Difference between revisions of "Marvel Comics trade reading order"

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What follows is a Marvel Comics trade reading order based on the original publication date of the earliest issue, not a "suggested reading order" sourced on an in-world timeline. I tend to believe that the revealing of a story's nuances, secrets, and twists "as it was in real-time" is greater than the thrill of reading things from Year 1 to Year 2099, and maintains a storytelling flow that can become too dissonant when you read a book written in 1961 followed in-timeline by one from 2008. There are plenty of in-world timeline reading orders already - this approach is just my particular preference.

See also With Great Power for the Marvel Universe.

Corrections? mailto:morbus@disobey.com

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Date	Title	Collects
2012-10-31	A+X Vol. 1: A+X = Awesome	A+X #1-6
2012-11-07	Deadpool Vol. 1: Dead Presidents	Deadpool #1-6
2012-11-07	Iron Man Vol. 1: Believe	Iron Man #1-5
2012-11-14	All-New X-Men Vol. 1: Yesterday's X-Men	All-New X-Men #1-5
2012-11-14	Fantastic Four Vol. 1: New Departure, New Arrivals	Fantastic Four #1-3, FF #1-2
2012-11-21	Captain America Vol. 1: Castaway in Dimension Z	Captain America #1-5
2012-11-21	Indestructible Hulk Vol. 1: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Indestructible Hulk #1-5
2012-12-05	Avengers Vol. 1: Avengers World	Avengers #1-6
2012-12-12	Avengers Arena Vol. 1: Kill or Die	Avengers Arena #1-6
2012-12-12	Cable and X-Force Vol. 1: Wanted	Cable and X-Force #1-5
2013-01-16	All-New X-Men Vol. 2: Here To Stay	All-New X-Men #6-10
2013-02-06	Fearless Defenders Vol. 1: Doom Maidens	Fearless Defenders #1-6
2013-02-06	Iron Man Vol. 2: The Secret Origin of Tony Stark	Iron Man #6-11
2013-02-13	Fantastic Four Vol. 2: Road Trip	Fantastic Four #4-8
2013-02-27	FF Vol. 1: Fantastic Faux	FF #4-8
2013-02-27	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1: Cosmic Avengers	Guardians of the Galaxy #1-3, 0.1, Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic #1
2013-03-06	Avengers Vol. 2: The Last White Event	Avengers #7-11

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-{{TOCright}}What follows is a Marvel Comics trade paperback reading order '''based on the collected work's original publication date''', not a "suggested reading order" sourced on an in-world timeline. I tend to believe that the revealing of a story's nuances, secrets, and twists "as the need arises" is greater than the thrill of reading things from Year 1 to Year 2099, and maintains a storytelling style that can become chaotic when you read a book written in 1961 followed in-timeline by one from 2008. [http://www.tradereadingorder.com/ There are plenty of great world timeline reading orders already] - this approach is just my particular preference. (''Note that this list will likely become irrelevant once [http://with-great-power.blogspot.com/p/marvel-comics-trade-paperback-timeline.html With Great Power] finishes theirs.'')
+{{TOCright}}What follows is a Marvel Comics trade reading order '''based on the original publication date of the earliest issue''', not a "suggested reading order" sourced on an in-world timeline. I tend to believe that the revealing of a story's nuances, secrets, and twists "as it was in real-time" is greater than the thrill of reading things from Year 1 to Year 2099, and maintains a storytelling flow that can become too dissonant when you read a book written in 1961 followed in-timeline by one from 2008. [http://www.tradereadingorder.com/ There are plenty of in-world timeline reading orders already] - this approach is just my particular preference.
-==Marvel Universe==
+See also [http://with-great-power.blogspot.com/p/marvel-comics-trade-paperback-timeline.html With Great Power] for the Marvel Universe.
+Corrections? mailto:morbus@disobey.com
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+| 2012-11-14 || {{AmazonBookSearch|All-New X-Men Vol. 1: Yesterday's X-Men|''All-New X-Men Vol. 1: Yesterday's X-Men''}} || ''All-New X-Men'' #1-5
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+| 2012-11-21 || {{AmazonBookSearch|Captain America Vol. 1: Castaway in Dimension Z|''Captain America Vol. 1: Castaway in Dimension Z''}} || ''Captain America'' #1-5
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+| 2012-12-05 || {{AmazonBookSearch|Avengers Vol. 1: Avengers World|''Avengers Vol. 1: Avengers World''}} || ''Avengers'' #1-6
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+| 2012-12-12 || {{AmazonBookSearch|Avengers Arena Vol. 1: Kill or Die|''Avengers Arena Vol. 1: Kill or Die''}} || ''Avengers Arena'' #1-6
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+| 2012-12-12 || {{AmazonBookSearch|Cable and X-Force Vol. 1: Wanted|''Cable and X-Force Vol. 1: Wanted''}} || ''Cable and X-Force'' #1-5
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+| 2013-01-16 || {{AmazonBookSearch|All-New X-Men Vol. 2: Here To Stay|''All-New X-Men Vol. 2: Here To Stay''}} || ''All-New X-Men'' #6-10
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+| 2013-02-06 || {{AmazonBookSearch|Fearless Defenders Vol. 1: Doom Maidens|''Fearless Defenders Vol. 1: Doom Maidens''}} || ''Fearless Defenders'' #1-6
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+| 2013-02-06 || {{AmazonBookSearch|Iron Man Vol. 2: The Secret Origin of Tony Stark|''Iron Man Vol. 2: The Secret Origin of Tony Stark''}} || ''Iron Man'' #6-11
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+| 2013-02-13 || {{AmazonBookSearch|Fantastic Four Vol. 2: Road Trip|''Fantastic Four Vol. 2: Road Trip''}} || ''Fantastic Four'' #4-8
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+| 2013-02-27 || {{AmazonBookSearch|FF Vol. 1: Fantastic Faux|''FF Vol. 1: Fantastic Faux''}} || ''FF'' #4-8
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