Dark Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection: Osborn’s Reign
Brian Michael Bendis · Leinil Francis Yu · Mike Deodato Jr. · Olivier Coipel
Story era 09 · Invasion, Dark Reign, Siege
Bendis’s Avengers follows the Skrull conflict into Dark Reign and Siege through the changing teams at its center.
Book 4 of 4 in Bendis Avengers Phase 2 — Secret Invasion to Siege · 0 of 4 owned · 2,536 pages in all
Setup & reading order
Required setup for this book
These earlier stories explain events this book builds on. Reading checkpoints show where to switch books during a crossover.
3 earlier books in this run come first
- After New Avengers #44 and Mighty Avengers #11
Read Secret Invasion, then continue both series.
- After New Avengers #60 and Dark Avengers #12
Use Siege #1–4 inside Thor by Straczynski & Gillen, then finish the Avengers phase.
Optional context & path
Path: Bendis Avengers. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Useful background and earlier stops: Thor by Straczynski & Gillen — Through Siege.
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.
- Goodreads — New Avengers Omnibus Vol. 2 reader reviews (opens in a new tab)Readers
- AIPT — New Avengers Complete Collection Vol. 5 review (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Penguin Random House — New Avengers Omnibus Vol. 2 (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Dark Avengers publication history (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Dark Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection: Osborn’s Reign
Book 4 of 4 · Invasion, Dark Reign, Siege
Norman Osborn’s stolen Avengers at the height of his reign, through the mutant standoff on Utopia.
Secret War by Brian Michael Bendis OmnibusOwned
Thor by Straczynski & Gillen OmnibusUnowned
New Avengers Omnibus Vol. 1Owned
House of MOwned
Civil WarOwned
9781302952709Planned edition#1–16#1#1#513–514#1Includes the complete Utopia crossover.
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 · Dark Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection: Osborn’s Reign
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
Connected project: Bendis Avengers Phase 1
Connected project: Young Avengers — Heinberg/Cheung and Gillen/McKelvie · Bendis Avengers Phase 3 — Heroic Age and Fear Itself
Connected project: Captain America by Ed Brubaker — opening act · Captain America by Ed Brubaker — continuation
Things to know
Collecting rule: Phase 1 comes first. Siege appears in Thor by Straczynski and Gillen at the Dark Avengers ending.
- Siege’s four core issues are also in the Thor omnibus. The Cabal, digital prologue and Free Comic Book Day companion stories provide optional context.