The Avengers franchise is what made Marvel Studios the completely dominant force in comic based entertainment. The way they streamlined Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and other characters into an expansive universe that also includes television shows like Daredevil and Agents Of SHIELD is something that has never been achieved before in motion picture entertainment.


The Avengers continuity, even without including the individual characters is supremely daunting. So, I’ve put together a chronology of some of the best Avengers related books that are currently or were recently available in collected editions (the recently available are still around for pretty cheap on various online outlets and in bookstores) into ten TV seasons.

When last we left our heroes, everything seemed bleak. The Universe was ending. The Ultimate Universe was ending. No villain was victorious, except possibly the concept of entropy. And yet, at the last minute someone stepped in and saved as much as they could and has built a new universe. All hail God Doom.

​Episode 1: Master Of Kung Fu Battleworld
(written by Haden Blackman and Peter Milligan, art by Dalibor Talajic)

Shang-Chi, Iron Fist, Kitty Pride, and Lockheed are just some of the somewhat familiar faces in this world where all will battle to determine the next Master Of Kung Fu. Yeup, we’re starting Secret Wars off in an unusual manner.

Master Of Kung Fu. 1 episode



Episode 2: Marvel 1872
(written by Gerry Duggan, art by Nicole Verella and more)

Next up, the Wild West, where Sheriff Steve Rogers is the drunk sheriff of Timely. Tony Stark is trying to get the sheriff sobered up because Wilson Fisk has put together a Wild West version of the Marvel rogues gallery. Plus, Dr. Banner and Red Wolf have to help out somehow, right?

1872. 1 episode



Episode 3: Siege Battleworld
(written by Kieron Gillen, art by Filipe Andrade)

Abigail Brand guards the wall between battleworlds. She must defend them from characters trying to move between worlds. But how is she going to deal with Thanos when there are the hordes of Marvel Zombies, Ultrons, and other horrible things waiting just on the other side of the wall?

The Great Wall. 1 episode



Episode 4: Captain Marvel And The Carol CORPS
(written by Kelly Sue Deconnick, art by Kelly Thompson)

The Banshee Squad is an all female flight crew protecting the skies from Hydra. But when Carol believes her commanding officers have betrayed and lied to them, she takes things into her own hands. There will be consequences.

Carol CORPS. 1 episode



Episode 5: Ultimate End
(written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Mark Bagley)

The Ultimate Universe was destroyed. Earth 616 was destroyed. Yet both of their Manhattans still seem to exist and overlap. Different versions of multiple characters are at odds with each other to figure out exactly what’s going on and if it’s fixable. Ultimately.

New York Is The Cockroach Of Cities. 1 episode



Episode 6: Civil War Warzones
(written by Charles Soule, art by Leinil Francis Yu)

What if the Civil War over the Superhuman Registration Act never ended. What if it kept going through The Secret Invasion. What if it kept going through Dark Reign, and Siege, and AvX, and dear God Doom, what if it was still happening?

Civil War Eternal. 1 episode



Episode 7: Guardians Of Knowhere
(written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Mike Deodato JR)

The Guardians Of The Galaxy are living in a Celestial’s head. Most of them are acting like usual, but there’s one huge difference Gamora isn’t sure she believes that Doom is God. Blasphemy.

Guardians Of Knowhere. 1 episode



Episode 8: A-Force Warzones
(written by G Willow Wilson, art by Marguerite Bennet)

All your favorite female Avengers and heroes are living together in one world. But when one of them crosses the borders into another realm, Doom is displeased. And when God Doom is displeased, worlds tremble.

A-Force. 1 episode



Episode 9: Secret Wars Journal Battleworld
(written by many, with art by a different many)

An anthology adventure where we check in with all sorts of familiar Avengers characters and see how they’re doing in this zany series of worlds.

Battleworlds. 1 episode



Episode 10: Red Skull
(written by Joshua Williamson, art by Luca Pizarri)

Red Skull displeased God Doom, so God Doom sent him into the wasteland of Zombies and Ultrons to die. But did he die? A group of villains including The Winter Soldier and Magneto are sent to either find out or die. Or both. It’s not a mutually exclusive thing.

