The definitive, chronological, and up-to-date guide on collecting Avengers comic books from 1963 to 1996, including Avengers (1963) #1-402 as written by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Roger Stern, and more via omnibuses, hardcovers, and trade paperback graphic novels. A part of Crushing Comics – Guide to Marvel Comics. Last updated May 2023 with titles scheduled for release through December 2023.
There are hundreds of different collections of this era of this initial thirty-year run of The Avengers. However, there are a few specific formats of books that cover large portions of this title, and I’ll cover those first – Essentials, Epics, Masterworks, and Omnibuses.
- The Avengers Bookshelf
- Omnibus Editions: Massive, collector-edition tomes with oversize pages
- Marvel Masterworks: Premium-format color sequential collections
- Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Digest-size color paperbacks
- Epic Collections: Trade paperback gapless collections released in random order
- Essentials: Affordable black & white sequential collections
- Avengers Reading Order
- Avengers #1-104 – The Silver Age
- Avengers #105-226 – The Bronze Age
- Avengers #227-402 – The Modern Age
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The Avengers Bookshelf
Avengers Omnibus Editions
These massive tomes have larger pages and collect huge swaths of comics – between 25 and 50 issues a book. They look beautiful on a book-shelf! This is a list of omnibuses focused on Avengers material – other, non-Avengers omnibuses that cover a range of Avengers issues are also listed in this guide chronologically.
Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 1
(2012 Oversized Hardcover, ISBN 0785158464 / 2023 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302953546 / digital TBA)
Collects Avengers (1963) #1-30
Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 2
(2015 oversized hardcover, ISBN 978-0785191766 / 2023 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302953560 / digital)
Collects Avengers (1963) #31-58 & King-Sized (AKA Annual) 1-2, Uncanny X-Men (1963) #45, and material from Not Brand Echh (1967) #5 & 8
The Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 3
(2018 oversized hardcover, ISBN 978-1302910204 / 2023 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302953607 / digital TBA)
Collects Avengers (1963) #59-88, Incredible Hulk (1968) #140, Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #17, and material from Not Brand Echh (1967) #12
The Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 4
(2019 oversized hardcover, ISBN 978-1302915346 / 2023 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302953621 / digital TBA)
Collects Avengers (1963) #89-119, Daredevil (1964) #99, and Defenders (1972) #8-11. Also, issues #89-97 are collected in Avengers: Kree/Skrull War Gallery Edition (2023 oversize “Gallery” hardcover, ISBN 978-1302949594), which is even larger than omnibus-size.
Avengers Omnibus, Vol 5
(2023 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302954116 / digital TBA)
Collects Avengers (1963) #120-149, Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #1-4, Captain Marvel (1968) #33, Fantastic Four (1961) #150, and material from Foom (1973) #6-7 & #12
#150-304 & Annual 3-7: Not collected comprehensively in this format
Avengers by John Byrne Omnibus
(2016 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302900571)
Collects West Coast Avengers (1985) #42-46; Avengers West Coast (1989) #47-62 & Annual 4; and Avengers (1963) #305-318 & Annual 18
Acts of Vengeance Omnibus
(2011 oversized hardcover, ISBN 978-0785144649)
Collects issues from around the Marvel Universe that participated in the villain-centric Acts of Vengeance theme. From the Avengers Universe that included Avengers #311-313 and Annual 19, Avengers Spotlight (1989) #26-29, Avengers West Coast (1989) #53-55, Captain America (1968) #365-367, Iron Man (1968) #251-252, and Thor (1966) #411-413.
#319-342 & 345-347: Not collected comprehensively in this format
Avengers The Gathering Omnibus
(2021 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302926496)
Collects Avengers (1963) #343-344 & 348-375 (skipping Galactic Storm) and Annual 22; Avengers Strikefile (1994)# 1; X-Men (1991) #26; Avengers West Coast (1989) #101; Uncanny X-Men (1963) #307; Black Knight: Exodus (1996) #1; and Avengers Anniversary Magazine (1993) #1
#376-389: Not collected comprehensively in this format
Avengers: The Crossing Omnibus
(2012 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-0785162032)
Part of “The Crossing” story arc, which crossed over to include Avengers (1963) #390-395, Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man (1996) #1, Avengers: The Crossing (1995) #1, Avengers: Timeslide (1996) #1, Force Works (1994) #16-20, Iron Man (1968) #319-325, and War Machine (1994) #20-23.
#396-400: Not collected comprehensively in this format
X-Men/Avengers: Onslaught
(2015 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-0785192626 / 2022 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302931612 / digital)
Collects Cable (1993) #32-36; Uncanny X-Men (1963) #333-337; X-Force (1991) #55, #57-58; X-Man #15-19; X-Men (1991) #53-57, Annual ’96; X-Men Unlimited (1993) #11; Onslaught: X-Men, Marvel Universe, Epilogue; Avengers (1963) #401-402; Fantastic Four (1961) #415; Incredible Hulk (1968) #444-445; Wolverine (1988) #104-105; X-Factor (1986) #125-126; Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #415; Green Goblin #12; Spider-Man (1990) #72; Iron Man (1968) #332; Punisher (1995) #11; Thor (1966) #502; X-Men: Road to Onslaught #1; material from Excalibur (1988) #100 and Fantastic Four (1961) #416
Avengers Masterworks
Marvel Masterworks editions are high quality, full color reproductions of original issues. The volumes were originally released as hardcovers, with many now out of print. Some of the earlier editions were also released in paperback. If you decide to buy hardcovers, the newest editions are from 2003 and, with silver dustjackets.
