Secret Wars (2015) Prelude 2: Hickman's Avengers Reading Order

Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers run is an epic, slow-burning saga where Earth’s Mightiest Heroes expand their ranks and confront escalating cosmic threats, secret conspiracies, and a collapsing multiverse on the road to Secret Wars (2015).

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Secret Wars (2015) Prelude 1: Hickman's Ultimates

Secret Wars (2015)

Primary collected edition:
Avengers by Jonathan Hickman
Omnibus Volume 1

Avengers by Jonathan Hickman Avengers by Jonathan Hickman cover

Collects: Avengers (2012) #1-23, New Avengers (2013) #1-12, Infinity (2013) #1-6, Infinity: Against the Tide Infinite Comic (2013) #1-2, Free Comic Book Day 2013 (Infinity) #1, Astonishing Tales: Mojoworld (2008) #1-6, material from Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu (2009) #1

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1 -6EssentialDEC 2012-FEB 2013

Avengers #1-6

#1: Avengers World

#2: We Were Avengers

#3: The Garden

#4: The Death and Resurrection of Major Titans

#5: Superguardian

#6: Zen and the Art of Cosmology

#1-6 collected in:Avengers: Volume 1: Avengers World

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7 -9EssentialJAN-FEB 2013

New Avengers #1-3

#1: Memento Mori

#2: In Secret, They Rule

#3: Infinity

#1-3 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 1: Everything Dies

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10 -11EssentialMAR 2013

Avengers #7-8

#7: The Last White Event

#8: Starbranded

#7-8 collected in:Avengers: Volume 2: The Last White Event

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12EssentialMar 2013

New Avengers #4

World Eater

#4 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 1: Everything Dies

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13EssentialApr 2013

Avengers #9

Star Bound

#9 collected in:Avengers: Volume 2: The Last White Event

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14 -15EssentialAPR-MAY 2013

New Avengers #5-6

#5: Black Swans

#6: Blue Hell

#5-6 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 1: Everything Dies

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16 -19EssentialAPR-JUN 2013

Avengers #10-13

#10: Validator

#11: Wake the Dragon

#12: Evolve

#13: Strong

#10-11 collected in:Avengers: Volume 2: The Last White Event

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#12-13 collected in:Avengers: Volume 3: Prelude to Infinity

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20EssentialJun 2013

New Avengers #7

Thrones

#7 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 2: Infinity

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21 -24EssentialJUN-AUG 2013

Avengers #14-17

#14: The Signal

#15: Sent and Received

#16: To The End

#17: ...To The Light

#14-17 collected in:Avengers: Volume 3: Prelude to Infinity

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25EssentialAug 2013

Infinity #1

[untitled]

#1 collected in:Infinity

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Part of:Infinity

26 -27EssentialJUL-SEP 2013

New Avengers #8-9

#8: What Maximus Made

#9: The Cull Obsidian

#8-9 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 2: Infinity

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Part of:Infinity

28EssentialAug 2013

Avengers #18

Avengers Universe I

#18 collected in:Avengers: Volume 4: Infinity

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29EssentialSep 2013

Infinity #2

Fall

#2 collected in:Infinity

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30EssentialSep 2013

New Avengers #10

The Thanos Seed

#10 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 2: Infinity

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Part of:Infinity

31EssentialSep 2013

Avengers #19

Avengers Universe II

#19 collected in:Avengers: Volume 4: Infinity

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Part of:Infinity

32EssentialSep 2013

Infinity #3

Kingdoms Fall

#3 collected in:Infinity

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33EssentialSep 2013

Avengers #20

Avengers Universe III: The Offer

#20 collected in:Avengers: Volume 4: Infinity

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Part of:Infinity

34EssentialOct 2013

Infinity #4

Thane

#4 collected in:Infinity

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35EssentialOct 2013

Avengers #21

Avengers Universe IV: Emancipation

#21 collected in:Avengers: Volume 4: Infinity

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Part of:Infinity

36EssentialOct 2013

New Avengers #11

Builders

#11 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 2: Infinity

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Part of:Infinity

37EssentialOct 2013

Infinity #5

The Left Hand of Death

#5 collected in:Infinity

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Part of:Infinity

38 -39EssentialOCT-NOV 2013

Avengers #22-23

#22: Avengers Universe V: To the Earth…

#23: Avengers Universe VI: ...to the Very End

#22-23 collected in:Avengers: Volume 4: Infinity

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Part of:Infinity

40EssentialNov 2013

Infinity #6

Amber

#6 collected in:Infinity

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41 -43EssentialNOV 2013-FEB 2014

New Avengers #12-14

#12: [untitled]

#13: Inhumanity

#14: The Agamotto Gambit

#12 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 2: Infinity

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#13-14 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 3: Other Worlds