Red Skull. 1 episode



Episode 11: Runaways Battleworld
(written by Noelle Stevenson, art by Sanford Greene)

The Victor Von Doom Institute for Gifted Youths in Doomstadt? This is where the next generation of heroes is educated to love The God Doom, and to survive a constant series of battles. Rebelling against a death school SEEMS like a logical choice, but Bucky Barnes and The Doombots stand in their way.

Runaways. 1 episode



Episode 12: Infinity Gauntlet Warzones
(written by Gerry Dugan and Dustin Weaver, art by Dustin Weaver)

A small tale of a family that is just trying to survive Battleworld when they find an Infinity Gem and the good natured, always trustworthy, Thanos shows up to help them find more. I’m sure this will end happily for all.

Infinity Gems Are Truly Outrageous. 1 episode



Episode 13: Planet Hulk Warzones
(written by Sam Humphries, art by Marc Laming)

Steve Rogers and his trusty steed, Devil Dinosaur!, team up with Doc Green to battle all the rest of the Hulks. All. The rest. Of the. Hulks.

Planet Hulks. 1 episode



Episode 14: House Of M Warzones
(written by Dennis Hopeless, art by Marco Failla)

Oh, yea, it’s like if Magneto and his family ruled The Marvel Universe again. I remember that! Is Quicksilver a traitor in this universe, too? Bad Pietro!

Houses Of M. 1 episode



Episode 15: Age Of Ultron
(written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Bryan Hitch, Brandon Peterson, and Carlos Pacheco)

Technically, this isn’t a Secret Wars book at all. I didn’t want to shoehorn it anywhere else into continuity, though, so while we’re investigating all these other odd possible worlds, why not throw everybody’s favorite evil android into the mix.

Age Of Ultron. 1 episode



Episode 16: Thors
(written by Jason Aaron, art by Chris Spouse)

It’s Law & Order where every character is a Thor. Frog Thor. Beta Ray Bill. Storm. Ultimate Thor. Odinson. Odin. The only person missing is Jane Foster. That is, until versions of her body start popping up dead across the Battleworlds.

Thors. 1 episode



Serial 1: Secret Wars
(written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Esad Ribic)

Everything explained! (We hope, the series hadn’t ended yet when I was making this list) How did Doom save the multiverse? Why didn’t Doctor Strange? How does Reed Richards from The Ultimate Universe fit into this? How does Reed Richards from Marvel 616 fit into this? Who, from those worlds, survived?

Secret Wars. 4 episodes


The final episode is 20 episodes, just like the rest. But wait, upon further reflection, this whole project was a misnomer! Look for Season 11 in January 2017! It's like Netflix saving your favorite show.

The Avengers franchise is what made Marvel Studios the completely dominant force in comic based entertainment. The way they streamlined Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and other characters into an expansive universe that also includes television shows like Daredevil and Agents Of SHIELD is something that has never been achieved before in motion picture entertainment.


The Avengers continuity, even without including the individual characters is supremely daunting. So, I’ve put together a chronology of some of the best Avengers related books that are currently or were recently available in collected editions (the recently available are still around for pretty cheap on various online outlets and in bookstores) into ten TV seasons.

Last season saw the falls of Norman Osborn, and some in-depth time with Captain Marvel and the Hawkeyes. This season there’s one of those The World Will End Crises that our heroes always end up solving. This time, though, they might be out of luck.

​Episode 1: Captain America The Tomorrow Soldier
(written by Rick Remender, art by Carlos Pacheco, Paul Renaud, Stuart Immonen, and Bruce Timm)

It’s the end of the Dimension Z storyline from last season. What happens when Captain America has to make the penultimate sacrifice, and lose the effects of The Super Solider Serum? Well, for starters, we’re gonna need a new Captain America.

The Tomorrow Soldier. 1 episode




Episode 2: Avengers  Avengers World 
(written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Jerome Opena and Adam Kubert)

Something is on the horizon that’s going to require every Avenger ever, and some who haven’t been Avengers before to work together to save not just the planet but the entire Universe. Tony Stark just might be able to pull it all together.

