Guide To Reading & Collecting Marvel Comics - Crushing Krisis

Updated November 11, 2025! You shouldn’t have to be a comic book expert to enjoy reading Marvel Comics! Find every Marvel issue from all of their major titles and characters in the right reading order in this Marvel Comics Guide, including how they’ve been collected in physical and digital format – plus, suggestions for the best places to start.

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Marvel Comics – Line-Wide Guides & Directories

• Marvel Universe Events
• Marvel 2099 [P]
• Marvel’s Ultimate Universe
• X-Men Reading Order

Marvel Era Guides:

• Bendis-Era Avengers Reading Order
• Marvel Legacy Era [P]
• Marvel Fresh Start Era

Marvel Comics – Avengers Titles Guides & Reading Orders

• Avengers Flagship Titles
  • The Avengers, Vol. 1 (1963)
  • The Avengers, Vol. 2 & 3 (1996 – 2004)
  • New Avengers, Vol. 1 (2005 – 2010)
  • Avengers Flagships, 2010 – present
• Avengers West Coast & Force Works
• The Defenders
• Mighty Avengers & Ultimates
• Secret Warriors & Secret Avengers
• Thunderbolts & Dark Avengers
• Uncanny Avengers & A+X
• Young & Training Avengers

Marvel Comics – Spider-Man Line Guides & Reading Orders

• Kraven the Hunter [P]
• Spider-Gwen, Ghost Spider [P]
• Spider-Ham [P]
• Spider-Man 2099 [P]
• Spider-Man, Miles Morales
• Spider-Man, Peter Parker
• Spider-Man, Peter Parker (2018-present)
• Spider-Woman
• Venom [P]

Marvel Comics – Thor & Asgard Guides & Reading Orders

• Angela [P]
• Beta Ray Bill [P]
• Jane Foster, Mighty Thor & Valkyrie
• Loki [P]
• Thor, The Odinson
• Thunderstrike [P]

Marvel Comics – X-Men Line Guides & Reading Orders

• Teams & Titles
  • Alpha Flight [P]
  • Astonishing & Amazing X-Men
  • Champions
  • Excalibur
  • Exiles
  • New Mutants & New/Young X-Men
  • New X-Men (2001) by Grant Morrison
  • Uncanny Avengers & A+X
  • Uncanny X-Men
    • Uncanny X-Men (1963) #1-93 AKA Silver Age X-Men (1963 – 1973)
    • Uncanny X-Men (1963) #94-280 AKA X-Men by Chris Claremont (1974 – 1991)
    • Uncanny X-Men (1963) #281-393 AKA X-Men – The Crossover Era (1991 – 2001)
    • Uncanny X-Men (1963) #394-544 AKA X-Men – The Trade Paperback Era (2001 – 2011)
    • Uncanny X-Men (2011), (2013), & (2018) – X-Men Titles (2009 – 2019)
  • Weapon X [P]
  • X-Factor
  • X-Force
  • X-Men
    • X-Men (1991) #1-113 (1991 – 2001)
    • New X-Men & X-Men (1991) #114-207 (2001 – 2008)
    • X-Men Titles (2009 – 2019)
    • X-Men – The Age of Krakoa (2019 – 2024)
    • X-Men – From the Ashes (2024 – Present)
  • X-Men Legacy
  • X-Statix
  • X-Treme X-Men
• Other Ongoing Series
• Limited Series
• Solo Characters (all listed in the images, above)
  • Cable
  • Captain Britain [P]
  • Daken AKA Akihiro [P]
  • Dazzler [P]
  • Deadpool
  • Domino [P]
  • Emma Frost [P]
  • Legion [P]
  • Magik – Illyana Rasputin [P]
  • Magneto
  • Mister Sinister [P]
  • Namor, The Sub-Mariner
  • Sabretooth [P]
  • Wolverine, Logan
  • Wolverine, X-23
  • X-Man, Nate Grey Summers [P]

All Marvel Comics Team Guides & Reading Orders

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• Alpha Flight [P]
• Avengers (Main Index)
• Champions
• The Defenders
• Excalibur
• Eternals
• Exiles
• Fantastic Four
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Heroes For Hire [P]
• Inhumans
• Marvel 2099 [P]
• New Mutants & New/Young X-Men
• New Warriors
• Power Pack
• Runaways
• Secret Warriors & Secret Avengers
• Thunderbolts & Dark Avengers
• Uncanny Avengers & A+X
• Weapon X [P]
• What If?
• X-Factor
• X-Force
• X-Men (Main Index)
• X-Statix
• Young Avengers

All Marvel Comics Character Guides & Reading Orders

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• Adam Warlock
• Angela [P]
• Ant-Man & Giant-Man
• Beta Ray Bill [P]
• Black Cat [P]
• Black Panther
• Black Widow
• Blade [P]
• Cable
• Captain America
• Captain Britain [P]
• Captain Marvel
• Cloak & Dagger
• Daken AKA Akihiro [P]
• Daredevil
• Darkhawk
• Dazzler [P]
• Deadpool
• Deathlok
• Devil Dinosaur, Moon Boy, & Moon Girl
• Doctor Strange
• Domino [P]
• Dracula [P]
• Drax
• Echo [P]
• Elektra
• Elsa Bloodstone [P]
• Eternals [P]
• Emma Frost [P]
• Gamora
• Ghost Rider
• Gwenpool [P]
• Hawkeye
• Hellcat, Patsy Walker [P]
• Hercules
• Howard the Duck [P]
• Hulk
• Iron Fist
• Iron Man, Tony Stark
• Jane Foster, Mighty Thor & Valkyrie
• Jessica Jones AKA Alias
• Kang the Conqueror [P]
• Kraven the Hunter [P]
• Legion [P]
• Loki [P]
• Luke Cage AKA Power Man
• Magik – Illyana Rasputin [p]
• Magneto
• Mister Sinister [P]
• Mockingbird
• Moon Knight
• Morbius [P]
• Ms. Marvel – Kamala Khan
• Nova
• Punisher
• Red Hulk [P]
• Red She-Hulk AKA Harpy [P]
• Rocket Raccoon [P]
• Sabretooth [P]
• Scarlet Witch
• Sentry [P]
• She-Hulk
• Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
• Silk [P]
• Silver Surfer
• Spider-Gwen [P]
• Spider-Man 2099 [P]
• Spider-Man, Miles Morales [P]
• Spider-Man, Peter Parker (1963-2018)
• Spider-Man, Peter Parker (2018-present)
• Spider-Woman
• Squirrel Girl
• Star-Lord, Peter Quill
• Venom [P]
• Vision [P]
• Thanos
• Thor, The Odinson
• Thunderstrike [P]
• Wasp, Janet van Dyne
• Wasp, The Unstoppable
• Werewolf by Night [P]
• Wolverine, Logan
• Wolverine, Laura Kinney – X-23
• Wolverine, Old Man Logan [P]
• X-Man, Nate Grey Summers [P]