Avengers: Red Zone
Geoff Johns · Olivier Coipel
Story era 06 · Heroes Return, Modern Dawn
Johns and Coipel place the Avengers in a disaster-response thriller that gives Black Panther and Captain America central roles.
One-book project: Avengers — Red Zone
Setup & reading order
- After Avengers by Busiek
Read Red Zone as a self-contained later story before Avengers Disassembled; the full Johns/Austen omnibus is optional expansion.
Optional context & path
Path: Avengers: Red Zone. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Useful background and earlier stops: Avengers by Busiek & Pérez.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 4 sources
Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.
- r/OmnibusCollectors — Johns/Coipel omnibus reader assessments (opens in a new tab)Readers
- Slings & Arrows — Avengers: Red Zone review (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Marvel — Red Zone (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Grand Comics Database — Red Zone premiere hardcover (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Avengers: Red Zone
Book 1 of 1 · Heroes Return, Modern Dawn
After the Busiek era and before Disassembled, the Avengers confront a biological attack and government infiltration.
See reading checkpoints9780785144663Planned edition#65–70Just the Red Zone story (Avengers #65–70), not the full Johns/Coipel/Austen omnibus.
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: Red Zone
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.
Things to know
- This selects Avengers #65–70; #57–64 and #71–84 are not treated as mandatory numbered-series gaps.