Marvel Comics Reading Order (2023-2026)

I love comics, but a common complaint I hear from people who would like to get into comics (or more specifically the comic book universes of the Big Two North American publishers Marvel & DC) is that they feel intimidated by the massive volume of content, and don't know where to start. And it is true that if you really want to get into all of Marvel and/or DC, it does require a little homework, so in this page i'm just gonna do that for you here! While it can look very intimidating to see the sheer amount of how many comics for Spider-Man, or Batman, or the X-Men have been published in the decades since they first appeared, you do not need to have read or know the entire publication history of a character or universe to enjoy the stories happening now. 

If you're not a completist, it's perfectly fine to just pick a recent run/series of a character you like, start from number one and go from there. However, if you're the kind of person who would like to get into all or most of the Marvel Universe, Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Verse, Crossovers and all (as well as maybe a few titles you wouldn't have thought to search for) then you might want something a bit more comprehensive. If this is you, then look no further!

2023/2024 is a really good jumping on point for Marvel Comics, especially if you'd like to get caught up to the comics currently being released, so that's where we'll be starting for this list. in 2023, several mainline titles, including "Avengers", "Iron Man" & "Thor" were relaunched, while a year later, fresh off the conclusion of Jonathan Hickman's 'Krakoan Age', the X-Men had their own fresh start reboot for a new era (with fan-favourite writer/expert twitter troll, Gail Simone heading the 'Uncanny' line). 

While they did run for some of the time i'll be covering in this list, I will not be including 'Amazing Spider-Man (2022)' (the series was relaunched in 2025), or the ending of the Krakoan Age of X-Men. What i've termed 'Year Zero' will include volumes of relevant titles that began shortly before 2023, but not all titles that were released in 2022.

Year Zero  

 (2022-2023) 

Avengers

• Fantastic Four (2022) vol. 1: Whatever Happened To The Fantastic Four?
• She Hulk (2022) vol. 1 by Rainbow Rowell
• She Hulk (2022) vol. 2 by Rainbow Rowell

Spider-Man

• Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) vol. 1
• Spider-Man (2022) vol. 1: End of The Spider-Verse
• Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) vol. 2
• Venom (2021) vol. 1: Recursion
• Venom (2021) vol. 2: Deviation
• Venom (2021) vol. 3
•  Venom (2021) vol. 4: Illumination
• 
  

Year One  

 (Summer 2023-2024)

Wave One

Avengers

• + Avengers (2023) Vol. 1
• + Invincible iron Man (2022) vol. 1
• + Fantastic Four (2022) vol. 2: Four Stories About Hope
• +Scarlet Witch (2023) vol. 1: The Last Door
• She-Hulk (2022) vol. 3 by Rainbow Rowell

Spider-Man

• Spider-Man (2022) vol. 2: Who Is Spider-Boy?
• Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) vol. 3
•  Venom (2021) vol. 5: Predestination

Wave Two

Avengers

• +Captain Marvel (2023) vol. 1 
• +Captain America (2023) vol. 1: Stand
• +Avengers (2023) Vol. 2: Twilight
• +  Fantastic Four (2022) vol. 3: The Impossible is Probable
• + Invincible iron Man (2022) vol. 2
• + Immortal Thor vol. 1
• +Scarlet Witch (2023) vol. 2: Magnus Opus
• +G.O.D.S. Vol. 1
• + Incredible Hulk (2023) vol.  1
• She-Hulk (2023) vol. 4 by Rainbow Rowell
• Spider-Woman (2023) vol. 1

Spider-Man

• Spider-Boy vol. 1: The Web-Less Wonder
• Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) vol. 4
  
•  Venom (2021) vol. 6: Infiltration

Street

•  Daredevil (2023) vol. 1
  

Wave Three

Avengers

• +Immortal Thor (2023) vol. 2: All Trials Are One
• Power Pack: Into The Storm
• + Fantastic Four (2022) vol. 4: Fortune Favours The Fantastic
• + Captain Marvel (2023) vol. 2
• + Captain America (2023) vol. 2: Trying To Come Home
• + Invincible iron Man (2022) vol. 3
• Incredible Hulk (2023) vol. 2
• + Scarlet Witch (2023) vol. 3: Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver
• Black Widow & Hawkeye vol. 1
• + G.O.D.S. Vol. 2
• She-Hulk vol. 5: All In (6-10) by Rainbow Rowell
• Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance
• +Blood Hunt
• Blood Hunters: Mean Streets
• Blood Hunters: Once More Into The Darkness
• Blood Hunt: Marvel Universe
• Midnight Sons: Blood Hunt
• +Avengers (2023) vol. 3: Blood Hunt
• + Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt
• + Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) vol. 5: Blood Hunt (21-26)
• +Doctor Strange vol. 3: Blood Hunt
• + X-Men: Blood Hunt
• Dracula: Blood Hunt
•  
• Vengeance of The Moon Knight vol. 1
• Phases of The Moon Knight
• Vengeance of The Moon Knight vol. 2
• + Scarlet Witch (2023) vol. 4: Queen of Chaos
• +Incredible Hulk (2023) vol. 3
• Spider-Woman vol. 2
• +Avengers: Twilight

