Civil War 2 Reading Order

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• As I make my way through this Order, I have now encountered some of the little spoilers and ordering errors SiFL mentioned in his comments above and I want to propose some changes in my feedback so that some spoilers and some continuity errors can be erased or diminished at least:

  - Ms.Marvel #9 - #11 should be read after Captain Marvel #8 and not before,
  (Reason [BEWARE OF SPOILERS]:
  In Captain Marvel #8 you can see Ms.Marvel (and Spider-Miles) working in the Capt. Marvel Team and loving it, they are really excited to do good for the Predictive Justice-Cause. The development in the Ms. Marvel comics shows that Kamala begins questioning Predictive Justice because some of her closest friends get locked up for things that they did not even think of. In the further development Ms. Marvel decides and shows that Predictive Justice can be manipulated and changes sides so that she is then on the side of Iron Man. I think seeing Kamala questioning the good cause of PJ and then again seeing her be that happy in about the work she does FOR it, is an error and should be corrected)

  - Venom Space Knight #11 & #12 should be read after Guardians of the Galaxy #11
  (Reason [again minor SPOILER warning]: In Venom #11 we see Venom is on Earth doing his thing. But in GotG #11 we see that he is in Space with the Guardians and they decide to fly back to earth on the request of Captain Marvel, what they do in this Issue. You can cleary see the continuity-error here. It is minor, but should be corrected because it reduces the reading experience.)

  Mockingbird #8 should DEFINITELY be read after the Trial of Hawkeye, I assume it is "Civil War II: The Accused", haven't read it yet unfortunately
  (Reason: The Phantom Rider spoils the outcome of the Trial to Mockingbird near the end of the Issue, which is a MAJOR spoiler and made me a little bit angry because seriously, if you make a reading order you have to watch out for this....there is a whole One-Shot-Tie-In for that Trial and it is an important part of the Main Series and the outcome gets spoiled in a very minor Tie-In ...NO GO (in that case I can understand SiFL's commentary in some way). I think there could be Users here who leave because of such Errors in the Reading Order. (So Rant finished, sorry))

  That's it for now, I still have one in mind but I have to be sure in which Civil War Issue the fact is released ( I think it is #4) and then I can propose changes!
  And again, this is no major critcism, I just want to help you make your Orders even better and more appealing. "To Err is human" ;-)

  • TL;DR
    Suggested Moves:
    (Reason: Continuity (Chronology) - Errors)
    - Ms. Marvel #9 & #10 after Captain Marvel #8 (best directly before Ms.Marvel #11)
    - Venom: Space Knight #11 & #12 after Guardians of the Galaxy #11

    (Reason: Major Spoiler)
    - Mockingbird #6 - #8(yes the whole arc) after Civil War II: The Accused #1
    (Explanation to why it is best moving the whole arc: Bobbi Morse shows up (and is part of) Agents of SHIELD #8 - #10, she can't be on a cruise, then with the agents and then again on the ship, makes no sense)

    • Order updated per this quality feedback. Thank you!

• Will there be any other updates to this list? Or is it safe to say it's complete?

  • Barring any feedback, it's complete.

• I just read Guardians of the Galaxy #17 and I feel like thats a Civil War II aftermath tie in as well. well, the whole arc kind of is but yea. it ends (SPOILER) with gamora in a cell and the following issue shes just chillin with angela lol. idk

• hi I was just wondering which way you meant it when you said 'Unless you’ve been reading International Iron Man (and it’s Bendis and Maleev, so there’s ample reason'. Highlight on 'there's ample reason'. I was just wondering whether you meant theres ample reason to be getting it or ample reason to not be getting it?

  • I like the creative team of Bendis and Maleev, so it was meant as a compliment. The series doesn't really tie into Civil War 2 very effectively, but if you just want to read it on your own, I'd understand :)

• Thank you Dave for ALL you do!!! You make catching up on Marvels a lot easier. I've been using your reviews, lists and suggestions for the past 3 years or so while trying to make up for nearly 40 years away from Marvel. Between you and Wiki and Marvel itself, it been a fun mostly-mapped journey ... with fun sidetrack adventures!

