Marvel Civil War Reading Order

[[innerindex]]Civil War As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m a fan of Marvel’s Civil War comics. Like many, I’ve been buying up the comics and reading them as they come out, which gives an approximate reading order. When looking back at the Civil War comics released thus far, its difficult to remember the order that Marvel has intended. Checklists exist out there but are difficult for me to find (and I’ve had a number of searches come to BorkWeb looking for a reading order).

Checklist

Febuary 2006
Amazing Spider-Man #529

March 2006
Amazing Spider-Man #530
Fantastic Four #536
New Avengers: Illuminati Special

April 2006
Amazing Spider-Man #531
Civil War Opening Shot Sketchbook
Fantastic Four #537

May 2006
Civil War #1
Marvel Spotlight: Millar/McNiven
Amazing Spider-Man #532
She-Hulk #8
Wolverine #42

June 2006
Civil War #2
Civil War Front Line #1
Civil War Front Line #2
Amazing Spider-Man #533
Fantastic Four #538
New Avengers #21
Thunderbolts #103
Wolverine #43
X-Factor #8

July 2006
Civil War #3
Civil War Front Line #3
Civil War Front Line #4
Civil War: X-Men #1
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways#1
Amazing Spider-Man #534
Black Panther #18
Cable & Deadpool #30
Fantastic Four #539
New Avengers #22
Thunderbolts #104
Wolverine #44
X-Factor #9

August 2006
Civil War #4
Civil War Front Line #5
Civil War Front Line #6
Civil War: X-Men #2
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #2
Amazing Spider-Man #535
Cable & Deadpool #31
Fantastic Four #540
Heroes For Hire #1
MS. MARVEL #6
New Avengers #23
Thunderbolts #105
Wolverine #45

September 2006
Civil War #4
Civil War Files
Civil War Front Line #6
Civil War: X-Men #3
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #3
Amazing Spider-Man #535
Cable & Deadpool #32
Captain America #22
Fantastic Four #540
Heroes For Hire #2
Ms. Marvel #7
New Avengers #24
Wolverine #46

October 2006
Civil War: Choosing Sides (One Shot)
Civil War Front Line #7
Civil War: X-Men #4
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #4
Captain America #23
Heroes For Hire #3
Iron Man #13
Ms. Marvel #8
New Avengers #25
Wolverine #47

November 2006
Civil War #5
Civil War Front Line #8
Amazing Spider-Man #536
Captain America #24
Fantastic Four #541
Iron Man #14
Moon Knight #7 (Casualties of War)
Punisher: War Journal #1
Wolverine #48

December 2006
Civil War #6
Civil War Front Line #9
Black Panther #23
Civil War: WAR CRIMES (One Shot)
Iron Man/Captain America Special(Casualties of War)
Moon Knight #8 (Casualties of War)
Punisher: War Journal #2
Winter Soldier: Winter Kills (Casualties of War)

January 2007
Civil War #7
Amazing Spider-Man #537
Amazing Spider-Man #538
Black Panther #24
BLADE #5 (Casualties of War)
Civil War Front Line #10
Fantastic Four #542
Fantastic Four #543
Moon Knight #10 (Casualties of War)
Punisher: War Journal #3

February 2007
Civil War Front Line #11
Civil War: Battle Damage Report
Black Panther #25

Reading Order

Here’s a reading order that I found from 606Studios…if you follow that link, you’ll get spoilers:

