In the year 2000, Marvel launched the Ultimate Universe, reinventing Spider-Man and his mythos for a new millennium! Now, the first three years of Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley’s fan-favorite, award-winning take on the webslinger are collected in one oversized volume! Relive Peter Parker’s early days as Spider-Man, learning to fight crime by trial and error as he struggles to balance his new life with the demands of high school: puberty, homework and dating! Even with the help of his best friend Mary Jane Watson, Peter has a heavy load to bear. But the neophyte Spider-Man is making enemies left and right—including the Green Goblin, the Kingpin, Doctor Octopus, Kraven the Hunter and the maniacal Venom—and unless he can rise to the occasion, Spidey may not survive until prom! COLLECTING: Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) 1-39, 1/2

Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley continue their sensational, 21st-century reimagining of the world’s greatest super hero! As life gets ever more complicated for Peter Parker, Spider-Man faces off against an explosive new teenage villain, has another run-in with the infamous Kingpin of Crime and meets the Black Cat—a curvaceous jewel thief who will complicate Spidey’s career and Peter’s love life! But nothing can prepare him for the moment that the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Kraven the Hunter and Sandman unite. That’s five of Spider-Man’s deadliest foes…so who will be the final member of the Ultimate Six?! Plus, Peter goes Hollywood for Spider-Man: The Movie! Spidey teams up with Wolverine and the Human Torch! And prepare for the Ultimate Universe’s shocking version of Carnage! COLLECTING: Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) 40-71, Ultimate Six (2003) 1-7

Mark Bagley concludes his record-breaking ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN collaboration with Brian Michael Bendis! But before they're done, they pit Peter Parker against a host of updated versions of classic Spidey rogues - including the Hobgoblin, Hammerhead, Morbius, Scorpion and…Omega Red?! But will the mercenary Silver Sable be friend or foe? And how about Deadpool?! Meanwhile, Peter Parker has a new Kitty Pryde of the X-Men! But what does that mean for his friendship with Mary Jane? And it's all building to the most shocking story of the Ultimate Clone Saga! Peter's life is turned upside down in an epic that introduces the all-new, all-different Spider-Woman! Daredevil tries to enlist Spidey to join Moon Knight, Shang-Chi, Iron Fist and Doctor Strange in taking down the Kingpin, permanently! Collecting ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (2000) #72-111 and ANNUAL #1-2.

With new artistic collaborators, Brian Michael Bendis shakes up the Ultimate Spider-Man's world! The Green Goblin escapes from prison - and he wants Peter Parker dead. Can Spidey's friends help him fend off the Goblin's vengeance-crazed attack? Meanwhile, one of Peter's classmates makes a startling discovery: She's a mutant! But when family secrets come to light, she may be forced to join Magneto's Brotherhood! Then symbiotes return - and as Venom takes on Carnage, Gwen Stacy's life hangs in the balance! And life will change forever when Magneto issues a terrifying Ultimatum and unleashes a tidal wave on Manhattan. Amid the chaos, villains see opportunity - and the up-and-coming Mysterio targets Spider-Man for elimination by any means necessary! Will a sinister imposter damage Peter's life beyond repair? Collecting ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (2000) #112-133 and ANNUAL #3, ULTIMATUM: SPIDER-MAN REQUIEM #1-2, and ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN (2009) #1-15.