Masterworks are not listed below in their chronological placement, but they are referenced if they are the only means of obtaining an issue.
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Mighty Marvel Masterworks
Mighty Marvel Masterworks are digest-sized collections of sequential Silver and Bronze Age material. They do not line up with the volume breaks in the original Masterworks volumes. This is a separate reprint line with a similar name.
Mighty Marvel Masterworks Vol. 1: The Coming of the Avengers (2021 digest-size paperback, ISBN 978-1302929787 / digital)
Collects Avengers (1963) #1-10
Mighty Marvel Masterworks Vol. 2: The Old Order Changeth (2022 digest-size paperback, ISBN 978-1302946135 / digital)
Collects Avengers (1963) #11-20
Mighty Marvel Masterworks Vol. 3: Among Us Walks a Goliath (2023 digest-size paperback, ISBN 978-1302948955 / digital)
Collects Avengers (1963) #21-30
Avengers Epic Collections
Marvel’s Epic Collections represent a consistent, affordable, full-color bookshelf format of issues in perfect continuity order without a single gap. The catch? Marvel is releasing them in a random order to focus on the biggest gaps first – since early issues are already well-covered by both Essentials and Masterworks.
Epic editions are also listed below in their chronological placement, as they are frequently the only coverage of a specific run.
Click to expand a list of Epic Collection volumesEssential Avengers
Marvel’s Essentials line packs tons of comics into each black and white, phone-book-sized edition with newsprint paper. If you don’t care about color and glossy paper, this is the best way to acquire your favorite classic stories quickly.
Essential Editions are not repeated below in their chronological placement, since B&W is not the original format of this series.
Click to expand a list of Essential volumesThe Essentials line has been discontinued and will not extend past #206. Jump to that spot in the chronology.
Avengers Reading Order
Avengers (1963) #1-104: The Silver Age (1963 – 1972)
While the Avengers originally launched as a quintet of Iron Man, Thor, Ant Man, Wasp, & Hulk, that wouldn’t last long. Hulk quickly exited the team, and mainstay Captain America joined in issue #4. Only a year later Cap reformed the Avengers as a collection of former villains in issue #16 – including Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver!
The Avengers’ membership continues to be mutable for the entire lifespan of the team through present day, but that early group of characters has remained at the core of the book, along with android The Vision.
This original run is largely scripted by Stan Lee, followed by the amazing Roy Thomas. While modern readers might find some of their dialog a bit clunky, their imaginative stories stand the test of time better than many of its contemporaries.
Collected as deluxe, oversized editions…
#1-30: Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 1 Oversized Hardcover (ISBN 0785158464)
Releases in early 2012, just in time for the team’s film debut! This will have a cover price of $99, but you can easily find it around the web for as low as $55 with some searching. Amazon generally carries Omnibus at about $62.
#31-58 & Annuals 1-2: Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 2 Oversized Hardcover
Also collects X-Men #45 and Not Brand Ecch #5 & 8
#59-88: The Avengers Omnibus Vol. 3 Oversized Hardcover
Also collects Incredible Hulk (1968) #140 and Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #17
#89-97: Kree Skrull War Oversized Hardcover (ISBN 0785164790)
Also collected in a 2012 TPB (ISBN 0785184996). Previous TPB edition Kree Skrull War (ISBN 0785132309) was printed twice, including a 2000 Marvel’s Finest Version, and a 2001 version without the Finest banner.
#89-104: The Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 4 (2019 Oversized Hardcover)
Collects Avengers (1963) #89-119, Daredevil (1964) #99, and Defenders (1972) #8-11.
Collected by storyline or as single issues…
#1: I Am An Avenger (ISBN 0785143602)
Collects all of the famous “joining” issues, including #1, 16, 137, 151, 181, 211, 221, 300, and 329.
Avengers: Season One
A 2013 origin retelling by veteran scribe Peter David updates the Avengers initiation to the modern day (which, by virtue of Marvel’s sliding timescale, is when it occurred!). Recollected in paperback in 2018 as Avengers: Mighty Origins
Avengers: The Origin #1-5: The Origin
Also available in oversize hardcover.
Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (2005) #1-8: Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Ultimate Collection
A modern retcon series interwoven with the events of early Avengers stories through the line-up change in #16. Previously collected in oversize hardcover.
Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes II (2007) #1-8: Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Ultimate Collection
Previously collected in oversize hardcover.
#1-16: Collected as part of the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Box Set Slipcase (2019 hardcover box set, ISBN 978-1302916312)
#1-20: Avengers Epic Collection: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (Epic Vol. 1)
#1 & 4: Fantastic Firsts
Collects just about every significant Marvel Silver Age solo or team debut issue, including the original Avengers line-up, Spider-Man, The X-Men, and more! Also available in hardcover.
#1-3: Avengers Assemble (2003 TPB)
#3: Thor Vs. Hulk
Collects Avengers (1963) #3, Sub-Mariner (1968) #35, Defenders (1972) #10, Incredible Hulk (1968) #255 & 440, Thor (1966) #385 & 489, Hulk (2008) #5-6, What If? (1977) #45; and material from Journey Into Mystery (1952) #112, Incredible Hulk Annual 2001, & Hulk (2008) #26
#4: Captain America: Man Out of Time (ISBN 078515129X)
Captain America joins the team, collected recently along with a five-issue series of the same name. Also available in hardcover.
