Miles Morales (Spider-Man) Reading Order Guide

When Miles Morales was introduced in 2011, it was hard to dismiss him as simply a Spider-Man derivative. While he might have similar powers, the Afro-Latino teen had his own struggles and personality. As a result, he soon found his place in the Ultimate Universe and then later in the regular Marvel Universe. In recent years, Miles’ popularity has only increased thanks to his inclusion in the excellent Into the Spider-Verse movie and Playstation games.

Are you looking to read all of his comics? Well, you’ve come to the right place! This simple reading order has all the details you need to get started and makes sense of all the similarly titled collections, with plenty of notes along the way.

Happy reading!

What is the Ultimate Universe?

Before we start this reading order, it’s worth explaining the Ultimate Universe. It’s one of the infinite alternate universes in Marvel’s Multiverse, which was home to the Ultimate line of comics and where Miles Morales originated.

The Ultimate Universe was created in 2000 at a point in time when Marvel’s regular universe had gotten too tangled in its own continuity and was written in a way that required too much prior knowledge. So they created a fresh universe, that was a little more grounded, that new readers could jump into.

Miles was a character that debuted after the death of the Ultimate Universe Peter Parker heroically died. He’s also one of the best and most well known characters to originate from it.

Where can I find Miles Morales’ comics?

You can find the comics and collections that are listed below at all good comic book stores, online stores, eBay, and digitally on Comixology/Amazon and Marvel Unlimited.

Background Reading

There’s no essential background reading to understand Miles Morales, but if you want to now what happened to Peter Parker before Miles was introduced then read the following.

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Vol. 4: Death Of Spider-Man
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Mark Bagley.
Collects: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #156-160

Ultimate Universe

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis Volume 1
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Sara Pichelli.
Collects: Ultimate Comics: Fallout #4 and Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #1-5

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis Volume 2
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Sara Pichelli, Chris Samnee, David Marquez.
Collects: Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #6-10

Spider-Men
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Sara Pichelli.
Collects: Spider-Men #1-5

Note: Spider-Men is the story in which Miles Morales meets Peter Parker from the regular Marvel Universe. The Into The Spider-Verse movie borrowed elements of this story.

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis Volume 3
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by David Marquez.
Collects: Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #11-18

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis Volume 4
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by David Marquez and Sara Pichelli.
Collects: Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #16.1, 19-22

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis Volume 5
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by David Marquez and Sara Pichelli.
Collects: Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #23-28

Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #1-3
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by David Marquez.

Note: Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #1-3 are optional as they tie-in to the much larger Cataclysm story. The whole event wasn’t that great and only recommended if you are really invested in the Ultimate Universe.

Ultimate Spider-Man #200
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Mark Bagley, Mark Brooks, David Lafuente, David Marquez, and Sara Pichelli.

ALTERNATIVE COLLECTIONS: The above comics (except Spider-Men) have also been released in much larger collections. These are:

Miles Morales: Spider-Man
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Sara Pichelli, David Marquez, and Chris Samnee.
Collects: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1-10

Miles Morales: With Great Power
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Sara Pichelli, David Marquez, and Chris Samnee.
Collects: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #11-22 and #16.1

Miles Morales: Great Responsibility
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Sara Pichelli, David Marquez, and Chris Samnee.
Collects: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #23-28, Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #1-3, and Ultimate Spider-Man #200

There’s also the sampler collection called Marvel-Verse: Miles Morales: Spider-Man.

Marvel-Verse: Miles Morales: Spider-Man
Written by Brian Micahel Bendis. Art by Sara Pichelli.
Collects: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1-2, #5 and Spider-Man (2016 series) #1-2

Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man is the relaunched series of Miles’ comics. This is a good jumping-on point for those who haven’t read any of the previous stories.

Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 1: Revival
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by David Marquez, Mark Bagley, Stuart Immonen, and David Lafuente.
Collects: Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #1-5 and Ultimate Spider-Man #200

Spider-Verse
Written by Dan Slott and others. Art by Various.

Note: Miles Morales features heavily in the Spider-Verse comic book event, which features dozens of alternate universe Spider-characters. Check out the Spider-Man: Spider-Verse Reading Order Checklist to find out how to read this story.

