Following 2015’s Secret Wars mega-event, the Marvel Universe relaunched with an All-New All-Different lineup of comics and rosters.
Although this means a whole bunch of new #1 issues, and new comic book series titles, the reality is that this Marvel Universe very much follows the continuity determined during Marvel NOW!, with a few Secret Wars influenced updates and changes.
Below I’ve put together an order of story arcs sorted according to character group and theme. This will help you navigate all the comics published during the first wave of All-New All-Different Marvel, prior to crossover events like Avengers: Standoff, X-Men: Apocalypse Wars, and Civil War II.
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The ‘Trade Reading Order’ is my recommended order, and also includes issue numbers for Marvel Unlimited readers. You’ll also find the first 3 months of All-New All-Different Marvel Comics releases, according to Marvel’s publication calendar in the ‘Issue by Issue’ order.
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Note for Marvel Unlimited readers that many of these relaunched series share names with previous Marvel series, sometimes launched in the same year (see: Duck, Howard the, or Squirrel Girl, The Unbeatable). The easiest way to ensure you’re starting with the right #1 issue is to look for a release date from October 2015 and after.
Enjoy the comics!
Previously: Secret Wars (2015)
All-New All-Different Marvel Trade Reading Order
Rage of Ultron
Although released during 2015’s Secret Wars, the Rick Remender and Jerome Opena graphic novel, Rage of Ultron, is set after the events of Secret Wars are complete. You can read my full review of the graphic novel here.
Invincible Iron Man Vol. 1: Reboot
(Invincible Iron Man #1 to #5)
The first arc of Invincible Iron Man is one of the most directly connected post-Secret Wars comic in the All-New All-Different Marvel lineup. Definitely start here.
Ultimates: Omniversal Vol. 1: Start With the Impossible
One of my absolute favorite All-New All-Different comics, and perhaps the best cosmic explanation of what happened to the Marvel Universe after Secret Wars.
Avengers Comics
All-New All-Different Avengers Vol. 1: The Magnificent Seven (All-New All-Different Avengers #1 to #6)
Uncanny Avengers: Unity Vol. 1: Lost Future
New Avengers: A.I.M. Vol. 1: Everything is New
A-Force Vol. 1: Hypertime
Inhumans Comics
Uncanny Inhumans Vol. 1: Time Crush (Uncanny Inhumans #0 to #4)
All-New Inhumans Vol. 1: Global Outreach
Ms. Marvel Vol. 5: Super Famous
Karnak Vol. 1: The Flaw in All Things
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol. 1: BFF
X-Men Comics
All-New X-Men: Inevitable Vol. 1: Ghost of the Cyclops
Extraordinary X-Men Vol. 1: X-Haven
All-New Wolverine Vol.1: The Four Sisters
Uncanny X-Men: Superior Vol. 1: Survival of the Fittest
Wolverine: Old Man Logan Vol. 1: Berzerker
X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever
X-Men ’92 Vol. 1: World is a Vampire
Spider-Man Comics
Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide Vol. 1 (Amazing Spider-Man #1 to #5)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Vol. 1
Spidey Vol. 1: First Day
Flashback!
Spider-Gwen Vol.1: Greater Power
Silk Vol. 1: Sinister
Spider-Woman: Shifting Gears Vol. 1: Baby Talk
Carnage Vol. 1: The One That Got Away
Spider-Man 2099 Vol. 3: Smack to the Future
Web Warriors of the Spider-Verse Vol. 1: Electroverse
Spider-Man/Deadpool Vol.1: Isn’t it Bromantic
Solo Avengers (And Doctor Strange)
Doctor Strange Vol. 1: The Way of the Weird
Scarlet Witch Vol. 1: Witches’ Road
Deadpool: World’s Greatest Vol. 1: Millionaire With A Mouth
Listen, I don’t feel any better about including Deadpool among the solo ‘Avengers’ than you do, but this is the All-New All-Different way of things!
