It’s important to understand that Marvel’s goal was not to create a census counting all issues published under a series’ name, but rather to restore the post-1960s numbering that most of its legacy titles spent the longest amount of time under. Hence, Captain America gets the credit for Tales of Suspense issues he was not in, because the longest-running Captain America title took over the numbering of Tales and any attempt to force imaginary numbering on a plurality of the series’ issues would be counterproductive. The idea, rather, was to pretend that the wave of 1990s-and-later reboots never happened. So, too, there is no error in leaving out the first six issues of Incredible Hulk‘s original run; they were never presumed to be part of the sequence by collectors during the hundreds of issues the Tales to Astonish-born series ran, and have no more role in its renumbering than the Golden Age Captain America title does.

Another key to determining legacy numbering is finding the core series of a franchise, even if it didn’t have the exact same name.  Also, specially numbered issues (such as #-1, #0, or any number with a decimal) are not counted in the whole numbers.

The “Quick Math” section under each series is what number to add to an issue from a particular volume to get its legacy number.

Avengers
#1-402
Avengers volume 1 #1-402
(series began in 1963)

#403-415
Avengers volume 2 #1-13
(“Heroes Reborn” series launched in 1996)
Quick math:  402

#416-499
Avengers volume 3  #1-84
(“Heroes Return” series launched in 1997)
key issues:
–#35 (450) – Maximum Security crossover
–#41 (457) – legacy numbering printed on covers starting with this issue until #500
–#57-76 (472-491) – Geoff Johns run
Quick math:  415

#500-503
Avengers volume 1  #500-503
(series reverted to original numbering in 2004 for Avengers Disassembled event)

#504-567
New Avengers #1-64
(series launched in 2005)
Quick math:  503

#568-601
Avengers volume 4 #1-34
(series launched in 2010 as part of “The Heroic Age”)
key issues:
–#33 (600) – milestone issue
Quick math:  567

#602-645
Avengers volume 5 #1-44
(series launched in 2012, written by Jonathan Hickman)
Quick math:  601

#646-660
All New All Different Avengers:  #1-15 (660)
(series launched in 2015 in aftermath of Secret Wars)
Quick math:  645

#661-671
Avengers volume 6:  #1-11
(series launched in 2016)
Quick math:  660

#672-690
Avengers volume 1 #672-690
(series reverted to original numbering as part of Marvel Legacy initiative.)

#691-707
Avengers volume 7 #1-17
Key issue:  #10 (700) – milestone issue
Quick math:  690

All issues from this point on carry the Legacy numbering on the cover.

#708-717
Avengers:  Road to Nowhere:  #1-10
(Marvel specifically published the legacy numbers on this mini-series to include them in the overall numbering)
Quick math:  707

#718-766
Avengers volume 7:  #18-66
Quick math:  700

#767-current
Avengers volume 8:  #1-current
Quick math:  766

*as of the November 2024 solicitations, the most recent issue is #20 (786)

Milestone issues:
#600 – Avengers volume 4 #33
#700 – Avengers volume 7 #10

At the time of its launch, “New Avengers” was the primary Avengers title, even though other spinoffs were launched later on.  When the franchise relaunched as part of the “Heroic Age” initiative, “Avengers” returned as the flagship title and carrying the legacy numbering, even though another “New Avengers” series was launched.

Captain America
#1-99
Tales of Suspense #1-99

During the Marvel Legacy publishing initiative, Marvel revived Tales of Suspense for #100-104 as a Winter Soldier and Hawkeye mini-series, but those issues are not part of any other legacy numbering.

#100-454
Captain America volume 1  #100-454
(series continued numbering from Tales of Suspense)

#455-467
Captain America volume 2: #1-13
(“Heroes Reborn” series launched in 1996)
Quick math:  454

#468-517
Captain America volume 3 #1-50
(“Heroes Return” series launched in 1997)
Key issues:
–#25-50 (492-517) – Dan Jurgens run
–#33 (500) – milestone issue
Quick math:  467

Volume 3 #50 featured a legacy number of #518 on the cover, but that was clearly a typo.  

