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
Streets and Legends
Devils rule Hell’s Kitchen, a stranger proves worthy of the hammer, and a black costume comes home from a patchwork battleworld.
Era 04 · 38 books
- Thor by Walter Simonson OmnibusAsgard’s grandest saga, from the coming of Beta Ray Bill to Ragnarok’s shadow over Thor.
- Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson OmnibusMiller and Janson rebuild Daredevil around Elektra, the Hand and Kingpin.
- Daredevil by Frank Miller Omnibus CompanionBorn Again and Miller’s later Daredevil stories revisit Matt’s identity and history.
- Moon Knight Omnibus Vol. 1Moon Knight evolves from Werewolf by Night antagonist into Moench and Sienkiewicz’s fractured street hero.
- Moon Knight Omnibus Vol. 2Moench’s Moon Knight run deepens its psychological and supernatural language before the later street books.
- Daredevil by Nocenti & Romita Jr. Omnibus Vol. 1Nocenti and Romita turn Hell’s Kitchen into a surreal arena for politics, faith, and Typhoid Mary after Born Again.
- Daredevil by Nocenti & Romita Jr. Omnibus Vol. 2Daredevil’s road trip and return complete Nocenti’s uncompromising run without being stranded in the next era.
- The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 4The run expands through Kitty and Wolverine, Lifedeath-era material, and the team’s mid-eighties transformation.
- The New Mutants Omnibus Vol. 1Professor Xavier’s younger class forms and reaches the Demon Bear peak.
- The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 5The Claremont line reaches the doorstep of Mutant Massacre while folding in New Mutants, Nightcrawler, and Longshot.
- The New Mutants Omnibus Vol. 2Claremont’s New Mutants run closes while the wider mutant family expands.
- Elektra: AssassinMiller and Sienkiewicz fuse political satire, unreliable memory, and expressionist espionage.
- Spider-Man: The Death of Jean DeWolffSpider-Man and Daredevil confront Sin-Eater in Peter David’s celebrated crime story.
- Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last HuntKraven’s final campaign pushes Peter Parker through a concentrated psychological ordeal.
- Marvel Archive Edition: Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Gallery EditionHeroes and villains snatched away to Battleworld; Spider-Man comes home wearing something new and black.
- Spider-Man by Roger Stern OmnibusPeter Parker’s Hobgoblin years, closing with the arrival of the black costume.
- Iron Man: Armor Wars OmnibusStark goes rogue to reclaim every scrap of stolen Iron Man technology, then has to do it all over again.
- X-Men: Mutant Massacre OmnibusThe slaughter in the Morlock tunnels that scars the X-Men, X-Factor, and everyone who answers the call.
- X-Men: Fall of the Mutants OmnibusThe three mutant lines face coordinated turning points after Mutant Massacre.
- X-Men: Inferno Prologue OmnibusMadelyne Pryor’s tragedy and the mutant books move directly toward Inferno.
- X-Men: Inferno OmnibusInferno unites the X-line with New York’s wider heroes and closes the Maddie arc.
- Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and TormentStrange and Doom descend into Mephisto’s realm to free Cynthia von Doom.
- Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus Vol. 1John Byrne restores the Fantastic Four’s family-and-exploration core.
- Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus Vol. 2Byrne’s run culminates in cosmic, Negative Zone, and Secret Wars II-era upheaval.
- Alpha Flight by John Byrne OmnibusByrne spins the Canadian team out of its X-Men appearances into a complete creator run.
- Avengers Epic Collection: The Seasons of the WitchRoger Stern begins his character-driven Avengers run with Monica Rambeau and Janet van Dyne at the center.
- Avengers Epic Collection: The Absolute VisionVision’s ambitions and the West Coast expansion reshape the team.
- Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 25The Buscema/Palmer period begins and bridges the only current Epic gap.
- Avengers Epic Collection: Under SiegeThe Masters of Evil invade Avengers Mansion in Stern’s defining Under Siege arc.
- Avengers Epic Collection: Judgment DayStern’s late run turns toward Olympus, X-Men conflict, and Monica’s leadership.
- Avengers Epic Collection: Heavy MetalHeavy Metal opens with Stern’s final Avengers scripts before other writers continue the series.
- Squadron SupremeEarth-712’s heroes attempt a coercive utopia in Gruenwald’s foundational deconstruction.
- Captain Britain OmnibusCaptain Britain’s British stories reach Moore and Davis’s Jaspers Warp and the multiversal Captain Britain Corps.
- Captain America by Mark Gruenwald Omnibus Vol. 1Gruenwald begins his long Captain America run with the Serpent Society and Scourge.
- Iron Man Epic Collection: The Enemy WithinTony’s collapse and James Rhodes’s first sustained tenure in the armor begin O’Neil’s long recovery arc.
- Iron Man Epic Collection: The Duel of IronRhodes and Stark confront the cost of sharing the Iron Man identity.
- Iron Man Epic Collection: Iron MongerThe Stane conflict resolves the O’Neil/Rhodes era and restores Tony on earned terms.
- Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways OmnibusNorrin Radd returns to the spaceways in stories ending at Silver Surfer #33, immediately before the Infinity collection begins at #34.