A comprehensive look at the reading order of EVERY Marvel Crossover Event!

[@MiraCrawford]

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[@ParzivalTheThird]

Contest of Champions (1982) Secret Wars (1984) Secret Wars II (1985) The Evolutionary War (1988) Atlantis Attacks (1989) Inferno (1988) Acts of Vengeance (1989) The Infinity Gauntlet (1991) The Infinity War (1992) The Infinity Crusade (1993) Onslaught Saga (1996) Heroes Return (1997) Maximum Security (2000) House of M (2005) The Illuminati (2006) Civil War (2006) Annihilation (2006) Annihilation Conquest (2008) Secret Invasion (2008) Prelude to War of Kings (2008) War of Kings (2009) Dark Reign: The List (2009) Realm of Kings (2009) Siege (2010) World War Hulk (2010) Shadowland (2010) Chaos War (2010) Fear Itself (2011) Avengers vs. X-Men (2012) Age of Ultron (2013) Infinity (2013) Inhumanity (2013) Original Sin (2014) AXIS (2014) Secret Wars (2015) Civil War II (2016) Inhumans vs. X-Men (2016) Secret Empire (2017) Infinity Wars (2018) War of the Realms (2019) Absolute Carnage (2019) Annihilation Scourge (2019) Incoming! (2019) Empyre (2020) ..okay I think I can remember that.

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[@tom3151]

Love how excited you sound at the beginning and then sad by the time you get to civil war 2

[@NearMintCondition]

You noticed, huh? :)

[@antonymcewan9987]

So...reading these in order would be a pretty good way to get to grips with the entire history of the Marvel Universe from copper age up to present day? Nice to see how they all fit together!

[@NearMintCondition]

Yes, absolutely

[@gabriellorgan0]

"Civil War...more fight for no reason." That´s the best resume for these 2 sagas, love it hahahaha

[@NearMintCondition]

lol I mean.. that’s really what it was :)

[@SuperSilver316]

Omar is the GOAT for this

[@jasonmussomeli472]

There is actually a slight mistake in this reading order, "World War Hulk" is from 2007 taking place between Civil War and Secret Invasion. Im guessing when Omar was doing the research for this reading order he mixed it up with "World War Hulk(s)" which is a hulk-centric story from later on.

[@NearMintCondition]

lol crap crap crap. You are right. I thought I changed the dates in my sheet. You win a no prize :)

[@bassgod47]

I almost always have to refer to these lists in order to keep my shelves in appropriate order. This is some god-tier work here man. Well done.

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for the kind words.

[@pomich7060]

@@NearMintCondition is there an update of the events after Empyre? Great video btw!

[@ChhaiTea]

@@pomich7060 I believe the event that came after Empyre is King in Black so far.

[@Blackwing2040]

Man Marvel pushing crossovers out like there was no tomorrow

[@samm9945]

Need one for DC as well for sure

[@lxgonzo5773]

Screw DC. Lol

[@TmurphyIT]

Agreed with og post.

[@benportzer]

Well, You can break it down in the DC ESSENTIAL CATALOGS

[@alexhardy7859]

Well guess what is already exists

[@alexhardy7859]

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[@nunoneto4948]

All the crossover events?! This is crazy!! You don’t have limits, great job!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you!! 😁

[@homemaranha5649]

@@NearMintCondition do Reading Order Captain América please

[@diegobelaunde4965]

I think I was just the 100 thousandth view on this gold mine of a video! I quite occasionally come back to this for help reference and guidance on the marvel events. Thanks for all you do Omar! You’re an invaluable presence in the community

[@BKsBullets]

Civil War and AvX are my favs. Secret Wars is good too. I forgot Fear Itself had that GORGEOUS Immonen art

[@JonDelArroz]

YESSSSSS Best comprehensive look. I've been reading through a lot of these. Hope to see the DC one too. I always forget to vote.

[@gwenhowarth1692]

Awesome video Omar! Great idea. We just need a lot of those Omnibus reprinted.