  One question on Civil War II: Is it OK to read the graphic novels in the list/order you give, or better to go from the story-by-story list? Or wait three to six months from now and tackle it all then? There's so many options on things I can/want to do: I still haven't read the House of M series; just wrapping up all the Infernos, and think I need more Uncanny X-men before tackling Wanda's Biggest Moment.

  Impossible to do everything chronologically, but it's been fun watching the Marvel Universe grow and shrink, get ugly and get awesome. Feel like Kang time-hopping...

  Keep up the great work, Sir! I'll be somewhere around here...

• These lists are very handy indeed.

  Dave - Would it be possible to maybe include an excel file of the lists for download? Would serve as an awesome checklist when collecting the multiple books in the storyline.

• These order lists are usually put together very well. This time around, though... We get how a dude's power works before anyone scans him. A huge death before the character actually dies. One of the younger heroes working with one side AFTER they'd said they were done with it. A huge battle on the news before it breaks out.

  I guess I'm lucky that I think the whole event has been pretty bad. Because there are more, and some of these misfiles are kind of a big deal.

  • Are you talking about errors in the event itself or in this particular reading order ?

    If you are talking about the order:

    Maybe you should point out the Errors so that Dave can look at them and correct them...

    • Yeah! Eff that guy! Probably just read Totally Awesome Hulk 9 out of order like a jackass. BOOO! Let's throw snakes! I don't even care that Hawkeye being acquitted is at the end of Mockingbird 8, that was OBVIOUS and reading the one issue out of order would be stupid just for that! Frankly, I'd blame Marvel for all that Ulysses's-powers-are-just-a-stupid-percentage-based-thing-missorder. Just another case of some stupid little topic getting spread around a constantly mismatched and tardy release schedule. That first poster is a JERK! Whoever THAT guy even is... Keep up the good work guys!

• Bro,Is the last issue in the order supposed to be New Avengers #18 or Uncanny Avengers #18?

• The final event issue has been added to the Civil War 2 reading order, and I've processed all the feedback here and applied as necessary.

  Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions and help!

  There's an aftermath one-shot to come but for now...

  Civil War 2 is finished!

  • So, mid-June should see the last of this available on Marvel Unlimited, by my reckoning?

• 28.12.2016:
  Civil War II #8
  Uncanny Avengers #18 (AFTERMATH)

  And then... we'll have to wait until 25 JANUARY for the Civil War II: The Oath release!

• So when will this event be complete? End of the year? Because I'm eager to read it, I just want to read it in the best order possible.

  • Civil War II is as good as done. The final issue, Civil War II #9, is released December 28. The tie-ins are also just a small number anymore. I think it'll be over when we hit 2017. It does seem so that the first comic after Civil War II is Uncanny Avengers, as #15 has a "Civil War II Aftermath" stamp. Also, Inhumans vs. X-Men is getting started in earnest halfway into December, so as that is the next Marvel event, Civil War II should be done within weeks.

• Contest of Champions #9 was just released on Unlimited and it has a Civil War cover, but I don't see it on your list anywhere. Should it be in there somewhere?

  • Yes it has a "Civil War" on the Cover but I think it is no Tie-In for this event (which is Civil War [b]II[/b]).
    It is rather a Tie-In to the first Civil-War, because the Cover has the same style-art as the Tie-Ins from that Event.

• Dave,

  Are you going to add Thunderbolts #6 and Uncanny Avengers #16, as those are direct follow ups to their previous Civil War II bannered issues?

  • Additionally, same goes for New Avengers #18.

• When are you going to update? ????

• Hey Dave,

  I know International Iron Man #4 was a very very very loose tie-in and #5 & #6 weren't even tie-ins at all.

  But Comixology lists International Iron Man #7 as well as The Astonishing Ant-Man #11 as Tie-Ins to Civil War II!

  It is ok if you dont want to list them here because there is no official "Civil War II" - Tag on the cover but could you tell me/us here in the comment-section where/when to read it, more accurate after which "Civil War II" - Issue?

  Thanks in Advance, keep up the great work!

  • I meant, where/when to read both (Iron Man and Ant-Man) each for itself. I wrongly wrote "it"