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HII just discovered your blog. Spider-noir’s appearance in spider verse + your blog has captivated me lol and because you are a master in all things spider-noir I was wondering if you could help recommend me a reading order for the comics and where would I read them on. Thank you in advance!! (p.s. I love reading your analysis your brain is HUGE)

Ok ok, first: Thank you!!! I love this character and trust I got a lot more to say, and the fact that people enjoy that always makes me happy!

Now reading order: Ok for any comic book character this can be tricky. Cause there tends to be a lot of crossover between different comics. I do plan to eventually have a full reading order list posted for each character in the spiderverse movies but it’s very difficult, because of the way the spiderverse/spidergeddon comics are set up, to focus on one specific character. Luckily for noir his comics start outside of spidergeddon, so you’re not being thrown into a complicated storyline right out the gate.

His first run is Spider-Man Noir#1-4. His second run is Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without A Face #1-4. I personally plan to eventually buy the comics because I reference them so much, but currently I just 🏴‍☠️. The easiest way is to just type in the issue you want and then ‘read free online’. The pop up ads are pretty bad on some sites so be warned.

After these comics is when it gets tricky, and eventually I’ll have a full post detailing his specific appearances but until I get that concrete timeline down I’d recommend starting with these, especially if you don’t want to read all of spidergeddon. It’s also worth mentioning that there is a pretty big time jump from these comics to all the ones after. Like we are way past WW2 by the second group of comics. There is a lot(by a lot I mean me and a couple of mutuals) of discourse about characterization, narrative direction, and storyline changes in the new ones compared to the old ones. It doesn’t feel like the same character and a lot of things don’t make sense or don’t add up when looking at the old and new comics as one cohesive story. And it would be wrong to put someone on these comics without a massive trigger warning for a bunch of stuff, especially in Eyes Without A Face. There are a lot of heavy topics and they aren’t always handled well or even at all, and it can definitely be triggering, so read with caution. Below the cut I’ll do some actually trigger warnings if you feel like you might need it.

Trigger Warnings:

(This list might not be complete but this is what immediately comes to mind)

Ableism(mostly by the narrative), blood/gore, body horror, cannibalism, death, drug abuse, drug overdose, general disturbing imagery, general violence, gender violence, gun violence, homophobia, lobotomy, medical violence and malpractice, Nazis, racial violence, racism, SA, and suicide.