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No. 156 — Longer term

Avengers by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Vol. 1

Jonathan Hickman · Esad Ribić

Story era 10 · The Heroic Age and the Incursions

Hickman connects Secret Warriors and Fantastic Four to the Avengers’ incursions and the conclusion in Secret Wars.

UnownedReading status not recorded1,192 pages50 full issues

Book 6 of 8 in Jonathan Hickman’s first Marvel saga · 0 of 8 owned · 6,080 pages in all

Setup & reading order

5 earlier books in this run come first

The books

UnownedAvengers by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Vol. 1Jonathan Hickman’s first Marvel sagaJonathan Hickman · Esad Ribić1,192 pp
This book

Avengers by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Vol. 1

Omnibus hardcover · 1,192 pages · Unowned

Book 6 of 8 · The Heroic Age and the Incursions

Hickman’s Avengers begins after Bendis’s closing stories and Avengers vs. X-Men.

Released 7 Feb 2023 · 1,192 pages · Dustin Weaver cover9781302945473Planned edition
Avengers (2012)#1–23
New Avengers (2013)#1–12
Free Comic Book Day 2013 (Infinity)#1
Infinity (2013)#1–6
Infinity: Against the Tide Infinite Comic (2013)#1–2
Astonishing Tales: Mojoworld (2008)#1–6
Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu (2009) (partial — relevant material)#1
Earth-616 PrimaryEarth-1331 Brief appearanceMultiverse Mixed worlds

The Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu #1 selection is Hickman and Kody Chamberlain’s motorcycle-race story with Deadpool, an earlier comic side trip rather than a chapter of Infinity. You can leave it until after the main Avengers sequence; the entire Infinity core is already collected here.

Edition sources

Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.

Duplication · Avengers by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Vol. 1

These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.

No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.

Connected stories

Earlier stories Bendis supplies the Illuminati, political, and Avengers history that adds weight to Hickman’s later saga.

Connected project: Bendis Avengers Phase 1

Character origins and background Waid/Wieringo teaches the Fantastic Four family dynamic before Hickman’s expansion.

Connected project: Fantastic Four by Waid & Wieringo

Battleworld connection Battleworld and Doom concepts echo into Hickman’s 2015 event, but the two miniseries share no issues.

Connected project: Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars

Things to know

Collecting rule: Follow the eight books in order; do not substitute the large Secret Wars by Hickman omnibus for the lean finale.

  • The complete saga spans eight books.
  • Use the lean Secret Wars finale to avoid twenty repeated Avengers/New Avengers issues.