A decade after Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s Civil War became the biggest Marvel event of the 2000’s, Marvel’s throwing hero against hero again for Civil War 2. Please note that all of the trade and comics reading orders below have been updated weekly, as new comics were released!
Previously: Secret Wars (2015)
Previously: All-New All-Different Marvel
Previously: Avengers: Standoff!
Civil War 2 Trade Reading Timeline
Invincible Iron Man: War Machines
Captain Marvel Vol. 2: Civil War II
All-New Wolverine Vol. 2: Civil War II
Ultimates: Omniversal Vol. 2: Civil War II
Ms. Marvel Vol. 6: Civil War II
Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man
Civil War II: The Totally Awesome Hulk
Civil War II: Uncanny Inhumans
Civil War II: Captain America Sam Wilson
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Vol. 2
Spider-Woman: Shifting Gears Vol. 2: Civil War II
Power Man and Iron Fist Vol. 2: Civil War II
Mockingbird Vol. 2: My Feminist Agenda
Guardians of the Galaxy: New Guard Vol. 3: Civil War II
Squadron Supreme Vol. 2: Civil War II
Squadron Supreme Vol. 3: Finding Namor
Uncanny Avengers: Unity Vol. 3: Civil War II
Civil War 2 Issue by Issue Reading Order
Dave’s Note: For those following along in real-time, new comics will be added in bold, italicized font (like so) the week of their release. Same goes for any changes made that week.
If you want to really be caught up, I recommend 1) Secret Wars and 2) Invincible Iron Man: Reboot
This reading order will continue to be updated as new comics are released, and as I read them to determine placement.
The Road to Civil War 2
Invincible Iron Man #6
Invincible Iron Man #7
Invincible Iron Man #8
Invincible Iron Man #9
Invincible Iron Man #10
All-New Wolverine #8
All-New Wolverine #9
Ultimates #7
It is highly recommended you read the first 6 issues of Ultimates prior to Ultimates #7. For starters, it’s one of Marvel’s best cosmic superteams in years, and Al Ewing and Kenneth Rocafort are crafting one of the absolute best post-Secret Wars comics. Perhaps more importantly for Civil War II, issue #7 isn’t going to make much sense without the background of Carol’s vision. You can grab the first collection of Ultimates #1 to #6.
Civil War #0
Civil War II Daily Bugle Newspaper
This is just a simple preview for the tie-ins that will be taking place during Civil War. It’s a free previews magazine, and not essential reading for the story.
Civil War II: Ulysses Infinite Comic #1
This issue was published after Civil War II #2, but after one issue I think it’s going to fit best shortly after Civil War II #0. Highly recommend this Infinite series for 1) Karnak and 2) some interesting uses of the digital Infinite format.
Civil War II: Ulysses Infinite Comic #2
Civil War II: Ulysses Infinite Comic #3
“All buckets are essentially the same bucket.” Infinite series from Al Ewing continues to excel.
Civil War II: Ulysses Infinite Comic #4
Civil War II: Ulysses Infinite Comic #5
Civil War II: Ulysses Infinite Comic #6
Ms. Marvel #7
Great issue as usual from the Ms. Marvel team. If you’ve never read Ms. Marvel, this is as good a time as any to check out one of Marvel’s best new character creations of the 2010’s
Civil War II Begins
Civil War II #1 – Note the super ultra tight continuity note below FCBD Civil War II below!
Captain Marvel #6
Free Comic Book Day Civil War II
If you want to get REAL tight with your continuity, Captain Marvel #6 and the FCBD Civil War issues both occur about 3/4 of the way through Civil War II #1. Read Captain Marvel #6 and FCBD Civil War II after Ulysses suggests the Inhumans contact the Ultimates – then go back to Civil War II #1 to finish!
Ultimates #8
Civil War II: Gods of War #1
New Avengers #12
Technically, you could stop Civil War II #1 at the 3/4 mark noted above, read Gods of War #1 and New Avengers #12, then read FCBD Civil War II, and then finish Civil War II #1. But that’s a lot of continuity work for not a lot of payoff, so I recommend you just read them after, aware that the majority of each issue occurs during Civil War II #1!
Sam Wilson Captain America #10
Captain America: Steve Rogers #4
Very loose tie-in, that simply will not make sense if you haven’t read Avengers Standoff and Captain America: Steve Rogers Vol. 1
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #1
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #2
Deadpool #14
Don’t bother with Deadpool #16 if you want comics actually tied in to Civil War II.
