Marvel Modern Age Reading Order
Part 2: Secret Wars II
The Thing #22 Cover
Part 2.1: Before the Beyonder
Just as the Marvel Universe was beginning to recover from the first Secret Wars, a sequel looms on the horizon thanks to the machinations of the strange and mysterious Beyonder. But before it can begin in earnest, several storylines come to a head for the heroes who will soon be wrapped up in the event. From the Thing’s final chapter on the Beyonder’s planet to Captain America coming face-to-face with not only his greatest adversary but his own mortality, many of these stories represent dramatic shifts that take place in the days leading up to Secret Wars II.
Reading Order:
West Coast Avengers #3 – #4
Avengers #250
Iron Man #189 – #196
Captain America #295 – #304
Doctor Strange #68 – #70
Daredevil #220 – #222
The Thing #20 – #22
Fantastic Four #276 – #277
The Thing #23 – #24
Incredible Hulk #310 – #311
Rocket Raccoon #1 – #4
X-Men Annual #8
Uncanny X-Men #192 – #194
New Mutants #26 – #28
Alpha Flight #13 – #24
Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner #1 – #4
Power Pack #11 – #12
Uncanny X-Men #195
Power Pack #13 – #14
Avengers #251 – #255
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #105 – #106
The Thing #25
Fantastic Four #278 – #279
The Thing #26 – #29
West Coast Avengers (1985) #1
Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1
West Coast Avengers #2
Vision and the Scarlet Witch #2
West Coast Avengers #3 – #5
Vision and the Scarlet Witch #3 – #5
Power Man and Iron Fist 114 – #120
Related Collections:
Secret Wars II #1 Cover
Part 2.2: Who is the Beyonder?
The instigator of the first Secret Wars known only as the Beyonder travels to Earth, but who is he and what does he want? A cosmic entity that in some ways defies explanation, the Beyonder decides to settle down and attempt to learn what it means to have a physical form, to be human, and even to love. Though his intentions may be pure, through his travels he inevitably creates problems for not only Earth’s superheroes, but the entire Marvel Universe.
Reading Order:
Captain America #305 – #307
New Mutants #29
Secret Wars II #1
Iron Man #197
Captain America #308 – #311
Uncanny X-Men #196 – #199
New Mutants #30 – #34
Fantastic Four #280 – #281
Secret Wars II #2
Web of Spider-Man #6
Amazing Spider-Man #268 – #269
Avengers #256 – #257
Amazing Spider-Man #270
Avengers #258 – #259
Fantastic Four #282 – #284
Power Pack #15 – #17
Secret Wars II #3
Avengers #260
Fantastic Four #285
Fantastic Four Annual #19
Avengers Annual #14
Daredevil #223 – #226
Alpha Flight #25 – #27
Secret Wars II #4
Dazzler #40
Alpha Flight #28
Incredible Hulk #312 – #313
Alpha Flight #29
Avengers #261
Iron Man #198 – #204
Secret Wars II #5
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Secret Wars II #9 Cover
Part 2.3: Beyond Repair
Reading Order:
The Thing #30
Doctor Strange #71 – #74
New Mutants Special Edition #1
X-Men Annual #9
Uncanny X-Men #200
Thor #360
Balder the Brave #1
Thor #361 – #362
Balder the Brave #2
Secret Wars II #6
Power Pack #18
Thor #363
Cloak and Dagger (1985) #1 – #4
Power Man and Iron Fist #121
The Thing #31
Secret Wars II #7
Defenders #146 – #152
New Mutants #35
Uncanny X-Men #201
New Mutants #36
Captain America #312 – #314
Avengers #262 – #263
Fantastic Four #286
X-Factor #1
Power Pack #19
Vision and the Scarlet Witch #6
Web of Spider-Man #7 – #9
Amazing Spider-Man #271 – #272
Web of Spider-Man #10 – #13
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #107 – #110
Amazing Spider-Man #273
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111
Avengers #264
Captain America #315
Fantastic Four #287 – #288
Uncanny X-Men #202
Secret Wars II #8
New Mutants #37
Amazing Spider-Man #274
Avengers #265
Uncanny X-Men #203
Secret Wars II #9
Power Man and Iron Fist #122 – #125
Avengers #266