#518-549
Captain America volume 4 #1-32
(series launched in 2002 under the Marvel Knights imprint)
Quick math:  517

#550-599
Captain America volume 5  #1-50
(series launched in 2005 after Avengers Disassembled, written by Ed Brubaker)
Key issue:  #25 (574) – Death of Captain America
Quick math:  549

#600-619
Captain America volume 1 #600-619

#620-638
Captain America volume 6 #1-19
(series launched in 2011, concluding the Brubaker run)
Quick math:  619

#639-663
Captain America volume 7 #1-25
(series launched in 2012)
Quick math:  638

#664-669
All New Captain America:  #1-6
Quick math:  663

#670-693
Sam Wilson, Captain America:  #1-24
Quick math:  669

#694
Captain America volume 8 #25
(series continued from Sam Wilson, Captain America)

There was also a “Steve Rogers, Captain America” series that ran concurrently to this series for 19 issues, but is not counted in the legacy numbering because Sam Wilson was the primary Captain America at the time.

#695-704
Captain America volume 1 #695-704
(series reverted to original numbering as part of Marvel Legacy initiative.)

#705-734
Captain America volume 9 (2018):  #1-30
(series launched in 2019, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Quick math:  704

#735
Captain America #0

This special published in 2022 led to the launch of two concurrent series – Captain America:  Sentinel of Liberty (focusing on Steve Rogers, running for 13 issues) and Captain America:  Symbol of Truth (focusing on Sam Wilson, running for 14 issues).  Symbol of Truth carried the legacy numbering on the covers, which requires us to bend the rule regarding special numbers.

#736-749
Captain America:  Symbol of Truth #1-14
(series launched in 2022)
Quick math:  735

#750
Captain America volume 1 #750
(published in July 2023)

#751-current
Captain America volume 10 #1-current
(series launched in 2023 by JMS)
Quick math:   750

*as of the September 2024 solicitations, the most recent issue is #15 (765)

Captain America and…
When Captain America (volume 6) was launched, Marvel also ran a team-up series continuing the numbering from volume 1.  These numbers are not included in any legacy numbering.
Captain America and Bucky #620-628
Captain America and Hawkeye #629-632
Captain America and Iron Man #633-635
Captain America and Namor #635.1
Captain America and Black Widow #636-640

Thor
#1-125
Journey into Mystery volume 1 #1-125
Key issue:  #82 – first Thor

#126-502
Thor volume 1 #126-502
(series continued numbering from Journey into Mystery)

When the character of Thor was shifted over to the Heroes Reborn universe, the series continued as “Journey into Mystery”, but those issues were not counted in legacy numbering.  (More information on “Journey into Mystery” below.)

#503-587
Thor volume 2 #1-85
(series began in 1998 as a late “Heroes Return” entry)
Key issues:  #80-85 (582-587) – Ragnarok arc (Avengers Disassembled tie-in)
Quick math:  502

#588-599
Thor volume 3 #1-12
(series began in 2007 by JMS)
Quick math:  587

#600-621
Thor volume 1 #600-621

Once again, the numbering was continued as “Journey into Mystery” when a new Thor series was launched.

#622-643
The Mighty Thor #1-22
(series began in 2011)
Quick math:  621

Many issues of the original Thor series were unofficially titled “The Mighty Thor” on the cover, but this is the first time it’s officially part of the title.

#644-668
Thor:  God of Thunder #1-25
(series began in 2012)
Quick math:  643

#669-676
Thor volume 4 #1-8
(series began in 2014 featuring Jane Foster)
Quick math:  668

#677-699
The Mighty Thor volume 2 #1-23
(series began in 2015)
Quick math:  676

#700-706
Thor volume 1 #700-706
(series reverted to original numbering as part of Marvel Legacy initiative.)