#8: Bring Back the Bad Guys (ISBN 0785105913)
The first appearance of Kang, collected along with key villainy from Magneto, Mandarin, Kingpin, and more. Also available in hardcover.
#16: Collected in I Am an Avenger (above)
#21-40: Epic Collection: Once an Avenger (Epic Vol. 2)
#21-22: Thunderbolts: Marvel’s Most Wanted (ISBN 0785106553)
The introduction of Power Man, who later appeared in Thunderbolts under the names Atlas and Goliath. Collected along with significant issues of other Thunderbolts founders, including Moonstone’s debut.
#28: Avengers: The Many Faces of Henry Pym (ISBN 0785162062)
Collects key issues of Dr. Henry Pym, who has been Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, and even The Wasp! Collects Tales of Suspense (1959) #27, #35, and #49; Avengers (1963) #28 and #59-60; West Coast Avengers (1985) #21; Avengers Annual 2001; and Secret Invasion Requiem.
#28: Ant-Man/Giant Man: Growing Pains
Collects Avengers (1963) #28 & 139, Avengers #379-382 (Marvel Double Feature backups), Avengers Academy #7, and Tales To Astonish (1959) #49.
#35: Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas Hardcover (ISBN 0785120882)
Collects key issues of Roy Thomas writing, including Avengers #35, 57-58, & 100, as well as Amazing Adventures (1970) #8, Captain Marvel (1968) #19, Chamber of Darkness (1969) #4, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #9, Dracula Lives! (1973) #1, Fantastic Four (1961) #119 & 176, Giant-Size Invaders (1975) #1, The Incredible Hulk (1968) #147, Modeling With Millie (1963) #44, Not Brand Echh (1967) #12, The Sub-Mariner (1968) #8 & 14, Tales of Suspense (1959) #73, and Uncanny X-Men (1963) #64.
Annual 1 AKA King-Size #1 fits between issues #44-45.
#41-56 & Annuals 1-2: Epic Collection: Masters of Evil (Epic Vol. 3)
Collects #41-56 & Annuals 1-2; X-Men (1963) 45; and material From Not Brand Echh (1967) #5 & 8
#41-42: Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema (ISBN 0785121617)
Collects key issues of John Buscema art, including Avengers #41-42, 75-76, & 277, as well as Dracula Lives! (1973) #3, Fantastic Four (1961) #111-112, Marvel Spotlight (1971) #30, My Love (1949) #2, Silver Surfer (1968) #4, Strange Tales (1951) #22 & 150, Tales to Astonish (1959) #85-87, Thor (1966) #200, and Wolverine (1988) #10.
#53: Collected in Uncanny X-Men Omnibus, Vol. 2, Marvel Masterworks X-Men, Vol. 5, and Essential Classic X-Men, Vol. 2. See X-Men.
#54-55: Greatest Battles of the Avengers (ISBN 0871359812)
Also collects Avengers #79, 160, and Annuals 7 & 10.
Annual 2 AKA King-Size #2 fits between #56-57.
#57-58: Collected in Roy Thomas (above)
#57-76: Avengers Epic Collection: Behold… The Vision (Epic Vol. 4)
Avengers (1963) #57-76, plus Marvel Super -Heroes (1967) #17
#59-60: Marvel Weddings (ISBN 0785116869)
The wedding of The Wasp and Yellowjacket. Also includes Avengers #127 (Vision & Scarlet Witch), Amazing Spider-Man Annual 21 (Spider-Man & Mary Jane), Fantastic Four (1961) Annual 03 (Sue & Reed Richard) and #150 (Crystal & Quicksilver), The Incredible Hulk #319 (Hulk & Betty Ross), and X-Men (1991) #30 (Cyclops & Jean Grey).
#59-60: Collected in Many Faces of Henry Pym (above)
#61: Essential Dr. Strange, Vol. 2 (ISBN 0785116680)
Collects Doctor Strange #169-178, 180-183, Avengers #61, Sub-Mariner #22, Marvel Feature #1, Incredible Hulk #126, and Marvel Premiere #3-10, 12-14.
Annual 3 AKA King-Size #3 was a reprint with no original material. It was released the same month as issue #68.
#69-70: Squadron Supreme Classic Omnibus Oversized Hardcover
Collects Avengers #69-70, 85-86, 141-144, 147-149; Thor #280; Defenders #112-114; Squadron Supreme #1-12; Captain America #314; Squadron Supreme: Death Of A Universe OGN; Quasar #13-16 & 51-52; Avengers (1998) #5-6; Squadron Supreme: New World Order (1998) #1; Exiles (2001) #77-78; Ultimate Power (2006) #7-9
#69-70: Squadron Supreme vs. Avengers (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302930868 / digital)
Collects Avengers (1963) #69-70, 85-86, 141-144, 147-149; Thor (1966) #280; Avengers (1998) #5-6; Avengers/Squadron Supreme Annual ’98; Squadron Supreme (2015) #3.
#69-71: The Avengers: Kang – Time and Again (ISBN 0785118209)
Collects Avengers #69-71 & 267-269, as well as The Incredible Hulk (1968) #135 and Thor (1966) #140.
#71: The Avengers, Vol. 12: Once An Invader (ISBN 0785114815)
Also collects Avengers (1998) 82-84, Invaders (1975) Annual 1, and New Invaders (2004) #0.
