The order of The Avengers: Epic Collection

Every once in a while, Marvel Comics publishes a series of trade paperbacks collecting together key stories from the Marvel Universe – epic tales from the classic era of comics. One such series is The Avengers: Epic Collection, which offers up some of the best Avengers stories of the past.

If you are just getting into the Epic Collection, and you don’t know your ‘Behold… The Vision’ from your ‘Operation Galactic Storm’, then you may wish to know what titles are in the collection and what order they should be read. Well, that’s where this post can help you out, as it contains a chronological reading order for all The Avengers: Epic Collection books, including both The Avengers and Avengers: West Coast books.

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A list of The Avengers: Epic Collection in order

Below is a list of the trade paperbacks in The Avengers: Epic Collection. The books are listed in chronological order.

• The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes – Avengers #1 – #20
• The Avengers: Once an Avenger – Avengers #21 – #40
• The Avengers: Masters of Evil – Avengers #41 – #56, Avengers Annual #1 – #2, X-Men #45 and Not Brand Echh #5 and #8
• The Avengers: Behold… The Vision – The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine – Avengers #57 – #76, and Marvel Super-Heroes #17
• The Avengers: This Beachhead Earth – Avengers #77 – #97 and Incredible Hulk #140
• The Avengers: A Traitor Stalks Within Us – Avengers #98 – #114 and Daredevil #99
• The Avengers: The Avengers/Defenders War – Avengers #115 – #128, Giant-Size #1, Defenders #8 –#11, Captain Marvel #33 and Fantastic Four #150
• The Avengers: Kang War – Avengers #129 – #149, Giant-Size Avengers #2 – #4, material from Giant-Size Avengers #5, Marvel Treasury Edition #7, and FOOM #12
• The Avengers: The Final Threat – Avengers #150 – #166, Avengers Annual #6 – #7, Super-Villain Team-Up #9 and Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2
• The Avengers: Yesterday Quest– Avengers #167 – #188, Avengers Annual #8 – #9, and Avengers: The Korvac Saga
• The Avengers: The Evil Reborn – Avengers #189 – #209, Avengers Annual #10, and material from Tales to Astonish #12
• Avengers West Coast: How the West Was Won – West Coast Avengers #1 – #4, Iron Man Annual #7, Avengers #250, West Coast Avengers #1 – #7, Vision and The Scarlet Witch #1 – #2 and Wonder Man #1
• The Avengers: Under Siege – Avengers #264 – #277, Alpha Flight #39, Avengers Annual #15, and West Coast Avengers Annual #1
• Avengers West Coast: Lost in Space-Time – West Coast Avengers #8 – #24, Avengers Annual #1 and Avengers Annual #15
• The Avengers: Judgement Day – Avengers #278 – #285, Avengers Annual #16, Marvel Graphic Novel #27: Emperor Doom, X-Men Vs. Avengers #1 – #4, and West Coast Avengers Annual #2
• Avengers West Coast: Tales to Astonish – West Coast Avengers #25 – #37, West Coast Avengers Annual #2, Avengers Annual #16, Marvel Graphic Novel #27: Emperor Doom
• The Avengers: Heavy Metal – Avengers #286 – #303 and Avengers Annual #17
• Avengers West Coast: Vision Quest – West Coast Avengers #38 – #46, Avengers West Coast #47 – #52, West Coast Avengers Annual #3 – #4, and Avengers Spotlight #23
• The Avengers: Acts of Vengeance – Avengers #304 – #318, Avengers Annual #18, and West Coast Avengers #53
• Avengers West Coast: Darker Than Scarlet – West Coast Avengers #53 – #64, West Coast Avengers Annual #5, Avengers #311 – #313, material from Avengers Annual #19, and What The–?! #6
• The Avengers: The Crossing Line – Avengers #319 – #33, Avengers Annual #19, material from Captain America Annual #9, Iron Man Annual #11, Thor Annual #15, and Avengers West Coast Annual #5
• The Avengers West Coast: California Screaming – Avengers West Coast #65 – #82 and Avengers West Coast Annual #6
• The Avengers: The Collection Obsession – Avengers #334 – #344, Avengers Annual #20, Avengers: Deathtrap – The Vault, Incredible Hulk Annual #17, Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #1, Iron Man Annual #12, and Avengers West Coast Annual #6
• The Avengers: Operation Galactic Storm – Avengers #345 – #347, Avengers West Coast #80 – #82, Quasar #32 – #34, Wonder Man #7 – #9, Iron Man #278 – #279, Thor #445 – #446, Captain America #401 and Captain America #398 – #400
• The Avengers West Coast: Ultron Unbound – Avengers West Coast #83 – #95, Avengers West Coast Annual #7 – #8, material from Darkhawk Annual #1 and Iron Man Annual #13
• The Avengers: Fear the Reaper – Avengers #348 – #359, Avengers Annual #21, Captain America Annual #11, Thor Annual #17 and Fantastic Four Annual #25
• The Avengers: The Gatherers Strike! – Avengers #360 – #366, The Avengers Annual #22, Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective #1 – #4, Avengers Strikefile #1 and Avengers Anniversary Magazine
• The Avengers: The Gathering – Avengers #367 – #377, Avengers Annual #23, X-Men (1991) #26, Avengers West Coast #101, Uncanny X-Men #307, and Avengers Log #1
• The Avengers: Taking A.I.M. – Avengers #378 – #388, Marvel Double Feature: Avengers/Giant-Man #379 – #382, Vision #1 – #4, Captain America #440 – #441
• New Avengers: Assembled – Avengers (1998) #500 – #503, Avengers #500 Director’s Cut, Avengers Finale, New Avengers (2004) #1 – #10, 1 Director’s Cut, and New Avengers Most Wanted Files (2005)
• Dark Avengers: Osborn’s Reign – Dark Avengers (2009) #1 – #16, Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia, Uncanny X-Men #513 – #514, Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus, and Dark Avengers Annual #1

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Editor/writer/reserve Avenger

Alex Wiggan

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