All-New X-Men Volume 6: The Ultimate Adventure
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Mahmud Asrar and Stuart Immonen.
Collects: All-New X-Men #31-36

Note: The cast of All-New X-Men travel to the Ultimate Universe and team-up with Miles Morales.

Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 2: Revelations
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by David Marquez.
Collects: Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #6-12

OPTIONAL: Miles Morales is also in a team book called All-New Ultimates at this time. If you want to see Miles in a team dynamic then check this series out.

All-New Ultimates Volume 1: Power For Power
Written by Michel Fiffe. Art by Amilcar Pinna.
Collects: All-New Ultimates #1-6

All-New Ultimates Volume 2: No Gods, No Masters
Written by Michel Fiffe. Art by Amilcar Pinna and Giannis Milonogiannis.
Collects: All-New Ultimates #7-12

Secret Wars (2015 series)
Written by Jonathan Hickman and others. Art by Esad Ribic and others.

Miles is features in Secret Wars and it will help explain how he moves from the Ultimate Universe to the regular Marvel Universe. He appears in the main series and the tie-in Secret Wars: Ultimate End.

Main Marvel Universe

After the conclusion of Secret Wars, Miles Morales moved over the regular Marvel Universe, where he continues to live.

Don’t worry too much if you haven’t read the Ultimate Universe material, you can easily jump on with these comics.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales Volume 1
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Sara Pichelli.
Collects: Spider-Man (2016) #1-5

Spider-Man: Miles Morales Volume 2
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Sara Pichelli and Nico Leon.
Collects: Spider-Man (2016) #6-11

Note: The issues in Spider-Man: Miles Morales Volume 2 tie-in to Civil War II. Check out the Civil War II Reading Order Checklist to see how they fit into the larger story.

OPTIONAL: Miles is part of the Avengers team during the run of Spider-Man: Miles Morales in a series called All-New, All-Different Avengers.

All-New, All-Different Avengers Volume 1: The Magnificent Seven
Written by Mark Waid. Art by Mahmud Asrar and Adam Kubert.
Collects: Collects All-New, All-Different Avengers #1-6 & material from Avengers (2015) #0 & Free Comic Book Day 2015.

All-New, All-Different Avengers Volume 2: Family Business
Written by Mark Waid. Art by Mahmud Asrar, Adam Kubert, Alan Davis.
Collects: Collects All-New, All-Different Avengers #7-12 & material from Free Comic Book Day 2016.

All-New, All-Different Avengers Volume 3: Civil War II
Written by Mark Waid, Natasha Allegri, Zac Gorman, Faith Erin Hicks, Scott Kurtz, and G Willow Wilson. Art by Mahmud Asrar, Adam Kubert, Natasha Allegri, Faith Erin Hicks, Scott Kurtz, and Chip Zdarksy.
Collects: Collects All-New, All-Different Avengers #13-15 & Annual #1.

Spider-Man/Spider-Gwen: Sitting In A Tree
Written by Brian Michael Bendis and Jason Latour. Art by Sara Pichelli and Robbi Rodriguez.
Collects: Spider-Man (2016 series) #12-14 and Spider Gwen (2015B series) #16-18

Notes: Sitting In A Tree is a short crossover between Spider-Man and Spider-Gwen.

Here’s the recommended reading order for anyone who is reading Sitting in a Tree in single issues or on Marvel Unlimited:

1. Spider-Man (2016 series) #12
2. Spider Gwen (2015B series) #16
3. Spider-Man (2016 series) #13
4. Spider Gwen (2015B series) #17
5. Spider-Man (2016 series) #14
6. Spider Gwen (2015B series) #18

Spider-Man: Miles Morales Volume 3
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Szymon Kudranski.
Collects: Spider-Man (2016) #15-21

Spider-Men II
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Sara Pichelli.
Collects: Spider-Men II #1-5

Note: Spider-Men II is the follow-up series to Spider-Men, the first team-up between Peter Parker and Miles Morales.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales Volume 4
Written by Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Jan Bazaldua.
Collects: Spider-Man (2016) #234-240

Note: The series numbering changed to the legacy number as part of the Marvel Legacy publishing initiative.

