Other Universes – Character Reading Orders

An ever-growing list of chronological guides to characters, teams and universes set outside of the mainstream Marvel and DC Universes, to help ease you through their comic book continuity!

Characters	Publisher & Era
Aliens vs Predator, 1991-2019	Dark Horse & others – AVP vs the Omniverse: The Xenomorphs & Yautja take on the WildCATs, Batman, Judge Dredd, Archie, Vampirella & more!
The Authority, 1999-2011	WildStorm/DC- The WildStorm Years: The Authority are ready to put an end to all threats to Earth by any means necessary

Characters	Publisher & Era
Hellboy Universe, 1339BC-1948	Dark Horse – The Secret Histories: Lobster Johnson, the Witchfinder & young Hellboy rise up against the darkness that creeps into our world
Hellboy Universe, 1949-1993	Dark Horse – Hellboy & the BPRD: Continuing the ‘untold tales’ of Hellboy before he makes his official debut
Hellboy Universe, 1994-Present	Dark Horse – The Devil You Know: Hellboy and the BPRD’s modern tales, from ‘Seed of Destruction’ to the finale & beyond

Characters	Publisher & Era
Invincible Universe, 2002-2018	Image/Skybound – Guarding the Globe: See Invincible’s core reading order or expand your experience to include his entire universe!

Characters	Publisher & Era
Outerverse, 2010-Present	Dark Horse – Tales From The Outer Dark: Lord Baltimore & Joe Golem lead the way into Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden’s gothic universe

Characters	Publisher & Era
Peacemaker, 1966-1986	Charlton: Christopher Smith sets out to achieve peace by any means necessary
Predator vs Aliens, 1991-2019	Dark Horse & others – AVP vs the Omniverse: The Xenomorphs & Yautja take on the WildCATs, Batman, Judge Dredd, Archie, Vampirella & more!

Characters	Publisher & Era
Resident Alien, 2011-Present	Dark Horse – Welcome to Earth: Small-town doctor Harry Vanderspeigle isn’t from Earth!

Characters	Publisher & Era
Sixth Gun, 2010-Present	Oni Press – The Dusty Road to Apocalypse: Whoever holds the Six Guns has access to incredible power that could end everything

Characters	Publisher & Era
Transformers, 1984-1994	Marvel Comics – The Marvel Years: The original comics mythology for the Robots in Disguise

Characters	Publisher & Era
Valiant Universe, 2012-2014	Valiant Entertainment – Valiant Reborn: Bloodshot, X-O Manowar, Harbinger begin with a fresh and exciting new continuity

Characters	Publisher & Era
Zenith, 1987-Present	2000AD – Phase One to Four: The guide to 2000AD’s classic superhero story from Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell