- GenresSpider Man
880 pages, Hardcover
Published January 28, 2025
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August 15, 2025
Wanted to go higher for this but couldn't. The Brand New Day stuff is really good, solid to great art, good storytelling through Grim Hunt, Kelly was always my favorite of the BND writers. What follows is a hodgepodge of 90s stuff and Non-Stop Spider-Man and its sequel. The former is cromulent at best, and the latter has some really cool Chris Bachalo art, but the writing's very questionable. This was a good pickup for me as someone who didn't care for giant chunks of Brand New Day, but if you're looking for something more complete or sequential, it likely won't work for you.
February 23, 2025
This is a creator based omnibus. None of these stories were actually captivating or intriguing in the least, no depth and no actual story. Just a bunch of shit slapped together with poor writing. The art sucked as well. Not for me.
August 2, 2026
In celebration of the new Spider-Man movie releasing, I thought why not read the only Spider-Man comic I currently own. I would like to preface this by saying if I didn't get this for my birthday, I don't think I would've ever owned this Omnibus. What a mess.
I get how you maybe would want all of a writer's work on a specific character collected in one big omni. But it makes for a pain in the ass to read. I know a lot of people just buy omnibuses as collectors items and I know Marvel knows that as well, but for a lot of other folks, such as myself, omnibuses are the only way to experience certain characters and stories. Not all of us have access to comic book stores and certainly not all of us like reading stuff online. Alas, even though I don't think it was meant to be read or especially someone's first exposure to the Spider-Man series, but I did and it was.
Why was this such a fucking pain in the ass to read? The arcs or one-shots are very short so it's really annoying to get into a story and characters to then jump the timeline. We're already catching Spider-Man at a really awkward time, in the last less than 100 issues he had 2 of his most notoriously horrible arcs to date and from what I gather the rest of the universe wasn't doing too hot either with that insane Avengers line-up and JJJ as mayor. So having to fill in the gaps every couple of pages on top of that is really annoying + Norah is there. Through the time jumps I will say, are some pretty darn good stories. I'm not going to talk about all of them because I don't remember all of them and there are just too many, but I will try to hit on the major one's.
American Son fucking sucked, it had some moments but overall, what the fuck were they cooking. I like comic book bullshit. I like when Comic Drake says "because comics" but come on, this is just upsetting
The Rhino stuff, really fucking good, like really really fucking good. Especially the flashback of Sytsevich being released from prison, really beautiful stuff.
Grim Hunt is really good, just makes me kind of upset I haven't read Kraven's Last Hunt yet, even though it's been on my list ever since I started reading comics. Fun to delve deeper into the Spider-Man mythos with Madame Web and other spider people. I was vaguelly aware of all the one's that appeared in the comic, but I'm glad to finally be formerly introduced to them.
Non-Stop, I like when superheroes beat up Nazi's. Although I will say, Spider-Man feels very clean and polished here. I get that there's a huge time gap between this and the rest of the omni, but it's still the same writer it's still Joe Kelly. I haven't read much Spider-Man, like I said this is my first time reading main series and I've only read him in other people's series, and that only barely, so don't really have any Spider-Man to compare him to. I don't know if Joe Kelly has a good Spider-Man. But in the earlier parts of the omni Spider-Man had a lot more of an edge to him. Not to say he was an edgy character, but there was an edge. An edge that's not missing here, it has just smoothed out a little. I'm going to be completely honest, it's not that I loved the edge, it just feels kind of weird that it's gone. I know Marvel is very different from DC in that everything is in the same timeline, no reboot bullshit, but it's so weird that these are the exact same character under the exact same writer, and they're kind of different. Not distractingly different, I could still perfectly read this story, I'll even say it was a good story, just different.
Savage Spider-Man, turned into a little bit of Reddit at the end, but overall just maintains the general good quality of its predecesor. Zemo is a really fun villain to read
After that it's just some 90s comics Joe Kelly wrote which were really fun, but I don't have anything specific to say about. Except that high school stories make me uncomfortable I guess
Very mixed bag of stuff. This omnibus knows what it is, and it's clearly advertised as such on the cover so I don't get all the bad reviews. Just not the best reading experience unfortunatly
I get how you maybe would want all of a writer's work on a specific character collected in one big omni. But it makes for a pain in the ass to read. I know a lot of people just buy omnibuses as collectors items and I know Marvel knows that as well, but for a lot of other folks, such as myself, omnibuses are the only way to experience certain characters and stories. Not all of us have access to comic book stores and certainly not all of us like reading stuff online. Alas, even though I don't think it was meant to be read or especially someone's first exposure to the Spider-Man series, but I did and it was.
Why was this such a fucking pain in the ass to read? The arcs or one-shots are very short so it's really annoying to get into a story and characters to then jump the timeline. We're already catching Spider-Man at a really awkward time, in the last less than 100 issues he had 2 of his most notoriously horrible arcs to date and from what I gather the rest of the universe wasn't doing too hot either with that insane Avengers line-up and JJJ as mayor. So having to fill in the gaps every couple of pages on top of that is really annoying + Norah is there. Through the time jumps I will say, are some pretty darn good stories. I'm not going to talk about all of them because I don't remember all of them and there are just too many, but I will try to hit on the major one's.
American Son fucking sucked, it had some moments but overall, what the fuck were they cooking. I like comic book bullshit. I like when Comic Drake says "because comics" but come on, this is just upsetting
The Rhino stuff, really fucking good, like really really fucking good. Especially the flashback of Sytsevich being released from prison, really beautiful stuff.
Grim Hunt is really good, just makes me kind of upset I haven't read Kraven's Last Hunt yet, even though it's been on my list ever since I started reading comics. Fun to delve deeper into the Spider-Man mythos with Madame Web and other spider people. I was vaguelly aware of all the one's that appeared in the comic, but I'm glad to finally be formerly introduced to them.
Non-Stop, I like when superheroes beat up Nazi's. Although I will say, Spider-Man feels very clean and polished here. I get that there's a huge time gap between this and the rest of the omni, but it's still the same writer it's still Joe Kelly. I haven't read much Spider-Man, like I said this is my first time reading main series and I've only read him in other people's series, and that only barely, so don't really have any Spider-Man to compare him to. I don't know if Joe Kelly has a good Spider-Man. But in the earlier parts of the omni Spider-Man had a lot more of an edge to him. Not to say he was an edgy character, but there was an edge. An edge that's not missing here, it has just smoothed out a little. I'm going to be completely honest, it's not that I loved the edge, it just feels kind of weird that it's gone. I know Marvel is very different from DC in that everything is in the same timeline, no reboot bullshit, but it's so weird that these are the exact same character under the exact same writer, and they're kind of different. Not distractingly different, I could still perfectly read this story, I'll even say it was a good story, just different.
Savage Spider-Man, turned into a little bit of Reddit at the end, but overall just maintains the general good quality of its predecesor. Zemo is a really fun villain to read
After that it's just some 90s comics Joe Kelly wrote which were really fun, but I don't have anything specific to say about. Except that high school stories make me uncomfortable I guess
Very mixed bag of stuff. This omnibus knows what it is, and it's clearly advertised as such on the cover so I don't get all the bad reviews. Just not the best reading experience unfortunatly
December 14, 2025
Spider-Man by Joe Kelly omnibus.
I think Kelly writes a decent Spiderman but i have alot of issues with this omnibus. Some stuff at the beginning i had already in another omnibus, and thats always a bummer to me already. I love to read omnis that are a huge chunk of stories of a run, but here its alot of single issues making this not really the most easy to read book. Later on there is some consistency with bigger arcs like Grim Hunt focusing on Kraven the Hunter, Non stop Spider-Man, a high octane fast as hell story and Savage Spider-Man, not all stellar but happy to read some continuity.. The book ends with Webspinners, some really older issues, but ok, and some Marvel Fanfare issues, one not even including Peter Parker but The Hulk and Wolverine, why they included this ?! I really dont get it. An ok Spidey omnibus, but i really dont get the point of stucking this al together to make a omnibus to be honest.
I think Kelly writes a decent Spiderman but i have alot of issues with this omnibus. Some stuff at the beginning i had already in another omnibus, and thats always a bummer to me already. I love to read omnis that are a huge chunk of stories of a run, but here its alot of single issues making this not really the most easy to read book. Later on there is some consistency with bigger arcs like Grim Hunt focusing on Kraven the Hunter, Non stop Spider-Man, a high octane fast as hell story and Savage Spider-Man, not all stellar but happy to read some continuity.. The book ends with Webspinners, some really older issues, but ok, and some Marvel Fanfare issues, one not even including Peter Parker but The Hulk and Wolverine, why they included this ?! I really dont get it. An ok Spidey omnibus, but i really dont get the point of stucking this al together to make a omnibus to be honest.
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