#707-722
Thor volume 5 #1-16
(series began in 2018)
Quick math:  706

#723-726
King Thor #1-4
Quick math:  722

#727-761
Thor volume 6 #1-35
(series began in 2020)
Quick math:  726

#762-current
Immortal Thor #1-current*
(series began in 2023)
Quick math:  761

*as of the November 2024 solicitations, the most recent issue is #17 (#778)

Journey into Mystery
Like most of the early Marvel anthologies that eventually changed into a single hero series, “Journey into Mystery” eventually became “Thor”.  But at various points in time as the “Thor” series was relaunched, the original numbering was continued until the “Journey into Mystery” title.  None of those reversions count in the legacy numbering, and there is no way to create a cohesive set of numbering for Journey into Mystery.
#1-125 – series becomes Thor
volume 2 #1-19 – a horror anthology series from the 1970s, not connected to Thor
#503-521 – continuing from Thor volume 1 during Heroes Reborn event
#622-655 – continuing from Thor volume 1 as “The Mighty Thor” was launched

Iron Man
#1-332
Iron Man volume 1 #1-332
(series began in 1968)

#333-345
Iron Man volume 2 #1-13
(“Heroes Reborn” series launched in 1996)
Quick math:  332

#346-434
Iron Man volume 3 #1-89
(“Heroes Return” series launched in 1997)
Quick math:  345

#435-462
Iron Man volume 4 #1-28
(series launched in 2005 after Avengers: Disassembled)
Quick math:  434

#463-466
Iron Man:  Director of SHIELD #29-32
(Iron Man volume 4 was retitled in 2008)
Quick math:  434

This series continued for three more issues (#33-35), with the cover title of War Machine:  Weapon of SHIELD.  At the same time, a new Iron Man series was launched.  At the time, Marvel did not count these three issues when they reverted to Iron Man #500, but they did count them when creating the numbering for Marvel Legacy a few years later.

#467-499
Invincible Iron Man #1-33
(series launched in 2008 and was the first time “Invincible” was an official part of the title.)
Quick math:  466

#500-527
Invincible Iron Man #500-527

#528-530
Due to a math error, these issues don’t seem to exist.  When “Invincible Iron Man” was launched in 2008, the “Iron Man:  Director of SHIELD” title was still running for three issues.  Those issues (#33-35) featured War Machine and had a “War Machine: Weapon of SHIELD” logo plastered over the Iron Man logo on the covers.  Marvel did not count those issues when they calculated Iron Man #500.  However those issues were counted when calculating the number for Marvel Legacy, which is why Marvel now says that #500-527 are really #503-530.  The editors handling the Marvel Legacy numbering project were clearly just looking at the highest issue number of each volume to add together.

#531-558
Iron Man volume 5 #1-28
(series launched in 2013)
Quick math:  530

#559-567
Superior Iron Man #1-9
Quick math:  558

#568-581
Invincible Iron Man volume 2 #1-14
(series launched in 2015 by Brian Michael Bendis)
Quick math:  567

#582-592
Invincible Iron Man volume 3 #1-11
(series launched in 2016, also by BMB)
Quick math:  581

#593-600
Iron Man volume 1 #593-600
(series reverted to original numbering as part of Marvel Legacy initiative.)

Technically, these issues are officially part of “Invincible Iron Man” volume 3.

#601-619
Tony Stark:  Iron Man #1-19
(series launched in 2018 by Dan Slott)
Quick math:  600

#620-625
Iron Man 2020 #1-6
(mini-series published in 2020 to conclude Slott’s run)
Quick math: 619

#626-650
Iron Man volume 6 #1-25
(series launched in 2020 by Christopher Cantwell)
Quick math:  625

#651-670
Invincible Iron Man volume 4 #1-20
(series launched in 2022 by Gerry Duggan and ties into the X-Men Krakoa era and “Fall of X”)
Quick math:  650

#671-current
Iron Man volume 7 #1-current*
Quick math: 670

*as of the November 2024 solicitations, the most recent issue is #2 (#672)

Annuals

Annuals have created their own kind of problems with legacy numbering. From the 1960s through the mid-1990s, Marvel numbered annuals sequentially, although they referred to some as “King Size” and/or “Specials”.  Starting in 1995, the X-Men titles got annuals labelled by year (ex. ’95) with the practice expanding to the rest of the Marvel line in 1996.  In 1998, all of the Marvel annuals were team-ups, and some characters or groups were represented in multiple annuals.  In most cases, whichever series was referred to first in the title claims that annual.  From 1999-2001, Marvel continued to number by year (using all four digits), and then discontinued annuals in favor of extra regular issues during the year.  Sometime in the late 2000s, annuals returned, but there has been no consistency among numbering practices.  Some series got legacy numbers, some get a new Annual #1 to go with each relaunch, and some Annuals get renumbered even if the parent series had not been relaunched.  And naturally, over the years, there have been misnumbered and forgotten annuals.

