Marvel Timeless Reading Order

Part 6: Avengers Assemble

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Part 6.1: Missing Moment

After kicking off the Timeless era with a bang, Kang the Conqueror has seldom been seen or heard from, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been working behind the scenes. As we check in on Kang once again, we find him and a group of mysterious foes in a race against time in search of something called the “Missing Moment.” While setting the stage for a future Avengers storyline, the second Timeless one-shot also offers cryptic previews of a number of upcoming series and events in the Marvel Universe.

Reading Order:

  • Timeless (2022) #1

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Part 6.2: Captain America: Cold War

In the lead-up to the epic Avengers Assemble crossover event, several individual members of the team must undergo their own trials and tribulations, including both Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers who are currently sharing the mantle of Captain America. While each hero faces separate challenges as they face deadly adversaries, their paths converge in the Cold War event that sees Bucky Barnes defect to the enigmatic group known as the Outer Circle, an organization that has shaped almost every facet of world history for the past century.

Reading Order:

  • Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #1 – #6

  • Captain America & the Winter Soldier Special #1

  • Captain America: Symbol of Truth #6 – #11

  • Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #7 – #11

  • Captain America: Cold War Alpha #1

  • Captain America: Symbol of Truth #12

  • Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #12

  • Captain America: Symbol of Truth #13

  • Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #13

  • Captain America: Cold War Omega #1

  • Captain America: Symbol of Truth #14

  • Captain America #750

  • Captain America Finale #1

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Part 6.3: Before the Assembly

We wrap things up before the main event with a variety of Avengers team-up and solo books including the action-packed All-Out Avengers and the time-traveling Savage Avengers. Both Ant-Man and the Wasp get their time to shine in a pair of series that honor their history while looking toward their futures. We also spend some time with Captain Marvel-adjacent characters like Photon and Genis-Vell. And a number of ongoing books like Hulk and Thor get wrapped up. But don’t worry, all of these Avengers and more will return soon in one of the biggest team-ups of all-time!

Reading Order:

  • All-Out Avengers #1 – #5

  • Genis-Vell: Captain Marvel #1 – #5

  • Monica Rambeau: Photon #1 – #5

  • Women of Marvel (2023) #1

  • Captain Marvel: Assault on Eden #1

  • She-Hulk #11 – #15

  • Avengers: Beyond #1 – #5

  • Ant-Man (2022) #1 – #4

  • Wasp (2023) #1 – #4

  • Savage Avengers (2022) #1 – #10

  • Hulk #9 – #14

  • Hellcat (2023) #1 – #5

  • Thanos: Death Notes #1

  • Thor #29 – #35

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Part 6.4: Avengers Assemble

Finally, the event that we’ve been building to not only throughout the Timeless era but since the first issue of Jason Aaron’s Avengers run all the way back in 2018: Avengers Assemble! This multiverse-spanning storyline sees the current Avengers team assemble with their prehistoric counterparts as well as alternate versions of themselves who have been defending the multiverse against an army of Mephistos and his handpicked Masters of Evil. If that sounds ridiculous and insane, buckle up, because the key to this entire saga may reside within Robbie Reyes a.k.a. the All-Rider and his demonic Hell Charger.

Reading Order:

  • Avengers Forever #5 – #11

  • Avengers #57 – #59, #61 – #62

  • Avengers Assemble Alpha #1

  • Avengers #63

  • Avengers Forever #12

  • Avengers #64

  • Avengers Forever #13

  • Avengers #65

  • Avengers Forever #14

  • Avengers #66

  • Avengers Forever #15

  • Avengers Assemble Omega #1

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