#75-76: Collected in John Buscema (above)
#77-78: Not collected (except Masterworks, Epics, & Essentials, above)
#79: Collected in Greatest Battles (above)
#80-82: Not collected (except Masterworks, Epics, & Essentials, above)
#83: Women of Marvel, Vol. 2 (ISBN 0785127089)
Also collects West Coast Avengers #15, The Vision and the Scarlet Witch #12, Spider-Woman #10, Uncanny X-Men (1963) #168, 189, 201, & 218, and lead stories from Strange Tales (1987) #10-11.
#84: Not collected (except Masterworks, Epics, & Essentials, above)
Annual 4 AKA King-Size #4 was a reprint with no original material. It was released the same month as issue #84.
#85-86: Supreme Power, Vol. 1 Hardcover (ISBN 078511369X)
Primarily collects Supreme Power (2003) #1-12
#85-86: Squadron Supreme Classic Omnibus Oversized Hardcover
Collects Avengers #69-70, 85-86, 141-144, 147-149; Thor #280; Defenders #112-114; Squadron Supreme #1-12; Captain America #314; Squadron Supreme: Death Of A Universe OGN; Quasar #13-16 & 51-52; Avengers (1998) #5-6; Squadron Supreme: New World Order (1998) #1; Exiles (2001) #77-78; Ultimate Power (2006) #7-9
#85-86: Squadron Supreme vs. Avengers (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302930868 / digital)
Collects Avengers (1963) #69-70, 85-86, 141-144, 147-149; Thor (1966) #280; Avengers (1998) #5-6; Avengers/Squadron Supreme Annual ’98; Squadron Supreme (2015) #3.
#87-88: Not collected (except Masterworks, Epics, & Essentials, above)
#89-97: Kree Skrull War Oversized Hardcover (ISBN 0785164790)
Also collected in a 2012 TPB (ISBN 0785184996). Previous TPB edition Kree Skrull War (ISBN 0785132309) was printed twice, including a 2000 Marvel’s Finest Version, and a 2001 version without the Finest banner. Reprinted as a 2019 paperback.
#89-97: Collected as part of the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Box Set Slipcase (2019 hardcover box set, ISBN 978-1302916312)
Annual 5 AKA Special #5 was a reprint with no original material. It was released the same month as issue #95.
#93: Marvel 70th Anniversary Collection (ISBN 0785137432)
Collects major milestone issues from 1962 to 2001, including Sub-Mariner Comics (1941) #1 and Avengers (1998) #4, among many others.
#95: Marvel Mastworks: The Inhumans, Vol. 1 (ISBN 0785141413)
A collection of the earliest Inhumans stories, including Thor #146-152, Amazing Adventures #1-10, The Avengers #95, & Marvel Super-Heroes #15, and material from Not Brand Ecch #6 & 12.
#97: Secret Invasion: Rise Of The Skrulls (2018 paperback, ISBN 978-1302912468)
Collecting a concise history of the Skrulls via Fantastic Four (1961) #2, 18, & Annual 19; Avengers (1963) #97 & Annual 14; Silver Surfer (1987) #25; Marvel: The Lost Generation #11; Captain Marvel (2007) #1-5; Ms. Marvel (2006) #25-27; material from Fantastic Four (1961) #257, Marvel Westerns: Kid Colt and The Arizona Girl, Avengers: The Initiative Annual 1, and Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?
#98-99: Not collected (except Masterworks, Epics, & Essentials, above)
#100: Collected in Roy Thomas (above)
#101-104: Not collected (except Masterworks, Epics, & Essentials, above)
Avengers (1963) #105-226: Bronze-Age Avengers (1972 – 1982)
Collected as deluxe, oversized editions…
#105-119: The Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 4 (2019 Oversized Hardcover)
Collects Avengers (1963) #89-119, Daredevil (1964) #99, and Defenders (1972) #8-11.
Collected by storyline or as single issues…
#105-109: Not collected (except Masterworks & Essentials, above)
#110-111: Marvel Masterworks: X-Men, Vol. 8 Hardcover (ISBN 0785142223)
Also collects with other X-Men gap years collections; see X-Men #1-94.
#112-114: Not collected (except Masterworks & Essentials, above)
#115-118: Avengers/Defenders War (ISBN 0785159029)
Collects a crossover with Defenders #8-11. Also available in hardcover, in a 2019 paperback (ISBN 978-1302923174 / digital), and in B&W as a part of Essential Defenders, Vol. 1.
#115-118 Collected as part of the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Box Set Slipcase (2019 hardcover box set, ISBN 978-1302916312)
#115-128: Epic Collection: The Avengers/Defenders War (Epic Vol. 7)
Collects #115-128, Giant-Size (1974) #1, Defenders (1972) #8-11, Captain Marvel (1968) #33, and Fantastic Four (1961) #150
#124-125 & 129-135: Avengers: The Complete Celestial Madonna Saga (ISBN 978-1-302-90469-2)
Collects Avengers (1963) 124-125, 129-135; Captain Marvel (1968) 33; Giant-size Avengers #2-4; and Avengers: Celestial Quest #1-8
#125: Avengers vs. Thanos (ISBN 0785168508)
Collects Iron Man (1968) 55; Captain Marvel (1968) 25-33; Marvel Feature (1971) 12; Daredevil (1964) 105-107; Avengers (1963) 125; Warlock (1972) 9-11, 15; Avengers Annual (1967) 7; Marvel Two -In-One Annual 2; material from Logan ‘s Run 6.
