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.
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The Expanding Universe
The map grows past Manhattan: world-eaters and their heralds, empires at war over Earth, and the occult underside of the Marvel night.
Era 02 · 19 books
- The Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 3The cosmic and Negative Zone mythology expands through the partnership’s mature period.
- The Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 4The complete Lee/Kirby sequence closes and preserves the reconstructed Lost Adventure.
- The Thanos Wars: Infinity Origin OmnibusStarlin’s Captain Marvel, Warlock, and Thanos cycle lays the philosophical and cosmic groundwork for Infinity Gauntlet.
- Black Panther Epic Collection: Panther’s RageT’Challa returns to Wakanda for McGregor’s long-form Killmonger epic.
- S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Complete Collection OmnibusS.H.I.E.L.D. evolves from Kirby espionage into Steranko’s pop-art landmark.
- The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus Vol. 1Dracula, Blade, and the vampire hunters begin Marvel’s defining Bronze Age horror run.
- The Tomb of Dracula Omnibus Vol. 2Wolfman and Colan sustain the serial through its acclaimed conclusion.
- Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: The Goblin’s Last StandThe Green Goblin’s return ends Gwen Stacy’s life and marks a decisive tonal break for Spider-Man.
- Captain America Omnibus Vol. 3Englehart’s Secret Empire and Nomad arcs test the meaning of Captain America after Watergate.
- Captain America Omnibus Vol. 5The late Bronze Age mainline bridges Englehart’s aftermath to the DeMatteis period.
- Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale: Spider-Man — BluePeter remembers Gwen Stacy and the emotional triangle that shaped his early adulthood.
- The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 3Lee and Romita’s Spider-Man reaches the hundredth issue before this volume concludes at #104.
- Luke Cage OmnibusLuke Cage’s complete solo foundation establishes the Harlem hero before Power Man and Iron Fist.
- Untold Tales of Spider-Man OmnibusBusiek’s stories revisit Peter Parker’s earliest years, filling gaps between the Lee and Ditko adventures.
- The Avengers Omnibus Vol. 4The Kree/Skrull War grows into the team’s early-1970s Roy Thomas and Englehart foundation.
- The Avengers Omnibus Vol. 5Englehart’s Avengers continues through the Celestial Madonna period.
- The Defenders Omnibus Vol. 2Gerber’s surreal non-team run follows the Avengers/Defenders War material preserved in Avengers Vol. 4.
- Eternals by Jack Kirby: The Complete CollectionKirby introduces the Eternals, Deviants, and Celestials as their own cosmic mythology.
- Doctor Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts Omnibus Vol. 1Englehart, Gerber, Brunner, and Colan transform the Lee/Ditko mystical foundation into a sustained 1970s run.