[@NearMintCondition]

Yes we do

[@coyley72]

OMG. This is the video I’ve been waiting for. Fantastic. Thanks Omar

[@NearMintCondition]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@lionheart4012]

Great video. Especially to see everything in reading order. Great reference video as well. I would love to see a Fear It's Self Omnibus and a House of M Omnibus.

[@NearMintCondition]

Great suggestion!

[@lionheart4012]

I have Fear it's self in singles and the House of M in singles and O.H.C. format, but isn't everything better in omnibus format. Did your haul come in yet?

[@dallasgrey4247]

Something I dislike about The Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus and The Infinity War Omnibus is how they don't collect the aftermath issues like Warlock and the Infinity Watch. They all lead into each event, and without reading them you can get lost in some parts of the story. I hope that they one day they do an Infinity Watch Omnibus so it can connect the three stories and tell the rest of the Infinity Watch's adventures. Though they would have trouble mapping as lots of the early issues are parts of events. They would probably do Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme #36 Warlock and the infinity Watch #1-#7 #11-#17 Marvel Comics Presents #112 Marvel Holiday Special #2 Silver Surfer/Warlock: Resurrection #1-#4 Marvel Swimsuit Special #2 as the first volume as those are the harder issues to map out.

[@NearMintCondition]

I'm hoping they do an IW omnibus.

[@christopheverre4848]

Great video. I am under the impression that most of those events are either secret, or a war, or a secret war :) I bet we will see a Secret Annihilation someday.

[@NearMintCondition]

HA! YES!

[@tasan215]

The Infinity Gauntlet Omnibus is the one omni that will bring honor and prestige to my collection! In my four years of collecting omniBU, I now believe that Marvel will eventually reprint an omnibus, especially if its a classic. And The Infinity Gauntlet is a must have in my opinion, for any marvel comics true believers. I have a question; Is it now safe to get the X-Men/Avengers Onslaught Omnibus? Lol

[@tristanmaldonado6099]

I have read Secret Wars(2015), Civil War ll,Absolute Carnage,Spider-Verse, and Spider-Geddon

[@tristanmaldonado6099]

Thanks for the like, Omar. I was even asking myself if Spider-verse and Spider-Geddon were events

[@hellothere_24]

@@tristanmaldonado6099Yes and I think they should be read before Secret Wars

[@WDVpaintball]

if you red absolute carnage, maybe you should read king in black event. a nice story centered around Eddy/Venom

[@MaxBennie]

Great stuff, Omar! A perfect backbone for new collections. And I love that gorgeous image of all the omnis and hardcovers spread out over the table. 😍

[@NearMintCondition]

Thanks a bunch. I love doing videos like this.

[@BunnyPeie]

Thank you for sharing, keep doing what you do!!!

[@MagicJulienBertone]

Been waiting all week for this one! Thanks! Please mention your favorite(s) when doing reading order

[@NearMintCondition]

Great idea!

[@ACR7793]

Good video as always Omar. I'd like to see the Marvel Omnibus coming for the firt quarter of 2021

[@aribtahsin4430]

please make a reading order of deadpool and the question . Love ur videos 🎈

[@jirenthegoat9717]

Great stuff. Now I'm going to need your top 5 or 10 events 🙏 Also, I'm still going to hope Annihilation Conquest gets a reprint.

[@NearMintCondition]

I promise I will. :)

[@astroboyfan12]

This is extremely helpful for me. I signed up for the Marvel app and I am reading some of the comics on their app, but I really didn’t know what to follow and when. Your video made that very clear. Thank you!

[@josegdumbniglet_1]

i just started reading and buying comics a week ago and holy balls this is complicated im starting from avengers 1997/1998-2004 then going to avengers disassembles as my first event then continuing from there

[@allanaruba]

Currently reading *Hickman's Fantastic Four saga* (both Omnis) so using this to try to aid my next steps with working through Hickman's other titles as well as any major titles that can impact that 🤔 Waiting for *Ultimate Marvel* Omni later this month, got his two *Avengers* titles, *Secret Wars* TPB, *Siege* TPB, *Dark Avengers* TPB, *Planet Hulk* Omni, *Civil War* TPB (really enjoyed) as well as having just grabbed *War Of Kings* Omni with the hope of reprints of the other Omni.