#127: Marvel Weddings (ISBN 0785116869)
The wedding of Vision & Scarlet Witch. Also includes Avengers #59-60 (The Wasp & Yellowjacket), Amazing Spider-Man Annual 21 (Spider-Man & Mary Jane), Fantastic Four (1961) Annual 03 (Sue & Reed Richard) and #150 (Crystal & Quicksilver), The Incredible Hulk #319 (Hulk & Betty Ross), and X-Men (1991) #30 (Cyclops & Jean Grey). Also appears in Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 7.
#127: Avengers vs. Fantastic Four (2019 paperback, ISBN 978-1302920722)
Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #25-26, 150, 255-256 & Annual #19; Avengers (1963) #127, 233, 301-303, & Annual 14; New Avengers: AAFES #1; and Mighty Avengers (2007) #25-26.
#129-135 & Giant-Size #2-4: Celestial Madonna (ISBN 0785108262)
Also collects Giant-Size Avengers #2-4. These issues also collected in Complete Celestial Madonna, above.
#129-135 & Giant-Size #2-4: Collected as part of the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Box Set Slipcase (2019 hardcover box set, ISBN 978-1302916312)
#131-132: Legion of the Unliving (ISBN 0785159681)
Collects Avengers #131-132, #352-354, & Annual 16; Giant-Size Avengers #3; Avengers West Coast #61; and Avengers (1998) #10-11. These issues also collected in Complete Celestial Madonna, above.
#136: Not collected (except Masterworks & Essentials, above)
#137: I Am An Avenger (ISBN 0785143602)
Collects all of the famous “joining” issues, including #1, 16, 137, 151, 181, 211, 221, 300, and 329.
#137-140 & 145-146: Coming of the Beast Hardcover (ISBN 0785144684)
A Marvel Premiere Classic edition.
#139: Ant-Man/Giant Man: Growing Pains
Collects Avengers (1963) #28 & 139, Avengers #379-382 (Marvel Double Feature backups), Avengers Academy #7, and Tales To Astonish (1959) #49.
#141-144 & 147-149: The Serpent Crown Hardcover (ISBN 0785117008)
A Marvel Premiere Classic edition.
#141-144 & 147-149: Squadron Supreme Classic Omnibus Oversized Hardcover
Collects Avengers #69-70, 85-86, 141-144, 147-149; Thor #280; Defenders #112-114; Squadron Supreme #1-12; Captain America #314; Squadron Supreme: Death Of A Universe OGN; Quasar #13-16 & 51-52; Avengers (1998) #5-6; Squadron Supreme: New World Order (1998) #1; Exiles (2001) #77-78; Ultimate Power (2006) #7-9
#141-144 & 147-149: Squadron Supreme vs. Avengers (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302930868 / digital)
Collects Avengers (1963) #69-70, 85-86, 141-144, 147-149; Thor (1966) #280; Avengers (1998) #5-6; Avengers/Squadron Supreme Annual ’98; Squadron Supreme (2015) #3.
#150-151: Avengers: The Big Three (ISBN 078515938X)
Collects Captain America (1968) 176; Avengers (1963) 150-151, 215-216, & 224; Avengers: The Termanatrix Objective 1-4; Avengers (1998) 21; and Thor (1998) 81
#150-156: Avengers: Private War of Dr. Doom Hardcover (ISBN 0785162356)
A Marvel Premiere Classic edition. Also collects Annual 6 and Super-Villain Team-Up #9.
#150-166: Avengers Epic Collection: The Final Threat (Epic Vol. 9) (ISBN 0785187901)
A massive color paperback collecting Avengers (1963) 150-166 and Annuals 6-7, Super-Villain Team-up (1975) 9, & Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976) 2.
#151: Collected in I Am An Avenger (above)
Annual 6 fits between issues #153-154.
#154-156: Essential Super-Villain Team-Up, Vol. 1 B&W (ISBN 0785115455)
#157-166: The Bride of Ultron Hardcover (ISBN 0785162518)
A Marvel Premiere Classic edition.
#160: Greatest Battles of the Avengers (ISBN 0871359812)
Also collects Avengers #54-55, 79, and Annuals 7 & 10.
#161-162: Avengers Visionaries: George Pérez (ISBN 0785107177)
Collects #161-162, 194-196, 2o1, and Annuals 6 & 8. Re-released as Avengers Legends, Vol. 3: George Perez.
#163: Champions Classic, Vol. 2 (ISBN 078512098X)
Collected alongside Champions #12-17, Iron Man (1968) Annual 04, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #17-18S, and Super-Villain Team-Up (1975) #14.
Annual 7 fits between issues #166-167.
#167-168 & 170-177: The Korvac Saga Hardcover (ISBN 0785144706)
This eleven-issue run has been collected in several nearly-identical editions over the years. The newest edition is Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow’s Avengers – Volume 2, which also includes Ms. Mar vel (1977) 23; Marvel Team -Up (1972) 86; and Marvel Two -In-One 61-63 and 69. For a more succinct softcover version, seek Avengers Legends vol. 2: The Korvac Saga TPB from 2003 or a new 2012 TPB that adds Thor Annual 6. There is also an out-of-print 1991 TPB version.
#167-168 & 170-177: Collected as part of the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Box Set Slipcase (2019 hardcover box set, ISBN 978-1302916312)
#169: Not collected (except Masterworks & Essentials, above). A fill-in issue.
