Comic Book Herald

A Comic Book Reading Order Guide For Beginners & Fans

Comic Book Herald Reading Orders

Click the following link if you're looking for the CBH Marvel Reading Order. Otherwise, enjoy a smattering of comic book reading orders below!

Emma Frost Reading Order!

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Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, Emma Frost was the White Queen of the Hellfire Club. She initially opposed the X-Men, but soon we started learning more about her and how much she cares about children. After that, Emma began to change sides and have a more friendly relationship with the X-Men and the New Mutants.

Emma is a deep character and she is often said to be one of the most interesting characters in the X-Men universe. She has been part of many acclaimed stories over time, like the New X-Men run by Grant Morrison, Generation X, and the now publishing Krakoan age that started with Hickman’s House of X & Powers of X. [Read more…] about Emma Frost Reading Order!

Emiko Queen (Red Arrow) Reading Order!

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Created by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino, she was introduced as Emiko Lacroix, the daughter of Komodo, an enemy of Green Arrow. Later she found out she was Oliver’s half-sister, and then she decided to start being his partner.

Emiko found out more about herself and became a hero, assuming the mantle of Red Arrow. She saved Star City alongside Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Arsenal. After that, she leaves them and joins the Teen Titans as Robin’s right hand. You can currently catch her in Teen Titans Academy and in the “Dark Crisis” event. [Read more…] about Emiko Queen (Red Arrow) Reading Order!

Manifold (Eden Fesi) Reading Order!

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Eden Fesi, the hero Manifold, is an indigenous Australian mutant created by Jonathan Hickman, Brian Michael Bendis, and Stefano Caselli. He is a universal shaper – in other words – he talks to space, and when he asks for something, you can pretty much consider it done. At first, he trained under Gateway, but Daisy Johnson soon recruited Eden to be part of her team, the Secret Warriors.

Eden has also had adventures with the Avengers and was an important part of the team, while Hickman was the writer from 2012 to 2015. [Read more…] about Manifold (Eden Fesi) Reading Order!

Shadow King Reading Order!

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Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, Shadow King is a psychic entity that feeds on fear and rage. It needs hosts to survive outside the astral plane; the most well-known is Amahl Farouk, the first person it ever possessed, but a lot of other characters had their bodies used by it, like Psylocke, Karma, Moira, Legion, and even Black Panther.

It first met Professor X before the X-Men were even created. After that encounter, Shadow King swore revenge against him. While Professor’s dream is to live peacefully with others, the evil entity known as the Shadow King feeds on hatred and the shadows in people’s souls. Their confrontations are always interesting to see because of that. But the evil entity also has interesting face-offs with other characters, like Storm and the New Mutants.

Now, Farouk is living in Krakoa with most other mutants. Vita Ayala wrote a great arc centered around him in the current New Mutants run. His future isn’t certain yet, but I’m sure we can expect exciting things. [Read more…] about Shadow King Reading Order!

Bone Universe Comics Reading Order!

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Jeff Smith’s Bone is one of the greatest success stories of the 90’s self-publishing comics movement, and my third favorite graphic novel of all time. Bone straddles the remarkably difficult line of status as one of Time Magazine’s 10 best graphic novels, and as the franchise that launched Scholastic’s Graphix imprint in 2005, driving the boom of all ages and young readers comics that dominates the marketplace today.

In short, Bone is an all-time classic, and frankly a bit of a miracle.

Like a lot of readers getting into comics, I first read Bone as part of the giant all-in-one-volume that collects the entire story, all 55 issues that ran from 1991 to 2004, in one glorious reading package. Again, although I loved it, it didn’t occur to me until years later (as I sat down with the chance to interview Jeff Smith) that there was more to enjoy in the Bone Universe. Fortunately, there’s a nice array of supplemental story around the original Bone saga, and I’ll outline these stories and where they fit in context below. [Read more…] about Bone Universe Comics Reading Order!