Spider-Man (2016 Series) Annual #1
Written by Bryan Edward Hill. Art by Mark Bagley and Nelson Blake II.

OPTIONAL: All-New, All-Different Avengers morphs into Champions, which Miles is a founding member of the team alongside other teen heroes such as Ms. Marvel and Nova.

Champions Volume 1: Change The World
Written by Mark Waid. Art by Humberto Ramos.
Collects: Champions (2016 series) #1-5

Champions Volume 2: The Freelancer Lifestyle
Written by Mark Waid. Art by Humberto Ramos.
Collects: Champions (2016 series) #6-12

Note: Contents of Volume 2 tie into the Secret Empire.

Avengers/Champions: Worlds Collide
Written by Mark Waid. Art by Muberto Ramos and Jesus Saiz.
Collects: Avengers #672-674 and Champions (2016 series) #13-15.

Note: Worlds Collide is a crossover with Avengers and Champions. Check out the reading order.

Champions Volume 3: Champion For A Day
Written by Mark Waid and Jeremy Whitley. Art by Humberto Ramos, Ted Brandt, and Ro Stein.
Collects: Champions (2016 series) #16-18 and Champions #1.MU

Note: Champions #1.MU ties in with Monsters Unleashed.

Champions Volume 4: Northern Lights
Written by Jim Zub. Art by Sean Izzaakse and Emilo Laiso.
Collects: Champions (2016 series) #19-21 and Infinity Countdown: Champions #1-2.

Note: Infinity Countdown: Champions #1-2 tie in with Infinity Countdown.

Champions Volume 5: Weird War One
Written by Jim Zub. Art by Max Dunbar, Sean Izaakse, and Kevin Libranda.
Collects: Champions (2016 series) #22-27 and Champions Annual #1.

This is the current series of Miles’ comics. It’s another great place to jump on.

Miles Morales Volume 1: Straight Out Of Brooklyn
Written by Saladin Ahmed. Art by Javier Garron.
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018 series) #1-6

Miles Morales Volume 2: Bring On The Bad Guys
Written by Saladin Ahmed and Tom Taylor. Art by Javier Garron, Ron Ackins, Vanesa R Del Rey, Alitha Martinez, and Cory Smith.
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018 series) #7-10 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2019 Spider-Man/Venom #1

OPTIONAL: Miles Morales plays a role in the Venom-centric event Absolute Carnage. You can find out more about it in the Absolute Carnage Reading Order.

OPTIONAL: Marvel relaunched Champions in 2019 for a short-lived series. Again, Miles is a component of the team. You can read this concurrently with the Miles Morales: Spider-Man.

Champions by Jim Zub Volume 1: Beat The Devil
Written by Jim Zub. Art by Steven Cummungs.
Collects: Champions (2019 series) #1-6

Champions by Jim Zub Volume 2: Give And Take
Written by Jim Zub. Art by Steven Cummungs.
Collects: Champions (2019 series) #7-10 and Nova (2015 series) #1

OPTIONAL: To capitialise on the popularity of Into the Spider-Verse movie, Marvel published a 5-part miniseries that say Miles Morales teaming up with a range of Spider-People to save the day.

Spider-Verse: Spider-Zero
Written by Jed MacKay, Ryan North, Taran Killam, and Christos N. Gage. Art by Juan Frigeri, Stacey Lee, Arthur Adams, James Harren, Dike Ruan, Sheldon Vella, Pere Pérez, Juan Gedeon, and José Carlos Silva.
Collects: Spider-Verse (2019 series) #1-6

Miles Morales Volume 3: Family Business
Written by Saladin Ahmed. Art by Ze Carlos, Javier Garron, and Ig Garron.
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018 series) #11-15

Miles Morales Volume 4: Ultimatum
Written by Saladin Ahmed. Art by Cory Smith, Carmen Carnero, and Marcello Fererreia.
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018 series) #16-21

Miles Morales Volume 5: The Clone Saga
Written by Saladin Ahmed. Art by Carmen Carnero and Natacha Bustos.
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018 series) #22-28

Note: Miles Morales: Spider-Man tie-in with King in Black.