Deadpool & Cable: Split Second
Mighty Thor Vol. 1: Thunder in Her Veins
Captain America: Sam Wilson Vol. 1: Not My Captain America
The Astonishing Ant-Man Vol. 1: Everybody Loves Team-Ups
Hawkeye Vol. 6: Hawkeyes
Mockingbird Vol. 1: I Can Explain
The Totally Awesome Hulk Vol. 1: Cho Time
Hercules: Still Going Strong
Vision Vol. 1: Little Worse Than A Man
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 1
Deadpool & the Mercs For Money Vol. 0: Merc Madness
Marvel Cosmic
Groot
Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard Vol. 1: Emperor Quill
Drax Vol. 1: The Galaxy’s Best Detective
Contest Of Champions Vol. 1: Battleworld
Nova Vol. 1: Burn Out
Legendary Star-Lord Vol. 3: First Flight
Venom: Space Knight Vol. 1: Agent of the Cosmos
Silver Surfer Vol. 4: Citizen of Earth
Guardians of the Galaxy: Guardians of Infinity
Rocket Raccoon & Groot Vol. 1: Tricks of the Trade
Marvel No Labels
Starbrand & Nightmask: Eternity’s Children
Squadron Supreme Vol. 1: By Any Means Necessary!
Red Wolf: Man Out of Time
Angela: Queen of Hel: Journey to the Funderworld
Howling Commandos of SHIELD: Monster Squad
Black Knight: The Fall Of Dane Whitman
Weirdworld Vol. 1: Where Lost Things Go
Marvel Street-Level, But Also Squirrels and Ducks
Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 1: Chinatown
Illuminati: Life of Crime
Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! Vol. 1: Hooked On A Feline
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 3: Squirrel, You Really Got Me Now
Howard The Duck Vol. 1: Duck Hunt
Gwenpool, the Unbelievable Vol. 1: Believe It
Power Man and Iron Fist Vol. 1: The Boys are Back in Town
Moon Knight Vol. 1: Lunatic
Daredevil/Punisher: Seventh Circle
The Punisher Vol. 1: On the Road
Event Reading Orders
Next: Avengers Standoff!
Next: X-Men Apocalypse Wars
Avengers Comics Part 2
All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol. 2: Family Business
Note that issues #7 and #8 are Avengers Standoff tie-ins included in the event reading order above.
Uncanny Avengers: Unity Vol. 2: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Uncanny Avengers issues 7 and 8 are part of the Avengers Standoff reading order above.
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 2
Deadpool: World’s Greatest Vol. 2: End of an Error (Deadpool 3.1, Deadpool #6 to #7)
A-Force Vol. 2: Rage Against the Dying of the Light
Only issues #5 to #7 occur prior to Civil War 2.
Vision Vol. 2: Little Better Than a Beast
Black Widow Vol. 1: S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Most Wanted
The Astonishing Ant-Man Vol. 2: Small-Time Criminal
Doctor Strange Vol. 2: The Last Days of Magic
See below for the unexpected connections to Deadpool comics.
Deadpool: World’s Greatest Vol. 3: Deadpool Vs. Sabretooth (Deadpool #8 to #12)
Deadpool: World’s Greatest Vol. 4: Temporary Insanitation
Deadpool: The Last Days of Magic #1 can be read prior to Doctor Strange #8. Additionally, Deadpool #13 is actually a 4 issue crossover that includes Deadpool #13, Daredevil #7.1, Power Man and Iron Fist #4.1, and Deadpool #13.1
Scarlet Witch Vol. 2: World of Witchcraft
Scarlet Witch #9 is a Civil War 2 crossover.
Vote Loki
Mighty Thor Vol. 2: Lords of Midgard
Doctor Strange Vol. 3: Blood in the Aether
Spider-Women
Reading Order: Spider-Women Alpha #1, Spider-Gwen #1, Silk #7, Spider-Woman #8, Spider-Gwen #8, Silk #8, Spider-Woman #7, Spider-Women Omega #1
Inhumans Comics Part 2
Uncanny Inhumans Vol. 2: The Quiet Room
All-New Inhumans Vol. 2: Skyspears
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol. 2: Cosmic Cooties
X-Men Comics Part 2
Wolverine: Old Man Logan Vol. 2: Bordertown
Wolverine: Old Man Logan Vol. 3: The Last Ronin
Spider-Man Comics Part 2
Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide Vol. 2 (Amazing Spider-Man #6 to #11)
Carnage Vol. 2: World Tour
Spider-Gwen Vol. 2: Weapon of Choice
Silk Vol. 2: The Negative
Spider-Man 2099 Vol. 4: Gods and Women
Gwenpool, The Unbelievable Vol. 2: Head of M.O.D.O.K.
Web Warriors of the Spider-Verse Vol. 2: Spiders Vs.
Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide Vol. 3 (Amazing Spider-Man #12 to #15, Annual #19)
Amazing Spider-Man: Worldwide Vol. 4
Next: Spider-Man: Clone Conspiracy
Spidey Vol. 2: After-School Special
Still flashback issues!