Don’t bother with Deadpool #17 if you want comics actually tied in to Civil War II.
Nova #8
Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! #8
Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #1
Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #2
Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #3
Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #4
Spider-Woman #9
Ms. Marvel #8
International Iron Man #4
This is the loosest of possible Civil War II tie-ins. Unless you’ve been reading International Iron Man (and it’s Bendis and Maleev, so there’s ample reason) I see no good reason to include this issue as part of Civil War II. By the time International Iron Man #5 rolls around were completely removed from Civil War II, so I’d advise against including.
The Totally Awesome Hulk #7
Important tie-in explaining the state of the Hulk if you haven’t been reading The Totally Awesome Hulk.
The Seeds of War
Civil War II #2
Uncanny Inhumans #11
Mosaic #6
Civil War II: X-Men #1
Captain America: Sam Wilson #11
Captain America: Sam Wilson #12
Captain America: Sam Wilson #13
Very strong first issue! Wilson Fisk is back in town.
Goodness H. Gracious the “Civil War II” title on this is misleading. Just a Hercules story from Dan Abnett and co.!
First Blood
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #3
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #4
You absolutely do not need this comic. I haven’t felt buyer’s remorse like this since I picked up Weezer’s “Make Believe” at Best Buy the day it came out.
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #5
Guardians of the Galaxy (2015-) #11
Very loosely tied to Civil War II, and will not make very much sense if you haven’t been following All-New All-Different Squadron Supreme from the beginning!
Sides are Chosen
Civil War II: The Accused #1
Ultimates #10 and #11 actually take place during Civil War II #4, in between panels starting on page 12. Your best bet is to simply read them together after Civil War II #4. Also, if it can’t be Jim Starlin every time, I’d like to nominate Kenneth Rocafort for all-time Thanos artist.
As observed by Troy in the comments below, Hulk #9 likely occurs during Civil War II #4, as opposed to strictly after the issue’s conclusion. I’d still read here in one larger chunk.
All-New, All-Different Avengers #13
All-New, All-Different Avengers #14
All-New, All-Different Avengers #15
2099 falls under the “barely a tie-in” category, unfortunately.
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #6
This is your friendly reminder that Deadpool has Bodiddly to do with Civil War II.
War
Captain America: Steve Rogers #5
Captain America: Steve Rogers #6
Final Battle
Aftermath
At the time of release (10.5), we really can’t say how far in advance the final issue in Bendis and Deodato’s Invincible Iron Man is meant to foreshadow. The cliffhanger ending is well executed enough, though, that you can plausibly read the issue here, essentially as it was published, and just know that something big is coming.
Captain America: Steve Rogers #10
This arc of Nick Spencer’s Steve Rogers will be included in Marvel NOW 2.0, but this issue in particular is a directly connected epilogue with Civil War II: The Oath.
Next: Marvel Now 2.0
Next: Secret Empire!
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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”
You are an unsung hero. I love these lists. I’m sure you’re working on it but if you could do something simple like a * before each comic that is a must read that would be fantastic. There is some comics I have no interest in reading and reading the whole of Marvel is too large a task for me. I would love to add these into a google doc. A lot of great organization things can be done there.
Hey Dave,
As always, I appreciate the order, however, I don’t think I really want to read everything in this crossover if I don’t have to. Do you think you might be able to do something like you did with Secret Wars, in which you rate each issue on a scale of 1-5 in terms of how important to the overall story it is? I would really appreciate it.
Dave,
I don’t mean to be a pest, I’m just commenting on this again in case you didn’t see the first comment or forgot about it. If you don’t want to do this don’t worry about it. However: I would like to clarify that the reason I asked for a 1-5 scale rating is that I would like to know how essential everything is, not just how related it is. In other words, I appreciate that you have noted the issues that aren’t really important at all, but the 1-5 rating would let me know which ones might be good but that are not essential. I don’t want to read the whole thing if I don’t have to. I would much rather only read the main event, the titles I already follow, and whatever else is truly impactful on the whole. So I would greatly appreciate a rating system like you did with Secret Wars, if you are willing.
Thanks,
Dan
I have an issue with the placement of All-New Wolverine Road to Civil War. Logan appeared in the climactic battle against the celestials which means the ANW #10-12 happens before [redacted] if I understand it correctly.
uh. spoiler alert.