Avengers World. 1 episode




Serial 1: New Avengers Everything Dies,  Avengers The Last White Event
(written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Steve Epting, Dustin Weaver, and Mike Deodato JR)

Apocalyptic space shenanigans as The Builders prepare to rebuild a universe over the remains of the Marvel 616.

Everything Dies. 2 episodes



Episode 5: Avengers Prelude To Infinity
(written by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Spencer art by Mike Deodato JR and Stefano Caselli)

The High Evolutionary and The Builders aren’t the only problem the Marvel Universe is facing. The Savage Land is giving birth to something new, and there’s a big purple faced Death fetishist looming on the horizon.

The Builders. 1 episode



Serial 2: Infinity
(written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Jim Cheung, Jerome Opena, Dustin Weaver, Mike Deodato JR, Stefano Caselli, Francis Leinil Yu)

Thanos and Builders and Avengers, oh my. The Avengers get Even Bigger as the stakes get Even Higher. Do yourself a favor, don’t buy the Avengers Infinity and New Avengers Infinity trades, buy the big Infinity trade paperback, as it contains the entire storyline in the order in which it’s meant to be read. This is possibly the first time Marvel has ever actually collected the story in a precise way.

Infinity. 2 episodes



Episode 8: Hawkeye LA Woman
(written by Matt Fraction, art by Amy Wu and Javier Pulido)

Screw that Barton guy, let’s follow Kate Bishop to the West Coast where she falls into one of Madame Masque’s schemes. This is an almost noir story and is the most west coast this comic has been since Scarlet Witch had those imaginary babies!

LA Woman. 1 episode



Episode 9: All New Captain America Hydra Ascendant
(written by Rick Remender, art by Stuart Immonen)

Falcon is the new Captain America. Watch him battle Steve Rogers’s old foes. When you cut one down, two more appear in their place.

Hydra Ascendant. 1 episode



Serial 4: Hawkeye Rio Bravo
(written by Matt Fraction, art by David Aja, Annie Wu, and Francesco Francavilla)

It’s the end of the Bro saga, as Hawkeye and Hawkeye are reunited to take down the mob that threatens Clint’s apartment complex. Such tiny stakes. Such big adventures.

Rio Bravo. 2 episodes



Episode 12: Secret Avengers Reverie, Secret Avengers Iliad
(written by Nick Spencer, art by Butch Guice, Luke Ross, and Ed Brisson)

Nick Fury creates yet another Secret Ops team to deal with yadda yadda yadda. Amongst their first problems? AIM.

The Somewhat Secret Avengers. 1 episode



Episode 13: Avengers World AIMpire
(written by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Spencer, art by Stefano Caselli)

With all of the cosmic going-ons in this season, we need a team on Earth to handle the global problems that actually take place on the globe. A couple of former X-Men and some of the new space spawned Avengers team up to take down AIM from the inside.

AIMpire. 1 episode



Episode 14: Avengers Undercover Descent, Avengers Undercover Going Native
(Written by Dennis Hopeless, art by Kev Walker, Tigh Walker, and Timothy Greene)

Remember those teenagers who barely survived Arcade’s Murderworld last season? Well, The Avengers have decided to send them all undercover to help solve a case that they don’t have time for. This might backfire.

Avengers Undercover. 1 episode



Episode 15: Avengers Adapt Or Die
(written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Esad Ribic and Salvador Larroca)

The Avengers go back into their past to fix their future. That solution ALWAYS works. Just asks the X-Men.

Adapt Or Die. 1 episode



Serial 3: Avengers World Ascension, Avengers World Next World
(written by Nick Spencer and Al Ewing, art by Marco Checchetto, Stefano Caselli, and Dale Keown)

AIM is a huge problem but they’re not the only problem Earth has. Avengers are sent all over the world from Madripoor to Italy to deal with “trouble spots”.

