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Ant-Man Reading Order!

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Keeping up with Ant-Man will take you on a journey through Avengers history. Although he’s a founding Avenger, Ant-Man (Hank Pym) never had quite the same resonance as an Iron Man or Thor, meaning his solo series are few and far between.

Nonetheless, this makes the Ant-Man reading order experience pretty fun, as you dive through different eras of Marvel history, and see how Ant-Man has impacted the Avengers.

The below guide includes chronology for all versions of Ant-Man, or anyone using Pym Particles to alter their size for the greater good. As such, you’ll find Hank Pym, Scott Lang, Bill Foster, and even Eric O’Grady on the list. [Read more…] about Ant-Man Reading Order!

X-Men Chronology: Paul Cornell’s first Wolverine run

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When Paul Cornell returned to Marvel, it was with a pitch that would transform Wolverine’s life.  With the benefit of hindsight, this series began an arc that would culminate in Wolverine’s death; and yet, when you read through interviews from the past few years, you don’t get the sense that this was always as inevitable as it now seems.  Cornell’s aim was not to kill Wolverine, but rather to change his status quo; to introduce an element of ‘threat’ to Wolverine’s life that had always been missing. [Read more…] about X-Men Chronology: Paul Cornell’s first Wolverine run

Gambit Reading Order Part 5: Mid-2000s to the Present Day

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It all began when a reader wrote in asking for a chronology of the X-Man called Gambit.  What followed took me from the Claremont era through the Rogue romance of the ‘90s, with Gambit’s secret ties to Sinister revealed in Uncanny X-Men #350.  In the years that followed, he redeemed himself and even led an X-team on occasion.

And then everything changed. [Read more…] about Gambit Reading Order Part 5: Mid-2000s to the Present Day