Annual 8 fits between issues #177-178
#178-180: Not collected (except Masterworks & Essentials, above)
#181-187: Nights of Wundagore (ISBN 0785137211)
Partially focuses on the origin of Quicksilver and Scarlet Withc. Also collected in Yesterday Quest, which appears to omit #183-184. #181 was also collected in I Am an Avenger (above). Issues #185-187 also in Avengers/Doctor Strange: Rise Of The Darkhold. #183-184 also collected in Captain Marvel: The Many Lives of Carol Danvers
Annual 9 fits between issues #188-189.
#188-196: Avengers: Heart of Stone (ISBN 0785184317)
Also collections Annual 9.
#189: Hawkeye Hardcover (ISBN 0785139370)
A hardcover edition collecting significant adventures of Hawkeye, which also include Hawkeye (1983) #1-4, Marvel Super Action (1976) #1, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #95, and Tales of Suspense (1959) #57.
#194-196: Collected in George Perez (above)
#197-200: Not collected (except Masterworks & Essentials, above), and #200 frequently collected with Carol Danvers material – see Captain Marvel.
#201: Collected in George Perez (above)
#202-209: Not collected (except Masterworks & Essentials, above)
Annual 10: This Annual, written by Chris Claremont, is Rogue’s first appearance as well as the issue where Carol Danvers loses her original powers. It is always collected with classic Ms. Marvel material, and often with Uncanny X-Men material from the period. See Captain Marvel and Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont.
Annual 10 fits between issues #209-210.
#210: Not collected (except Masterworks & Essentials, above)
Essentials collections end with #206
#211: Collected in I Am an Avenger (above)
#212-230: The Trial of Yellowjacket (ISBN 0785162070)
This collection is prohibitively hard-to-find, as it sold-out along with the release of the Ant-Man movie. It will likely be revisited by an Epic at some future-point.
#212-213: Not collected
#214: Ghost Rider Team-Up (ISBN 0785122575)
Also collects Ghost Rider (1973) #27 & 50, Marvel Premiere (1972) #28, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #91, and Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #80. The issue is reprinted in B&W in Essential Ghost Rider, Vol. 3.
#215-216: Collected in The Big Three (above)
#217-220: Not collected
Annual 11 fits between issues #220-221
#221: She Hulk and Hawkeye join the team, as collected in I Am an Avenger (above), as well as in Women of Marvel along with debut issues and major tales of The Cat, Dazzler, Ms. Marvel, Shanna The She-Devil, and more.
#222-226: Not collected, except #224 in The Big Three (above)
Avengers (#227-402) – The Modern Age (1983 – 1996)
Avengers #227-287: Roger Stern’s Avengers (1983 – 1988)
In this same period, West Coast Avengers debuted in a 1984 mini-series, and continued in a series of the same name in October of 1985. West Coast Avengers took with it the classic characters Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Vision, and Iron Man. Solo Avengers began in 1987.
#227-230: Not collected
#231-241 & Annuals 11-12: Avengers: Absolute Vision, Book 1 (ISBN 0785185348)
This is a sort of proto-Epic collection. It collects Avengers (1963) #231-241 and Annuals 11-12, Amazing Spider-Man Annual 16, Fantastic Four (1961) #256, and Doctor Strange (1974) #60.
Annual 12 fits between issues #232-233.
#233: Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne, Vol. 3 (ISBN 0785116796)
Collected alongside Fantastic Four #251-257 & Annual 17 and Thing #2. Also collected in the much larger (and more expensive) Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus – Volume 1.
#233: Avengers vs. Fantastic Four (2019 paperback, ISBN 978-1302920722)
Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #25-26, 150, 255-256 & Annual #19; Avengers (1963) #127, 233, 301-303, & Annual 14; New Avengers: AAFES #1; and Mighty Avengers (2007) #25-26.
#242-254 & Annual 13: Avengers: Absolute Vision, Book 2
Another pre-Epic collection
Masterworks editions currently end with #245
Annual 13 fits between issues #245-246.
#250: West Coast Avengers Assemble (ISBN 0785162232)
Collects the issues surrounding the launch of Avengers West Coast – Avengers #250, Iron Man Annual 7, and the 1984 West Coast Avengers four-issue limited series. Also available in hardcover.
#255-261 & Annual 14: Avengers: The Legacy of Thanos
Also collects Avengers Annual 14 and Fantastic Four Annual 19.
Annual 14: Secret Invasion: Rise Of The Skrulls (2018 paperback, ISBN 978-1302912468)
Collecting a concise history of the Skrulls via Fantastic Four (1961) #2, 18, & Annual 19; Avengers (1963) #97 & Annual 14; Silver Surfer (1987) #25; Marvel: The Lost Generation #11; Captain Marvel (2007) #1-5; Ms. Marvel (2006) #25-27; material from Fantastic Four (1961) #257, Marvel Westerns: Kid Colt and The Arizona Girl, Avengers: The Initiative Annual 1, and Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?
Annual 14: Avengers vs. Fantastic Four (2019 paperback, ISBN 978-1302920722)
Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #25-26, 150, 255-256 & Annual #19; Avengers (1963) #127, 233, 301-303, & Annual 14; New Avengers: AAFES #1; and Mighty Avengers (2007) #25-26.
The ongoing series West Coast Avengers starts here!
#260-261: Secret Wars II Omnibus Oversized Hardcover (ISBN 0785131116)
Collected alongside the Secret Wars II nine-issue limited series, Avengers #265-266, and a slew of connected stories from across the Marvel Universe.