Next World. 2 episodes



Serial 4: Young Avengers Style>Substance, Young Avengers Alternative Cultures, Young Avengers Mic Drop At The Edge Of Time And Space
(written by Kieron Gillen, art by Jamie McKelvie)

Things have been getting super apocalyptical for all of the Avengers team, let’s take a lighthearted break to see how the next generation handles it when all parents go Evil. Ok, so this gets apocalyptical, too, but in a different, more stylish youthy way.

Parents Just Don’t Understand. 2 episodes



Episode 20: Captain Marvel Higher Further Faster More
(written by Kelly Sue Deconnick, art by David Lopez)

Carol Danvers goes back into space to solve a refugee crisis. The Guardians Of The Galaxy make a brief attempt to help her but she’s mainly on her own. This is one of the more well-thought-out, well-written, non-preachy political comics Marvel has put out in years.

Original Sin. 1 episode



Season 8, like all of its predecessors is 20 episodes

The Avengers franchise is what made Marvel Studios the completely dominant force in comic based entertainment. The way they streamlined Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and other characters into an expansive universe that also includes television shows like Daredevil and Agents Of SHIELD is something that has never been achieved before in motion picture entertainment.


The Avengers continuity, even without including the individual characters is supremely daunting. So, I’ve put together a chronology of some of the best Avengers related books that are currently or were recently available in collected editions (the recently available are still around for pretty cheap on various online outlets and in bookstores) into ten TV seasons.

Now that Osborne has been defeated. Again. Like, twice last season. It’s time to move on. (Checks series for Osborn appearances). Yes, it’s time to move on.  And speaking of time to move on, just imagine The Scarlet Witch muttering “No More Bendis” after one more ridiculous ending, we move into some other writers’ opportunities to tell Avengers stories.

​Serial 1: Avengers X Sanction, Young Avengers The Childrens’ Crusade
(written by Allen Heinberg and Jeph Loeb, art by Jim Cheung and Ed McGuinness)

Remember? Remember that time when Wanda Maximoff blew up Avengers Mansion, killed a slew of lesser Avengers, remade the entire universe, and then disappeared? Well, she doesn’t. Wiccan and Speed believe that they might be her imaginary children from way back in the first season, so they and Magneto go traipsing around the globe looking for her. What they find is….you know, the whole point of the book. The Cable story is not super compelling but it sets up the impending super crossover

The Childrens’ Crusade. 3 episodes



Episode 4: Nova Origin
(written by Jeph Loeb, art by Ed McGuinness)

Sam Alexander’s dad was a guy named Nova who was part of a giant space opera storyline that we’re not going to get into in this continuity. But he died. Now Sam has his helmet, and with the help or The Guardians Of The Galaxy, he’ll become a hero. And he’ll see something that he should probably tell The Avengers about.

Nova. 1 episode



Serial 2: Avengers Vs X-Men, Avengers Academy AvX, Avengers AvX, New Avengers AvX, Secret Avengers AvX
(written by everyone at Marvel, art by everyone and their grandmother at Marvel)

The Phoenix Force is back! Which is, uhhhh, a big deal to the X-Men but The Avengers haven’t cared until now. But when it appears that Hope, the first mutant born after M-Day is going to host the most powerful entity in the universe, Cap and the crew get a little anxious and put Wolverine on the spot about fixing the problem. There are a bunch of cool side stories, including Iron Fist taking Hope to learn how to master The Phoenix Force. And, oh yea, The Scarlet Witch is back. For good. This is probably the worst trade I'm putting in this continuity. It's inexcusable garbage written by writers who should have told editorial that writing a series by committee with each person writing a an issue (sometimes, seemingly without having read any of the previous issues) was awful. But it feels important to the continuity. Hopefully, if I'm redoing this continuity in the future, this trade will be far far away from the list.

AvX. 4 episodes



Episode 9: Avengers Assemble
(written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Mark Bagley)

A team called The Zodiac is being run by Thanos? That…that can’t be good.

