Add to favoritesThe end of an Avengers Era. Things have come full circle as writer Brian Michael Bendis mends what he reaped. Years ago when he started writing the Avengers he effectively disassembled them. Now years later events fall into place that finally brings Captain America, Iron Man and Thor back together as a team! This two volume set ends the Dark Reign Era of the Marvel Universe and includes every tie in as well as the epilogue Thor story arc.
I have adjusted the reading order of the books from my chronological listing of Siege for pacing purposes since I also split it into two volumes.
Volume 1 First Blood
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eginning with the ravaging effects of Avengers Disassembled and following the aftermath of House of M, Civil War and Secret Invasion, culminating with the evil Reign of Norman Osborn, the Marvel Universe has been left with its greatest villains holding more power and control than ever before. On the brink of madness, Osborn, in his final bid to take total control, targets the final obstacle in his mission…Asgard.
Events are set in motion forcing our heroes to put aside the deep rifts that have grown over the past seven years. Opposing them stand a horde of evil that has begun to take down the gods of the Golden Realm! SIEGE will rock the foundations of every super hero, villain and team in the Marvel Universe. Witness the end of an Avengers era as the clouds start to part and the Dark Reign comes to a close…
| ORIGINS OF SIEGE (2010) (1/2) Origins of characters |
| AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 31 (1/2) stop Osborn “promotion” |
| SIEGE: THE CABAL (2010) |
| AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 31 (2/2) |
| NEW AVENGERS (2005) 61 |
| SIEGE (2010) 1 (1/3) stop Ares “Armor and All” |
| SIEGE: EMBEDDED (2010) 1 |
| SIEGE (2010) 1 (2/3) stop Ares pre war speech |
| AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 32 (1/2) stop before battle on Asgard |
| SIEGE: EMBEDDED (2010) 2 |
| DARK WOLVERINE (2003) 82 (1/2) stop “told you” |
| SIEGE (2010) 1 (3/3) |
| AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 32 (2/2) |
| NEW AVENGERS (2005) 62 |
| DARK WOLVERINE (2003) 82 (2/2) |
| DARK WOLVERINE (2003) 83 (1/2) stop “I’ll give him a god” |
| THOR (2007) 607 |
| MIGHTY AVENGERS (2007) 35 |
| DARK AVENGERS (2009) 13 |
| DARK AVENGERS (2009) 14 These issues take place before Siege #1 and after Siege: The Cabal. I like the slow reveal of what happened to the Sentry so I’m putting these Dark Avengers issues right before we see him in Siege. |
| SIEGE (2010) 2 |
| AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 33 |
| DARK WOLVERINE (2003) 83 (2/2) |
| DARK WOLVERINE (2003) 84 |
| DARK AVENGERS (2009) 15 |
| SIEGE (2010) 3 (1/3) stop arrival of villains “not ours” |
| AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 34 (1/2) stop villains teleport out |
| SIEGE: SECRET WARRIORS (2010) |
| SIEGE: SPIDER-MAN (2010) |
| SIEGE: EMBEDDED (2010) 3 (1/2) – stop after they crash |
| THUNDERBOLTS (2006) 141 |
| SIEGE (2010) 3 (2/3) stop fall Asgard |
| AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 34 (2/2) |
| NEW AVENGERS (2005) 63 |
| SIEGE: EMBEDDED (2010) 3 (2/2) |
| SIEGE (2010) 3 (3/4) extras- Maria Hill’s White House Report |
| SIEGE: STORMING ASGARD (2010) |
Volume 2 Fall of Asgard
The storm that is Dark Reign intensifies as Norman Osborn rallies every single super power at his disposal to invade Asgard. He has ruled the Marvel Universe with an iron fist but this time he may have gotten in over his head. The warrior race that is the Asgardians will not yield nor surrender and when the heroes join the battle things actually get worse. It all ends here! Plus: A lingering menace created by fiendish Loki as an afterthought returns to wreak havoc on the Asgardians! Can Thor and his unlikely allies defeat this devastating force of destruction?! Or in their weakened state after the battles of Siege, will this new, ancient enemy prove too strong?
| THUNDERBOLTS (2006) 142 |
| SIEGE: YOUNG AVENGERS (2010) |
| SIEGE: CAPTAIN AMERICA (2010) |
| MIGHTY AVENGERS (2007) 36 (1/2) stop “I know just where to start” |
| THUNDERBOLTS (2006) 143 (1/3) stop “what are you going to do with that?” |
| THOR (2007) 608 |
| NEW MUTANTS (2009) 11 |
| SIEGE: LOKI (2010) |
| THOR (2007) 609 |
| SIEGE (2010) 3 (4/4) |
| NEW AVENGERS (2005) 64 (1/3) stop Madam Masque “What just happened?” |
| SIEGE (2010) 4 (1/3) stop Thor & the Sun |
| SIEGE: EMBEDDED (2010) 4 (1/2) stop “new heroic age is beginning” |
| AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 35 (1/4) stop Hood Drives off |
| NEW AVENGERS (2005) 64 (2/3) single page Loki “father please” |
| MIGHTY AVENGERS (2007) 36 (2/2) |
| THUNDERBOLTS (2006) 143 stop “most hunted on Earth, I expect” |
| AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 35 (2/4) stop Tigra “and I’ll be waiting for it.” |
| NEW AVENGERS (2005) 64 (3/3) |
| NEW AVENGERS FINALE (2010) (1/3) stop Spider-Woman “Look at that…” |
| SIEGE (2010) 4 stop White House page |
| DARK AVENGERS (2009) 16 (1/2) start with cover then “Yesterday” page, stop Daken driving off. |
| NEW AVENGERS FINALE (2010) (2/3) stop Steve Rogers “It’s over. You won.” |
| SIEGE (2010) 4 (3/3) |
| NEW AVENGERS FINALE (2010) (3/3) |
| AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 35 (3/4) Avengers Tower scene (skip Tigra/Hood scene) |
| SIEGE: EMBEDDED (2010) 4 (2/2) |
| AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE (2007) 35 (4/4) Tigra/Hood Scene |
| THUNDERBOLTS (2006) 143 (3/3) |
| DARK AVENGERS (2009) 16 (2/2) start with title page then skip to “Avengers Tower” page onward |
| THOR (2007) 610 |
| THE SENTRY: FALLEN SUN (2010) |
| THOR (2007) 611 |
| THOR (2007) 612 |
| THOR (2007) 613 |
| THOR (2007) 614 |
| WHAT IF? 200 (2011) SIEGE |
Onto Avengers vol 7-12 the Heroic Age
Back to Avengers vol 5-6
Back to Dark Reign Marvel Universe!