[@arthurwoo6082]

Great list and run down, I totally was nodding and chuckling in agreement on your comments for CW1, CW2, and Age of Ultron. Ughh um at least the art was pretty. :D I might be in the minority but I love the original Infinity Trilogy. Gauntlet is still the best of the 3 and my all time favorite Marvel crossover, but i also loved Infinity War and Crusade as well. Can't wait for the Crusade Omni.

[@NearMintCondition]

Yeah those crossovers were rough in the early 00s.

[@nozkaian]

Also, I suggest Omar, you should make a pool out of those events are out of print or only released in ohc format, or never been released in oversized format. I didn't read much of these events, but a lot of these could make it to omnibus (like original sin I've mentioned, could be a nice 1300 pages omni). I don't know that which event is worth it to get printed and released in omni format, but let ppl decide and marvel should obey our calling 😅. For example, after releasing the mutant massacre and that being oop, it would be an easy success for Marvel to continue chronologically and print out the fall of mutants omni, and after that the Inferno (all the same material released in 3 ohc). They do the right thing this year the reprint a lot of omnis, because the business is booming. Your and Gem's channel made this type of comic sell like crazy, you deserve to have influence over what's to be printed or reprinted. Help us make Marvel decide, as before, and let the world see that Marvel is listening to it's fans who put money into their pockets.

[@NearMintCondition]

That's a good idea.

[@getrightgobzz1507]

OMAR WORKING HARD!!!!

[@nillsthefunexpert2571]

the absolute carnage omnibus is on my "to buy" list.

[@Martin_TheCollector]

Same here!

[@shreyankdas4547]

Your reading orders are extremely helpful. Thank you. Please do a DC events reading order next time.

[@NearMintCondition]

Noted!

[@gogoscheng]

Thanks for the video Omar!! Great work! BATMAN READING ORDER PLEAAASSEEEEEEEEE!!! :P

[@NearMintCondition]

That will be up on a poll this summer.

[@peterx1957]

Great video Omar. But I think you forgot Spider Island which does impact quite a lot of characters. However as always your video has educated me on how much I've missed. Thanks a lot mate 😊

[@NearMintCondition]

Soooo the reason I left out spider island is because much like Hulk Out. It was a stand-alone Spider-Man story. It didn’t affect Hulk or the x-men. But holy crap there are a ton of events :)

[@peterx1957]

@@NearMintCondition certainly are. I think the Marvel event frequency became cliched after a while. Too many too soon takes the specialness out of them.

[@ThomasHBates687]

Super helpful, totally worth watching

[@SadirSSamir]

Awesome video! Thank you, Omar! 😄

[@NearMintCondition]

My pleasure!

[@freddycrewger]

Bro thank you for making this!!!! I’m gonna start my comics collection based off this order! Well I’m gonna watch your DC and then Beginner’s guide next

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much for watching.

[@ArtemyevaFoord]

Great video as always, keep up the great work

[@RynorKilliam]

Wow, fantastic video. Thanks a lot!

[@davionwashington]

Ok Omar this was AMAZING ! I’m curious to see you do a event video for DC ! Pleaseeee !

[@NearMintCondition]

I'll make sure to add it to the poll.

[@SaxonDahgren]

That’s fantastic, thanks for sharing

[@MollyWaterworth]

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing

[@CorieMansour]

Cool series! Keep them coming

[@MaxwellBiggs]

Videos about Thor and Batman would be nice but I’d really like a marvel cosmic reading order and dc cosmic reading order

[@NearMintCondition]

Marvel cosmic will be when the rest of the cosmic Saga is released.