The Zodiac. 1 episode



Episode 10: Thanos Rising
(written by Jason Aaron, art by Simon Bianchi)

How did Thanos get to be the big bad bad in the Marvel Universe? By hitting every cliche in the Why I’m A Supervillain Handbook. But he did it on a different planet with beautiful art, so let’s check it out.

Thanos Rising. 1 episode



Episode 11: Captain Marvel In Pursuit Of Flight
(written by Kelly Sue Deconnick, art by  Dexter Soy, Emma Rios,  and Filipe Andrade)

Carol Danvers is a Captain again. And it’s time for her to get her time travel on.

Captain Marvel. 1 episode



Episode 12: Hawkeye My Life As A Weapon
(written by Matt Fraction, art by David Aja and Javier Pulido)

Clint Barton lives in an apartment building in New York where totally nobody knows he’s Hawkeye. He and his friend Kate Bishop (Hawkeye from The Young Avengers) have a serious problem with some Russian bros. What kind of Avenger story is this?

Hawkeyes. 1 episode



Serial 3: Avengers Arena Kill Or Die, Avengers Arena Game On, Avengers Arena Boss Level
(written by Dennis Hopeless, art by  Alessandro Vitti, Kev Walker, Dave Johnson, Karl Moline, and Ricardo Burchielli)

Arcade has trapped sixteen young superheroes on an island where they are going to have to fight to the death. Only the lone survivor will be able to escape. Why aren’t The Avengers or The X-Men coming to help them? Hasn’t anyone noticed they’re missing?

Avengers Arena. 2 episodes



Episode 15: Hawkeye Little Hits
(written by Matt Fraction, art by David Aja and Javier Pulido)

Clint Barton is really bad at love, and dating, and, well, pretty much everything. Kate Bishop and a bunch of his exes guest in this adventure, and we get a story told completely from the perspective of Pizza Dog.

My Cherry Amour. 1 episode



Serial 3: Captain Marvel Down, Avengers The Enemy Within
(written by Kelly Sue Deconnick, art by Scott Hepburn, Matteo Buffagni, and Filipe Andrade)

After a run in with former Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau, Carol starts to lose her powers, just when a bunch of mysterious events from Avengers past start popping up in NYC.  Maybe some Avengers can help.

The Enemy Within. 2 episodes



Episode 18: Captain America Castaway In Dimension Z Books 1 & 2
(written by Rick Remender, art by Jonathan Romita JR)

Arnim Zola ships Steve Rogers into another dimension where nothing is familiar. Unfortunately, like many Remender Avenger books this isn’t great but it did have a huge impact on Steve Rogers’ storyline. Art by Romita JR looks a bit like he had to rush out issues of Hit Girl, as all of his young characters look the same: poorly drawn.

Castaway In Dimension Z. 1 episode



Serial 4: Captain America Loose Nuke, Captain America The Iron Nail
(written by Rick Remender, art by Carlos Pacheco, Nic Klein, and Pascal Alixe)

Fortunately, this Remender storyline works better and has far superior art. Cap was in Dimension Z so long that he’s having trouble reacclimating to the 616. And, unfortunately, his battle against some new villains is not going to end up returning everything to normalcy.

The Iron Nail. 2 episodes



Season 7 has the requisite 20 episodes.

The Avengers franchise is what made Marvel Studios the completely dominant force in comic based entertainment. The way they streamlined Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and other characters into an expansive universe that also includes television shows like Daredevil and Agents Of SHIELD is something that has never been achieved before in motion picture entertainment.


The Avengers continuity, even without including the individual characters is supremely daunting. So, I’ve put together a chronology of some of the best Avengers related books that are currently or were recently available in collected editions (the recently available are still around for pretty cheap on various online outlets and in bookstores) into ten TV seasons.

​Can you believe Norman Osborne was still in charge at the end of last season? Surely this Dark Reign can’t last forever. Can it?

Episode 1: Dark Wolverine Prince
(written by Daniel Way and Marjorie Liu, art by Guiseppe Camuncoli)
If there was a Wolverine continuity (and I’ll probably get to it), you’d already know all about Wolvey’s son, Daken. But all you have in this continuity is that there’s a Wolverine looking guy on the Dark Avengers that you met briefly last season. Well, get to know him a little better, and maybe understand why all his teammates hate him.