OPTIONAL: Marvel relaunched Champions again in 2020. Miles is part of the team so if you want even more of him then this is the comic to check out.

Champions Volume 1: Outlawed
Written by Eve Ewing and Vita Ayala. Art by Simone DI Meo, Robert Quinn, Kim Jacinto, and Jon Lam.
Collects: Outlawed #1 and Champions (2020 series) #1-5

Champions Volume 2: Killer App
Written by Danny Lore. Art by Luciano Vecchio.
Collects: Champions (2020 series) #6-10

Miles Morales Volume 6: All Eyes On Me
Written by Saladin Ahmed. Art by Christopher Allen and Carmen Carnero.
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018 series) #29-32

Miles Morales Volume 7: Beyond
Written by Saladin Ahmed and Jed Mackay. Art by Michele Bandini, Luigi Zagaria, Christopher Allen, Juan Ferreyra, and Luca Maresca.
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018 series) #33-36 and Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual #1

Miles Morales Volume 8: Empire of the Spider
Written by Saladin Ahmed. Art by Christopher Allen, Alberto Foche, Carmen Carnero, and Paco Medina.
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018 series) #37-42

Note: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018 series) #42 is the last issue for the series. As you will see in the next section, this is not the last of Miles’ adventures.

Saladin Ahmed’s Miles Morales run has also been collected into one big 1000+ omnibus too.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Saladin Ahmed Omnibus
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2018 series) #1-42, Absolute Carnage: Miles Morales #1-3, Amazing Spider-Man (2018 series) #81, Miles Morales: The End, and material from Free Comic Book Day 2019 (Spider-Man/Venom) #1, Incoming! #1, Amazing Spider-Man (2018 series) #49, an Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual #1

A brand-new series of Miles Morales: Spider-Man began on December 7th, 2022. This series is a good place to start if you’re looking for a place to start reading Miles and don’t want to read all of the above. Marvel will release new issues monthly.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Cody Ziglar Volume 1: Trial by Spider
Written by Cody Ziglar. Art by Federico Vicentini.
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022 series) #1-5

Marvel’s Voices: Spider-Verse
Written and art by various.

Note: This is an anthology one-shot that features a Miles Morales story by Vita Ayala, Alberto Alburquerque.

Carnage Reigns

Note: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022 series) #6-7 are part of the Carnage Reigns crossover with Carnage (2022 series).

Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Cody Ziglar Volume 2: Bad Blood
Written by Cody Ziglar. Art by Federico Vicentini and Partha Pratim.
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022 series) #8-12

Note: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022 series) #10-11 are good background for Marvel’s big vampire-themed comic book event, Blood Hunt. Issue #12 is a prelude to Gang War event.

OPTIONAL: Miles Morales plays a part in Ultimate Invasion. This is a four-part miniseries that helps set up the new Ultimate Universe that launched in late 2023 and continues to launch in 2024. I’m putting it as optional as it doesn’t play into current Miles Morales stories and it doesn’t set up any new Miles Morales stories – either in the main Marvel Universe or the newly established Ultimate Universe.

Ultimate Invasion
Written by Jonathan Hickman. Art by Bryan Hitch.
Collects: Ultimate Invasion #1-4

OPTIONAL: Another option read is Strange Academy: The Deadly Field Trip. This is one of baton-relay style crossovers, where the story moves from one character to another each issues. Miles Morales appears in the first chapter. If you’re curious by Strange Academy, then you might be interested in this. Otherwise, you can skip it if you want.