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Part of:Inhumanity

44EssentialDec 2013

Avengers #24.NOW

Rogue Planet

#24.NOW collected in:Avengers: Volume 5: Adapt or Die

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45EssentialMar 2014

New Avengers #15

See How the Swans Fly

#15 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 3: Other Worlds

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46 -49EssentialJAN-APR 2014

Avengers #25-28

#25: Carve A Hole... ...Climb Inside

#26: Look Around... There's No Way Out

#27: Only Dirt... Six Feet Deep

#28: The Case

#25-28 collected in:Avengers: Volume 5: Adapt or Die

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50 -54RecommendedJAN-APR 2014

Avengers World #1-5

#1: Trouble Map

#2: [untitled]

#3: [untitled]

#4: [untitled]

#5: [untitled]

#1-5 collected in:Avengers World: Volume 1: A.I.M.pire

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55 -56EssentialMAR-APR 2014

New Avengers #16.NOW, #17

#16.NOW: A Perfect World: Part 1

#17: A Perfect World: Part 2

#16.NOW-17 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 3: Other Worlds

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57 -62EssentialMAY-AUG 2014

Avengers #29-34

#29: Infinite Avengers

#30: 50 Into the Future

#31: 500 Into the Future

#32: 5,000 Into the Future

#33: 50,000 Into the Future

#34: The Last Avenger

#29-34 collected in:Avengers: Volume 6: Infinite Avengers

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Part of:Original Sin

63 -68EssentialMAY-AUG 2014

New Avengers #18-23

#18: Into the Breach

#19: We Are All Monsters Now

#20: Blu-dakorr

#21: The Bomb

#22: We Are Not Brothers

#23: All the Angels Have Fallen

#18-23 collected in:New Avengers: Volume 4: A Perfect World

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69 -71EssentialSEP 2014

Avengers #34.1, #34.2, #35

#34.1: The World In His Hands

#34.2: Big City

#35: The Three Avengers

#34.1-34.2 collected in:Avengers World: The Complete Collection

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#35 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 1

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72EssentialSep 2014

New Avengers #24

The Cabal

#24 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 1

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73EssentialOct 2014

Avengers #36

Universal Avengers

#36 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 1

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74EssentialOct 2014

New Avengers #25

What Happened When The World Woke Up

#25 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 1

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75EssentialOct 2014

Avengers #37

Archangel

#37 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 1

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76EssentialNov 2014

New Avengers #26

Cages

#26 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 2

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77EssentialNov 2014

Avengers #38

Origin Sites

#38 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 2

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78EssentialNov 2014

New Avengers #27

Triage

#27 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 2

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79EssentialDec 2014

Avengers #39

You Can't Win: Part 1

#39 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 2

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80EssentialDec 2014

New Avengers #28

You Can't Win: Part 2

#28 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 2

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81EssentialJan 2015

Avengers #40

We Three Kings

#40 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 3

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82EssentialJan 2015

New Avengers #29

8 Months Ago…

#29 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 3

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83EssentialFeb 2015

Avengers #41

Over There

#41 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 3

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84EssentialFeb 2015

New Avengers #30

Beyonders

#30 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 3

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85EssentialMar 2015

Avengers #42

It All Comes Crashing Down

#42 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 3

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86 -87EssentialMAR 2015

New Avengers #31-32

#31: Rabum Alal

#32: The Fall of Gods

#31-32 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 4

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88EssentialApr 2015

Avengers #43

…And All That's Left Is Ashes

#43 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 4

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89EssentialApr 2015

New Avengers #33

In Latveria, the Flowers Die in Summer

#33 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 4

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90EssentialApr 2015

Avengers #44

One Was Life, One Was Death

#44 collected in:Avengers: Time Runs Out: Volume 4

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Secret Wars (2015) Prelude 2: Hickman's Avengers Reading Order

Event timeline

Primary collected edition:Avengers by Jonathan HickmanOmnibus Volume 1

Issue-by-Issue Reading Order

Avengers #1-6

New Avengers #1-3

Avengers #7-8

New Avengers #4

Avengers #9

New Avengers #5-6

Avengers #10-13

New Avengers #7

Avengers #14-17

Infinity #1

New Avengers #8-9

Avengers #18

Infinity #2

New Avengers #10

Avengers #19

Infinity #3

Avengers #20

Infinity #4

Avengers #21

New Avengers #11

Infinity #5

Avengers #22-23

Infinity #6

New Avengers #12-14

Avengers #24.NOW

New Avengers #15

Avengers #25-28

Avengers World #1-5

New Avengers #16.NOW, #17

Avengers #29-34

New Avengers #18-23

Avengers #34.1, #34.2, #35

New Avengers #24

Avengers #36

New Avengers #25

Avengers #37

New Avengers #26

Avengers #38

New Avengers #27

Avengers #39

New Avengers #28

Avengers #40

New Avengers #29

Avengers #41

New Avengers #30

Avengers #42

New Avengers #31-32

Avengers #43

New Avengers #33

Avengers #44

Primary collected edition:
Avengers by Jonathan Hickman
Omnibus Volume 1