Marvel’s Civil War Reading Order Guide

Civil War is a huge Marvel Comics event that lasted for about 7 issues. After the US Government passes an act that asks the superheroes to register and reveal their identity, there is a BIG ideological difference between the Marvel Superheroes. Iron Man leads the side which accepts the act and Captain America leads the opposing side. While the Civil War comics only have 7 issues, there are a lot of tie-ins with a lot of Marvel Comics which is what this post will list and give you the order in which they’re meant to be read.

Road to Civil War

As the name suggests, these comics act as a prologue to the main Civil War story. These issues will tell you exactly why the government had to pass the act and so on.

·        New Warriors (2004 series) #1

·        New Warriors (2004 series) #2

·        New Warriors (2004 series) #3

·        New Warriors (2004 series) #4

·        New Warriors (2004 series) #5

·        New Warriors (2004 series) #6

·        Amazing Spider-Man #529

·        Amazing Spider-Man #530

·        Amazing Spider-Man #531

·        Fantastic Four #536

·        Fantastic Four #537

·        New Avengers: Illuminati

Civil War

The main story of Civil War. You can just go ahead and read the main 7 issues of Civil War (in bold) for a quick read. But you might want to consider reading the whole list if you want to know details.

·        Civil War #1

·        She Hulk #8 (2005 Series)

·        Wolverine #42 (2003 Series)

·        Amazing Spider-Man #532

·        Civil War: Front Line #1

·        Civil War #2

·        Thunderbolts #103

·        Civil War: Front Line #2

·        X-Factor #8 (2005 Series)

·        New Avengers #21 (2004 Series)

·        Wolverine #43 (2003 Series)

·        Amazing Spider-Man #533

·        Fantastic Four #538

·        Civil War: Front Line #3

·        Thunderbolts #104

·        Civil War: X-Men #1

·        Civil War #3

·        Cable & Deadpool #30

·        Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #1

·        Civil War: Front Line #4

·        X-Factor #9 (2005 Series)

·        New Avengers #22 (2004 Series)

·        Black Panther #18 (2005 Series)

·        Wolverine #44 (2003 Series)

·        Amazing Spider-Man #534

·        Fantastic Four #539

·        Civil War: Front Line #5

·        Ms. Marvel #6 (2006 Series)

·        Thunderbolts #105

·        Civil War: X-Men #2

·        Heroes for Hire #1 (2006 Series)

·        New Avengers #23 (2004 Series)

·        Wolverine #45 (2003 Series)

·        Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #2

·        Cable & Deadpool #31

·        Ms. Marvel #7 (2006 Series)

·        Civil War: X-Men #3

·        Civil War #4

·        Wolverine #46 (2003 Series)

·        Heroes for Hire #2 (2006 Series)

·        Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #3

·        Civil War: Front Line #6

·        Captain America #22 (2004 Series)

·        Cable & Deadpool #32

·        Amazing Spider-Man #535

·        Civil War: Choosing Sides

·        Fantastic Four #540

·        Civil War: Front Line #7

·        Civil War: X-Men #4

·        Ms. Marvel #8 (2006 Series)

·        Wolverine #47 (2003 Series)

·        Heroes for Hire #3 (2006 Series)

·        Captain America #23 (2004 Series)

·        New Avengers #24 (2004 Series)

·        Civil War #5

·        Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #4

·        Iron Man #13 (2004 Series)

·        New Avengers #25 (2004 Series)

·        Punisher War Journal #1 (2006 Series)

·        Civil War: Front Line #8

·        Amazing Spider-Man #536

·        Black Panther #22 (2005 Series)

·        Captain America #24 (2004 Series)

·        Civil War: War Crimes #1

·        Civil War: Front Line #9

·        Iron Man #14 (2004 Series)

·        Fantastic Four #541

·        Black Panther #23 (2005 Series)

·        Punisher War Journal #2 (2006 Series)

·        Civil War #6

·        Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties of War #1

·        Civil War: Front Line #10

·        Amazing Spider-Man #537

·        Fantastic Four #542

·        Civil War: The Return #1

·        Punisher War Journal #3 (2006 Series)

·        Black Panther #24 (2005 Series)

·        Civil War #7

·        Amazing Spider-Man #538

·        Civil War: Front Line #11

·        Black Panther #25 (2005 Series)

Casualties of War

·        Blade (2006 series) #5

·        Ghost Rider (2005 series) #8–11

·        Moon Knight (2006 series) #7–9

·        Winter Soldier: Winter Kills #1

·        Wolverine (2003 series) #48

·        The Great One

The Initiative

These issues are the act as the aftermath of the Civil War event.

·        Civil War: The Initiative #1

·        Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. #15-18

·        Mighty Avengers #1-6

·        Captain America #25-30 (2004 Series)

·        Civil War: The Confession #1

·        Civil War: Fallen Son – The Death of Captain America #1

·        Civil War: Fallen Son – The Death of Captain America #2

·        Civil War: Fallen Son – The Death of Captain America #3

·        Civil War: Fallen Son – The Death of Captain America #4

·        Civil War: Fallen Son – The Death of Captain America #5

·        Fantastic Four #543-550

·        Avengers: The Initiative #1-3

Other Civil War: The Initiative Titles

·        Daily Bugle: Civil War Aftermath

·        Civil War: Battle Damage Report (one-shot)

·        Black Panther (2005 Series) #26-30

·        Marvel Spotlight: Civil War Aftermath

·        Moon Knight #11-13 (2006 Series) *

·        Ms. Marvel #13-17 (2006 Series) *

·        New Avengers #27-31 (2004 Series) *

·        New Warriors #1-8 (2007 Series) *

·        Nova #2-3 (2007 Series) *

·        Omega Flight #1-5

·        The Order #1-4 (2007 Series) *

·        Punisher War Journal #6-11 (2006 Series)

·        Sub-Mariner #1-6 (2007 Series)

·        Thunderbolts #110-115