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Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse – The Definitive Collecting Guide and Reading Order

The Mockingbird comic books definitive issue-by-issue collecting guide and trade reading order for omnibus, hardcover, and trade paperback collections. Find every issue and appearance! Part of Crushing Krisis’s Crushing Comics. Last updated October 2017 with titles scheduled for release through March 2017.

mockingbird 3 variantWhen most comics fans think of the most fearsome, non-powered Avenger, they’ll typically name Hawkeye – or, perhaps Black Widow (though whether she has any enhancements is debatable).

The best answer is actually Bobbi Morse AKA Mockingbird, but part of her allure is that you would have never thought of her.

Mockingbird has the athleticism of Hawkeye (she’s a trained gymnast and combatant), the secret agent training of Black Widow (she’s a member of SHIELD, where she graduated top of her class), plus she holds a PhD in biology. Her origins find her roughing it in the Savage Land as Ka-Zar’s original blonde love interest before turning out to be a SHIELD agent under deep cover. Her first solo story finds her going under even deeper cover by dropping out of SHIELD for her assignment before returning to SHIELD to root out their double agents.

Yes, she’s pretty awesome. So, why is she so often forgotten by Avengers fans?

First, because until the 2010s she has always been cast as a love interest – first to flirt with Ka-Zar and then after just a two-issue breather on her own she’s married to Hawkeye! She joins the Avengers seemingly through marriage, as if she’s being added to a health insurance plan. Though she later is a founding member of Avengers West Coat, she plays second fiddler to her headline star husband.

Second, there’s the matter of how she exits Avengers West Coast. I won’t spoil it here in the intro (although I do, slightly, below), but it left us without Mockingbird appearances for over 15 years! That’s a long time to forget about a hero.

Third, because it’s just her style. As a double- and sometimes triple-agent, Mockingbird has never been a character who sticks out as the big star – even after her return in Secret Invasion (as championed by writer/editor Jim McCann), she remained a supporting player.

That all changed thanks to her popularity as a Hawkeye-free character on Agents of SHIELD, and after a rapturous response to her first solo one-shot in 2015 (due in large part to writing by Chelsea Cain) she graduated to her own series in 2016 as she returned to widespread use in All-new, All-Different Marvel.

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  • The Origins of Mockingbird (1971 – 1983)
  • The Avenger (1984 – 1985)
  • Avengers West Coast (1985 – 1993)
  • Mockingbird Returns (2009 – 2010)
  • Mockingbird in The Heroic Age (2010 – 2012)
  • Mockingbird in Marvel Now (2012 – 2015)
  • Mockingbird in All-New, All-Different Marvel (2015 – present)

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The Origins of Mockingbird (1971 – 1983)

Mockingbird Classic: Bobbi Morse, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.Marvel Team-Up v01 - 0095 - Bobbi Morse's first appearance Mockingbird
Collects almost all of Mockingbird’s early, pre-Avengers appearances in Astonishing Tales (1970) #6-7 (excerpts), 10, 12-13, 15-20; Ka-Zar (1974) #3-5; Marvel Team-Up (1972) #95; Hawkeye (1983) #1-4; material From Astonishing Tales (1970) #8; Savage Tales (1971) #8; Marvel Super Action #1

Astonishing Tales #6-8 & 11-20: Bobbi appears for just 1-2pgs in #6-7; those pages are excepted in Classic, above. Her appearances in 11 & 14 are not collected.

Ka-Zar (1974) #3-5: Collected in Classic, above.

Savage Tales (1971) #8: Collected in Classic, above.

Marvel Super-Action (1976) #1 (2nd story): Collected in Classic, above. This is Mockingbird’s first appearance as a lead character, though here she is called “Huntress” (which became long-term DC trademark).

Marvel Team-Up #95 (1980): Collected in Classic, above. See Spider-Man for other collection options. Bobbi’s first named appearance as Mockingbird.

Contest of Champions: See Marvel Universe Events. Mockingbird appears in #1 (and is implied in #2-3).

Hawkeye #1-4 (1983): Collected in Classic, above. See Hawkeye for other collection options. This establishes Mockingbird as Hawkeye’s wife, though they had never before appeared together in a comic.

