Comics Chronology: The X-Men go to war with the Brood, are introduced to the New Mutants, take Rogue as a member, ally with Magneto in the Secret Wars & more!
Honor (1984-1985) Reading Order
Related Events: How are the break-up of Kitty Pryde & Colossus, Wolverine's feud with Ogun, the arrival of the Magus on Earth and the reformation of Alpha Flight connected?
Top Ten Most-Wanted Marvel Omnibus: 2025 Edition
Podcast & Video: The stories and runs we'd like to see in chunky collections from Marvel Comics
What to read before… ONSLAUGHT (1996)
Background Reading: The stories to pick up before the ONSLAUGHT event - from the essential to the optional
The Brood Saga (1982-1983) Reading Order
Crossover / Related Events: When the alien Brood take the X-Men hostage, Professor X gather a team of New Mutants... for sinister purposes
X-Men Family Reading Order, 1978-1981: The Phoenix Saga
Reading Order: A member of the X-Men becomes their biggest threat in one of the most-popular eras for Marvel's mutants
Top Ten ‘90s X-Men Stories
To mark the return of the animated X-Men in the X-Men ’97 series on Disney+, those Omniverse Comics Guide guys take a trip back to the 1990s – the decade that introduced those merry mutants to many - and choose ten of their all-time favourite X-stories from that era to both recommend and remind to... Continue Reading →
JLA/Avengers (2003-2004) Reading Order
The event we’d been waiting for since 1983. Who knew we’d see both universes in one huge event (see DC VERSUS MARVEL) before we’d see their two biggest teams together in one story! Originally, under Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas and George Pérez, the Justice League of America and the Avengers would face both the Lord... Continue Reading →
Doctor Doom Reading Order, 1962-1981: World Domination
Comics Chronology: The saga of one of the most-feared villains in the Marvel Universe begins
The Muir Island Saga (1991) Reading Order
Since Polaris' arrival at Moira MacTaggert's Mutant Research Centre on Muir Island, the behaviour of everyone around her has changed for the worse. It's become clear this is the work of the Shadow King; an old foe of Charles Xavier from some time before he became Professor X and formed the X-Men. This psychic entity... Continue Reading →
Secret Wars (1984-1985) Reading Order
Major Crossover: The Beyonder whisks some of the biggest heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe to Battleworld
Marvel Cosmic Reading Order, 2003-2008: Annihilated
Comics Chronology: The cosmic corner of the Marvel Universe is invaded - introducing the new Guardians of the Galaxy
MODOK Reading Order: George Tarleton (1967-Present)
The outlandish Jack Kirby design and some weird and wild stories featuring the gigantic-headed sociopath, make it hard not to love this oddball bad guy. The Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing - aka MODOK – has been a thorn in the side of the Hulk, Fantastic Four, Captain America, Iron Man and more while acting as the head (no pun intended)... Continue Reading →
Man-Thing Reading Order: The Fall of Ted Sallis (1971-1989)
Working under Project Sulfur, Dr Ted Sallis creates a new Super-Soldier Serum. When AIM agents and his own wife try to steal the SO-2 Serum from him in the Everglades, he escapes and injects it before falling into the swamp. Transformed in a muck-monster dubbed the Man-Thing, the mindless creature that was once Ted Sallis becomes the guardian of the Nexus of All Realities - the... Continue Reading →