Marvel Heroes Triumphant
It’s been a heck of a five year stretch for Marvel’s super heroes. One of their own Avengers reshaped reality during House of M, all of their own went to Civil War, the Skrulls nearly took over Earth during Secret Invasion, and Norman Osborne ran the world during Dark Reign and Siege.
Finally, after all that, the Heroic Age is here, with the heroes back on top!
Heroic Age Trade Collection Fast Track
The Heroic Age is actually pretty poorly represented in collected editions, but you can get a good fast track guide with the following reading:
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Collects: Captain America #606-610
Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman Vol. 3
Collects: Fantastic Four #579 To #582 (Heroic Age)
Previously: Siege
Comic Book Herald’s Heroic Age Reading Order
New Avengers Finale #1
Thor #610
Siege epilogue
Avengers: Prime #1 to #5
Avengers (2010) #1 to #6
You could conceivably keep going through #12
New Avengers #1 to #6
Enter the Heroic Age #1
Previews Atlas, Avengers Academy, Thunderbolts, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Mockingbird
Deadpool Team-Up #887
Age of Heroes #1 to #4
Steve Rogers: Super Soldier
Secret Avengers #1 to #5
Avengers Academy #1 to #5
Naturally, series continues past this point, but issues #1 and #2 are designated “Heroic Age.” Reading to issue #14 will take you up to Fear Itself.
Thunderbolts #144 to #150
This incarnation of the Thunderbolts keeps running pretty much until Marvel Now
Heroic Age: One Month to Live #1 to #5
Heroic Age: Super Heroes #1
Series of one-shots from the perspective of Steve Rogers’ journal. Like a Marvel Encyclopedia for the Heroic Age.
Heroic Age: Villains #1
Heroic Age: X-Men #1
Heroic Age: Prince of Power #1 to #4
Deadpool #23 to #26
Amazing Spider-Man Presents: American Son #1 to #4
Atlas #1 to #5
Fantastic Four #579 to #582
These Heroic Age Fantastic Four issues are in the middle of Jonathan Hickman’s, well, fantastic run. I highly recommend you check out the Fantastic Four reading order if you’re interested.
Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1 to #6
Captain America #606 to #610
Invincible Iron Man #25 to #33
Only the first three issues have the “Heroic Age” banner, but this will give you the full “Stark Resilient
Young Allies #1 to #6
Black Widow #1 to #5
Secret Warriors #17 to #19
This is as good a time as any to tell you Secret Warriors
New Mutants #15 to #19
This is part of X-continuity, so be aware that diving in here sight unseen may lead to temporary insanity. For a more detailed look at this and the following X-Men titles, you can check out the modern X-Men reading order.
X-Men Legacy #238 to #241
Uncanny X-Men #526 to #529
Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #1 to #4, Avengers: The Children’s Crusade One Shot #1, Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #5 to #9
Also not specifically “Heroic Age,” but Avengers: The Children’s Crusade
Next: Shadowland & Fear Itself
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Ugh After Dark Avenegers and New Avengers Vol 1 being so great, Avengers Prime and Avengers were pretty bad. Also, whenever I see terrible art, it literally always turns out to be John Romita Jr. The faces he draws are terrible and his Iron Man looks like a celestial. Fortunately, New Avengers vol 2 is looking good though.
What comes after this? Shadowland > Chaos War > Fear Itself? What about Avengers vs. X-Men? Seems like any of them could be next, but I would love to get the order correct. Any advice?
I believe Vengeance of the Moon Knight is missing. It’s last issues, #10, has a Heroic Age banner. #7 to 10 are probably set before Secret Avengers #1. Also, #6 is missing from the Dark Reign reading order. It’s the last one of that arc, so it should be added, in my opinion.
Another thing: To make the Prince Of Power comics make sense the Assault on New Olympus event (which takes place before Siege, because of Osborn’s involvement) and the limited series Hercules: Fall Of An Avenger (which takes place after Siege, because of Ares) should be read.
Also, the Doomwar event has taken place before Age Of Heroes #4, because of what is told in the Black Panther story, which throws a wrench in the Fantastic Four reading order.
I think Chaos War should be next instead of Fear Itself.
Where does Steve Rogers Super Soldier go?
Why do you say Osborne instead of Osborn? In Spain, Bertín Osborne is a singer and TV personality, and well, the strangest things come to our head when we hear Norman Osborne 😛
Haha I had no idea I was doing that. Maybe they’re related 🙂
If you search Osborne, in this blog, It’s wrote a bunch of times https://www.comicbookherald.com/?s=osborne, maybe we have to fear the Bertín Osborne’s licensed tortilla de patatas and gazpachos, after all XD