The definitive, chronological, and up-to-date guide on collecting Avengers comic books via omnibuses, hardcovers, and trade paperback graphic novels. A part of Crushing Krisis’s Collecting Avengers: A Definitive Guide. Last updated November 2018 with titles scheduled for release through July 2019.
Collecting The Avengers (1963 – 1996)
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.
- Essentials: Affordable black & white sequential collections
- Marvel Masterworks: Premium-format color sequential collections
- Epic Collections: Trade paperback gapless collections released in random order
- Omnibus Editions: Massive, collector-edition tomes with oversize pages
Then, I tackle Avengers’s titles issue-by-issue, chronologically from 1963 to 1996:
- Avengers #1-104 – The Silver Age
- Avengers #105-226 – The Bronze Age
- Avengers #227-402 – The Modern Age
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Essential 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.
#1-24: Essential Avengers, Volume 1 (ISBN 078513929X)
#25-46: Essential Avengers, Volume 2 (ISBN 078510741X)
Also includes King-Sized Special #1 and Tales to Astonish #27
#47-68: Essential Avengers, Volume 3 (ISBN 0785107878)
Also includes King-Sized Special #2
#69-97: Essential Avengers, Volume 4 (ISBN 0785114858)
Also includes Incredible Hulk #140
#98-119: Essential Avengers, Volume 5 (ISBN 0785120874)
Also includes Daredevil #99, and Defenders #8-11
#120-140: Essential Avengers, Volume 6 (ISBN 0785130586)
Also includes Captain Marvel (1968) #33, Fantastic Four (1961) #150, and Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #1-4
#141-163: Essential Avengers, Volume 7 (ISBN 0785144536)
Also includes Avengers Annual 6 and Super-Villain Team-Up (1975) #9.
#164-184: Essential Avengers, Volume 8 (ISBN 0785163220)
Also includes Avengers Annuals 7-8 and Marvel Two-in-One Annual #2
#185-206: Essential Avengers, Volume 9 (ISBN 0785184112)
Also includes Avengers Annuals 9 and material from Tales to Astonish 12.
The Essentials line has been discontinued and will not extend past #206. Jump to that spot in the chronology.
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.
Volume 1: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes – Collects #1-20
Volume 2: Once an Avenger – Collects #21-40
Volume 3: Masters of Evil – Collects #41-56 & Annuals 1-2; X-Men (1963) 45; and material From Not Brand Echh (1967) #5 & 8
Volume 4: Behold… The Vision – Collects #57-76, plus Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #17
Volumes 5-6: Not yet announced, but will collect #77-114
Volume 7: The Avengers/Defenders War – Collects #115-128, Giant-Size (1974) #1, Defenders (1972) #8-11, Captain Marvel (1968) #33, and Fantastic Four (1961) #150
Volume 8: Not yet announced, but will collect #129-149
Volume 9: The Final Threat (ISBN 0785187901) – Collects #150-166 & Annuals 6-7, Super-Villain Team-up (1975) 9, & Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976) 2.
Volumes 10-15: Not yet announced, but will collect #167-263
Volume 16: Under Siege – Collects #264-277, Alpha Flight (1983) #39, Avengers Annual #15, And West Coast Avengers Annual #1
Volume 17: Judgement Day – Collects #278-285, Marvel Graphic Novel #27: Emperor Doom; X-Men vs. Avengers #1-4; and West Coast Avengers Annual 2
Volumes 18-20: Not yet announced, but will collect #286-333
Volume 21: The Collection Obsession – Collects #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
Volume 22: Operation Galactic Storm – 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
Volume 23: Fear the Reaper – Collects Avengers (1963) #348-359 & Annual 21 and material from Captain America Annual 11, Thor Annual 17, and Fantastic Four Annual 25
Volumes 24 and on are not yet announced, but they will collect #360-402
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.