Spider-Man

• +Spider-Man: Shadow of Green Goblin
• +Venom (2021) vol. 7: Exsanguination
• +Spider-Man: Reign 2
• Kid Venom
• +The Spectacular Spider-Men vol. 1
• Ghost Spider vol. 1
• What if….? Venom
• Carnage vol. 2
• Superior Spider-Man vol. 2
• Jackpot & Black Cat
• Edge of Spider-Verse
• Spider-Punk: Arms Race
• + Amazing Spider-Man (2022) vol. 11: Going Green
• + Venom: Separation Anxiety
• + Venomverse reborn
• Spider-Boy vol. 2: Fun & Games
  

Street

• +Daredevil (2023) vol. 2 (7-12)
• Night Thrasher vol. 1

 

Year Two  

 (Summer 2024-2025)

Wave One

Avengers

• + Infinity Watch: Power Corrupts
•  
• (June)  
• + Immortal Thor vol. 3: The End of All Songs
• Fantastic Four (2022) vol. 5: Aliens, Ghosts, & Alternate Earths
• Incredible Hulk (2023) vol. 4: City of Idols (15-19)
• Avengers (2023) vol. 4: Storm (17-23)
• Captain America (2023) vol. 3: Broxton Rising (12-16)
• Namor (2024) vol. 1
• Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay
• Avengers Assemble: The Serpent Scenario
• Spirits of vengeance: Vengeance Unchained
• Conquest 2099
• Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu
• Crypt of Shadows (2024)
• Iron Man (2024) vol. 1: The Stark-Roxxon War (1-5)
  

X-Men

- Note: The new era of the X-Men begins! I have included the first Ms. Marvel miniseries of her X-Men era, even though it was published during the Krakoa era, not this timeframe, because Kamala continues to be a major part of the X-Men side of the marvel universe (primarily in the NYX series), so it seemed best to include her whole journey of her X-Men era for a more complete story. Fortunately for you, unfortunately for me, there's only been two volumes. 

• +Ms Marvel: Fallen Friend #1
• +Ms Marvel: The New Mutant
•  
• Ms Marvel: The New Mutant vol. 2: Mutant Menace
• Deadpool (2024) vol. 1: Blood Bond
• X-Men (2024) vol. 1: Homecoming
• Uncanny X-Men (2024) vol. 1: Red Wave
• Phoenix (2024) Vol. 1
• NYX (2024) vol. 1
• X-Force (2024)vol. 1
• X-Factor (2024) vol. 1 
• Exceptional X-Men (2024) vol. 1
• Wolverine: Revenge
• Wolverine (2024) vol. 1: In The Bones
• Deadpool Team-Up: Blood of The Dragon
• Dazzler: World Tour
• Storm vol. 1: Earth’s Mightiest Mutant
• Mystique: Most Wanted
• Sentinels: Necessary Monsters
• Psylocke (2024) vol. 1: Guardian (1-5)
  

Spider-Man

• Venom War
• Venom War: Zombies/Venomous
• Venom (2021) vol. 8: Venom War (35-39)
• Venom War: Spider-Man/Lethal Protectors
• Venom War: Wolverine/Deadpool
•  
• Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider (2024) vol. 1: Haunted
• Chasm: Curse of Kaine
• Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood
• Spider-Society: Enter…The Spider-Versers
• Spider-Boy vol. 3: The Dragon’s Challenge
• The Spectacular Spider-Men vol. 2
• Kid Venom
• Spider-Man: Homeroom Heroes
  

Street

•  Daredevil: Woman Without Fear (2024) vol. 1
• Daredevil (2023) vol. 3

Wave Two

Avengers

• Immortal Thor vol. 4: The Son of Thor (16-20)
• West Coast Avengers vol. 1: The Gospel of Ultron (1-5)
• Scarlet Witch (2023) vol. 5: Amaranth Rising 
• Marvel Holiday Tales To Astonish
• Infinity Watch: Universal Destruction
• Incredible Hulk (2023) vol. 5: Gods Drink Blood (20-25)
• TVA (2024)
•   Hellhunters (2024)
• Sam Wilson, Captain America: Better Angels
• New Champions: Change Is Coming
• Marvel Mutts