Great work Dave! I can’t help but notice though, Agents of Shield 10 appears twice on this list now? I don’t know if that’s the only one where this has happened, but I thought I’d point it out
Oh, don’t worry, I made a mistake!
Uncanny Avengers #15 have a branding of “Civil War II Aftermath”, while Thunderbolts #5 and Invincible Iron Man #14 do not — is it truly supposed to precede all of them?
I notice that you’ve put Spider-Woman 11 from this weeks update way before Spider-Woman 10 in the chronology. Does it have flashbacks or something to make it out of sync with the rest of the series, or is that an error?
Good call, issue #10 is moving on up!
Updated! Feedback welcome for revisions, as always!
Sup Dave! 🙂
First and foremost thank you for the update. I can’t wait to read this weeks books! So hyped for the main books; the tie-ins are surprisingly good, too though. Many of them anyways.
Also: in case you didn’t notice my comment from earlier:
“Hey there. I just read Scarlet Witch #9 and was wondering if it was placed right since they’re just talking about the War Machine incident there. No word about what happened in Civil War II #3… Are you sure it’s supposed to be number 90 on this list?”
I may be wrong about this, but then again I could also be correct! 😀
Gonna go back to reading the fresh material from this week now. Take care!
Oh I forgot something: is there a way to create an account of some sort here? I noticed several people in the comment section rocking an avatar but couldn’t find a way to “sign up” to CBH. Am I just being dumb again?
Thanks for the feedback!
I think the avatars kick in if you have a wordpress account set-up. I’m not that advanced honestly, so don’t worry it’s not you 🙂
Hey Dave, what about International Iron Man #7 this week ?
As I mentioned, it does not have the tie-in Symbol on the Cover but it is called a Tie-In in the comic-description ?
Have you read it ? If not, are you gonna read it to see if it actually ties in ? (Just a friendly reminder from your friendly neighborhood reminder-seb 😉 )
The other International Iron Mans were far off from relevant tie-ins, so I’m writing off the series until proven otherwise. Personally, I’d avoid unless you’ve been reading the series anyway.
New Releases 21.09.2016 (Information provided are without guarantee):
Main Event Comics:
– Civil War II #5
– Civil War II: X-Men #4
– Civil War II: Choosing Sides #6
Tie-Ins:
– Power Man and Iron Fist #8
– Venom: Space Knight #12
– All-New Wolverine #12
– Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #9
– Guardians of the Galaxy #12
Possible Tie-In:
– International Iron Man #7 (No CWII Symbol on the Cover, but it is called a Tie-In in the description: http://marvel.com/comics/issue/55546/international_iron_man_2016_7)
Sorry ChubbySorcerer, your Info is not wrong but incomplete 😉
Heh. I guess I filtered the pulllist (https://pulllist.comixology.com/thisweek/) so that the limited series won’t show. Sorry for that and thanks for correcting my post. 🙂
CV II #5 is gonna be good I hope!
I was not correcting your post primarily, if you scroll up in the comments, you’ll notice that I do post the weekly releases for some weeks (month) now 🙂 (with a litte gap due to my vacation)
I think it will be good…but I am not quite there yet in the reading order…
Books being published on 21.09.16:
– Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #9
– All-New Wolverine #12
– Guardians of the Galaxy #12
– International Iron Man #7
– Power Man and Iron Fist #8
– Venom: Space Knight #12
6 tie-ins this week. I must say I honestly quite enjoy CV II so far. I even like most of the tie-ins. Wouldn’t have thought that when I started. I’ve read every book of this reading order so far.
Hey there. I just read Scarlet Witch #9 and was wondering if it was placed right since they’re just talking about the War Machine incident there. No word about what happened in Civil War II #3… Are you sure it’s supposed to be number 90 on this list?
You’ve probably got enough to do without someone badgering you about updating, so I just thought I’d tell you how great your lists are. I’ve used them for all of the events I’ve read, and they’re way better than any of the others I’ve seen. Keep up the amazing work, I’m happy to wait 🙂
New Releases 14.09.2016 (Information provided are without guarantee):
Main Event Comics:
– Civil War II: Gods of War #4
– Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #4
Tie-Ins:
– Mockingbird #7
– Uncanny Avengers #14
– Deadpool #18
– A-Force #9
– Uncanny Inhumans #13
– Spider-Man 2099 #15
– Spider-Man #8
– Rocket Raccoon & Groot #9
First of all, thank you for your great job on all your reading orders, I use them a lot!
