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The Avengers Reading Order, A Post Secret Wars Marvel World (2015-Present)

Avengers assemble! Created to combat threats too big for one hero, the Avengers are Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. As the number of villains, dangers and destroyed worlds increased, so did the number of Avengers recruits, with spin-offs of the team being formed to cover more threats and deliver more stories!

More than ten years ago, the Marvel Universe was destroyed and recreated in the 2015 Secret Wars. This gave rise to an All-New, All-Different Marvel, combining the 616 Universe and the 1610 Ultimate Universe (home to Miles Morales). Following this event, a new Marvel era began, with Iron Man forming a new team of Avengers, the first of many rosters to come in the following years, as is tradition. In the Avengers and their many spin-offs, members come and go in order to protect the Earth.

This guide is focused on the world of the Avengers in the post-Secret Wars era, from 2015 to the present day. If you want to read classic Avengers comics, you can find the reading order over here.

The Avengers Omnibus Collection Part. 2

There are few Avengers comics reprinted in Hulk-sized books from this period for the moment, but the collection is growing.

The Complete Avengers Reading Order, from 2015 to the present

Since 2015, several writers have taken on the task of writing about Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. You can jump into any of this run to discover many Avengers comics:

All-New, All-Different Avengers with Mark Waid (2015-2018)

Following Secret Wars, the old order changed, and new teams were assembled! Writer Mark Waid created an All-New, All-Different Avengers team, with artwork by Mahmud Asrar and Adam Kubert. The team was built around many legacy heroes. Around the only two characters present in the previous roster, Iron Man and Sam as Captain America, were assembled the Vision, Nova (Sam Alexander), Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Captain America (Sam Wilson), and Thor (Jane Foster).

At the same time, Bobby DaCosta (Sunspot) is leading the Avengers Idea Mechanics, a global rescue squad with super-science capabilities, in the New Avengers Vol. 4 by Al Ewing and Gerardo Sandoval. Also, the all-female Avengers team A-Force has re-emerged under the leadership of She-Hulk and Medusa.

With new threats coming, new Avengers teams appear to deal with them! Al Ewing has also taken charge of The Ultimates, a special team that deals with cosmic issues. The name comes from the Avengers version of the Ultimate Universe, but the comparison stops there. Created by Gerry Duggan and Ryan Stegman, the Avengers Unity Squad is an interconnected superhero team formed after the events of Avengers vs. X-Men. They are now helping humanity, mutants, and Inhumans in a new volume of Uncanny Avengers.

Avengers: Standoff! Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson find themselves in a standoff with high, personal stakes. This tense conflict quickly escalates, drawing in several Avengers teams. It all begins, however, in the small town of Pleasant Hill, an idyllic community with friendly neighbours and a terrible, dark secret.

 

Protect the future. Change the future. When a new Inhuman appears with the ability to predict the future, Captain Marvel wants him to work with the Ultimates to prevent disasters before they happen. However, Iron Man opposes the idea, suggesting that it is dangerous to rely on his predictions. No one has watched Minority Report and in consequence, this starts Civil War II, by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artists David Marquez and Justin Ponsor.

All-New Marvel Now! Following the events of Civil War II, Marvel Now — the branding used for the relaunch preceding All-New, All-Different Marvel — was used again. Editor Tom Brevoort claimed that it was to “refresh and revitalise” the titles.

It mostly looked like the branding was just an excuse to create more Avengers teams! The youngster of the Marvel Universe decided to go their own way in Champions, while the veterans (Captain America, Thor, The Vision, The Wasp, Spider-Man, and Hercules) assembled once more in The Avengers, still written by Mark Waid with artist Mike del Mundo.

The Avengers Idea Mechanics continues his work in U.S. Avengers by Al Ewing and Paco Medina, while Hawkeye starts travelling to places where superheroes are rarely seen to fight crime in Occupy Avengers by David Walker and Carlos Pacheco.

Last but not least, The Great Lakes Avengers, aka “everybody’s least favorite super-hero team,” also make their comeback for a short run by Zac Gorman and Will Robson.

Captain America is living a lie! The Cosmic Cube has remade him into a secret true believer in the cause of Hydra. Now, Steve Rogers makes Hydra’s ideals a reality—and changes the landscape of the world dramatically! Find out as the impossible becomes real in Secret Empire. 

Marvel Legacy Avengers. Once again, the end of an event has led to a new relaunch of sorts! Described as a greater focus on Marvel’s core superheroes, the Marvel Legacy Initiative also brought back the original numbering (this lasted less than a year). Soon enough, all the Avengers team are united into The Avengers main title to face threats beyond any they’ve faced before.

Fresh Start: Jason Aaron’s Avengers (2018-2023)

Already working on his Thor run, Jason Aaron teamed up with artist Ed McGuinness to take over The Avengers as part of Marvel’s “Fresh Start” relaunch. Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, and Thor Odinson reunite and work with Captain Marvel, Black Panther, She-Hulk, Doctor Strange, and Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes) to save the world from total annihilation. 

At the same time, spinning out from Kate Bishop’s solo adventures Hawkeye: Kate Bishop, is the third incarnation of the West Coast Avengers, written by Kelly Thompson. Kate Bishop assembles around her a less-than-ordinary Avenger team made of the original Hawkeye, Gwenpool, America Chavez, Quentin Quire, and Kate’s boyfriend Johnny.

Gerry Duggan and Mike Deodato Jr. also introduce a new team: Savage Avengers. After the events of Avengers: No Road Home, a time-displaced Conan is teaming up with Marvel characters to take down the Hand. 

