Welcome to the Marvel Master Reading Order. This is a reading order for all Marvel comics that are deemed important or are just enjoyable comics to read. Starting around 2004 and the Avengers Disassembled crossover this order becomes more comprehensive and includes all major comic series. Starting with the Marvel NOW! event the reading order includes all in-continuity Marvel comics.

Comics from the Golden and Silver Ages can be tough to read as the plots rely on staggering amounts of coincidence and the characters tend to hammer home their personality traits issue after issue. If you aren’t enjoying reading the earliest issues it is recommended you skip forward a bit, into the 70’s at least.

First appearances are marked by the earliest issue the character appeared in, not necessarily their earliest chronological appearance.