Annual 14 fits between issues #260-261
#262-269: The Once and Future Kang (ISBN 0785167293)
Also collects Annual 15 and West Coast Avengers Annual 1
#263: Phoenix Rising (ISBN 0785157867)
Part of the tale of Jean Grey’s resurrection, which also includes Fantastic Four #286, X-Factor #1, and Classic X-Men backup stories from #8 & 43. Alternately, the issue is collected in a hardcover version, and in B&W in Essential X-Factor, Vol. 1, and other X-Factor collections.
#264-277 & Annual 15: Avengers Epic Collection: Under Siege (Epic Vol. 16)
Collects Avengers (1963) #264-277, Alpha Flight (1983) #39, Avengers Annual #15, And West Coast Avengers Annual #1
#265-266: Collected in Secret Wars II (above)
#267-269: The Avengers: Kang – Time and Again (ISBN 0785118209)
Collects Avengers #69-71 & 267-269, as well as The Incredible Hulk (1968) #135 and Thor (1966) #140
Annual 15 fits between issues #272-273.
#277: Marvel Visionaries: John Buscema (ISBN 0785121617)
#270-277: Avengers: Under Siege Hardcover (ISBN 0785143823)
Previously collected in a Marvel’s Finest TPB that may have omitted #272. Collects key issues of John Buscema art, including Avengers #41-42, 75-76, & 277, as well as Dracula Lives! (1973) #3, Fantastic Four (1961) #111-112, Marvel Spotlight (1971) #30, My Love (1949) #2, Silver Surfer (1968) #4, Strange Tales (1951) #22 & 150, Tales to Astonish (1959) #85-87, Thor (1966) #200, and Wolverine (1988) #10.
#270-277 Collected as part of the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Box Set Slipcase (2019 hardcover box set, ISBN 978-1302916312)
#278-285: Avengers: Assault on Olympus Hardcover (ISBN 0785155333)
#278-285: Avengers Epic Collection: Judgement Day (Epic Vol. 17)
Also collects Marvel Graphic Novel #27: Emperor Doom; X-Men vs. Avengers #1-4; and West Coast Avengers Annual #2
The X-Men vs. The Avengers (1987) #1-4: This mini-series comes after issue #285 and is in Epic Vol. 17, but also see Uncanny X-Men for further collection options.
Annual 16 fits after X-Men vs. Avengers #4 during the final pages of #285.
Annual 16: Avengers: The Contest (AKA Contest of Champions) (ISBN 0785161996)
Primarily collects one of Marvel’s first limited series – The Contest of Champions – plus 1987’s Avengers Annual 16 and West Coast Avengers Annual 2. Also available as a Marvel Premiere Classic hardcover.
#286-293: Avengers: Heavy Metal (ISBN 078518452X)
Avengers #288-402: Modern Avengers (1988 – 1996)
#288-293: Collected in Heavy Metal, directly above.
#294-297: Not collected
Annual 17 fits between issues #298-299.
#298-300: X-Men: Inferno Crossovers Hardcover (ISBN 0785146717)
A companion to the official X-Men crossover Inferno tome, this book collects the tie-in issues from through-out the Marvel Universe, including Power Pack (1984) #40 & #42-44, Avengers (1963) #298-300, Fantastic Four (1961) #322-324, Amazing Spider-Man (1962) #311-313, Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #146-148, Web of Spider-Man #47-48, Daredevil (1964) #262-263 &265, Excalibur (1988) #6-7, and Cloak & Dagger (1988) #4. Re-issued in 2016 in paperback without the Power Pack, Excalibur, and Cloak & Dagger issues.
#300: I Am An Avenger (ISBN 0785143602)
Collects all of the famous “joining” issues, including #1, 16, 137, 151, 181, 211, 221, 300, and 329.
#301-303: Avengers vs. Fantastic Four (2019 paperback, ISBN 978-1302920722)
Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #25-26, 150, 255-256 & Annual #19; Avengers (1963) #127, 233, 301-303, & Annual 14; New Avengers: AAFES #1; and Mighty Avengers (2007) #25-26.
#304: Not collected
#305-318 & Annual 18: Avengers by John Byrne Omnibus oversize hardcover
Collects West Coast Avengers (1985) 42-46; Avengers West Coast 47-62, Annual 4; Avengers (1963) 305-318, Annual 18
Annual 18 fits between issues #310-311.
#311-313: Acts of Vengeance Omnibus Oversized Hardcover (ISBN 0785144641)
Collects issues from around the Marvel Universe that participated in the villain-centric Acts of Vengeance theme. From the Avengers Universe that included Avengers #311-313 and Annual 19, Avengers Spotlight (1989) #26-29, Avengers West Coast (1989) #53-55, Captain America (1968) #365-367, Iron Man (1968) #251-252, and Thor (1966) #411-413.
#311-313: Acts of Vengeance: Avengers (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302922733 / digital)
Collects Avengers Spotlight (1989) #26-28, Avengers (1963) #311-313, Quasar (1989) #5-7, Iron Man (1968) #251-252, Avengers West Coast (1989) #53-55, Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger (1988) #9, and material from Captain America (1968) #365-367, Thor (1966) #411-413, Avengers (1963) Annual 19, and Avengers Spotlight (1989) #29.
#314-328: Not collected
Annual 19 fits between issues #325-326.