I do have a question about this week’s placement though. Why do you think Iron Man 13 is so far in the future from issue 12? Is it because of the memorial for James Rhodes? To me it should just follow issue 12 since 13 starts when 12 ends.
Spider-Man #6 should definitely be moved after Civil War #1!
Reasons: Iron-Man mentions Ulysses and his ability in front of Miles but meets the new Inhuman (and gets to know about his ability) for the first time in CW #1!
Also he seems to acknowledge there are differences between him and Carol about using this ability and this is also developed in CW#1.
I’m back from my vacation and I continue my pre-posting of current weeks new releases so everyone knows about them before Dave does his placements…
so here we go:
New Releases 07.09.2016 (Information provided are without guarantee):
Main Event Comics:
– Civil War II: Ulysses #5
Tie-Ins:
– ANAD Avengers #14
– Invincible Iron Man #13
– Squadron Supreme #11
Spider-Man #7 takes place just before Civil War #3. It ends just before the events of that issue, and helps paint the scene IMHO.
Yeah I second this. Spider-Man #7 is just before CW#3 and is a great lead in.
What’s up with the Astonishing Ant-Man #11? Marked as a tie-in everywhere and confirmed as out, but absent from your version of this week’s releases…
Not really a tie in at all. There’s a note you should read before Civil War 2, which I can confirm.
Does International Iron Man #6 have anything to do with Civil War II? I know it doesn’t have the banner on it, but some sites are listing it as a tie-in.
These issues might not have the Civil War II banner, but they are sure connected. According to Marvel Wikia #7 will tie into Civil War II, so yes, they seem to be connected.
So this comment cost me $7. Nothing CW2 related in IIM#6
Yeah, International Iron Man is deliberately left off the guide. Do not recommend unless you’ve been reading regularly anyway.
So Deadpool, Captain America and Venom all had basically nothing to do with CW2. That’s a bit rude.
But having said that Captain Marvel is absolutely required reading. Even if you aren’t reading all of the tie-ins this one is an absolute must.
New Avengers had SFA to do with CW2 as well. What is up with this week?
It’s nuts. I’m used to loose connections for event tie-ins but this week is all-time insulting.
Spiderwoman #10 needs to move way down the list.
Way way down. Otherwise there’s major spoiler action going on. Jen is clearly doing all the investigation during all the other events.
Better move it before folks get grumpy!
Great catch, thanks!
Wow that are a lot new Comics for this reading order today, so bear in mind that Dave has to read them ALL to determine their placement! It could take some days before everything is placed accordingly!
New Releases 17.08.2016 (Information provided are without guarantee):
Main Event Comics:
– Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #3
– Civil War II: Choosing Sides #4
– Civil War II: Gods of War #3
– Civil War II: X-Men #3
– Civil War II: Ulysses #4
Tie-Ins:
– Mockingbird #6 (at long last, after several postponements)
– Power Man & Iron FIst #7
– The Ultimates #10
– Captain America: Sam Wilson #12
– AN Wolverine #11
– Spider-Woman #10
One-Shot:
– The Fallen (#1)
And because Marvel seems to postpone new Issues they post as new on their website for unknown reasons:
Source as of August 18th 2016: http://marvel.com/comics
New Releases 10.08.2016 (Information provided are without guarantee):
No Main Event Comics today 🙁
Tie-Ins:
– Scarlet Witch #9
– Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #8
– A-Force #8
– Spider-Man 2099 #13
– ANAD Avengers #13
One-Shot:
– The Accused (#1)
And because Marvel seems to postpone new Issues they post as new on their website for unknown reasons:
Source as of August 10th 2016:
http://marvel.com/comics?byZone=marvel_site_zone&options%5Boffset%5D=6&offset=0&options%5Blimit%5D=12&options%5BformatType%5D=issue&options%5BnoVariants%5D=true&options%5BdateDescriptor%5D=thisWeek&options%5BorderBy%5D%5B0%5D=issues.onsale_date+DESC&options%5BorderBy%5D%5B1%5D=issues.id+DESC&contentType=comic_issue&method=fetchByReleaseDate&options%5Boffset%5D=0&totalcount=17
Where you at Dave? How am I supposed to know if I should read ANAD Avengers or Scarlett Witch first??
Will typically take me at least the full day the comics are released to update (if not longer!). I’m only half animal part party machine.
