Highlights
- A fan has created a comprehensive timeline of all the games and comics in the Marvel's Spider-Man universe, including tie-in comics and novels.
- The timeline helps players figure out the chronological order of the media and provides a helpful tool for catching up on the full story before the release of Spider-Man 2.
- Spider-Man 2 will continue the story of Peter and Miles, picking up certain plot threads from the previous games and potentially referencing the tie-in comics.
A fan’s updated timeline puts all the games and comics from the Marvel’s Spider-Man universe in full chronological order ahead of Spider-Man 2’s upcoming release. Back in 2018, famed Ratchet and Clank developer Insomniac put its own spin on the Marvel Comics mythos with Marvel’s Spider-Man, which told the story of a seasoned Peter Parker as he encounters new versions of his deadliest foes and struggles with the physical and emotional toll of his never-ending mission to protect New York City.
Marvel’s Spider-Man earned high praise and record-breaking sales figures thanks to its open-world gameplay and clever writing, spawning an entire series in the process. 2020’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales continued the first game’s story, highlighting the titular Brooklyn teenager as he comes into his own as a capable superhero in his own right - but this isn’t the end of Insomniac’s growing Marvel gaming universe. In true Marvel fashion, there have been several tie-in comics that fill the gaps between the games, and the Peter Parker of Earth-1048 was even featured as part of 2018’s Spider-Geddon crossover event.
With all of these different games and tie-in comics, it can get challenging to figure out what media comes first in the Marvel’s Spider-Man continuity, but CanadianWaffleHouse has put together a full timeline encompassing nearly every story in Insomniac's superhero universe so far. This comprehensive timeline includes the Hostile Takeover prequel novel, the Velocity series that features Peter’s unlockable Velocity Suit from the first game, and even the recent prequel comic for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
There are a few omissions to CanadianWaffleHouse’s Spider-Man game universe timeline though, which they explain in the post. The Marvel’s Spider-Man: City At War and Black Cat Strikes comics are just retellings of the first game and its City That Never Sleeps DLC, and the Insomniac Peter Parker’s recent cameo in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was just that - a cameo.
The story of Peter and Miles is set to continue in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which will launch as a PlayStation 5 exclusive in October. Certain plot threads from the first two Insomniac Spider-Man games, such as the emergence of Venom in the Insomniac universe, will be picked up in Spider-Man 2, and the sequel could include references to the tie-in Marvel’s Spider-Man comics as well. This makes CanadianWaffleHouse’s timeline a helpful tool for players looking to catch up on the full story of Marvel’s Spider-Man in time for its next pulse-pounding chapter this fall.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launches on October 20 for PlayStation 5.