Marvel Cosmic Comics Part 2
Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard Vol. 2
Drax Vol. 2: The Children’s Crusade
Nova: The Human Rocket Vol. 2: Afterburn
Contest of Champions Vol. 2: Final Fight
Legendary Star-Lord Vol. 4: Out of Orbit
Venom: Space Knight Vol. 2: Enemies And Allies
Marvel Street Level Comics Part 2
Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 2: Supersonic (Daredevil #6 to #9, Annual #1)
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 4: I Kissed a Squirrel and I Liked It
Howard the Duck Vol. 2: Good Night, and Good Duck
The Punisher Vol. 2: End of the Line
Road to the Road to Civil War 2
International Iron Man Vol. 1
Note that the Bendis & Maleev Iron Man crosses over with Civil War II during issue #4, so you should only read the first three issues prior to the mega crossover event!
Captain America Vol. 1
Only issues #1 to #3, and Free Comic Book Day 2016 #1 occur prior to Civil War II.
Captain Marvel Vol. 1: Rise of Alpha Flight
Some of the developments in Captain Marvel will have been seen more clearly in the first Ultimates volume, but I like Captain Marvel as more of a lead-in to Civil War II, as Carol is one of the major players.
Ultimates: Omniversal Vol. 2: Civil War II
Ultimates Vol. 2 collects issues #6 to #11. Only #6 should be read prior to Civil War II (it’s an important one!), and then issue #7 is included as a ‘Road to Civil War II’ tie-in.
Civil War 2
Next: Civil War II
X-Men Comics Part 3
Extraordinary X-Men Vol. 3: Kingdoms Fall
All-New X-Men: Inevitable Vol. 3: Hell Hath So Much Fury
Uncanny X-Men: Superior Vol. 3: Waking From the Dream
Next: Inhumans vs. X-Men
All-New All-Different Final Comics
Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! Vol. 2: Don’t Stop Me-Ow
Hellcat #8 is a Civil War 2 tie-in.
Daredevil: Back in Black Vol. 3: Dark Art
The Astonishing Ant-Man Vol. 3: The Trial of Ant-Man
Next: Marvel Now 2.0
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Where does Avengers No Surrender fit between?? These lists help SO much. YOU ROCK!!
Just getting to see your all-encompassing site and it is QUITE impressive. I’ve been reading Marvel comics off and on for 50 years – primarily 60’s and 70’s stuff. I’m familiar with the existence of most of the ensuing story arcs, etc but have only dabbled (House of M, Secret Wars, etc)…
My question: aside from My Marvelous Year, how might I get a solid re-entry into the reading of all of the great books / story lines? I see you have Reading Orders – does that necessarily mean that all of the comics cited in the Reading Orders are worth reading on some level? Or are Reading Orders meant just to be completist lists of every issue published?
I ask because very often I don’t notice any issues being excluded for reading in these Reading Orders.
Or is it just me?
I started reading Avengers Disassembled from 2004 and worked through the major events but found myself reading all the major and some minor issues chronologically in between. Before I got to Secret Wars I realized I also needed to read the Ultimate universe stuff and found that to be really good as well. Bendis is a beast.
You have Guardians of Infinity 1-6 mentioned here… and then never again. There’s 2 more books in that series.
Oh, and I can’t find any reference to Moon Knight 6-9. Is that here somewhere and I can’t find it?
You also have A-Force 5-10 before Civil War II, and then also include some of those same comics during Civil War II…
So.. in the All New, All Different reading order, you have the Spider Clone event before Civil War II. But when you click on the Spider Clone event, it says Civil War II happened previously…
So…. which is it?
Is there a lightweight reading guide for this era like there was for the previous 2? I loved that approach since it allowed me to read the things that really impacted the Marvel universe and then follow up on must reads and personal favorites.
Where does Death of X fall into the reading order?
Is there a specific Marvel Unlimted reading order starting after Secret Wars?
Hi, firstly thanks for the work you’re putting in.
I was just wondering if the reading order was more about publication date rather than the stories chronological order?
I can only really comment on the X-Men section as i am reading both team comics and solos (I’m only reading team comics for avengers) but All New Wolverine (#1-6) should be read before the story arc of All New X-Men (#1-6) and Old Man Logan (#1-4) should be read before Extraordinary X-Men (#1-6).
Are you planning on being more detailed with it or are you just going to leave them as ‘Trade Reading Order’?
Don’t mean to sound ungrateful just got used to being spoon fed the correct reading order from your other pages.
Youre missing illuminati 1
Hi! You have A-Force vol. 1 as #1-#5, but I think it’s just supposed to be through #4. Along with that, the series is never brought up again in the list, so I’m not sure when I would be supposed to read them. Just letting you know in hopes of fixing it!