Avengers
#1-23 - numbered sequentially along with volume 1
#24 – Avengers/Squadron Supreme ’98, going along with volume 3
#25-27 – Marvel used the full years for numbering:  1999-2001, going along with volume 3
#28-30 – New Avengers Annuals #1-3
#31 – a new Annual #1 in 2012, going along with volume 4
#32 – another Annual #1 in 2013, going along with volume 5
#33 – All New All Different Avengers Annual #1
#34 – yet another Annual #1 in 2021, going along with volume 7

Captain America
#1-13 - numbered sequentially along with volume 1
#14 – Captain America/Citizen V ’98, going along with volume 3
#15-17 - Marvel used the full years for numbering:  1999-2001, going along with volume 3

The Iron Man/Captain America ’98 Annual is credited to Iron Man’s series.

Iron Man
#1-15 - numbered sequentially along with volume 1
#16 – Iron Man/Captain America ’98, going along with volume 3
#17-19 - Marvel used the full years for numbering:  1999-2001, going along with volume 3
#20 – Iron Man:  Director of SHIELD Annual #1
#21 – Invincible Iron Man Annual #1 in 2010
#22 – Iron Man Annual #1 (2014), probably goes along with volume 5

Force Works #21-22 and War Machine #24-25 are included to wrap up their respective series, because otherwise those issues would be orphaned unless placed in a volume of issues contained in the Avengers/Iron Man:  First Sign TPB (basically containing all issues of Avengers and Iron Man between the end of the Crossing and the beginning of Onslaught.)

Unfortunately, most online reading orders do not agree on the placement of a lot of issues in the middle of the event and the comics themselves never presented a clear reading order.  Most “to be continued” boxes at the end of issues basically contained the next published issues of all of the series involved.  Below is a list of chronology or prerequisite clues from several issues, attempting to be as spoiler-free as possible.

Trying to maintain a day-by-day chronology across all four titles involved probably does not hold up. And being a story involving time manipulation, there is some wiggle room for some events to appear out of order.  But I’m trying to keep a logical chronology for individual characters.  For instance, if there is a run of Avengers issues all taking place in the same night, I don’t want to include an Iron Man issue in the middle that takes place during the day.

Chronology/Pre-requisite clues:
Iron Man #319 – starts plans for Avengers reunion “tomorrow”
Avengers #390 – Prelude to the Crossing
Avengers: The Crossing #1 – an Avengers reunion / ends around midnight
Avengers #391 - occurs past midnight following the events of The Crossing #1
Force Works #16 – characters returning from events of The Crossing #1 / occurs during the day, up to “sunset” / opening sequence set at “midnight” is not what it first appears
Avengers #392 – opens at morning, supposedly within 24 hours of the events of The Crossing.
Iron Man #320 – opens on another morning, events of The Crossing were “earlier this week”
Iron Man #321 – references Avengers #391
Force Works #17 – Iron Man explains events of The Crossing to the team as “the day of the reunion”, implying that it is now several days later
War Machine #20 – indirect references to events in Force Works #17, direct reference to Avengers #391
Iron Man #322 - reference to Avengers #391 and War Machine #20
Force Works #18 – has a subplot pick up from last page of Iron Man #322
War Machine #21 – continues subplot from Force Works #18
Iron Man #323 – WM #21 was a few hours ago, reference to Avengers #392
Avengers #393 – directly continues from Iron Man #323
Force Works #19 – Avengers #393 was moments ago, references to WM #21 and Iron Man #323
War Machine #22 – direct continuation from FW #19 / Black Widow and others leave to reappear in IM #324 / main cast continues directly into FW #20
Iron Man #324 – Black Widow appears from WM #22
Force Works #20 – direct continuation from WM #22, runs parallel to IM #324
War Machine #23 – reference to Force Works #20
Avengers #394 – leads into Timeslide
Avengers: Timeslide #1 – continues from Avengers #394
Iron Man #325 – continues from Timeslide
Avengers #395 – continues from Iron Man #325
Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man #1

War Machine #22 features two groups of characters working together (one group with Black Widow, one group with Scarlet Witch).  Black Widow’s team leaves and is next seen in Iron Man #324.  Scarlet Witch’s team continues into Force Works #20.  There is a point where both teams communicate via video chat in both issues, but there is no shared dialogue between the two scenes which allows them to be two different conversations.  I’ve chosen to place Iron Man #324 in between War Machine #22 and Force Works #20 for pacing purposes.