X-Men

• Deadpool (2024) vol. 2: The Death of Wade Wilson (6-10)
• Laura Kinney: Wolverine vol. 1
• Hellverine vol. 1: Lost Highways
• Sabretooth: The Dead Don’t Talk
• Cable: Love & Chrome
• Deadpool/Wolverine: A Time of Stryfe
• X-Men: Raid On Graymalkin  
• Phoenix (2024) vol. 2: Cosmic Ascent
• X-Factor (2024) vol. 2
• X-Force (2024) vol. 2 (6-10)
• Magik vol. 1: Unleashed
• NYX vol. 2: Family Matters (6-10)
• Rogue: The Savage Land
• 
  

Spider-Man

• Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider (2024) vol. 2
• Spider-Boy vol. 4
• All-New Venom: Who Is All-New Venom?
• Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) vol. 6: Webs of Wakanda (27-29)
• Spectacular Spider-Men vol. 3: Strange Love (11-15)

Street

•  Daredevil (2023) vol. 4 (16-20)
• Power Man: Timeless
   

Wave Three

Avengers

• One World Under Doom
• Namor vol. 2
• Doom Academy
• Fantastic Four (2022) vol. 6: Our World Under Doom
• Thunderbolts: Doomstrike
• Red Hulk vol. 1: Prisoner of War
• Doctor Strange of Asgard
• Immortal Thor vol. 5: Death of The Immortal Thor
• Doom’s Division
• Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu vol. 2: Subterranean Jungle (6-10)
• Iron Man (2024) vol. 2
• Avengers (2024) vol. 5: Masters of Evil (25-30)
• Superior Avengers
• Fantastic Four: Fanfare
• West Coast Avengers vol. 2
• Gwenpool: All-New, All-Deadly
• The Thing: The King of Yancy Street
• The Vision & The Scarlet Witch: Fear The Reaper
  

X-Men

• Uncanny X-Men (2024) vol. 2: The Dark Artery (9-16)
• X-Men (2024) vol. 2: Hostile Takeover (11-18)
• Exceptional X-Men (6-13)
• Weapon X-Men: The Real Thing
• Wolverine (2024) vol. 2: Call of The Adamantine (6-10)
• Strom vol. 2: Thunder War
• X-Manhunt
• Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe One Last Time
• Deadpool (2024) vol. 3: Revenge of Wade Wilson (13-15)
• Wolverine & Kitty Pryde (2025)
• Psylocke (2024) vol. 2: Nightmares of The Past (6-10)
• Phoenix (2024) vol. 3: Astral Bond (11-15)
• Laura Kinney: Wolverine vol. 2: My So-Called Life (6-10)
• Giant-Size X-Men: Second Genesis Revisited
• Hellverine vol. 2: Hell Hulk Unleashed

Spider-Man

• Eddie Brock: Carnage vol. 1: Killing Me (1-5)
• Miles Morales: Spider-Man/Deadpool: Pools of Blood
• Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) vol. 7: God War (32-36)
• Amazing Spider-Man (2025) vol. 1: Get Back Up
• Spider-Verse vs Venom-Verse
• Spider-Man & Wolverine vol. 1: The Janus Directory (1-5)
• Spider-Girl: Breathe Through The Fire
  

Street

•  Daredevil: Cold Day In Hell
• Daredevil (2023) vol. 5 (20-25)

Year Three  

 (Summer 2025-2026)

Wave One

Avengers

• Imperial
• New Avengers vol. 1: Killuminati
• Runaways (2025) vol. 1
• Jeff The Land Shark: Friends & Rivals
• Bring On The Bad Guys
• Incredible Hulk vol. 6
• Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu vol. 3: We’re Outta Here (11-15)
• Marvel Zero (2025) #1
• Captain America (2025) vol. 1: Our Secret Wars
• Fantastic Four (2025) vol. 1
• Red Hulk vol. 2: Mission Latveria (6-10)
• Incredible Hulk (2023) vol. 6: Monster Road (26-30)
• Mortal Thor vol. 1: No Gods, No Masters
• Doctor Strange (2025) vol. 1
• Battleworld (2025)
• Spirits of Violence
• Marvel Zombies: Red Band
  