Mockingbird the Avenger (1984 – 1985)

Avengers #239 & 241-246: See The Avengers. Implied or off-panel in #241.

During #242: Captain American #292 and flashbacks in New Avengers: The Reunion #2

After #242: Fantastic Four #265

After #245: Flashbacks in Avengers West Coast #100 (2nd story)

West Coast Avengers #1-4: See Avengers West Coast

During #1: Iron Man Annual 7

Avengers #250 & 253-254: See The Avengers

After Avengers #254: ROM 65 (& implied in #66), Iron Man #193-195, Captain America #308, Iron Man #200-201, Marvel Graphic Novel 27 – Emperor Doom

Mockingbird in Avengers West Coast (1985 – 1993)

Avengers West Coast - 0097 - One of the final Mockingbird appearances for over a decade.Mockingbird makes the move to the west coast with her husband, Hawkeye. West Coast Avengers is abbreviated below as WCA, switching to AWC when the title changes at issue #47

WCA #1-9: See Avengers West Coast

During #1-2: Vision & Scarlet Witch (1985) Vol. 2 #1-2
After #4: Secret Wars II #5
Before #5: Hulk Smash Avengers (2012) #4
After #9: Secret Wars II #9, Eternals, Vol. 2 #12, Iron Man #206

Secret Wars II: See Marvel Universe Events. Mockingbird appears in #5 and 9 as detailed above.

WCA #10-13 + Avengers Annual 15 & WCA Annual 1: See Avengers West Coast

After #10: Incredible Hulk #320-323, Captain America #316-317
After #15: Avengers #274 (behind the scenes)

WCA #14-24 + WCA Annual 2 & Avengers Annual 16: See Avengers West Coast

After #24: Mephisto vs. The Avengers (#4) and Thor #381 (cameo)

WCA #25-31: See Avengers West Coast

After #28: Iron Man #226
After #29: Iron Man #227
After #31: Iron Man #229

Solo Avengers #1-3 & 8-9: Avengers: Solo Avengers Classic
Collects #1-10

WCA #32-37 + Annual 3 (2nd story) + WCA #39-41: See Avengers West Coast

After #36: Nick Fury vs. SHIELD #2

Solo Avengers #14-16: Not collected

West Coast Avengers changes its title to Avengers West Coast; Solo Avengers changes its title to Avengers Spotlight.

WCA2 #42-46: See Avengers West Coast

After #46: Avengers #305

Avengers Spotlight #22-25: Not collected. Implied in #23-24

AWC #48-49: See Avengers West Coast

After #49: Avengers #309, Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #9, Avengers Annual 18, Fantastic Four Annual 22

Avengers Spotlight #27-28: If Mockingbird appeared in the Acts of Vengeance stories here, they are in the Acts of Vengeance omnibus – see Marvel Universe Events.

After AS #28: Avengers #313

AWC #55 & 63: See Avengers West Coast. Implied or behind the scenes in #63.

After #55: Avengers Annual 19 (1st and 3rd stories), Black Widow: Coldest War

Avengers Spotlight #30-36: Not collected

After AS #36: Avengers #329

AWC #69, 76, 78-83: See Avengers West Coast

After #69: Marvel Comics Presents #87 (flashback), Damage Control Vol. 3 #3, Avengers #332-333

After #80: Avengers #345

After #82: Captain America #400 (2nd story)

After #83: Captain America #401, Infinity War #2

AWC #87-95, Annual 8, & 96-100: See Avengers West Coast

After Annual 8: Wonder Man Vol. 2 #24

Mockingbird is presumed dead after #100. She appears in flashback, is implied, or is envisioned in the afterlife inThe Avengers (1963) #400, Avengers (1998) #10-11, Thunderbolts Annual 2000, Hellcat (2000) #2-3, X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl #1-5, and GLA (Great Lakes Avengers) #4. However, given the nature of her return, it’s questionable whether any of these appearances are truly her.

Mockingbird Returns (2009 – 2010)

Prior to Secret Invasion: flashbacks in New Avengers: Reunion (2009) #2-3

Secret Invasion: See Marvel Universe Events. Though Mockingbird only appears in #8, it’s a very important issue for her and for Marvel in general!

