Reddit reviews Spider-Man: Return of the Black Cat

Return of the Black cat. It was the first time we saw her since Brand New Day started and (I think if memory serves me right) the Marvel Knights Spidey series.

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https://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Return-Black-Joe-Kelly/dp/0785138684

New Scarlet Spider, Kaine, gets his origins in the original Clone Saga, but I wouldn't call it required reading. I'll link to the trade paperbacks on Amazon, but I'll call out the issue numbers if you plan on collecting it in singles.

You can probably jump right into the current (and now cancelled) Scarlet Spider title with no problem honestly, but if you want to get the total current run, his modern reappearance starts in Amazing Spider-Man 608-610. 608 has a pretty decent recap of the Clone Saga anyways (and I say that as someone who still has the original Clone Saga in floppies).

After that he plays a pretty big role in Grim Hunt(Amazing 634-637), and then Spider Island(Amazing 666-673).

That's what leads into the 2012 Scarlet Spider series (in single issues, it's Scarlet Spider 1-25, Point One, and Superior Spider-Man Team Up #2; in trades it's Scarlet Spider Volumes 1-4, and Minimum Carnage, which collects Scarlet Spider 10-12, as well as a couple of Venom issues and the titular Carnage one-shots it crossed over with; read it between SS Volume 2 and 3).

After that series ends, his adventures picks back up in the 2014 New Warriors series. Volume One is out now, Volume Two comes out next month.

I started from J. Michael Straczynski's run on The Amazing Spider-Man and straight through Superior to now. Here's the reading order of J. Michael Straczynski to Big Time:

• Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection, Book 1 (collecting AMS vol. 2, #30-45)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-Ultimate-Collection-Book/dp/0785138935/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1412858993&sr=8-4&keywords=amazing+spider-man+by+jms
  
  
• Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection, Book 2 (collecting AMS vol. 2, #46-58; Amazing Spider-Man #500-502)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-JMS-Ultimate-Collection/dp/0785138943/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
  
  
• Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection, Book 3 (collecting AMS #503-518)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-JMS-Ultimate-Collection/dp/0785138951/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
  
  
  
• Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection, Book 4 (collecting AMS #519-528; Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1-4; Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19-22)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-JMS-Ultimate-Collection/dp/078513896X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_z
  
  
• Amazing Spider-Man by JMS Ultimate Collection, Book 5 (collecting AMS #529-545; Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24; Sensational Spider-Man #41)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-Ultimate-Collection-Book/dp/0785138978/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
  
  
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Vol. 1 (collecting AMS #546-551; Free Comic Book Day 2007: Amazing Spider-Man; Venom Super Special #1)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Brand-New-Day-Vol/dp/078512845X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412859490&sr=1-1&keywords=spider-man+brand+new+day
  
  
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Vol. 2 (collecting AMS #552-558)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Brand-New-Day-Vol/dp/0785128468/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
  
  
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Vol. 3 (collecting AMS #559-563)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Brand-New-Day-Vol/dp/0785132422/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z
  
  
• Spider-Man: Kraven's First Hunt (collecting AMS #564-567)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Kravens-First-Marc-Guggenheim/dp/0785132430/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1PECDWKJMK0CSC91BRTN
  
  
• Spider-Man: New Ways to Die (collecting AMS #568-573)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-New-Ways-Dan-Slott/dp/0785132449/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0F83QKBSVC3K2HGBCY9R
  
  
• Spider-Man: Crime and Punisher (collecting AMS #574-577; "Death of a Wise Guy" from Spider-Man: Brand New Day - Extra!! #1)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Crime-Punisher-Zeb-Wells/dp/0785134174/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1QESJRKA46KTC3B8M4QD
  
  
• Spider-Man: Death and Dating (collecting AMS #578-583, Annual #35)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Death-Dating-Mark-Waid/dp/0785134182/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
  
  
• Spider-Man: Election Day (collecting AMS #583-588; "Black and White" from Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #2; "With Great Responsibility Comes Great Power" from Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #3; "Gettysburg Distress" from Presidents' Day Celebration #1)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Election-Day-Marc-Guggenheim/dp/0785134190/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0M680NBFE1VSSRGJ6PTP
  
  
• Spider-Man: 24/7 (collecting AMS #589-594; "Birthday Boy" from Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #2)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-24-Fred-Van-Lente/dp/0785134204/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=13Q8Z1Z8J02K050KSX2T
  
  
• Spider-Man: American Son (collecting AMS #595-599; "Nice Things" from Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #3)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-American-Son-Joe-Kelly/dp/0785140832/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0263Y3F47GNY5SVPPEC9
  
  
• Spider-Man: Died in Your Arms Tonight (collecting AMS #600-601, Annual #36; "Just an Old Sweet Song" from Amazing Spider-Man Family #7)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Died-Your-Arms-Tonight/dp/0785144854/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=16ZEYFXWXQXBYQS55A4V
  
  
• Spider-Man: Red-Headed Stranger (collecting AMS #602-605)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Red-Headed-Fred-Van-Lente/dp/0785138692/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZV0RZFH4QB32T1T8TS2
  
  
• Spider-Man: Return of the Black Cat (collecting #606-611; "Echoes" from Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #1)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Return-Black-Joe-Kelly/dp/0785138684/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1SKDCR7FV2FENPC43AWA
  
  
• Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Book 1 - Electro and Sandman (collecting AMS #612-616; Dark Reign: The List - Amazing Spider-Man; "Origins: Electro" from Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #2)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Gauntlet-Vol-Electro-Sandman/dp/0785138714/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1FYM85KEFNYVS019SWBZ
  
  
• Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Book 2 - Rhino and Mysterio (collecting AMS #617-621; "Origins: Rhino" from Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #3; "Origins: Mysterio" from Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #4)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Gauntlet-Vol-Rhino-Mysterio/dp/0785138722/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=08MTTJFRZKR1V30AGCNG
  
  
• Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Book 3 - Vulture and Morbius (collecting AMS #622-625; "Origins: Vulture" from Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #5)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Gauntlet-Vol-Vulture-Morbius/dp/0785146121/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=067V3YMN8DNQK9854QGD
  
  
• Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Book 4 - Juggernaut (collecting AMS #229-230, 626-629)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-The-Gauntlet-Vol-Juggernaut/dp/0785146148/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
  
  
• Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Book 5 - Lizard (collecting AMS #630-633; Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #6)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-The-Gauntlet-Vol-Lizard/dp/0785146164/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1WV4APRVGM83YTP6GPTD
  
  
• Spider-Man: The Grim Hunt (collecting #634-637; the Grim Hunt Digital Prologue; the "Loose Ends" story from Amazing Spider-Man Extra! #3 and Gauntlet Origins: Kraven from Web of Spider-Man vol. 2, #7)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Grim-Hunt-Joe-Kelly/dp/0785146180/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0YAYC1092ZF1T6RBBYKD
  
  
• Spider-Man: One Moment in Time (collecting AMS #638-641)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Moment-Time-Joe-Quesada/dp/0785146202/ref=pd_sim_b_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0477052AA9CP2SF700ME
  
  
• Spider-Man: Origin of the Species (collecting AMS #642-647)
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Spider-Man-Origin-Species-Mark-Waid/dp/0785146229/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0G9WSN56V9RN3K2M5K17