Timeline · 13 story eras
The story,
mapped.
Browse all 374 books by story era. A creator’s run stays together even when it spans several eras. Each dossier explains where its stories fit and lists reading checkpoints for crossovers. Marvel time is elastic, and many large books straddle events. The timeline gives each book its place in the big story; each book’s reading checkpoints give the practical order.
Owned Next up Unowned Alternate worlds and retrospectives branch off the line↓ The book continues into a later era
Invasion, Dark Reign, Siege
Trust dies with the invasion, villains inherit the institutions, and Asgard falls onto Oklahoma soil.
Era 09 · 19 books
- Secret InvasionThe Skrull infiltration finally breaks into the open and nobody can be sure who anyone is.
- Mighty Avengers by Dan Slott: The Complete CollectionHank Pym leads the independent Avengers team through Dark Reign and Siege, after Bendis’s twenty issues.
- Guardians of the Galaxy by Abnett & Lanning OmnibusStar-Lord assembles a proactive cosmic team so the galaxy never gets blindsided again, and rides it through every war that follows.
- Captain America Lives! OmnibusBucky carries the shield through Osborn’s reign while a plan to reclaim Steve takes shape.
- Iron Man Modern Era Epic Collection: World’s Most WantedTony’s turn running global security collapses, and Osborn’s new regime hunts him across the world.
- Secret Warriors OmnibusNick Fury goes underground with a team of untested recruits once he learns how deep the infiltration goes.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. by Hickman & Weaver OmnibusHickman and Weaver’s secret history lands after Secret Warriors in the modern Hickman saga; its ancient scenes are context, not an onboarding position.
- War of Kings OmnibusThe X-Men’s Shi’ar reckoning opens the book, which then detonates into full war between the Inhumans and the Shi’ar Empire.
- Old Man Hawkeye: The Complete CollectionSet five years before the original Old Man Logan: Clint’s last revenge mission unfolds as his sight fails.
- Wolverine: Old Man LoganThe original Earth-807128 landmark is isolated from the later Earth-616 Old Man Logan continuation.
- Dark Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection: Osborn’s ReignNorman Osborn’s stolen Avengers at the height of his reign, through the mutant standoff on Utopia.
- Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus Vol. 1Reed Richards sets out to solve everything, and the Richards family pays for the attempt.
- Iron Man Modern Era Epic Collection: Stark DisassembledTony’s flight ends and the slow rebuild begins as Osborn’s reign comes crashing down.
- Daredevil by Brubaker & Lark Omnibus Vol. 2Matt’s compromised return to Hell’s Kitchen carries the crime saga toward Shadowland.
- X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus Vol. 3The investigations expand through time travel, betrayal, and the team’s legacy numbering.
- Incredible Hercules: The Complete Collection Vol. 2The core run continues through #137; the separate Assault on New Olympus hardcover concludes it.
- Incredible Hercules: Assault on New OlympusThe numbered Incredible Hercules run and its Olympus Group payoff conclude here, after Complete Collection Vol. 2.
- Nova by Abnett & Lanning: The Complete Collection Vol. 2Richard Rider’s solo adventures continue through the War of Kings and its aftermath.
- Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen OmnibusGillen’s S.W.O.R.D. and Utopia stories follow the Messiah period, continue through Avengers vs. X-Men and end with AVX: Consequences.