#1-10: Volume 1
Hardcover (ISBN 0785108831) / Paperback (ISBN 0785137068) / 2015 Hardcover (ISBN 978-0785191360)
#11-20: Volume 2
Hardcover (ISBN 0785111786) / Paperback (ISBN 0785137084)
#21-30: Volume 3
Hardcover (ISBN 0785132066) / Paperback (ISBN 0785150560)
#31-40: Volume 4
Hardcover (ISBN 0785116389) / Paperback (ISBN 0785163603)
#41-50: Volume 5
Hardcover (ISBN 0785118489) / Paperback (ISBN 0785167587) – also includes Annual (AKA King-Sized Special) #1
#51-58: Volume 6
Hardcover (ISBN 0785120793) – also includes Annual (AKA King-Sized Special) #2 and collects an appearance in Uncanny X-Men #45
#59-68: Volume 7
Hardcover (ISBN 0785126805) – also collects a Black Knight story from Marvel Super-Heroes #17
#69-79: Volume 8
Hardcover (ISBN 0785129340)
#80-88: Volume 9
Hardcover (ISBN 0785135014) – also collects Incredible Hulk #140
#89-100: Volume 10
Hardcover (ISBN 0785133313)
#101-111: Volume 11
Hardcover (ISBN 0785150382) – also collects Daredevil #99
#112-119: Volume 12
Hardcover (ISBN 0785158790) – also collects Defenders #8-11 and material from FOOM #5-7.
#120-128: Volume 13
Hardcover (ISBN 0785166297) – also collects Giant-Size Avengers #1, Captain Marvel (1968) #33, Fantastic Four (1961) #150
#129-135: Volume 14
Hardcover (ISBN 0785188053) – also collects Giant-Size Avengers #2-4 and Foom #12
#136-149: Vol. 15
Hardcover (ISBN 0785191968) – also collects Marvel Treasury Edition #7
#150-163: Vol. 16
Hardcover (ISBN 0785195424) – also collects Annual 6
#164-177: Vol. 17
Collects Avengers (1963) #164-177 & Annual 7, Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976) 2, and Material from Avengers: The Korvac Saga Trade Paperback (1991)
#178-188: Vol. 18
Collects Avengers (1963) #178-188 & Annual 8-9 and material from Marvel Tales (1966) #100
#189-202: Vol. 19
Also collects Marvel Premiere (1972) #55 and material from Tales To Astonish (1979) #12
Jump to this spot in the chronology.
#178-402: Not yet announced in this format.
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.
Note that the Silver Age Avengers Omnibus line has so far only advanced during the month an Avengers film has been released.
#1-30: Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 1 (2012 Oversized Hardcover, ISBN 0785158464)
Releases in early 2012, just in time for the team’s film debut!
#31-58 & King-Sized #1-2: Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 2 (2015 Oversized Hardcover)
Also collects X-Men #45 and Not Brand Ecch #5 & 8
#59-88: The Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 3 (2018 Oversized Hardcover)
Also collects Incredible Hulk (1968) #140 and Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #17
#89-119: The Avengers Omnibus, Vol. 4 (2019 Oversized Hardcover)
Also collects Daredevil (1964) #99 and Defenders (1972) #8-11.
#120-304: Not collected comprehensively in this format
#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
#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.
#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.
#401-402: X-Men/Avengers: Onslaught Oversized Hardcover
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 #1-104: The Silver Age (1963 – 1972)
While the Avengers originally launched as a foursome of Iron Man, Thor, Ant Man, and Hulk, that wouldn’t last long – Wasp added a female touch to 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.
#1-20: 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.
#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.
#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.
#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
#69-71: 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)
#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
#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.
#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 #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, and in B&W as a part of Essential Defenders, Vol. 1.
#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 FF #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: Celestial Madonna (ISBN 0785108262)
Also collects Giant-Size Avengers #2-4. These issues also collected in Complete Celestial Madonna, above.
#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
#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)
#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.
#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.
#169: Not collected (except Masterworks & Essentials, above). A fill-in issue.
#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
#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)
Masterworks editions currently end with #202
#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.
#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
#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.
#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 FF #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
#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 FF #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.
#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
#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.
#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: 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
#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 FF #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
#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.
#314-328: Not collected
#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
#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.
#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.
#360-367: Not collected
#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).
#370-385: 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)
#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