During SI #8: Avengers: Initiative (2007) #19, New Avengers #48
After SI #8: Mighty Avengers (2007) #20, Avengers: Initiative (2007) #20

After her shocking return, Mockingbird next appears in New Avengers: The ReunionMockingbird joins Clint Barton in the cast of New Avengers.

New Avengers (2005) #48-50: See New Avengers

After #50: Free Comic Book Day 2009: Avengers (2009), Dark Reign: New Nation (2009) (5th story)

New Avengers: Reunion (2009) #1-4: New Avengers: The Reunion
Recollected in Hawkeye: Avenging Archer. Available in hardcover.

After New Avengers: Reunion: War Machine Vol. 2 (2009) #8-10, Captain America Vol. 5 (2004) #50, Fantastic Four (1961) #569

New Avengers (2005) #51-60 & Annual 3: See New Avengers

After #54: Spider-Woman Vol. 4 (2009) #7, Dark Avengers / Uncanny X-Men: Utopia

After #60: Black Widow: Deadly Origin (2010) #2-3, Captain America (1968) #600 (2nd story), Dark Reign List: Avengers (2009)

After Annual 3: Web Of Spider-Man Vol. 2 (2009) #9, Incredible Hulk Vol. 2 (1968) #607

New Avengers #62-64 & Finale: See New Avengers

Siege: See Marvel Universe Events

Mockingbird’s approximate chronology during Siege: New Avengers (2005) #63 (flashback), New Avengers (2005) #62, Siege (2010) #2 + Siege: Secret Warriors (2010) + Avengers: Initiative (2007) #34 (cameo), Siege (2010) #3, New Avengers (2005) #63-64, Siege (2010) #4 + Dark Avengers (2009) #16 + Siege: Embedded (2010) #4, New Avengers: Finale (2010). Mockingbird also appears in Origins of Siege (2010) #1 and Siege: Storming Asgard – Heroes & Villains (2010)

After Siege: Avengers Prime (2010) #1 & 5

Mockingbird makes an out-of-continuity appearance in What If? World War Hulk (2010) #1

Mockingbird in The Heroic Age (2010 – 2012)

Mockingbird is a member of the street-level New Avengers in this period, although she also appears in the adjectiveless Avengers title.

Hawkeye-and-Mockingbird - 0005New Avengers Vol. 2 (2010) #1-7: See Avengers & New Avengers

During New Avengers #1: Avengers Vol. 4 (2010) #1, Enter The Heroic Age (2010) (4th story), I Am An Avenger (2010) #1, Avengers Academy (2010) #2 (unconfirmed), Chaos War material (see directly below)

After New Avengers #7: I Am An Avenger (2010) #4

Chaos War: See Marvel Universe Events. Mockingbird appears in Chaos War (2010) #1 and Chaos War: Dead Avengers (2011) #1; her appearance is implied in Chaos War: Dead Avengers (2011) #3 and Chaos War (2010) #5.

Hawkeye & Mockingbird (2010) #1-6: Hawkeye and Mockingbird: Ghosts
Recollected in Hawkeye: Avenging Archer.

After H&M: The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #653-654, New Avengers (2010) #8

Avengers (2010) #8-12 & 12.1: See Avengers & New Avengers

After #12.1: Klaws of the Panther (2010) #4

Widowmaker (2011) #1-4: Hawkeye & Mockingbird/Black Widow: Widowmaker
Recollected in Hawkeye: Avenging Archer.

New Avengers (2010) #9-14 & Annual 1: See Avengers & New Avengers

After New Avengers #14: Avengers Academy (2010) #11, Hawkeye: Blindspot (2011) #3, Captain America (1968) #611

New Avengers #14 & Avengers #13 & 18: See Avengers & New Avengers

Fear Itself: See Marvel Universe Events. Mockingbird appears in every issue except for #3.

