Marvel Trade Paperback Reading Order

This reading order for Marvel Comics' trade paperbacks and graphic novels is a work in progress, and will be continually updated. (This page is no longer actively being maintained.)

Avengers: The Initiative

• Avengers: The Initiative: Basic Training Vol. 1
  
• Avengers: The Initiative: Killed in Action Vol. 2
  
• Avengers: The Initiative: Secret Invasion Vol. 3

Black Panther

• Storm
  
• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 6
  
• Essential Avengers Vol. 3
  
• Essential Avengers Vol. 4
  
• Essential Avengers Vol. 5
  
• Essential Avengers Vol. 6
  
• Black Panther by Jack Kirby Vol. 1
  
• Black Panther by Jack Kirby Vol. 2
  
• Black Panther: The Client Vol. 1
  
• Black Panther: Enemy of the State Vol. 2
  
• Black Panther: Who is Black Panther?
  
• House of M: World of M
  
• X-Men/Black Panther
  
• Black Panther: Bad Mutha
  
• Black Panther: The Bride
  
• Black Panther: Civil War
  
• Black Panther: Four the Hard Way
  
• Fantastic Four: The New Fantastic Four
  
• Black Panther: Little Green Men
  
• Black Panther: Back to Africa
  
• Secret Invasion: Black Panther

Captain America

• Avengers Masterworks Vol. 1
  
• Captain America Masterworks Vol. 1
  
• Captain America Masterworks Vol. 2
  
• Captain America Masterworks Vol. 3
  
• Captain America Masterworks Vol. 4
  
• Captain America and the Falcoln: Secret Empire
  
• Captain America and the Falcoln: Nomad
  
• Captain America and the Falcoln: Madbomb
  
• Captain America by Jack Kirby: Bicentennial Battles
  
• Captain America and the Falcoln: The Swine
  
• Captain America: War and Remembrance
  
• Captain America: Fighting Chance
  
• Captain America: Operation Rebirth
  
• Heroes Reborn: Captain America
  
• Avengers Disassembled: Captain America
  
• Captain America: Winter Soldier Vol. 1
  
• Captain America: Winter Soldier Vol. 2
  
• Captain America: Red Menace Vol. 1
  
• Captain America: Red Menace Vol. 2
  
• Civil War
  
• Captain America: Civil War
  
• Captain America by Ed Brubaker Omnibus Vol. 1
  
• Captain America: The Death of Captain America Vol. 1
  
• Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America
  
• Captain America: The Death of Captain America Vol. 2
  
• Captain America: The Death of Captain America Vol. 3
  
• Captain America: The Man With No Face

Classic Avengers

• Avengers Masterworks Vol. 1
  
• Avengers Masterworks Vol. 2
  
• Avengers Masterworks Vol. 3
  
• Avengers Masterworks Vol. 4
  
• Avengers Masterworks Vol. 5
  
• Avengers Masterworks Vol. 6
  
• Avengers Masterworks Vol. 7
  
• Avengers Masterworks Vol. 8
  
• Avengers Masterworks Vol. 9
  
• Avengers: Kree/Skrull War
  
• Avengers: Defenders War
  
• Avengers: The Serpent Crown
  
• Avengers: Nights of Wundagore
  
• Avengers: Hawkeye
  
• Avengers: Vision and the Scarlet Witch
  
• Avengers West Coast: Vision Quest
  
• Avengers West Coast: Darker Than Scarlet
  
• Avengers: Galactic Storm Vol. 1
  
• Avengers: Galactic Storm Vol. 2
  
• Avengers: First to Last
  
• Heroes Reborn: Avengers
  
• Avengers Forever
  
• Avengers Assemble Vol. 1
  
• Avengers Assemble Vol. 2
  
• Avengers Assemble Vol. 3
  
• Avengers Assemble Vol. 4
  
• Avengers Assemble Vol. 5

Classic Daredevil

• Daredevil Masterworks Vol. 1
  
• Daredevil Masterworks Vol. 2
  
• Daredevil Masterworks Vol. 3
  
• Daredevil Masterworks Vol. 4
  
• Daredevil Masterworks Vol. 5
  
• Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Vol. 1
  
• Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Vol. 2
  
• Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Vol. 3
  
• Daredevil: Born Again
  
• Daredevil: Man Without Fear
  

• Black Widow: The Sting of the Widow
  
• Black Widow
  
• Black Widow: Homecoming
  
• Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her
  
• Elektra by Frank Miller Omnibus
  

• Essential Daredevil Vol. 1
  