Updated for this week!
Hi Dave,
I just want to thank you inbetween for your great and dedicated work here on this reading order!
Glad it’s helping, thank you!
My comment was mostly in jest. Huge props to you for this list 🙂
Troy, you have to give Dave the time to read the comicsand for him to evaluate the postioning in the reading order.
When new comics are released, he has to read them (maybe out of order) as you would have to, if not for this awesome website!
Oh I am fully aware of this. I generally read them out of order anyway I just love how this is all panning out 🙂
I love every Dave is doing here.
is mockingbird 6 this week or next..i cant find it anywhere
Hi Josh,
Mockingbird #6 was released this week, yes.
But for some unknown reason Dave has not made any placements for this week’s released CWII-Comics and Tie-Ins. He normally did it on Friday..
Hi again Josh,
I have to apologize because it seems that Marvel did postpone Mockingbird #6 from last week (8/3/16) to this week (10/3/16). So I was wrong and that was the reason you did not find it, sorry!
All the really matters today 8/3 is Iron Man, Uncanny Inhumans, and possibly Kingpin if you’re into it.
How could you not be in to Kingpin?
Also I’m pretty sure the Kingpin arc of cw2 is going to be incredibly important.
Okay, 8/03/16 has been and gone, so, want chance of an update?
I read above that he updates on Thursdays usually. I assume that’s U.S. time where it’s still Wednesday the 3rd. Hoping with you though that there’s an update soon’!
Okay, I had to ask, so many where out this week
Many Tie-Ins today…
New Releases 27.07.2016:
Main Event Comics:
– Civil War II: Kingpin #2
Tie-Ins:
– Mockingbird #6
– Scarlet Witch #9
– Deadpool #16
– Squadron Supreme #10
– Invincible Iron-Man #12
– Uncanny Unhumans #12
I just saw an error…
Of course these are the releases for the 3rd of August 2016 and not the 27th of July as written above
So I finally got up to date on all the books. What an epic story so far.
One quick point. Id say Hulk #9 probably comes in the middle of Civil War #4. No chance Danvers has time to just go and check up on Amadeus after the end of CW#4 but it’s clearly after some events early on in cw#4.
Love this site.
Where would you place Deadpool 16? That was released this week.
Hi IAmMiggz,
Deadpool #16 was not released last week (27.07.2016)
It will most likely be released this week (03.08.2016) and after Dave read it, he will place it appropiately in the order…(most times, he is placing the new comics on Thursday)
Spider-Man #6 should be after #1 not #0, I believe. Unless there’s any reason for that placement.
Tony talks to Miles about the new Inhuman, but they only find out about him in #1
Here I am again:
New Releases 27.07.2016:
Main Event Comics:
– Civil War II #4
– Civil War II: Choosing Sides #3
Tie-Ins:
– The New Avengers #14
– Captain Marvel #7
– Ms. Marvel #9
– The Totally Awesome Hulk
Not sure if it is a Tie-In (the former Issue was) and in the description it mentions the ongoing event
Another pro for a possible Tie-In is that the main character is also one of the 2 key-players in this event
I think it has to be read to know for sure:
– International Iron-Man #5
Hey Sebastian,
One to add to the Main Event Comics:
-Civil War II: Ulysses Infinite Comic #3
Thanks! 🙂
Spider-Man #6, too
https://www.comixology.com/Spider-Man-2016-6/digital-comic/374981
Spider-Man #6 was last week …or did they delay it …like CW#3 that one week ?!
And the Ulysses Comic is not listed here: http://marvel.com/comics?byZone=marvel_site_zone&options%5Boffset%5D=6&offset=0&options%5Blimit%5D=36&options%5BformatType%5D=issue&options%5BnoVariants%5D=true&options%5BdateDescriptor%5D=thisWeek&options%5BorderBy%5D%5B0%5D=issues.onsale_date+DESC&options%5BorderBy%5D%5B1%5D=issues.id+DESC&contentType=comic_issue&method=fetchByReleaseDate
that’s why I missed it
For this listing:
“Ms. Marvel #8 (tie-in)
Written G. Willow Wilson. Art by Takeshi Miyagawa.
Available June 22nd.”
Takeshi’s last name is Miyazawa, with a ‘z’ not a ‘g’.