Strange Academy: The Deadly Field Trip
Written by Carlos Hernandez and Skottie Young. Art by Juann Cabal, Alvaro Lopez, Guiu Vilanova, Ze Carlos, Vasco Georgiev.
Collects: Strange Academy: Miles Morales, Strange Academy: Moon Knight, Strange Academy: Amazing Spider-Man, and Strange Academy Presents: The Death of Doctor Strange

Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Cody Ziglar Volume 3: Gang War
Written by Cody Ziglar. Art by Federico Vicentini, Federica Mancin, and Iban Coello.
Collects: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022 series) #13-16 and Giant Size Spider-Man (2024) #1

Note: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022 series) #13-16 tie into the Gang War, a Spider-Man event that brings in Miles Morales and many street-level heroes. Giant-Sized Spider-Man (2024) #1 is a extra-sized one-shot that has Miles Morales face Venom (a.k.a Dylan Brock, Eddie Brock’s son). It also reprints Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #22.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #17
Written by Cody Ziglar. Art by Partha Pratim.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #17 is a Gang War Fallout issue, focusing on Miles Morales after the event. Miles needs a rest but one of his most dangerous villains is out to get him.

Web of Spider-Man (2024 one-shot) #1
Written by Zeb Wells, Cody Ziglar, Steve Foxe, Alex Segura, and Greg Weisman. Art by John Romita Jr, Ed McGuinness, Greg Land, and others.

Gang War might’ve just concluded but Marvel is already teasing big new stories. Web of Spider-Man #1 is a one-shot that teases upcoming Spider-Man (plus other members of the Spider-Family) that you’ll be reading in 2024 and into 2025.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022 series) #18

Note: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022 series) #18 is the 300th issue in terms of legacy numbering. (Miles inherited the numbering from the original Ultimate Spider-Man series.) As a result this is issue is 76 pages instead of the standard 32.

Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022 series) #19 onwards

Note: Miles Morales (2022 series) is still ongoing and there will be more issues announced and released in the future. The guide will be updated when more information is made available.

The Spectacular Spider-Men #1 onwards
Written by Greg Weisman. Art by Humberto Ramos.

Note: The Spectacular Spider-Men is an ongoing team-up series between Peter Parker and Miles Morales. Greg Weisman was a writer on the fan-favourite Spectacular Spider-Man animated series and Humberto Ramos has drawn heaps of Spider-Man comics in the past – especially in the late 2000s and 2010s.

Other Miles Morales Comics

Caught up on everything Miles Morales? Here are a few that other comics that don’t fit into the Ultimate Universe or Main Marvel Universe material.

What If…? Miles Morales
Written by Cody Ziglar, John Ridley, Anthony Piper, and Yehudi Mercado. Art by Paco Medina, Farid Karami, Edgar Salazar, and Luigi Zagaria.
Collects: What If…? Miles Morales #1-5

What If…? Miles Morales, features what if situations where he takes on the role of other Marvel heroes.

• What If…? Miles Morales #1 – What if Miles was Captain America?
• What If…? Miles Morales #2 – What if Miles was Wolverine?
• What If…? Miles Morales #3 – What if Miles was The Hulk?
• What If…? Miles Morales #4 – What if Miles was worthy to posses the power of Thor?
• What If…? Miles Morales #5 – This issue sees the above versions of Miles come together

Peter Parker & Miles Morales – Spider-Men: Double Trouble
Written by Mariko Tamaki and Vita Ayala. Art by Gurihiru.

Peter Parker & Miles Morales – Spider-Men: Double Trouble is a 4-part limited series that will run between November 2022 and February 2023. As you can guess from the name, it features Peter and Miles teaming up for a fun misadventure.

Scholastic/Marvel Collaboration Graphic Novels

Marvel don’t have the best track record when it comes to making comics that appeal to the current generation of kids. As a result, they’ve outsourced their all-ages graphic novels out to Scholastic. As part of this collaboration, Miles has his own graphic novels, which you can see below.

Miles Morales: Shock Waves
Written by Justin A. Reynolds. Art by Pablo Leon.

Miles Morales: Stranger Tides
Written by Justin A. Reynolds. Art by Pablo Leon.

While the Marvel-published comics cater to a ten/adult audience, the Scholastic graphic novels are perfect for younger readers.

Miles also appears in Avengers Assembly, which features an ensemble cast alongside Squirrel Girl and Ms. Marvel.

Avengers Assembly: Orientation
Written by Preeti Chhibber. Art by James Lancett.

Avengers Assembly: The Sinister Substitute
Written by Preeti Chhibber. Art by James Lancett.

Avengers Assembly: X-Change Students 101
Written by Preeti Chhibber. Art by James Lancett.

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