  1. Thor 80-85: Ragnarok
  2. Avengers 500-503: Disassembled, Avengers Finale
  3. Pulse 1-5
  4. Wolverine 20-31: Enemy Of The State
  5. Captain America 1-14: The Winter Soldier
  6. New Avengers 1-3: Breakout
  7. Secret War 1-5/The Pulse 6-9
  8. New Avengers 4-6
  9. Iron Man 1-6: Extremis
  10. Captain America 16
  11. Captain America 17
  12. Amazing Spider-Man 515-518: Skin Deep
  13. Amazing Spider-Man 519-524
  14. New Avengers 7-10: The Sentry
  15. House Of M 1-8
  16. New Avengers 11-13
  17. New Avemgers 14
  18. New Avengers 15
  19. The Pulse 11-14
  20. The Sentry 1-8
  21. Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 1-4, Marvel Knights Spider-Man 19-22, Amazing Spider-Man 525: The Other
  22. Amazing Spider-Man 529-531
  23. New Avengers 16-20: The Collective
  24. New Avengers Annual #1
  25. Fantastic Four 533-535
  26. New Avengers: The Illuminati
  27. Fantastic Four 536-537
  28. The Incredible Hulk 88-91
  29. The Incredible Hulk 92-present
  30. Iron Man 7-12: Execute Program
  31. Civil War 1
  32. Civil War Frontline 1
  33. New Avengers 21
  34. Amazing Spider-Man 532
  35. Civil War 2
  36. New Avengers 22
  37. Amazing Spider-Man 533
  38. Civil War Young Avengers/Runaways 1-3
  39. Civil War Frontline 2
  40. Thunderbolts 103
  41. X-Factor 8-9
  42. Civil War Frontline 3
  43. Civil War Frontline 4
  44. Thunderbolts 104
  45. Ms. Marvel 6-7
  46. Civil War Frontline 5
  47. Black Panther 18
  48. Thunderbolts 105
  49. Heroes For Hire 1
  50. New Avengers 23
  51. Fantastic Four 538
  52. Civil War 3
  53. Cable/Deadpool 30
  54. Civil War X-Men 1
  55. Civil War 4
  56. Civil War X-Men 2
  57. Fantastic Four 539
  58. Amazing Spider-Man 534
  59. Cable/Deadpool 31
  60. Eternals 1-3
  61. Wolverine 42-45: Vendetta
  62. Captain America 22
  63. Amazing Spider-Man 535

Oh, an if you’re in the Central New Hampshire area, you should get your comics from: Geeks and Gamers in Meredith, NH. w00t.


Comments

15 responses to “Marvel Civil War Reading Order”

  1. This list is quite a bit off. For instance, the whole Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways happens after Civil War #4. Also New Avengers so far all comes before Civil War #2…. There are more screwy orderings. What you have looks a lot like release order, which is not the right reading order….

  2. Ya. I realized that a couple of days ago after I posted this. It is also missing the updates. I’m going to sit down tomorrow night and really re-order ’em.

  3. I worked on a reordering for a couple hours last night. It’s pretty complicated, and there is overlap like you wouldn’t believe… We should work together and build a graphical timeline of this whole event.

  4. I do not think YA/Runaways happens after Civil War #4, because Stature states that Wiccan was captured, and if Wiccan is captured then he wouldn’t be in the YA/Runaways mini. The only way we can determine if it comes at a later point would be seeing Wiccan return and the Runaways involved a little more (if they do at all): something we won’t know until later comics come out.

    As for New Avengers, only the Captain America one comes before Civil War #2, as he doesn’t have his Secret Avengers yet. Luke Cage’s issue happens during the events of Civil War #2, so that shouldn’t be read beforehand. Jessica Drew’s issue has her seeking out Cap at the end, with Cloak, Dagger, and someone who appears to be Stature in the background, so that’s clearly not before Civil War #2. So far, the list from 606Studios seems close.

  5. Thanks. This list is what I was looking for. I jumped in last month so I needed to know which issues have already been published.

  6. […] be reading all of Civil War because a friend of mine is going to loan me all of the issues on the Civil War checklist. (Somebody tell me if I need to read anything […]

  7. wat about books such as civil war: iron man, civil war: wolverine etc. where do they fit in the storyline?

  8. Is there a TPB version of the reading order list, or is it too difficult because the issues are collected by title, rather than by order?

  9. Glenn Avatar
    Glenn

    Excellent thanks!

  10. […] a staggering amount of special issues, in addition to the regular titles. At a glance, I counted 35. … The run up, depending on who you believe, started as far back as New Avengers #1 and has […]

  11. Neal Erickson Avatar
    Neal Erickson

    Hi there,
    I’ve just checked out your Civil War checklist and reading order. Do you have a TPB reading order list (and checklist) as well?
    I don’t want to start hunting down every single comic until I’ve gotten the Civil War story complete.
    Please let me know. Thanks

    Neal

  12. what is the start to finish on the civil war series alone from road to civil war to the end whats the reading order trying to purchase the set

  13. Get a life guyS! who cares about this s***t!

  14. Ive Downloaded all the set for Civil War but im not really sure if its on the right order, the comics have been inserted in three files: Civil War, Road to Civil War and Initiative. and im not sure if they all are in the right folder..so is there any timeline or something for this anywhere?

    Oh and Perez, maybe you should find better things to do than to come here and tell us to get a life.

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