[@nozkaian]

I recently purcased the Original Sin tp and the Companion OHC, and I'm very eager to start reading :)

[@NearMintCondition]

Go for it. :)

[@antonissa8345]

Here’s a list of aftermaths from different events that happen in my marvel universe series show so far: - Adam Warlock’s actions to split his good and bad half in infinity gauntlet leads to both Infinity War and Infinity Crusade. - Rhino ends up getting out of his suit acts of vengeance, starting a new life and even meeting a woman named Oksana only for a new more dangerous Rhino challenge him which Aleksei’s refusal leads to Oksana’s death and Aleksei dawning the Rhino suit again and killing the second rhino with his own hammer. Even if returning to villainy his love for Oksana would lead him to do the right things sometimes like teaming up with Spider-Man and even betraying Kingpin in Devil’s Reign. - Scorpion ends up losing his suit after Acts Of Vengeance but gets a symbiote that transforms him into the dangerous Superior Venom that becomes a bigger threat for Spider-Man and for Venom under the time he has the symbiote. - Heroes like Doctor Strange, Moon Knight, Black Knight or Blade end up having occasional run ins with demons that remained behind on earth after Inferno.

[@jordonberger20]

Im new to the comic world and wanna start a collection where’s the best place to buy omnibuses and books like the ones on your shelf?

[@charlesjohnson3287]

Thanks for putting this one together! I’ve got a lot of reading to do!

[@NearMintCondition]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Anders010]

Great work, love your videos. Can you make a video about all the Predator comics crossovers?

[@NearMintCondition]

I only have a couple of those, so I don't think I would be much help.

[@Dennis-xm8uc]

Great Video. Pls do Batman reading Order.

[@EdgarWasem]

wow, great video. thanks so much

[@SeanBals]

I wonder why you didn’t like civil war? I own the boxset and absolutely love the whole idea around it, even bought the boxset and loved that as well. Wish they added the penance mini series in that though.

[@NearMintCondition]

Just didn't like the portrayal of the characters.

[@WhiskeyFables2]

Even though I love all these stories I somewhat feel that Marvel, and this also goes with DC as well, is releasing too many major events too close together. It almost feels like we aren't given enough time to breathe and experience the story, the outcomes, and repercussions of the stories before they are like, "hey guess what here is another major crossover event that will change everything yet again". Seeing how pretty much every event changes something in some major way these stories need to be told sparingly that way the impact of the story and the repercussions are more meaningful and not just another set of circumstances that will just be undone a year or two later. Just my thoughts what do you all think am I being too critical?

[@NearMintCondition]

Every year.

[@xposhboyx]

So true. A decent solo or team book run is nearly impossible to get, been that way for years. Incredibly aggravating.

[@siddharthpandey8516]

completely agreed! especially for new marvel fans it's a ride I tell you XD

[@Mixen9408]

That page with the Kingpin breaking someones back is from an Spider Man annual i have in an epic collection and always been like, wtf about. But nice to see it fits in to the The Evolutionary War event/crossover. xD

[@jmv1969]

I'm glad I kicked the completist habit. Some of these events weren't good enough to be read again. I never keep anything in my collection unless I like it and know I will want to reread again in the future. If I read a story line and don't like it, it immediately gets tossed for resale( I'm looking at you Amazing Spider-Man:Sins of the Past story arc). But the fact that you still have Age of Ultron and Civil War 2, which you clearly weren't a fan of, in your collection definitely makes you a completist.

[@NearMintCondition]

Kick that habbit my dood! :) Completist here!

[@MaxBennie]

I like to do some research before I buy trades, so my money isn’t wasted on something I won’t enjoy. But there are those rare cases where an event has to be read in order to understand the stories that follow. So I have Civil War, Secret Invasion and AvX (which are essential stories with far-reaching consequences, and - so I’ve heard - some great tie-ins in the case of the third) but have no intention to buy Civil War II or IvX (which supposedly aren’t very good and have more or less been forgotten). For me, there’s that occasional trade-off between quality and needing to experience the story to understand what happens.

[@blinknl518]

Awesome list Omar. Does contest of champions II not count for this list? Especially as it is written by your nr1 writer 😉

[@NearMintCondition]

It should, but its like Beyond or Marvel The End. Wasn't really a huge crossover.

