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Acts of Vengeance Reading Order

Marvel’s ‘Acts of Vengeance’ is nearly the publisher’s first linewide crossover event (different from crossovers like Atlantis Attacks or Evolutionary War that stuck to Annual issues), applying a never before seen super villain team-up to all Marvel Comics from late 1989 into early 1990.

Unlike later Marvel events, there isn’t much to the core story of ‘Acts of Vengeance,’ but instead it’s a conceptual look at Marvel heroes versus villains they hadn’t faced before, or that typically fell out side their rogues gallery. So for example, we see Spider-Man vs. Graviton, Daredevil vs. Ultron, and the Incredible Hulk vs. the Grey Gargoyle.

There is a fair amount of flexibility with Acts of Vengeance, as the stories often stand alone, simply tied together by the villains conspiring against the heroes. In many ways, Acts of Vengeance is the spiritual predecessor to Marvel’s Dark Reign.

Acts of Vengeance Trade Reading Order

Acts of Vengeance Omnibus

Acts of Vengeance Crossovers

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Acts of Vengeance Issue by Issue Reading Order

Note that the reading order below is based on comics available in Marvel Unlimited as of August 2016. I’ve bolded and italicized the most essential issues like so.

Iron Man #250

This ‘Acts of Vengeance’ labeled issue actually fits in best with the Iron Man and Doctor Doom Camelot trilogy, and will make more sense if you’ve also read Iron Man #149 to #150.

Thor #410

Avengers #311

Captain America #365 to #366

Thor #411 to #412

Fantastic Four #334

Wolverine #19 to #20

Amazing Spider-Man #326

Spectacular Spider-Man #158

Web of Spider-Man #59

Uncanny X-Men #256 to #258

Uncanny X-Men is less essential to Acts of Vengeance, but represents some substantial changes for the X-Men.

Hulk #363

Amazing Spider-Man #327 to #328

Fantastic Four #335 to #336

Iron Man #251 to #252

Daredevil #275 to #276

Avengers #312

Web of Spider-Man #61

Captain America #367

Avengers West Coast #54

Avengers #313

Avengers West Coast #55

 

 

 

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  1. Jana says

    May 19, 2020 at 7:03 am

    Hi,
    I really like your guides, thank you very much.
    I currently read acts of vengeance on MU and I realised, that this guide could be updated. The reading list for acts of vengeance on MU contains additional comics and I tired to find out where they would fit in. So I did a bit of “research”. I copied your list and looked at the wikipedia entry for acts of vengeance. Then I checked on MU which of the issues are available and added them to your list approximately fitting the wikipedia-reading-order (that deviates from your order from time to time) or your reading order.

    I also learned that the core issues of this event have an “acts of vengeance” banner, the tie-ins have “acts of vengeance” in the corner. I also learned, that Iron Man #250 is not part of the event. The banner on this issue is an error. But I really liked the camelot-triology and I think it kind of fits. So, here is my updated list (partly copied from above and updated, according to availability on MU). Core issues are marked with *

    Iron Man #250
    [This ‘Acts of Vengeance’ labeled issue actually fits in best with the Iron Man and Doctor Doom Camelot trilogy, and will make more sense if you’ve also read Iron Man #149 to #150.]

    *Thor #410 (this issue does not have the banner, but I think it belongs to the core)
    *The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger #8
    New Mutants #84 – 86
    *Damage Control #1
    *Avengers #311
    *Captain America #365 – 366
    *Thor #411 to #412
    *Fantastic Four #334
    Wolverine #19 – 20
    The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger #9
    Amazing Spider-Man #326
    Spectacular Spider-Man #158
    Web of Spider-Man #59
    Power Pack #53
    Uncanny X-Men #256 – 258
    [Uncanny X-Men is less essential to Acts of Vengeance, but represents some substantial changes for the X-Men.]
    Incredible Hulk #363
    Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8-9
    Doctor Strange #11 – 12
    *Fantastic Four #335 to #336
    Amazing Spider-Man #327
    Spectacular Spider-Man #159
    Web of Spider-Man #60
    Doctor Strange #13
    Marc Spector: Moon Knight #10
    Alpha Flight #79 – 80
    *Iron Man #251 – 252
    Daredevil #275 – 276
    Avengers West Coast #53
    Amazing Spider-Man #328
    Spectacular Spider-Man # 160
    *Avengers #312
    Web of Spider-Man #61
    The Punisher (vol. 2) #28-29
    Punisher #12 – 13
    The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak & Dagger #10
    *Captain America #367
    *Avengers West Coast #54
    *Quasar #6
    *Avengers #313
    *Avengers West Coast #55
    Amazing Spider-Man #329
    *Damage Control (1989) #2 – 4
    Web of Spider-Man #64 – 65

    Silver Surfer #33 is a parody, the corner is: “Acts of Idiocy”

    Have fun 🙂
    Jana

    Reply
  2. Steve says

    October 1, 2019 at 12:54 pm

    I seem to recall an issue of Punisher (maybe War Journal?) where Dr. Doom attacked him.

    Reply
  3. Joel says

    August 13, 2016 at 5:54 pm

    Where exactly do Iron Man 250-252 sit in this order? There’s a few other comics part of the event that aren’t on this list, but as far as I can tell Iron Man is the only series on MU.

    Reply
    • Dave says

      August 13, 2016 at 9:26 pm

      Good call, now added!

      Reply
  4. Michael says

    August 12, 2016 at 9:37 am

    Excited to read this! Not seeing Spectacular Spider Man 158 in Unlimited though.

    Reply
    • Dave says

      August 12, 2016 at 10:05 am

      Ah, yeah, you’re right, that’s a miss on MU! Web of Spider-Man should provide the relevant context clues at least.

      Reply

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