The series is not brought up again ’cause…
First: There is only one Collected Volume, which is #1-#6(not 1-5).
Second: #8 is already a Civil War II Tie-In.
I was wrong. Checked out again and you’re right… It’s #1-#4. I guess you could just read #1-#7.
Hey Dave,
Great guide and all, as usual, your guides really got me into comics. I was just wondering, I know this era is a good jumping point, and since it’s currently being released I thought I’d read a few issues. The only thing is, I expect to read some marvel NOW stuff eventually, escpecially hickman’s run and secret wars. What I wanted to know is if this aproach would be too spoiler heavy
How much of this new series/relaunches are actually relevant to the new Marvel U as a whole? The Mockingbird, Carnage, Hellcat and Squirrel Girl series don’t feel like they’re part of a bigger whole. Please correct me if I’m wrong about this.
Although Hellcat isn’t relevant, it’s one of the best series ongoing atm.
Hi, I didn’t know where to ask this but… When does the free comic book day dead no more Spider-Man prelude and the civil.war 2 Spider-Man miniseries take place chronology in the amazing Spider-Man comics? Thanks!
To be clear, I haven’t read anything yet of this period of Marvel comics. I’m waiting for a definitive reading order before doing so. However all that I have written above is from wiki searches and a couple of hours in the nearest comic book store flicking through some comics. But back to your question.
Dave might disagree on it, and if so we’ll be hearing it, but I think the answer to your question is as follows. Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 and 2 (#1-18) are before Civil War II and there for before the Spider-Man Civil War II miniseries. Also before CWII but maybe during ASM #1-18 he is running around with Deadpool in Spider-Man/Deadpool, Vol. 1 (#1-6) and has a quest spot in All-New Inhumans, Vol. 2 (#5-9). ASM #19 might be the first after Civil War II. But lets wait for Dave’s blessing on this.
The FCBD issue Captain America: Steve Rogers/Amazing Spider-Man is a continuity knot. The Cap part is set before Captain America: Steve Rogers #1 and before Civil War II. The Spidey story, though, is a prelude to the upcoming Marvel event Dead No More, which will launch after Civil War II in the latter part of 2016. So that story isn’t connected to anything yet, and just like FCBD 2015’s Avengers #1 is a look ahead into the future of Marvel comics. Meaning Spidey will survive Civil War! Who knew? Right?
Message for Dave: Any idea where Avengers #1 is to be read in conjunction with All-New, All-Different Avengers? Thanks in advance.
Hopefully this is an answer to your question, Trevor!
Ok, thanks!!!
I assume this list is still very much under construction. So here are a few things from me you might look into some more. But I guess you are already doing that.
– Gwenpool’s first appearance is in Howard the Duck #1, so shouldn’t she be grouped after Howard the Duck, Vol. 1? Also, Doctor Strange pops up in one of her comics, so maybe that gives us a hint on if it is set before or after Doctor Strange, Vol. 2.
– In the Amazing Spider-Man & Silk: Spider(Fly) Effect Infinite Comic, which isn’t listed anywhere yet, Silk is already in Black Cat’s gang. Meanwhile Spider-Man doesn’t seem to use his “glowing” suit yet, so this might indicate that this is before Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1 and after Silk, Vol. 1?
– Doctor Strange, Deadpool, and Power Man and Iron Fist have a bit of a continuity knot.
> Deadpool: Last Days Of Magic takes place after Doctor Strange #7, Deadpool #12 takes place after Doctor Strange #8.
> Deadpool #13 is a crossover issues, including: Deadpool #13, Daredevil #7.1, Power Man and Iron Fist #4.1, Deadpool #13.1. So this splits up Daredevil, Vol. 2 and Power Man and Iron Fist, Vol. 1.
– Uncanny Inhumans, Vol. 1 features Spider-Man, so this may be after Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 1?
– Scarlet Witch, Vol. 1 apparently adds Uncanny Avengers Annual #1, does this make sense?
– The original graphic novel Rage Of Ultron is set in the eight months between Secret Wars and All-New, All-Different, correct?
What story line is created by New Avengers 7? I don’t see it listed here and am so confused by it, 1-6 is a story than 7 starts a fun thing w the maker then boom into Standoff? I hope you can explain thanks.
New Avengers #7 leads into the Avengers Standoff event – link included for ‘Next’ steps after ANAD.
ANAD? What’s that? I can’t seem to see it on the reading list…
All-New All-Different… ANAD.