[@ovalvox7888]

I almost quit reading comic books because of Brian Michael Bendis. I loved WWHulk. He kicked the crap out of everyone in the Marvel universe.

[@Bay6Print]

Great vid Omar, thanks, enjoyed it

[@NearMintCondition]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@alienboytoys]

Ty for doing this!! This helped me!!

[@oldschoolrivethead]

Very cool to see this summarized, but it basically confirms for me that I'm not really interested in anything from House of M onward. Probably showing my age a bit, but the whole aesthetic just changes around that point and doesn't feel like the same Marvel to me anymore. From the earlier stuff, I'm only missing Heroes Reborn (no thanks!), Infinity Crusade (can't decide if I care or not), and Atlantis Attacks (which I kinda want despite its reputation).

[@robertmccauley8366]

Uncanny X-men Annual #12 my favourite annual EVER! Bought it off the spinner rack:) Atlantis Attacks annuals I bought them too off the spinner racks every week as it was happening with my allowance at the time which was $10 lol

[@NearMintCondition]

Love that book.

[@tpiechnik]

It made a lot clear! But still. If you spoiled a little and gave some in betweeners it would be better... I still don't know where all new all different started and stopped. Things like superior ironman run and stuff amongat that would be cool. So maybe some sort of iron man reading order? Hahah

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you and I can add that to the voting poll.

[@diegobelaunde4965]

Can we please get an updated list for this & DC for 2024?

[@samm9945]

This is probably a loaded question, but what would you consider the essential events?

[@MrGeorgFTW]

In terms of impact not quality maybe Secret Wars, Onslaught, House of M, Civil War, Secret Invasion, Siege, Avengers vs XMen, Secret Wars

[@samm9945]

MrGeorgFTW thank you thats exactly what i wanted to know

[@NearMintCondition]

Hmmm I'm with MrGeorgeFTW. Probably add Infinity Gauntlet and Acts of Vengeance too.

[@hellothere_24]

@@MrGeorgFTW Both the first Secret Wars and the 2015 one?

[@rianaandriamaharo4359]

Damn you probably spent a lot of money for all those omnibuses, you must have a huge collection

[@mrrehino]

awesome list

[@nickolidudeman]

Omar have you ever done a Secret Invasion reading order? I looked for it but I couldn't find it. I couldn't really find one on KZbin at all.

[@SGNJBROKENTHEATER]

awesome job bro.going to check out your channel

[@NearMintCondition]

Awesome thank you so much and hope you decide to subscribe.

[@IzzeLupin]

Hey do you like / recommend the Secret Invasion by Brian Michael Bendis omni? I see you have the slimmer version here, do you have a video on either of these books specifically? Might be a good one with the show coming up. Thanks

[@Mako2401]

Fantastic video, thank you

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you so much.

[@dankusoonyt7473]

The Civil War Saga would start with the Red Zone & ends with Civil War while the Civil War Aftermath Saga would start with the Civil War Aftermath one-shots & ends with Secret Invasion. The Dark Reign Saga would start with Secret Invasion: Dark Reign & ends with Siege which leads to The Heroic Age. The 3rd Secret Wars Saga would start with the AXIS preludes & ends with the 2015 Secret Wars & the aftermath.

[@sicksabrestyle4357]

I know I ask for reading orders a lot but could you throw up the Sandman universe for a Reading Order option. Between it and Hellblazer, Books of Magic, all the Sandman Presents it’s confusing. Maybe they’re not as connected as one might think. Anyway thanks for the video brother

[@NearMintCondition]

Hmm that one might take a little bit of work, but its fun.

[@serugolino7867]

This is a huge reason why I don't read any of the big two anymore. I just want to read one solo series with a start, middle and an end. Maybe a few crossover issues, but just please let me enjoy a character. I don't want to be interrupted every 12 months. And maybe that's why indie comics are rising in popularity. Cuz new fans don't want to read 1000 pages just to enjoy a character. Hell I haven't followed since 2018, by now I'm a newbie as well.