Dark Wolverine. 1 episode



Episode 2: Dark Avengers Molecule Man
(written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Mike Deodato JR)
Molecule Man is one of the least used Megavillains. He’s got a lot in common with The Scarlet Witch. Of course, Norman Osborne is probably a much bigger problem. Or, is either of them a match for The Sentry?

Molecule Man. 1 episode



Serial 1: Siege, Siege New Avengers, Siege Mighty Avengers, Siege Avengers The Initiative Siege Dark Avengers, Siege Thunderbolts, Thor Siege
(written by Brian Michael Bendis and many more, art by Alex Coipel and many more)
Norman Osborne’s next target is…Asgard. This doesn’t sit well with Asgardians or Midgardians, and the time has finally come to fight back at full power. In the end, an Avenger will die (but not one anyone remembers…fondly) and heroes will go back to being heroes again. No more fighting amongst themselves ever again. Cough cough cough cough cough.

Siege. 6 episodes



Episode 9: Avengers Prime
(written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Alan Davis)

Now that Osborne has fallen, everyone can calm down and be friends ag…damn it, are Tony Stark and Steve Rogers STILL fighting? What will get these two back together? Maybe if we toss them and Thor into Asgard they can hash out their issues?

The Big Three. 1 episode



Episode 10: Avengers By Bendis Vol 1
(written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by John Romita JR)

Formerly Mighty, the regular team of Avengers loses their adjective. Also, a certain purple faced time traveling jerk is back.

Kangtankerous. 1 episode



Episode 11: New Avengers by Bendis Vol 1 & 2 
(written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Stuart Immonen, Daniel Acuna, Mike Deodato JR, and Howard Chaykin)

Steve Rogers hands leadership of the team, and the keys to the mansion to Luke Cage. And now we go back to your usual sort of Avengers stories, like how Nick Fury messed everything up for these guys way back in the 1950s.

Old Business. 1 episode



Episode 12: Secret Avengers Mission To Mars
(by Ed Brubaker, art by Mike Deodato JR, and Will Conrad)

The former Captain America, Steve Rogers, has assembled a special ops team to deal with issues that the public shouldn’t find out about. But who is The Shadow Council that opposes them?

Secret Avengers. 1 episode



Episode 13: Avengers by Bendis Vol 2
(written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by John Romita JR)

Red Hulk. Red Hood. Loads of Infinity Gems. Uhoh.

The Infinity Hood. 1 episode



Episode 14: Osborn Evil Incarcerated
(written by Kelly Sue Deconnick and Warren Ellis, art by Emma Rios)

While the various Avengers teams are out gallivanting around the world, poor Norman Osborn is in prison. But maybe not for long.

Evil Incarcerated. 1 episode



Serial 2: Avengers Academy Permanent Record, Avengers Academy Will We Use This In The Real World
(written by Christos Gage, art by Mike McKone)

Hank Pym continues the idea behind The Initiative but without all the bad politics. A new class of Avengers steps into the spotlight, hoping to learn how to be the heroes of tomorrow.

Avengers Academy. 2 episodes



Serial 3: Fear Itself, Avengers Academy Fear Itself, Avengers Fear Itself
(written by Matt Fraction and more, art by Stuart Immonen and more)

Thor isn’t the only hammer wielder in The Marvel Universe. A few more of the troublesome Asgardian weapons fall to Midgard, and various heroes and villains take possession of them to wreak havoc. Luckily, Tony Stark has a plan. Thor? Not so much.

Fear Itself. 2 episodes



Serial 4: New Avengers Volume 3, Avengers Volume 3
(written by Brian Michael Bendis, art by Neal Adams, Mike Deodato JR, Will Conrad)

Osborne is on the loose. Again. But now he has a whole new team of Dark Avengers at his disposal. Plus AIM and other things Osborn should never have access to.

Stop HAMMER Time. 2 episode


Season 6 is 20 episodes.