Marvel Comics Between House of M & Civil War

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• Can i read annihilation omnibus then annihilation conquest omnibus then civil war how far should i go into the modern marvel cosmic before reading civil war?

• Is wolverine origins intended to be 1-15 or 1-5 like the trade you linked?

• Captain America 65th Anniversary comes after Captain America #17 and before #18.

• Those Sentry comics were amazing. I did not expect that great of a run. Anyways I’m still confused at why the Hulk is in the Sentry comics when I thought he was shot up into space. Should those Hulk comics be moved to after the Sentry in the reading order?

  • Also what was with the sentry and the void kissing at the end. I didn’t get that.

• Hi there! Thanks a lot for those great reading order guides!

  Tip for those reading the adventures of young heroes; you might want to read Runaways up to #18 and New X-Men up to #27 before moving on to Civil War!

• I think you want the Captain America to start at issue #8, not #9. The trade linked to on Amazon is also for Red Menace not Winter Soldier.

• Any reason not to read Daredevil 87? It's the conclusion for the storyline in the 82-86 that you have listed.

• I suggest moving Captain America #9-14 to the reading order "Marvel Comics From Avengers Disassembled to House of M" since the Out of Time and Winter Soldier arcs end with #14 and are not affected by House of M. But keep the comment "skip #10, that’s a House of M tie-in".

• OH MAN THANK YOU for these "in between" guides so much, they are the BIGGEST help with navigating the timeline. So here's where I'm confused: in this guide you have X-Men 182-187 listed BEFORE Civil War yet in the "Modern" X-Men Reading Order you have in listed AFTER Civil War. Where in tarnation does it belong?

• So this is where the Guide Part 6 is hiding. I finished Part 5, clicked next, and it was Part 7. I was very confused. Might want to clean that up on the links at the end of Part 5.

  Awesome guides, as always!

• Great guides. I have been reading them from the start of the complete list. I just finished Drax's limited and started Toxin. I got about 2 pages into it and stopped. I hit the wiki on the character and found out his origin was a year prior in Venom vs. Carnage. It is a real (as in first time) origin story of two characters both of which are brand new. Pat Mulligan and The Symbiote Toxin. I think its deserving to be on the list for the reason alone. (Just before Toxin.) The artwork is out there too. It's a clear look into how the symbiotes differ and more about them in general. Thanks again for the guide! Love it

• Hello from Brazil.
  I´m a huge fan of your website, mainly because a portuguese version of it, but with some more content of Silver age.
  I´ve got a doubt about this list... If it´s chronologically organized, I think it should be better to read "Incredible Hulk 87-91" in the end of this. If you read that in the beggining, it doesn't fit when you read "Spider-Man: The Other" and "Fantastic Four 527-535" 'cause Hulk appears on these stories.
  What do you think?
  Thanks for the great tips! Awesome job!

• Spider-Woman: Origin is listed 1-6 it should be listed as 1-5.

  Also thank you for putting all this together...this website has been a tremendous resource in getting me all caught up with backstories and such.

  • Updated! Glad you enjoy Comic Book Herald as well.

• Hey Dave, quick continuity question.

  Secret War spoilers follow!

  Nick Fury went away after his Secret War, and (according to New Avengers) should still be in hiding. Iron Man 7-12 here obviously occurs before Civil War, yet Nick Fury is present and calling shots - is this just lazily handled continuity? Or is there some official explanation?

  Thanks!

  • Secret War doesn't really effectively get picked up as continuity until Civil War. I think it's mostly because it's publication schedule was so screwed up (it took like 2 years for 5 issues).

    Otherwise, it's always possible we're dealing with an LMD :)

    • Would it be better to just read Secret War right before Civil War?

      • It's definitely best before New Avengers. Bendis references his own work there.

• I could genuinely write an article on how bad 'Sable & Fortune #1-4 (March ’06)' are.

  I'm a HUGE comic fan and take pride in relishing each and every issue on Dave's lists. OK, some are bad, some don't click personally, but I try to take something away from each one.

  But THIS was a car crash. John Burns art isn't my taste but I appreciate it. However why the need to have it look like a (bad) book from early 80's? The writing absolutely blew as well incidentally. The 4th issue (of 4) the artist was changed to Laurenn McCubbin. Talk about a nail in the coffin! I could have gotten my 5 year old drunk, put a blindfold on him, shoved a pencil between his toes and got him to sketch out a better issue!

  I really could go on and on but im sure the people involved have done other good things in their careers. This is not one of them. I was even on the 3rd last page of the 4th issue and (hand on heart) dozing, when I should be waiting on this huge payoff. God awful.

  • I gotta say, I didn't think it was that bad, tbh. Not my taste, a pretty basic spy story, and the art definitely wasn't my taste (the 4th was very cartoon, unfortunately), but nowhere near as bad as the warning made it out to be. I almost skipped it, and for only 4 issues...I've read worse comics (looking at you, Uncanny X-Men 460-461).

  • Well, the good news is this comic inspired such disgust I added a warning to the guide!