The Ultraman and Spider-Man crossover manga is officially moving toward its ending.
Artist Tomo Hirokawa shared on X that Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man will wrap up with its fifth compiled volume. The manga is written by Shigenobu Matsumoto, with Tsuburaya Productions, in cooperation with Shinji Oishi, credited for the original story.
According to Hirokawa, the next chapter will begin the material that makes up the final volume. So if you’ve been following this one weekly, yep — we’re now entering the endgame.
A short but interesting crossover run
This manga is part of a bigger Ultraman x Marvel push that has been going on over the past few years. Viz Media teamed up with Tsuburaya Productions and Marvel to release Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man, bringing together Japan’s iconic silver giant hero and Marvel’s friendly neighbourhood wall-crawler.
The series first launched on the Viz Manga app in August 2024, while Shogakukan also began publishing it in Japan that same month. New chapters have been released every Tuesday. Viz Media later shipped the first print volume in July 2025.
For Malaysian and SEA readers, this is the kind of crossover that makes a lot of sense culturally. Ultraman has been part of the region’s childhood TV DNA for decades, while Spider-Man is basically one of the most universally recognised superheroes on the planet. Put them together and you get something that hits both the tokusatsu nostalgia crowd and the Marvel fandom crowd.
Why SEA fans should care
A five-volume finish is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, for readers here who prefer collecting physical manga or waiting for a full run before jumping in, this makes the series a much cleaner pickup. Instead of committing to a long-running title with no clear endpoint, fans now know this is a compact story.
That matters if you’re buying imports or tracking English releases through Viz. Manga collecting in Malaysia can get pricey once shipping, availability, and exchange rates come into play, so a shorter completed series is easier to recommend — especially for fans who just want a fun crossover without needing a huge shelf commitment.
It also makes the manga easier to pitch to casual fans: Ultraman meets Spider-Man, five volumes, done. Simple.
Part of a larger Marvel x Ultraman crossover wave
This wasn’t the only Marvel and Ultraman collaboration. Marvel also worked with Tsuburaya Productions on Ultraman x Avengers, a four-issue comic mini-series that launched in August 2024.
Before that, Tsuburaya Fields Media & Pictures Entertainment announced in June 2023 that Marvel Comics and Tsuburaya Productions were developing a crossover comic mini-series featuring Ultraman alongside three Avengers. The preview artwork at the time featured Ultraman with Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Captain Marvel.
So while Ultraman: Along Came a Spider-Man is ending, it still sits inside a bigger experiment: bringing Japanese tokusatsu icons into the superhero comic/manga space in a way global fans can access more easily.
For SEA fans, especially those who grew up with Ultraman on TV and later got pulled into Marvel through the MCU, this crossover lane is honestly pretty natural. Not every crossover needs to run forever. Sometimes a tight, five-volume ride is enough.
Source: Anime News Network