New Releases 20.07.2016:
only Tie-Ins today:
– Ultimates #9
– Nova #9
– All-New Wolverine #10
– Squadron Supreme #9
– Spider-Man #6
Again: Just for Info, for people that want to know what to expect this week
Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat #8 should be on the Tie-Ins list for today as well.
Oh, I just looked again and either it was not there as I was looking this morning or I was simply blind XD,
thanks Donovan!
Civil War 2: Choosing Sides #2 comes before #1 in the reading order? No biggie if so, just following along 🙂
New Releases 13.07.2016:
Main Event Comics:
– Civil War II #3 (this time for real)
– Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #2
– Civil War II: Choosing Sides #2
– Civil War II: Gods of War #2
Tie-Ins:
– Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #7
– Deadpool #15
– The New Avengers #13
– Power-Man and Iron Fist #6
Just for Info, for people that want to know what to expect this week
looking forward to seeing how those fit in to the overall reading order, thanks Sebastian for giving the titles!
New Releases 06.07.2016:
– Civil War II: X-Men (2016) #2
– Civil War II: Ulysses Infinite Comic #2
Just because it is not noted as in the past weeks!
Sorry, this were just my Subscriptions…so…
EDIT:
New Releases 06.07.2016:
Road to Civil War II:
– Invincible Iron Man #11
Main Event Comics:
– Civil War II #3
– Civil War II: X-Men (2016) #2
– Civil War II: Ulysses Infinite Comic #2
– Civil War II: Kingpin #1
Tie-Ins:
– Captain America: Sam Wilson #11
– Spider-Woman #9
– The Totally Awesome Hulk #8
Hi, I’ve decided to wait for the whole event to come out before reading t, should I stop reading Marvel comics alltogether right now or is there some titles I can read without fear of getting spoilers on Civil War II ?
There are other comics that you can read while postponing the Civil War II arc. Just check the ones that are not in this list on the weekly updates.
Vision is a safe read during this event. Also its stunning.
Thanks for this great guide. Where do the new Black Panther and new Black Widow comics fall in this time-line?
Glad you’re enjoying! I’ve listed Black Panther and Black Widow in the All-New All-Different section (preceding Civil War II): https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/all-new-all-different-marvel/
Wait, where is Civil War II: Ulysses?
After Civil War #0, before Civil War #1
A changelog could be very cool also, thanks for the info!
Now bolding and italicizing new placements/updates for each week’s new comics!
Awesome! Thank you very much.
You forgot deadpool in this weeks comics
June
All-New Wolverine #9 (Road to Civil War II)
Written Tom Taylor. Art by Marcio Takara.
Available June 1st.
Invincible Iron Man #10 (Road to Civil War II)
Written Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Mike Deodato.
Available June 1st.
Civil War II #1 (of 7)
Written Brian Michael Bendis. Art by David Marquez.
Available June 1st.
Civil War II: Gods of War #1 (of 4) (tie-in) – Set During Civil War #1
Written Dan Abnett. Art by Emilio Laiso.
Available June 8th.
New Avengers #12 (tie-in) – Set During Civil War #1
Written Al Ewing. Art by Gerardo Sandoval.
Available June 8th.
The Ultimates #8 (tie-in) – Set During Civil War #1
Written Al Ewing. Art by Kenneth Rocafort.
Available June 22nd.
Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #1 (of 4) (tie-in)
Written Christos Gage. Art by Travel Foreman.
Available June 8th.
Civil War II #2 (of 7)
Written Brian Michael Bendis. Art by David Marquez.
Available June 15th.
Captain Marvel #6 (tie-in)
Written Tara Butters. Art by Kris Anka.
Available June 15th.
International Iron Man #4 (tie-in)
Written Brian Michael Bendis. Art by Alex Maleev .
Available June 15th.
Nova #8 (tie-in)
Written Sean Ryan. Art by R.B. Silva.
Available June 15th.
Civil War: X-Men #1 (of 4) (tie-in)
Written Cullen Bunn. Art by Andrea Broccardo.
Available June 15th.
Deadpool #14 (tie-in)
Written Gerry Duggan. Art by Mike Hawthorne.
Available June 15th.
Ms. Marvel #8 (tie-in)
Written G. Willow Wilson. Art by Takeshi Miyagawa.
Available June 22nd.
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #1 (of 6) (tie-in)
Written Declan Shalvey, Brandon Easton, Chad Bowers & Chris Sims. Art by Declan Shalvey, Goran Sudzuka & Leonardo Romero.