The War of Realms is here. Malekith the Accursed has been conquering the Ten Realms one by one until there is only one left: Midgard (Earth!). With a lot of Asgardian warriors and Earth’s heroes, they must now fight against a full-on invasion and defeat Malekith. It is the culmination of Aaron’s run on Thor, although the event is accessible even if you are not familiar with it. 

Knull, god of the symbiotes, is coming to conquer Earth with an army of thousands of symbiote dragons at his beck and call. Of course, Earth’s heroes will fight back during the King in Black event, the last chapter of Donny Cates’s run on Venom.  

Coming from Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness is Heroes Reborn 2021, a Marvel event which has no relation to the 1996–97 storyline of the same name. The Marvel Universe was altered. The Avengers were never formed. Tony Stark never built the Iron Man armour. Thor is a hard-drinking atheist who despises hammers. Wakanda is dismissed as a myth. Captain America was never found in the ice. In this altered Marvel Universe, the biggest superhero team is The Squadron Supreme of America. And so begins the journey of a man who remembers the world as it was before, as he sets out to discover the cause of this ominous shift in reality.

Following on from the events of Avengers #50 comes Avengers Forever, which is also written by Jason Aaron. This series follows Ghost Rider on a quest for cosmic vengeance. The first four issues tell one story. After that, it becomes more episodic until Avengers Assemble, so the first two story arcs can be read together. In the final part, the title becomes intertwined with the main Avengers series.

∞ Digital-First Comics. During this period, Marvel Comics also published Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022-2023), a self-contained digital comic starring rotating members of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, and Avengers: Electric Rain Infinity Comic, an adaptation of the Korean webcomic.

Out-of-continuity Avengers.
During the last few years, a few limited Avengers series set in alternate universes were released. For a little detour before entering a new run, you can check out:


The Avengers by Jed MacKay (2023-2026)

A new team of Avengers assembled under the creative team of Jed MacKay and artist C.F. Villa. Elected the new chairperson of the Avengers, Captain Marvel assembled a new roster of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, with once again Captain America, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Thor, Iron Man, and Black Panther joining her on her mission to fight the battles no one else can. And soon enough, the group must battle against Terminus, face the Ashen Combine, and help the X-Men against the anti-mutant organization Orchis.

Vampire Logo Reading Order

The skies have gone dark, the sun hiding its face from the carnage to come. The children of the night, the vampires, have risen from the dark and hidden places of the world as one to drown the Marvel Universe in blood. The Avengers and many other Marvel Superheroes are fighting in a war of a new kind against the creatures of the night in the Blood Hunt event!

A West Coast Avenger Interlude. From Gerry Duggan and Danny Kim came a new version of the West Coast Avengers! The team has recently reformed, this time under Iron Man and War Machine’s leadership, with villains among them, seeking a path to redemption. 

Doctor Doom declares himself Emperor of the World! Now it’s One World Under Doom, coming from Fantastic Four author Ryan North and artist R. B. Silva? Already, the resistance is forming, but will they succeed in stopping Doom’s machinations? The Avengers are naturally affected by this power shift, while the son of Doom assembles his own Avengers team with “heroes” from the future in the Superior Avengers, written by Steve Foxe with art by Luca Maresca and Kyle Hot.

Spinning out from One World Under Doom is Sam Humphries’s New Avengers that follows Bucky Barnes and Black Widow as they assemble five of the most dangerous loners in the Marvel Universe to battle the “Killuminati”—twisted duplicates and masterminded threats

∞ Digital-First Comics. During this period, the Avengers tackled an impending interstellar disaster and much more in the Avengers United Infinity Comic (2023-2025), the Avengers Emergency Response Squad continues their mission in Astonishing Avengers Infinity Comic (2025) while the young heroes are also facing some danger in Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices Infinity Comic (2024-2025).

Out-of-continuity Avengers.

  • Avengers: Twilight (#1-6)— A dystopian future limited series written by Chip Zdarsky with art by Daniel Acuña.
  • Ultraman X The Avengers (#1-4) — Japan’s greatest champion Ultraman and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes join forces for an epic adventure by Kyle Higgins and Mat Groom, and artist Francesco Manna.
  • Avengers: The Only Certainty Is Change #1 — A 10-page free promotional digital one-shot made in collaboration with Nord VPN
  • Aliens vs. Avengers (#1-4) — Another dystopian future, this one by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic, that sees the aging Avengers facing the Xenomorphs.

The Avengers by Chip Zdarsky (2026-Present)

A new threat has emerged from the ashes of the One World Under Doom event, leading to another dismantling of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. All of this is taking place right now in Avengers: Armageddon, in which writer Chip Zdarsky is setting up a new conjecture to launch his run on the Avengers.

To Be Continued…

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2 thoughts on “The Avengers Reading Order, A Post Secret Wars Marvel World (2015-Present)”

  1. Atanas
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    King in Black has got to be one of my favorite events that i have ever read. Also i have been meaning to ask if there will be a reading order regarding the Ultimate Marvel Universe Post-Secret Wars too because i would really like to know what happened to The Maker or Wolverine’s son after that event in the main continuity since i have only read Cates’s Venom run. (i have been following the UM reading order so far and have been enjoying that universe a lot). Thanks again for making the best reading orders ever : D

    1. Carole
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      Hey Atanas,

      Following you comment, I thought a little bit about the idea of having a guide for the Ultimate Marvel Post Secret Wars, and something could be done about informing where to find the characters who came to Earth 616. I also entertained the idea of making an article about the Maker, so reading your comment remembered me of that. I will make a little bit more research and see what can be done on that subject, thank you for those suggestions!

      And thank you for reading us!

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