Three versions of a Heroes Reborn map.
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.