SpideyTorch Comic Recommendations

Whether you're just getting into the ship or just looking for more Spideytorch in canon, here's a list of comics where they particularly spark. (Originally posted here @ tumblr: http://traincat.tumblr.com/post/123691883369/so-ive-only-recently-gotten-into-spidertorch.)

Marvel 616

Amazing Spider-Man #1: Their first meeting, if you count Peter breaking into the Baxter Building to be a show-off as a meeting.

Amazing Spider-Man #3: Johnny gives a talk at Peter’s school about the importance of never giving up, which Peter, having just suffered his first real defeat, finds incredibly inspiring. This is probably the nicest they are towards each other for ages.

Strange Tales Annual #2: Johnny and Peter somewhat reluctantly team up to nab an art thief and clear Spider-Man’s name. This introduces a lot of what would become classic for them: the sky-written messages, the meetings at the Statue of Liberty and, of course, the bickering.

Amazing Spider-Man #8: Second half of the issue, Peter crashes a swingin’ teen party at Johnny’s girlfriend’s house and decides to show off by … making a bat out of webs and attacking them. Then they fling insults at each other on the beach. The early days were rough.

Amazing Spider-Man #21: When the Beetle kidnaps Johnny’s girlfriend Dorrie Evans, he and Spider-Man team up (by which I mean: squabble and hurl things at each other) to save her.

Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual 1996: The one where Peter asks Sue out on a date to annoy Johnny, Sue agrees to annoy Reed, and Johnny’s car gets destroyed.

Marvel Team Up #1-3: #1 features Peter and Johnny trying to find Sandman, only to end up tied back-to-back in a trap. Also, it’s a Christmas issue! (It’s possible that I’m the only one who gets super excited over Christmas/wedding issues, but hey.) In #2, Peter gets mind-controlled and Johnny tries to free him with the power of their friendship. Issue #3 is less shippy, but on the other hand it does feature vampires.

Marvel Team Up #39: The cover promises you a dramatic attempt by Johnny to rescue Peter, but like fifteen pages inside Johnny’s been kidnapped and stuffed into a glass-top coffin, about to be ransomed off to the highest bidder, and Peter’s in a stolen suit demanding to inspect the merchandise. I don’t know what else to say, honestly. Canon.

Marvel Team Up #121: Johnny and Peter don’t so much team up as get into a fight about taking down Speed Demon, who they succeed in stopping primarily because Johnny gets hurt and Peter flips out.

Marvel Team Up #133: I almost didn't put this one on here because there's a Twist, but there's enough touching that I'm counting it anyway.

Marvel Team Up #147: Johnny is brainwashed into a mindless drone. Peter, while thinking about how much Johnny inspires him, basically infuriates him out of it.

Fantastic Four #207: Peter investigates Security College, where Johnny is being used as a pawn without his knowledge. “Take a look, Blondie. Don’t you photograph well?”

Amazing Spider-Man #258: Peter enlists Reed’s help uncovering the origins of his black costume, and then gets a costume makeover courtesy of Johnny.

Web of Spider-Man #76: Johnny and Peter join forces in the middle of a blizzard to stop a painter with supernatural powers. “He’s already married – he’s a rotten dancer – and he smokes in bed!”

Fantastic Four #362: Peter leads Johnny on a chase through Manhattan in an attempt to take his mind off his recent divorce.

Fantastic Four #372: After being forced to go Nova on the ESU campus Johnny finds himself running scared from both the authorities and a pair of vengeful Skrulls. Peter tries, unsuccessfully, to find and help him.

Spider-Man Unlimited #5: In a throwback to Strange Tales Annual #2, Johnny and Peter team back up again years later when the art thief they foiled comes back for revenge. I love this one because it really demonstrates that between the two of them, it’s ironically Johnny with the cooler temper.

Sensational Spider-Man #28: With a multimillion dollar bounty on his head, Peter finds himself cycling through several new costume identities. Johnny wants to talk to one of them about Spider-Man. Canon identity porn upon identity porn.

Fantastic Four v3 #9: Peter and Johnny’s reunion post-Heroes Reborn features them bantering on rooftops, trying to figure out what you do with a Highlander, and finding a teleporting puppy for Johnny’s nephew Franklin.

