As mentioned earlier, you do not have to read all the tie-ins to understand the event. This is the entire Civil War event, including the main series (in bold) and tie-ins. Marvel’s Civil War Reading OrderĬivil War #1 trade paperback cover by Steve McNiven. Just keep in mind that Civil War is a large comic book event and you don’t have to read everything if you don’t want to.

Read Civil War #1-7 and the tie-ins that interest you based on characters or storylines.

Read the Road to Civil War prelude issues and Civil War #1-7.

You’ll get a full story from start to finish. There are a few ways that you can read Civil War, depending on how much time you want to invest in the story.

This Civil War Reading Order Guide aims to help make sense of this event – with a checklist of all the preludes, tie-ins and trade paperbacks. Thanks to the MCU, there has been a new found interest in this event. The problem with this new found interest is that there are a lot of people who are not sure where to start with Civil War. While the concept of heroes in conflict with each other is not new, it captured the reader’s attention, encouraging them to pick a side, and was a huge success for Marvel Comics. On the other side, lead by Captain America, there’s a group who don’t. On one side, lead by Iron Man, there’s a group who supports the move. With most of Millar’s comic book creations getting adapted for film, I sure as hell wouldn’t mind seeing his Spider-Man story play out in the MCU one day.Looking for the Civil War II Reading Order Checklist? You can find it here.Īfter the U.S Government passed an act that forces superheroes to register themselves and reveal their identity, there is a huge rift in the superhero community. He gave new life to Peter Parker’s never-ending battle with Green Goblin and turned Mac Gargan into what I think is the most violent version of Venom.

This is also coming from a guy who didn’t love Captain America: Civil War! I don’t love the majority of his body of work but his brief stint on Spider-Man was a crazy fun read. While Millar’s love for the film is just as important as any average joe’s, it’s cool seeing a distinguished comic book creator such as him rally for a film in a cinematic universe his comic books helped shape. What is there to say? But this movie blew me away.

Just out of Spider-Man and this might be the best Marvel movie so far. What he isn’t usually known for is his 12-issue Spider-Man run under the prestige Marvel Knights alongside artist Terry Dodson back in 2004, (which actually turned up pretty great!) so it’s a nice surprise seeing him share his love for now-premiering Spider-Man: Homecoming. Scotland’s Mark Millar is known for his popular comic book creations like Kick-Ass, Wanted, Nemesis, and the now-iconic Civil War storyline that changed the way Marvel handled their comic events forever among others.

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