Available June 22nd.
Captain America: Sam Wilson #10 (tie-in)
Written Nick Spencer. Art by Angel Unzueta.
Available June 22nd.
Totally Awesome Hulk #7 (tie-in)
Written Greg Pak. Art by Alan Davis.
Available June 22nd.
Uncanny Inhumans #11 (tie-in)
Written Charles Soule. Art by Carlos Pacheco.
Available June 29th.
Thanks for posting! Useful to keep up to speed to with anticipated releases as they start to add up.
Hi Peter,
Thanks for directly copy and pasting this section of my own Civil War II Reading Order Checklist (http://www.howtolovecomics.com/2016/05/11/marvels-civil-war-ii-reading-order-checklist/) into the comments. Next time can you please at least credit me and link back to the URL that you got it from.
I meant no disrespect nor to claim as my own…. sorry
http://www.howtolovecomics.com/2016/05/11/marvels-civil-war-ii-reading-order-checklist/
its public information. act like you had the exclusive inside info
I’m just a casual reader and I’m lost in this topic.
I start with “War Machines”, read everything until “Deadpool” and then, read “All New Wolverine”?
Pending Dave, I’ll try to give an answer to your question. I assume you are talking about Pete’s issue list? If so, that ain’t the reading order! That’s a list of all the issues connected to Civil War II. Read Dave’s article and follow it from “Civil War 2 Issue by Issue Reading Order.” That should have you covered.
However, it never hurts to be up to speed with the affected series up to this point.
I was talking about Dave’s two lists. I was confused because the “Trade Reading Timeline” and the “Issue by Issue” begin with Invincible Iron Man, but then everything else is different.
Thank you very much.
Agree with Sean’s advice above, the ‘Issue by Issue’ list in my guide will be the best reflection of chronology. I update weekly as new issues come out.
The trade reading order is based on anticipated trade releases, but until all the comics have come out, this is very loosely ordered. Ironically, I could use Ulysses precognitive abilities to determine in advance… but should I?!
Hope that helps 🙂
Looking forward to it, Dave! However, with this event clearly marking a first mile stone in the All-New, All-Different era, is there a reading order coming up to get to Civil War II? I mean, we have had some events already to work with: Avengers Standoff, Spider-Women, and multiple crossovers.
Here’s the All-New All-Different reading order, which drives to Avengers Standoff and Civil War 2: https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/all-new-all-different-marvel/
“Road to Civil War” Prologue Issues
Civil War II FCBD Special #1
Civil War II #0
All-New Wolverine #8-9
Invincible Iron Man #6-11
Ms. Marvel #7
The Ultimates #7
Civil War II Tie-Ins
Civil War II #1-7
Civil War II: The Accused #1
Civil War II: The Fallen #1
Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #1-4
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #1-6
Civil War II: Gods of War #1-4
Civil War II: Kingpin #1-4
Civil War II: Ulysses #1-3
Civil War II: X-Men #1-4
A-Force #8
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #7-8
All-New, All-Different Avengers #13
All-New Wolverine #10-11
Astonishing Ant-Man #11
Captain America: Sam Wilson #10-12
Captain America: Steve Rogers #4-5
Captain Marvel #6-8
Deadpool #14-17
Guardians of the Galaxy #11
Invincible Iron Man #12
Mockingbird #6
Ms. Marvel #8-10
New Avengers #12-15
Nova #8-9
Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat! #8
Power Man & Iron Fist #6-7
Rocket Raccoon & Groot #8
Scarlet Witch #9
Spider-Man #6-7
Spider-Man 2099 #13-14
Spider-Woman #9-10
Squadron Supreme #9-10
Totally Awesome Hulk #7-10
The Ultimates #8-10
Uncanny Avengers #13
Uncanny Inhumans #11-13
Venom: Space Knight #11
Hi, thanks for making this order. I just wanted to find out do you think it is necessary to read the entire series of each comic which are shown in the Daily Bugle Newspaper? Eg Inhumans, Captain Marvel, Captain America: Steve Rogers and The Totally Awesome Hulk.
Tough to say prior to release. Tie ins can vary pretty dramatically in terms of influence on the main event.
I’ll be updating relevance as I’ve done for other recent events as issues are released!
Civil War II: Daily Bugle Newspaper (2016) has been released.
All-new wolverine and Civil War II #0 came out today. Make sure to update your list