Spider-Verse was one of the biggest Spider-Man stories in quite a while. It did, after all, pack in every spider-themed hero in the entire Marvel Multiverse, so it was a pretty big deal.
If you want a deep dive into Spider-Verse, then read this. That’s where I gave a primer on Spider-Verse and gave my thoughts on if it worked or not. For the next several hundred words is simply to share with you the new characters that Spider-Verse gave us.
The Main Characters from the Spider-Verse Event
While there were dozens more spider-themed characters in Spider-Verse, perhaps the last notable one was May “Mayday” Parker, the character created by Tom DeFalco in 1998 as the teenage daughter of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, who first appeared in a What If? comic. She later had her own ongoing comic book, Spider-Girl. After the events of Secret Wars, she’s now swinging around the 616.

Marvel comics are confusing, never more so than today, as they attempt to launch and relaunch titles at a furious pace. But I tried to do right by you and give you a look at some of the fresh Spider-Man titles that you can pick up today in your local comic shop, even if I fully admit I get confused by Marvel myself and may have mixed up what tiles are currently running.
Dan Slott had a historic run on The Amazing Spider-Man, which still stars Peter Parker, but ‘ole Pete has some wonderful new characters who are trying to use their great power with great responsibility. And the current run on Amazing Spider-Man is excellent. It’s a great time to be a Spider-Man fan.
Spider-Verse is collected in a hardcover. You can get that huge volume plus the Edge of Spider-Verse preview together for about $60 on Amazon. That might seem like a lot, but it’s a skull-crusher of a story and well worth it. I binged it on Marvel Unlimited, which I highly recommend.