Timeline · 13 story eras

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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

Wars on Every Front

A gladiator king comes back for vengeance while the space lanes burn and a captain’s casket is carried through the crowd.

Era 08 · 21 books

  1. Annihilation OmnibusThe Annihilation Wave tears the cosmic corner of the universe apart while Earth’s heroes look the other way.880 pp
  2. Planet Hulk OmnibusThe Illuminati quietly exile the Hulk off-world, and he carves out a new life on a savage alien warworld.656 pp
  3. Captain America: The Death of Captain America OmnibusThe shot fired at Steve Rogers opens the book, which then follows who picks up the shield.464 pp
  4. Hulk: World War HulkThe Hulk comes back from exile and brings the war home to the heroes who sent him away.224 pp
  5. Incredible Hercules: The Complete Collection Vol. 1Hercules and Amadeus Cho take center stage in the aftermath of World War Hulk, beginning their adventures together.464 pp
  6. Annihilation: Conquest OmnibusThe Kree territories, still smoldering from the first Annihilation, face a second invasion from within.872 pp
  7. Nova by Abnett & Lanning: The Complete Collection Vol. 1Richard Rider’s solo stories connect Annihilation to Conquest, then continue beyond those events.504 pp
  8. X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy OmnibusThe first mutant birth since the Scarlet Witch’s decimation sets off a three-part fight over the child that stretches from a shattered X-Men to their rebuilt future.↓ 101,160 pp
  9. Mighty Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis: The Complete CollectionTony Stark’s public, government-sanctioned Avengers team in the wake of the registration split.Next up↓ 09512 pp
  10. Ghost Rider by Jason Aaron OmnibusJohnny Blaze’s private war with heaven, running off to the side of the era’s bigger fronts.↓ 09536 pp
  11. New Avengers by Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus Vol. 2The underground Avengers keep fighting off the books, and discover the enemy has been sitting at their table.↓ 091,224 pp
  12. Punisher MAX by Garth Ennis Omnibus Vol. 2Frank’s war continues through Barracuda and Man of Stone, alongside stories of his childhood and an apocalyptic last stand.Alternate world1,008 pp
  13. Punisher & Fury MAX by Garth Ennis OmnibusFrank Castle and Nick Fury’s shared war history reaches from Vietnam to the conflicts that follow.Alternate world712 pp
  14. Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 4Ultimatum breaks Peter’s world before the relaunched series begins rebuilding it.Alternate world↓ 091,008 pp
  15. Daredevil by Brubaker & Lark Omnibus Vol. 1Brubaker begins at Bendis’s cliffhanger and drives Matt Murdock through prison and exile.608 pp
  16. Thor by Straczynski & Gillen OmnibusAsgard returns over Oklahoma and the run flows directly through Dark Reign into Siege.↓ 091,144 pp
  17. Eternals by Neil Gaiman & John Romita Jr.Gaiman and Romita reintroduce Kirby’s concepts to modern Earth-616 before Gillen’s political reconstruction.256 pp
  18. Deadpool & Cable OmnibusA self-contained fifty-issue Cable/Deadpool branch; it is context-linked, not hard-gated, to Joe Kelly Deadpool.1,272 pp
  19. Doctor Doom: Books of DoomBooks of Doom revisits Victor’s early life and the experiences behind his later conflicts with the Fantastic Four.152 pp
  20. Thunderbolts: Dark Reign OmnibusThunderbolts #76–81 connects the earlier team to the later Civil War and Dark Reign stories in #110–143.↓ 091,328 pp
  21. Silver Surfer: RequiemNorrin’s final voyage unfolds in a separate world, alongside the cosmic stories of the Annihilation period.Alternate world104 pp