• Essential Daredevil Vol. 2
  
• Essential Daredevil Vol. 3
  
• Essential Daredevil Vol. 4

Daredevil

• Guardian Devil 10th Anniversary Edition
  
• Daredevil: Parts of a Hole Vol. 2
  
• Daredevil: Wake Up Vol. 3
  
• Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev Omnibus Vol. 1
  
• Daredevil: Underboss Vol. 4
  
• Daredevil: Out Vol. 5
  
• Daredevil: Lowlife Vol. 6
  
• Daredevil: Hardcore Vol. 7
  
• Daredevil: Echo -- Vision Quest Vol. 8
  
• Daredevil: King of Hell's Kitchen Vol. 9
  
• Daredevil: The Widow Vol. 10
  
• Daredevil: Golden Age Vol. 11
  
• Daredevil: Decalogue Vol. 12
  
• Daredevil: The Murdock Papers Vol. 13
  
• Daredevil: The Devil, Inside and Out Vol. 1
  
• Daredevil by Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark Vol. 1
  
• Daredevil: The Devil, Inside and Out Vol. 2
  
• Daredevil: Hell to Pay Vol. 1
  
• Daredevil: Hell to Pay Vol. 2
  
• Daredevil: Cruel and Unusual
  
• Daredevil: Lady Bullseye
  

• Daredevil: Yellow
  
• Daredevil: Battling Jack Murdock
  
• Daredevil: Father

Essential Avengers

• Essential Avengers Vol. 1
  
• Essential Avengers Vol. 2
  
• Essential Avengers Vol. 3
  
• Essential Avengers Vol. 4
  
• Essential Avengers Vol. 5
  
• Essential Avengers Vol. 6
  
• Essential Iron Man Vol. 1
  
• Essential Iron Man Vol. 2
  
• Essential Iron Man Vol. 3
  
• Essential Ant-Man Vol. 1
  
• Essential Thor Vol. 1
  
• Essential Thor Vol. 2
  
• Essential Thor Vol. 3
  
• Essential Thor Vol. 4
  
• Essential Captain America Vol. 1
  
• Essential Captain America Vol. 2
  
• Essential Captain America Vol. 3
  
• Essential Captain America Vol. 4

Fantastic Four (Classic)

• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 1
  
• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 2
  
• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 3
  
• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 4
  
• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 5
  
• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 6
  
• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 7
  
• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 8
  
• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 9
  
• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 10
  
• Fantastic Four Masterworks Vol. 11
  
• Marvel Weddings
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: George Perez Vol. 1
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: George Perez Vol. 2
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 0
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 1
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 2
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 3
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 4
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 5
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 6
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 7
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 8
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: Walter Simonson Vol. 1
  
• Fantastic Four Visionaries: Walter Simonson Vol. 2
  
• Heroes Reborn: Fantastic Four
  

Iron Man

• Iron Man Masterworks Vol. 1
  
• Iron Man Masterworks Vol. 2
  
• Iron Man Masterworks Vol. 3
  
• Iron Man Masterworks Vol. 4
  
• Iron Man Masterworks Vol. 5
  
• Iron Man Masterworks Vol. 6
  
• Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle
  
• Iron Man: The Many Armors of Iron Man
  
• Iron Man: Armor Wars
  
• Iron Man: Doomquest
  
• Iron Man: The Dragon Seed Saga
  
• Iron Man: War Machine
  
• Heroes Reborn: Iron Man
  
• Avengers Disassembled: Iron Man
  
• Iron Man: Legacy of Doom
  
• Iron Man: Extremis
  
• Iron Man: Execute Program
  
• Civil War
  
• Civil War: Iron Man
  
• Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  
• Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. -- Haunted
  