[@dinobroofmf]

In what ways are the Annihilation storylines connected, I'm intrested in the history of Wiccan and Hulking but I don't know how much of Annihilation and Venom/King in Black I have to read

[@robbierob6617]

Another great video! How do you remember all this stuff from the marvel universe? You are a walking marvel encyclopedia Now I know the order of all those events. What is your fav marvel event? Thanks again.

[@NearMintCondition]

How? I don't remember anything important. that's how. :) As far as my favorite events. I can do a video about those. :) Thanks again!

[@chaosthegod]

I've never understood why AoA didn't affected all the marvel comics.

[@notme191]

I wish Ghost Rider had a role in the older Marvel events.

[@jocool7370]

Great reading order! Is Annihilation Scourge not related to Annihilation or Conquest?

[@nunoneto4948]

It's kind of related. It can be seen as a follow up to Annihilation and Thanos Imperative, in the following order: Annihilation -> Thanos Imperative -> Annihilation Scourge

[@cody3757]

When can we get an updated one of these bad boys??

[@Martin_TheCollector]

Very niiice.

[@grizzlytalisman]

Can you make a marvel event list of 2020-2024?

[@maxgreen5590]

Love this video so great

[@nicholasbrooke6303]

We need a DC events or Superman reading order next

[@NearMintCondition]

I'll put that up on our patreon poll sometime this summer.

[@commander0zero]

I just watched the DC video (great BTW) and man while I think there are stories you liked here it seems to me that the Marvel events are wildly inconsistent. Everything large event wise looked much better with DC. Also I have a question, I was going to read the New cosmic marvel which you have a video on. Which other event(s) are worth the reading?

[@NearMintCondition]

I'm a huge fan of the new cosmic saga, but other events? I think people really like House of M and Civil War. I myself thought Chaos War and Fear Itself were underrated.

[@guadalupediaz3796]

Hey omar, are the marvel epics a good starting point for new readers and are they reader friendly ?

[@NearMintCondition]

They completely are.

[@LikeVapor65]

where do you get these thick comic collections from, ive only ever seen papaerbacks at my stores

[@lordmilk3847]

Would love to see a batman reading order

[@nicholas_thegreat5940]

Wouldn’t we all 😞

[@diesenutss]

There's still a lot of core stories and events that need to be collected before a proper reading order vid can really be done

[@gigly1990]

that would take like 10 videos...👀

[@lordmilk3847]

@@gigly1990 Could just be post crisis stuff

[@NearMintCondition]

That will be a set of videos that will just focus on Detective and Batman. I'll put it on the Patreon poll this summer.

[@nicktroisi6347]

Secret Wars was really my first ever Marvel Event Like it was before my time because I was born in 2002 and then I started collecting comics in 2012/13 around the time of when Marvel Now was announced. Nevertheless Secret Wars is still my favourite Marvel Event

[@toyshelv]

these 2010 era events TOUGH reads. I remember these are what got me out of Marvels stuff in those years (same way you said Onslaught got you out for a bit) I think I just hated the mutant slander. I gto heavy into Image #1s and IDW Transformers.

[@Mixen9408]

Love that list and usually it just make me think, how much i have missed and probably never gonna be able to read. xD O_O Btw is The Avengers the Kree Skrull War kinda an proto crossover, having in mind how many Marvel characters it involves, despite being in just one title? It is some years since i read it, but i remember more or less all the superheroes to be in it. :) Btw great video. :D ;P

[@GennaStuar]

great content. ty

[@zacharygambler9306]

Have you done an updated one with events since this came out

[@Aisonic95]

is Secret War its standalone story? like we won't miss anything for the story if we don't read Annihilation right?

[@ShadowLife248]

Love this video! But later half of the video u didn’t touch much what u think of the art and story overall.

[@apostrophemusic9103]

Original Sin is my favorite Marvel event

[@diegobelaunde4965]

We definitely need an update now in 2023/2024

[@amead78]

Everything you’ve seen can be purchased for only $250,000!

[@NearMintCondition]

Ahem. I’ll be happy to make you a deal right now! Half off that 250K price :)