X-Men

• Emma Frost: The White Queen: All Hail The Queen
• Wolverines & Deadpools: Claws & Mercs
• Magik vol. 2: Shadows of Resistance (6-10)
• X-Men (2024) vol. 4: The Hellfire Vigil (19-22)
• Uncanny X-Men (2024) vol. 3: Murder Me, Mutina (17-21)
•  
• X-Men: Age of Revelation: Overture (Amazing X-Men, Binary, Cloak or Dagger, Iron & Frost, Laura Kinney: Sabretooth)
• X-Men: Age of Revelation - Book of Revelation (Longshots, radioactive spider-man, rogue storm, expatriate x-men, the last wolverine)
• X-Men: Age of Revelation: World of Revelation (unbreakable x-men, undeadpool, omega kids, x-vengers, sinister’s six)
• X-Men of Apocalypse 
• 
  

Spider-Man

• Amazing Spider-Man (2025) vol. 2 (6-10)
• Eddie Brock: Carnage vol. 2: The Killing Muse
• Venom: Black, White & Blood 
• Black Cat (2025) vol. 1
• All-New Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider vol. 1
• Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) vol. 8: Revenge of Rabble (37-42)
• Venom (2025) vol. 1 (250-255) [Note: This is a continuation of Ewing’s ‘All-New Venom’, just returning to the traditional title & legacy numbering)
• Spider-Man ’94 vol. 1
• Amazing Spider-Man (2025) vol. 3 (11-16)
• Spider-Man & Wolverine vol. 2 (6-
• Spider-Man Noir: The Gwen Stacy Affair
  

Cosmic

• Death of The Silver Surfer

Street

•  The Undead Iron Fist
• White Tiger: Reborn

Wave Two

Avengers

• Avengers (2023) vol. 6: The Grail 
• Hulk: Return To Planet Hulk
• Infernal Hulk vol. 1
• Planet She-Hulk
• Wiccan: Witches Road
• Doctor Strange (2025) vol. 1
• Sorcerer Supreme vol. 1: Rise of The Scarlet Witch
• New Avengers (2025) vol. 2 
• Black Panther: Intergalactic vol. 1 
• Dungeons of Doom
• Fantastic Four (2025) vol. 2 
• Iron Man (2026) vol. 1 
• Captain America (2025) vol. 2 
• 1776
• Strange Tales (2025) 
• Hulk: Smash Everything
• Luna Snow: World Tour *1
• Marc Spector: Moon Knight vol. 1
• Deadly Hands of K’un-Lun

X-Men

• Uncanny X-Men (2024) vol. 4 
• X-Men (2024) vol. 4 (23-28)
• Wolverine vol. 3: Mutant Protector
• Sai: Dimensional Rivals
• Rogue (2026) vol. 1
• Psylocke: Ninja
• Inglorious X-Force vol. 1
• Storm: Earth’s Mightiest Mutant: Shadows of Tomorrow
• Magik & Colossus
• Wade Wilson: Deadpool (2026) vol. 1
• Cyclops (2026) vol. 1
• Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon
• Generation X-23 (2026) VOL. 1
• Moonstar (2026) vol. 1 
  

Spider-Man

• Amazing Spider-Man: Torn
• Amazing Spider-Man (2025) vol. 4
• Knull (2026)
• All-New Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider vol. 2
• Black Cat (2025) vol. 2 
• Spider-Man/Venom: Death Spiral
• Venom (2025) vol. 2
• Spider-Man: Meals To Astonish
  

Cosmic

• Nova: Centurion vol. 1
• Imperial Guardians vol. 1
  

Street

•  Daredevil/Punisher: The Devil’s Trigger
• Punisher (2026) vol. 1
• Alias: Red Band (2026) vol. 1
  

Wave Three

Avengers

• Sentry (2026) vol. 1 
• Wonder Man (2026) vol. 1
• Captain Marvel: Dark Past
• Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron
• Infernal Hulk vol. 2 
• Doomquest (2026)
  
  

X-Men

• X-men: United (2026) vol. 1
• Wolverine (2024) vol. 4 
• Uncanny X-Men (2024) vol. 5 
• X-Men (2024) vol. 5 
• Jubilee: Deadly Reunion
• 
  

Spider-Man

• Web of Venom
• Amazing Spider-Man: Spider-Versity
• Amazing Spider-Man (2025) vol. 5 
• Astonishing Miles Morales: Spider-Man: The Art of The Thwip
• Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day
• 
  

Street

•  Daredevil (2026) vol. 1

[This list covers comics released by Marvel Comics up until May 2026)