War Machine #23 doesn’t have any other references other than taking place after Force Works #20, so it could go almost anywhere after that issue, depending on pacing preferences.

War Machine

War Machine Ashcan Edition (optional)
War Machine #1-8
Iron Man #310
Force Works #6 (Hands of the Mandarin part 1)
War Machine #9 (Hands of the Mandarin part 2)
Iron Man #311 (Hands of the Mandarin part 3)
Force Works #7 (Hands of the Mandarin part 4)
War Machine #10 (Hands of the Mandarin part 5)
Iron Man #312 (Hands of the Mandarin part 6)
War Machine #11-14
War Machine:  Brothers in Arms #1 (flipbook with Force Works #12)
War Machine:  Brothers in Arms #2 (flipbook with War Machine #15)
War Machine:  Brothers in Arms #3 (flipbook with Iron Man #317)
War Machine #15-19

continued in Avengers:  The Crossing (featuring War Machine #20-25)

-Marvel Comics Presents #152-155 feature a War Machine story by the writers of the War Machine series, and would go prior to the Ashcan Edition.
-The War Machine Ashcan Edition features an 8 page black and white story that is an expansion of the dream sequence that opens War Machine #1.  Completely optional, but it is smaller than comic size.  A full sized version is available in the War Machine Classic TPB.
-There are multiple editions of War Machine #8 and Iron Man #310, as some came polybagged with a promo insert for the Marvel Action Hour.  The insert isn’t needed for War Machine, so it doesn’t matter which edition you end up with.
-Marvel Comics Presents #169-172 contain stories that tie into Hands of the Mandarin.  I skipped them because they seemed to be more focused on Force Works or Iron Man.
-The last story page of Brothers in Arms #1 shares a page with the last story page of Force Works #12.  The back of the last pages of Brothers in Arms #2-3 will have upside down letter pages.  The main stories from Force Works #12 and Iron Man #317 are not needed.

Force Works:

Avengers West Coast 102
Force Works Ashcan (see notes below)
Force Works 1–5
Marvel Comics Presents 169–170 (“In the Hands of the Mandarin”, Parts 1 & 2)
Force Works 6
Marvel Comics Presents 169 (“Century”)
Marvel Comics Presents 170 (“Suzi”)
War Machine 9
Marvel Comics Presents 171 (“War Machine”/”Recorder”)
Iron Man 311
Force Works 7
Marvel Comics Presents 172 (“US Agent”/”Scarlet Witch”)
War Machine 10
Iron Man 312
Force Works 8–12
War Machine 15 (“Brothers in Arms”, Part 2)
Iron Man 317  (“Brothers in Arms”, Part 3)
Force Works 13–18
Century: Distant Sons
Force Works 19
War Machine 22
Force Works 20–22

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Notes:

You could always just start with FW #1, but that last issue of AWC is also written by Abnett & Lanning and does a good job of setting up FW.

The undersized Force Works Ashcan comic poses a bit of a problem, as 1) it’s a good 1/4 smaller in size than a regular comic and 2) it’s a mix of prequel and teaser for the upcoming series. The story in the ashcan actually takes place during FW #1, but you really can’t slip it in there without throwing everything off. I plan on creating a pocket for the ashcan on the inside back cover I can slip it into, but I’ve seen it simply bound before FW #1.

FW #19->WM #22->FW #20 is one long story beat, so not including WM there would make for pretty choppy reading.

If you choose to include the “Brothers in Arms” backup story arc, you will need to get a hold of two copies of FW #12, as the last page of the main story and of the backup share the same page (due to it being a flip book).

Extras to include: Cover and interview from Marvel Age #132, and the Iron Man & Force Works Collectors Preview, which is actually pretty substantial.