• Invincible Iron Man: The Five Nightmares Vol. 1
  
• Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin
  
• Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. -- With Iron Hands
  
• Invincible Iron Man: World's Most Wanted Book 1 Vol. 2
  
• Iron Manual

Marvel Knights: Captain America

• Captain America: The Chosen
  
• Captain America: Red, White, and Blue
  
• Captain America: Truth

Mighty Avengers

• Mighty Avengers: The Ultron Initiative Vol. 1
  
• Mighty Avengers: Venom Bomb Vol. 2
  
• Mighty Avengers: Assemble
  
• Mighty Avengers: Secret Invasion Book 1 Vol. 3
  
• Mighty Avengers: Secret Invasion Book 2 Vol. 4

New Avengers

• Avengers Disassembled
  
• New Avengers: Breakout Vol. 1
  
• New Avengers: Sentry Vol. 2
  
• New Avengers Vol. 1
  
• New Avengers: Secrets & Lies Vol. 3
  
• House of M
  
• New Avengers: The Collective Vol. 4
  
• New Avengers Vol. 2
  
• Civil War
  
• New Avengers: Civil War Vol. 5
  
• New Avengers: Revolution Vol. 6
  
• New Avengers Vol. 3
  
• New Avengers: The Trust Vol. 7
  
• Secret Invasion
  
• New Avengers: Secret Invasion Book 1 Vol. 8
  
• New Avengers: Secret Invasion Book 2 Vol. 9

Thor

• Mighty Thor Masterworks Vol. 1
  
• Mighty Thor Masterworks Vol. 2
  
• Mighty Thor Masterworks Vol. 3
  
• Mighty Thor Masterworks Vol. 4
  
• Mighty Thor Masterworks Vol. 5
  
• Mighty Thor Masterworks Vol. 6
  
• Mighty Thor Masterworks Vol. 7
  
• Mighty Thor Masterworks Vol. 8
  
• Thor: Eternals Saga Vol. 1
  
• Thor: Eternals Saga Vol. 2
  
• Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson Vol. 1
  
• Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson Vol. 2
  
• Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson Vol. 3
  
• Thor: Balder the Brave
  
• Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson Vol. 4
  
• Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson Vol. 5
  
• Thor Visionaries: Mike Deodato
  
• Heroes Reborn: Avengers
  
• Thor by Dan Jurgens and John Romita Jr Vol. 1
  
• Avengers Disassembled: Iron Man, Thor & Captain America
  
• Stormbreaker: The Saga of Beta Ray Bill
  
• Thor: Blood Oath
  
• Thor by J. Michael Straczynski Vol. 1
  
• Thor: Ages of Thunder
  
• Secret Invasion: Thor
  
• Thor by J. Michael Straczynski Vol. 2

War Machine

• Secret Wars Omnibus
  
• Iron Man: War Machine
  
• Sentinel Squad O*N*E
  
• Avengers: The Initiative Vol. 1
  
• Avengers: The Initiative Vol. 2
  
• Secret Invasion: War Machine
  
• War Machine: Iron Heart Vol. 1

Young Avengers

• Young Avengers: Sidekicks Vol. 1
  
• Young Avengers: Family Matters Vol. 2
  
• Young Avengers Vol. 1
  
• Civil War: Young Avengers and Runaways
  
• Young Avengers Presents
  
• Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers

For Marvel trade paperback timelines, visit Centre Cannot Hold and With Great Power.