#329: Collected in I Am An Avenger (above)
#330-333: Not collected
#334-344: Epic Collection: The Collection Obsession (Epic Vol. 21)
Collects Avengers (1963) #334-344, Annual 20; Avengers: Deathtrap – The Vault OGN; Material From Incredible Hulk Annual 17, Namor The Sub-mariner Annual 1, Iron Man Annual 12, Avengers West Coast Annual 6
Annual 20 fits between issues #340-341 (and after the end of Infinity Gauntlet (1991)).
#343-344 & 348-349: Collected as part of the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Box Set Slipcase (2019 hardcover box set, ISBN 978-1302916312)
#345-347: Epic Collection: Operation Galactic Storm (Epic Vol. 22)
Collects the entire space crossover epic from Avengers (1963) #345-347, Avengers West Coast #80-82, Quasar #32-36, Wonder Man (1991) #7-9, Iron Man (1968) #278-279, Thor (1966) #445-446, and material from Captain America (1968) #398-400. #346 is also collected in Captain Marvel: Starforce
Galactic Storm was previously collected in a pair of trades…
#345-346: Avengers: Galactic Storm, Vol. 1 (ISBN 0785120440)
Collects the first half of the crossover from Avengers #345-346, Avengers West Coast (1989) #80-81, Captain America (1968) #398-399, Iron Man (1968) #278, Quasar (1989) #32-33, Thor (1966) #445, and Wonder Man (1991) #7-8.
#347: Avengers: Galactic Storm, Vol. 2 (ISBN 0785120459)
Collects the second half of the crossover from Avengers #347, Avengers West Coast (1989) #82, Captain America (1968) #400-401, Iron Man (1968) #279, Quasar (1989) #34-36, Thor (1966) #446, Wonder Man (1991) #9, and What If…? (1989) #55-56.
Annual 21 fits between issues #347-348 (and after the end of Infinity War (1992)).
#348-359: Epic Collection: Fear the Reaper (Epic Vol. 23)
Collects Avengers (1963) #348-359 & Annual 21 and material from Captain America Annual 11, Thor Annual 17, and Fantastic Four Annual 25
#352-354: Legion of the Unliving (ISBN 0785159681)
Collects Avengers #131-132, #352-354, & Annual 16; Giant-Size Avengers #3; Avengers West Coast #61; and Avengers (1998) #10-11.
#355-363 & 365 (A-Story): Collected as part of the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Box Set Slipcase (2019 hardcover box set, ISBN 978-1302916312)
#366-367: Not collected
Annual 19 fits between issues #366-367 (and after the end of both Infinity Crusade (1993) and the Starblast crossover).
#365 & #378-379: Live Kree or Die (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302923181 / digital)
Collects Avengers (1963) #365, 378-379; Iron Man (1998) #7; Captain America (1998) #8; Quicksilver (1997) #10; Avengers (1998) #7; and material from Avengers (1963) #364, 366.
#368-369: Avengers/X-Men: Bloodties Hardcover (ISBN 0785101039)
Collects Avengers #368-369, Avengers West Coast #101, X-Men #26, Uncanny X-Men #307, & Black Knight: Exodus. Previously available in an out-of-print softcover sans the Black Knight one-shot as Avengers/X-Men: Bloodties (ISBN 0785101039).
#370-377 & 379-385: Not collected. Marvel Double Feature backups from #379-382 in Ant-Man/Giant Man: Growing Pains
Avengers: Tales To Astonish
Collects a Trio of one-shot issues from 1994, list here with the Avengers issues they most directly follow: Tales To Astonish (1994) #1 (after #328, Strange Tales (1994) #1 (sometime after #366), Tales Of Suspense (1995) #1 (after #382)
#372-374 & 375 (A-Story): Collected as part of the Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Box Set Slipcase (2019 hardcover box set, ISBN 978-1302916312)
Annual 23 fits between issues #375-376
#386-387: Not collected. Taking A.I.M. crossover with Captain America #440-441.
#388-389: Not collected
#390-395: Avengers: The Crossing Oversized Hardcover (ISBN 0785162038)
Part of “The Crossing” story arc, which crossed over to include Age of Innocence: The Rebirth of Iron Man (1996) #1, Avengers: The Crossing (1995) #1, Avengers: Timeslide (1996) #1, Force Works (1994) #16-20, Iron Man (1968) #319-325, and War Machine (1994) #20-23.
#396-400: Avengers: First Sign (ISBN 0785184961)
Collects the First Sign crossover from Captain America (1968) #449, Thor (1966) #496, Iron Man (1968) #326, and Avengers (1963) #396 – as well as Iron Man #327-331 and Avengers #397-400.
Note: The story from Incredibly Hulk #436-440 which leads to #397 is not collected here.
#400-402: See Marvel Universe Events: Onslaught for collection information.
#401-402: X-Men/Avengers: Onslaught oversize hardcover
Collects Cable (1993) #32-36; Uncanny X-Men (1963) #333-337; X-For ce (1991) #55, #57-58; X-Man #15-19; X-Men (1991) #53-57, Annual ’96; X-Men Unlimited (1993) #11; Onslaught: X-Men, Marvel Universe, Epilogue; Avengers (1963) #401-402; Fantastic Four (1961) #415; Incredible Hulk (1968) #444-445; Wolverine (1988) #104-105; X-Factor (1986) #125-126; Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #415; Green Goblin #12; Spider-Man (1990) #72; Iron Man (1968) #332; Punisher (1995) #11; Thor (1966) #502; X-Men: Road to Onslaught #1; material from Excalibur (1988) #100 and Fantastic Four (1961) #416
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