Click to expand for an approximate chronology of appearances during and after this event

Fear Itself (2011) #1-2, Avengers (2010) #13, Hulk (2008) #37, New Avengers (2010) #14, Avengers (2010) #17, Fear Itself (2011) #4-7, Avengers (2010) #18, Fear Itself: The Fearless #1, 6-7, & 10-11

After Fear Itself: Spider-Island: Deadly Foes (2011) #1, Moon Knight (2011) #4, Venom (2011) #13.3 & 13.4

New Avengers (2010) #16.1, 17, 19-23: See Avengers & New Avengers

After New Avengers #23: Avengers (2010) #24, FF (2011) #11, Fantastic Four (1961) #600, Avengers Assemble (2012) #1 & 6

Avengers vs. X-Men: See Marvel Universe Events. Mockingbird appears throughout the event.

Click to expand for an approximate chronology of appearances during and after this event

Mockingbird’s approximate chronology for this event: Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012) #1, New Avengers (2010) #24, Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012) #2-3, AVX: VS (2012) #2 + Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012) #4, Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012) #6, Avengers (2010) #28, Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012) #7, 9, & 11, New Avengers (2010) #30

After AvX: Daredevil (2011) #13, Avengers (2010) #34

New Avengers (2010) #31-34: See Avengers & New Avengers

Additional appearances in the Heroic Age: Heroes (2010) #1, Avengers vs. Pet Avengers (2010) #2-4 (uncertain if this is in continuity), FDNY Custom Comic (2011) #1, Captain America: Hail Hydra (2011) #4, (flashback to prior era) and Hulk Smash Avengers (2012) #4 (listed above prior to WCA #5)

Mockingbird also makes non-continuity appearances in What If? 200 (2011) #1, What If? Dark Reign (2011) #1Venom/Deadpool: What If? (2011) #1

Mockingbird in Marvel Now (2012 – 2015)

Hawkeye #8-9, 13, 15, & 22: See Hawkeye. The timing of this series is hard to pin down, but you can likely read this all prior to Secret Avengers and have it work just fine.

Secret Avengers (2013) #2-4, 6-8, 12-16: See Secret Avengers. This title increasingly focuses on Mockingbird, until the final arc is practically her solo book guest-starring other Avengers.

After Secret Avengers #16: Captain America (2013) #25, S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015) #8

Mockingbird in All-New, All-Different Marvel (2016 – present)

Mockingbird has her highest profile ever in All-New, All-Different Marvel, with a riotously fun solo title written by novelist Chelsea Cain. She also makes prominent appearances as SHIELD’s top superhero liaison in other titles, including Âmazing Spider-Man and Silk.

Mockingbird (2016) #1Mockingbird: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary #1: S.H.I.E.L.D. Secret History
Collects a series of one-shots: Agent Carter, Agent May, Fury, Mockingbird, Quake, plus Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos #1, Battle Scars #6, and material from Strange Tales (1951) #135.

The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1-5, 8, 10-11: See Spider-Man. Mockingbird appears regularly.

Silk (2016) #1, 4-6, 8-9 & Spider-Gwen [II] (2015) #8: See Silk. Mockingbird is Silk’s SHIELD handler while she works undercover.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016) #1-6: Vol. 1: The Coulson Protocols
Also collects material from All-New, All-Different Point One (2015) #1 (in which Mockingbird appears)

Mockingbird #1-5: Vol. 1: I Can Explain
A truly hilarious series of connected one-shot stories that come off like a female-lead take on Archer. Also reprints Mockingbird: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary #1

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016) #7-10: Vol. 2: Under New Management
Also collects Civil War II: The Accused.

Civil War II: See Marvel Universe Events. Mockingbird appears in Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #10 as part of this event. This fits definitively prior to the next Mockingbird arc, which references events in Civil War II #3-4.

Mockingbird #6-8: Vol. 2: My Feminist Agenda
Also reprints New Avengers (2010) #13-14.

Silk (2016) #9-11, 13, & 18-19: See Silk

The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #25-28: See Spider-Man.

In this period, Mockingbird also appears in: Power Man and Iron Fist (2016) #7-10, The Unstoppable Wasp (2017) #1, Monsters Unleashed (2017) #2, All-New Wolverine (2016) #21-22

Secret Empire: See Marvel Universe Events. Mockingbird appears in Secret Empire (2017) #2-9, Secret Empire: Underground (2017) #1, Captain America (2017) #25, and Secret Empire Omega (2017) #1. Plus, during or shortly after the event in The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #30 and Secret Warriors (2017) #5

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #789-?: See Spider-Man.

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