I’ve left out the 6 issue Max series The Eternal since I feel it doesn’t belong here.

Vol.1 (20 issues)

The Eternals 1–19

The Eternals Annual 1

Vol.2 (20 issues)

Thor Annual 7

Thor 283-301

Vol.3 (26 issues)

Iron Man Annual 6

Iron Man 179

Avengers 246–248

The Eternals (1985) 1–12

Silver Surfer Annual 1

Avengers 308–310

Eternals: Herod Factor

Avengers 361

New Eternals: Apocalypse Now 1

Fantastic Four Unlimited 10

Vol.4 (19 issues)

The Eternals Sketchbook

The Eternals (2006) 1–7

Marvel Spotlight: Neil Gaiman Eternals

The Eternals Annual (2008) 1

The Eternals (2008) 1-9

Vol.1 (18 issues)
Iron Man 84–89
Spectacular Spider-Man 15–20
Thor 80–85

Vol.2 (17 issues)
Captain America 29–32
Captain America and the Falcon 5–7
Fantastic Four 517–519
Avengers 500–503
Avengers Finale 1
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Avengers 2004
What If? Featuring Avengers Disassembled

Featured Writers: Denny O’Neil, David Michelinie, Bob Layton
Featured Artists: Mark D. Bright, Butch Guice, Bob Layton

VOLUME 1
Iron Man 198-211
Iron Man Annual 8
Iron Man 212-214

VOLUME 2
Iron Man 215-224
Iron Man Annual 9
Iron Man 225-232

VOLUME 3
Iron Man 233-250

The first version is a chronological order, with two volumes.  But it is kind of messy, because it doesn’t really take individual story pacing into account, and just lumps everything together.  It was my original plan, but long since abandoned.

Volume 1
Heroes Reborn #1/2
Captain America #1-5
Avengers #1
Fantastic Four #1-3
Iron Man #1-3
Avengers #2-3
Iron Man #4
Avengers #4-5
Iron Man #5
Captain America #6 (pg 1-19)
Fantastic Four #4-6
Avengers #6
Iron Man #6
Captain America #6 (pg 20-22)

Volume 2
Fantastic Four #7
Iron Man #7-11
Fantastic Four #8-10
Avengers #7-8
Captain America #7
Avengers #9-11
Captain America #8-11
Fantastic Four #11-12
Avengers #12
Iron Man #12
Captain America #12
Fantastic Four #13
Avengers #13
Iron Man #13
Captain America #13

The second version is a revised chronological mapping, but I tried to keep the Lee and Liefeld series separated as much as I could, largely because of the different tones.

Volume 1:  Patriot Games
Heroes Reborn #1/2 (Cap story)
Captain America #1-6 (pg 1-19)
Avengers #1-3
HR #1/2 (Liefeld sketches)

Volume 2:  Renaissance
Fantastic Four #1-3
Heroes Reborn #1/2 (Iron Man story)
Iron Man #1-5
FF #4-6 (1st story)
HR #1/2 (Lee sketches)

Volume 3:  Industrial Revolution
Avengers #4-5
FF #6 (2nd story)
Avengers #6
Iron Man #6
Cap #6 (pg 20-22)
FF #7
Iron Man #7-11

Volume 4:  Shadow Games
Cap #7
Avengers #7-11
Cap #8-11

Volume 5:  Reunion
FF #8-12
Avengers #12
IM #12
Cap #12
FF #13
Avengers #13
IM #13
Cap #13
Heroes Reborn:  The Return #1-4

The final version is a straightforward, title by title binding, which is what I ended up binding. However, it does take into account the “Industrial Revolution” crossover from the #6 issues.  That story had a prelude in the second half of FF #6, and a three page epilogue in Cap #6 (which does not tie into the main part of the issue and can be easily separated), with Avengers #6 and Iron Man #6 being the main story.   This map requires 3 copies of Avengers #6 and Iron Man #6.  I put the Cap #6 pages in the Avengers volume, because that’s the book that was most affected by the story, and the actions of those three pages.

I chose not to keep the #12 issues together, because at the end of each, Doom travels back in time.  As such, each #12 issue feels more like the cap to its respective series rather than part of a larger crossover.