Spider-Man/Human Torch #1-5: These are all worth reading, but I especially recommend #3, which features the Spider-Mobile, superpowered Russian monkeys and both of them talking about how much their relationship means. If you only read one comic off this list, Spider-Man/Human Torch #3 should be it. #5 is also great, and has my favorite secret identity reveal of all time.

Spider-Man/Fantastic Four #1-4 (Silver Rage): An invasion force transforms all non-powered humans into alien hosts. A fun four issue teamup between Peter and the FF, featuring a lot of cute Johnny and Peter moments.

Fantastic Four #512-13: Johnny enlists Peter’s help to try and figure out how to deal with being a social pariah. Peter manfully resists strangling him. Have you ever seen that panel of Johnny yelling “I HAVE NO PANTS!”? This is where that’s from.

Spider-Man and the Human Torch in… Bahia de los Muertos!: A great oneshot where Johnny and Peter are the only ones on hand to deal with an island monster, Peter continues to be the world’s worst driver and Johnny demonstrates his talents with body heat.

Amazing Spider-Man #590-91: After One More Day/Brand New Day, Spider-Man’s true identity was wiped from everyone’s minds, including the Fantastic Four. During a team-up, Johnny starts to feel like something’s wrong.

Amazing Spider-Man Digital #17: A oneshot where Johnny and Peter teamup to steal back Johnny’s alleged sex tape. Afterwards Johnny asks Peter back to his so they can watch it together. Someone is reading this and thinking I’m making that up, or reading too close between the lines, but no. This is a real comic that really happened. Marvel buried this on their Marvel Unlimited comics subscription to hide the truth.

Amazing Spider-Man #600: Johnny and Peter banter a lot, fight some octobots and Peter wears an oversized FF hoodie. Good times. Also, Aunt May gets married!

Amazing Spider-Man #657: Takes place after Johnny’s “death” in the Negative Zone. Peter and the remaining three members of the Fantastic Four late night reminisce about Johnny. Heartbreaking and lovely.

Fantastic Four #600-605: Johnny’s return. 600 features Whatever Happened to Johnny Storm, the story of what went down with Johnny in the Negative Zone. It’s a great read that’s haunted me for like four years, but warning for bugs and some serious body horror. Not super big on the JohnnyPeter content, but there are a lot of great little moments.

FF #17: The infamous roommates issue, aka Johnny cooks breakfast for Peter while wearing just his underwear and a sassy apron. Other stuff happens but honestly: Johnny cooks breakfast for Peter in his underwear.

Amazing Spider-Man #680-81: Roadtrip to space! Lovely anonymous above has read this one, but I’m sticking it on the list for anyone who hasn’t. A perfect two issues of action, banter, feelings, angst and Friday.

Amazing Spider-Man #2 (2014): After Peter’s return from the dead, he and Johnny meet up at their usual place so Johnny can offer both advice and a gift.

Fantastic Four v5 #12: Peter teams up with Johnny’s other bff, Wyatt Wingfoot, to throw an intervention for recently de-powered and depressed Johnny. Features some gentle touching and the line “the guy we love.”

Fantastic Four v5 #14: Peter acts as a depowered Johnny’s personal taxi service, swinging them around the city as they try to save the Fantastic Four.

Fantastic Four #642: Don’t let the renumbering confused you: this is the issue directly after FF v5 #14. Featuring more of Peter carting Johnny around, and Johnny rescuing his niece Valeria.

Amazing Spider-Man #3 (2015): After the events of Secret Wars, Peter sets up Parker Industries New York headquarters. Johnny has some words about that, and Peter has a surprise.

Amazing Spider-Man #5 (2015): This is on the list sheerly because there’s a panel where Peter looks like a supervillain and Johnny looks like the supervillain’s concerned yet resigned spouse.

Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #1: The time Johnny Storm was canonically naked in Peter Parker’s bed.

Ultimate Marvel

Ultimate Spider-Man v1:
68-69: the meeting! Johnny very briefly attends Peter’s high school, which ends about as well as Johnny and school usually does. Mostly he fanboys about Spider-Man. 98, 101-105: the identity reveal! Also, clones. 118-119: Beach date!!

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Basically the entirely of UCSM, but especially #1-6 aka Aunt May’s Home for Wayward Teens. But really, the whole of v2, culminating in The Death of Spider-Man.