10 Comics You Must Read Before Spider-Man: Far From Home

If The New World According To Peter Parker is a story that details incomprehensible tragedy via the point of view of Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Blue would be the other side of that very same coin. A poignant and heart-rending story of the web-slinger coming to terms, at long last, with one of his most defining and important failures, the death of Gwen Stacy.

Far From Home is looking as if it will be taking great care to emphasise the grief felt by Peter Parker following the death of his mentor and father figure, Tony Stark, and for his tendency to lose as many fights as he wins, Spider-Man has never really been given many stories where the more complex themes that come with his losses and short-comings have been explored. Spider-Man: Blue, then, was a refreshing if hard-to-read story.

Told via tape recordings made by Peter Parker on a "blue" feeling Valentine's Day, Spider-Man: Blue - while also retconning certain details about his rogues' gallery and re-contextualising the mythos of Kraven The Hunter - is primarily a story about love, and pushing through the darkest hours that are experienced by even the most strong-willed of people.

A hero beloved for his perseverance and tenacity, Spider-Man: Blue is a emotional reminder why Peter Parker remains one of the greatest superheroes, and it seems as if the story's more mature themes will go hand-in-hand with similar ideas in Far From Home.