Fantastic Four
FF #1-6 (#417-422)
Avengers #6 (#408)
Iron Man #6 (#338)
FF #7-12 (#423-428)

Avengers
Avengers #1-6 (#403-408)
Iron Man #6 (#338)
Captain America #6 (pg. 20-22)
Avengers #7-12 (#409-414)

Iron Man
Iron Man #1-5 (#333-337)
Avengers #6 (#408)
Iron Man #6-12 (#338-344)

Captain America
Captain America #1-12 (#455-466)

(the last three pages of Cap #6 would not be included in this book, as they are up in the Avengers volume.  But if you wanted to be completely thorough, you could get a second copy of Cap #6 – put the first copy in its entirety in this book, and then split the second copy with the last three pages going in the Avengers volume, and the main story going in a Cable volume.)

World War 3/Heroes Return
FF #13 (#429)
Avengers #13 (#415)
Iron Man #13 (#345)
Captain America #13 (#467)
Heroes Reborn:  The Return #1-4

For this map, the Heroes Reborn #1/2 issue can be separated and included in several volumes:
Page 1-10 – Captain America
Page 11-12, 17-24 – Iron Man
Page 15-16 – FF (sketches)
This issue is completely optional.  Pages 13-14 were both ads which can be tossed.

The New Avengers: Illuminati One-Shot 1
Amazing Spider-Man 530 – 531
Fantastic Four 536 – 537
Civil War 1
New Avengers 21
Civil War: Front Line 1
Amazing Spider-Man 532
New Avengers 22
Civil War 2
Amazing Spider-Man 533
Civil War: Front Line 2
New Avengers 23
Fantastic Four 538
Civil War: Front Line 3 – 5
Iron Man 13
Civil War 3 – 4
Civil War: Front Line 6
New Avengers 24
Amazing Spider-Man 534
Fantastic Four 539
Captain America 22

Volume Two

Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties Of War 1
Civil War: Front Line 7
Captain America 23 – 24
Civil War: Front Line 8
Fantastic Four 540
Amazing Spider-Man 535
Civil War 5
Amazing Spider-Man 536
New Avengers 25
Civil War: Front Line 9
Fantastic Four 541
Iron Man 14
Fantastic Four 542
Amazing Spider-Man 537
Winter Soldier: Winter Kills 1
Civil War 6 – 7
Civil War: Front Line 10
Amazing Spider-Man 538 – 539
Civil War: Front Line 11
Fantastic Four 543
Captain America 25
Civil War: The Confession 1

Volume #1

Volume #2
West Coast Avengers 8 – 13
Avengers Annual 15
West Coast Avengers Annual 1
West Coast Avengers 14 – 24
West Coast Avengers Annual 2

Volume #3
Avengers Annual 16
West Coast Avengers 25
Solo Avengers 1
West Coast Avengers 26 – 39
West Coast Avengers Annual 3
West Coast Avengers 40 -41

Volume #4
West Coast Avengers 42 – 52
West Coast Avengers Annual 4
West Coast Avengers 53 – 62

Volume #5
West Coast Avengers 63 – 64
West Coast Avengers Annual 5
West Coast Avengers 65 – 75
Wonder Man 2
West Coast Avengers Annual 6
West Coast Avengers 76 – 79

Volume #6
Captain America398
West Coast Avengers 80
Quasar 32
Wonder Man 7
Avengers 345
Iron Man 278
Thor 445
Captain America 399
West Coast Avengers 81
Quasar 33
Wonder Man 8
Avengers 346
Iron Man 279
Thor 446
Captain America 400
West Coast Avengers 82
Quasar 34
Wonder Man 9
Avengers 347
Captain America 401

Volume #7
West Coast Avengers 83 – 88
West Coast Avengers Annual 7
West Coast Avengers 89 – 97
West Coast Avengers Annual 8
West Coast Avengers 98 – 100

Volume #8
Avengers 368
X-Men v2: 26
West Coast Avengers 101
Uncanny X-Men 307
Avengers 369
West Coast Avengers 102
Tigra 1 – 4
Hawkeye v3: 1 – 8

Volume #9
Avengers v3: 65 – 84
New Invaders 0
Avengers 500 – 503
Avengers: Finale