Civil War Reading Order

[jadedhalo]

I'm playing catch up with Civil War and I'm trying to read everything in order. I know CW has been a cluster**** with all the delays but does any have the order I should be reading CW in?

[elfoxio]

http://www.midtowncomics.com/custompages/civil-war.asp?&crypt

[bentcorner]

http://www.midtowncomics.com/custompages/civil-war.asp?&crypt

I think that's just a checklist and not so much a list of the reading order. I tried looking for something like a reading order list over at the Marvel website and I couldn't find anything. I then realized that there is probably nobody over at Marvel that knows what order the books are to be read in.

[acomicbookgirl]

um.. a while back, the guy at the comic book store gave me a check list for Civil War. Shame I can't find it in my room. :( but i do remember that having what book came out each month so i figure that it would have it in order..

[fred]

It's really hard to say what the correct order is. You might as well stick with the order that they came out because the nature of the problems makes it such that you really can't fix it.
they could've but we can't

[fred]

I have enjoyed it a lot though
don't want to give anyone the wrong idea
it's 95% great and 5% damn it's late/poorly edited

[kevmann16]

I had a look around the internet and found this list hope it helps it seems a little old but it could be a good place to start a list, others on here might be able to finish the list off. Looks like it would take some catching up if you manage to get hold of them all.

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STAMFORD
Civil War #1
Wolverine #42
She-Hulk #8
Civil War: Front Line #1
Amazing Spider-Man #532
New Avengers #21

REGISTRATION ACT BECOMES LAW
Civil War #2
Amazing Spider-Man #533
Civil War: Front Line #2
New Avengers #22
Thunderbolts #103
Wolverine #43

CIVIL WAR BEGINS
Wolverine #44
Civil War: Front Line #3
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #1
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #2
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #3
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #4
X-Factor #8
X-Factor #9
Civil War: Front Line #4
Thunderbolts #104
Thunderbolts #105
Black Panther #18
Fantastic Four #538
Wolverine #45
Captain America #22
Heroes For Hire #1
Cable & Deadpool #30
Civil War: Front Line #5

THE WAR HEATS UP
Civil War #3
Civil War #4
Civil War: Front Line #6
Cable & Deadpool #31
Civil War: Front Line #7
Cable & Deadpool #32
Civil War: X-Men #1
Amazing Spider-Man #534
Fantastic Four #539
Heroes For Hire #2
Heroes For Hire #3
Civil War: X-Men #2
Civil War: X-Men #3
Civil War: X-Men #4
Ms. Marvel #6
New Avengers #23
Captain America #23
New Avengers #24
Ms. Marvel #7
Ms. Marvel #8
Wolverine #46
Wolverine #47
Fantastic Four #540
Amazing Spider-Man #535


Having checked the link posted by elfoxio the list above is good till November so the following would need ordering.

NOVEMBER
CIVIL WAR #5
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #8
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #536
CAPTAIN AMERICA #24
FANTASTIC FOUR #541
IRON MAN #14
MOON KNIGHT #7 (Casualties of War)
PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL #1
WOLVERINE #48

DECEMBER
CIVIL WAR #6
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #9
BLACK PANTHER #23
CIVIL WAR: WAR CRIMES (One Shot)
IRON MAN/CAPTAIN AMERICA SPECIAL (Casualties of War)
MOON KNIGHT #8 (Casualties of War)
PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL #2
WINTER SOLDIER: WINTER KILLS (Casualties of War)

JANUARY 2007
CIVIL WAR #7
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #537
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538
BLACK PANTHER #24
BLADE #5 (Casualties of War)
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #10
FANTASTIC FOUR #542
FANTASTIC FOUR #543
MOON KNIGHT #10 (Casualties of War)
PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL #3

FEBRUARY 2007
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #11
CIVIL WAR: BATTLE DAMAGE REPORT
BLACK PANTHER #25

[fred]

There's also The Road To Civil War which was

ASM 529
ASM 530
FF 536
ASM 531
FF 537


Also all the moon knight issues are in the wrong spots.
moon knight 7 comes out wednesday

this could be the right story order but it hasn't shipped that way - mk anyway

[mister-s]

As I go back and reread all my CW stuff I'm going to read all the minis and tie-ins first and then read the main story and frontline.

[jadedhalo]

I found this list posted on a forum and it seems pretty up to date. I just found it and the credit goes to curleyfries from the CBR forums. I've followed this up to "The War Heats Up", as thats where I currently am, and so far its in pretty good order. Some of the BP titles mentioned aren't Civil War tie-in's but are related.

WARNING: SPOILERS!!

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DISASTER AT STAMFORD (7)
Civil War #1 (Stamford disaster, get together at the Baxter building, Cap goes rogue, Iron Man forms his team)
Wolverine #42 (Stamford, get together at the Baxter building, Wolverine picks up Nitro’s scent)
She-Hulk #8
Civil War: Front Line #1 (Stamford aftermath, Iron Man unmasks himself)
X-Factor #8
Amazing Spider-Man #532 (Stamford, Tony Stark asks Peter to unmask himself, Peter debates)
New Avengers #21 (Cap on the run, Falcon joins)

THE LINES ARE DRAWN (7)
Civil War #2 (registration act becomes law, Young Avengers join Cap, Spider-Man unmasks himself)
Amazing Spider-Man #533 (aftermath of Spider-Man’s unmasking)
Civil War: Front Line #2 (aftermath of Spider-Man’s unmasking, registration act becomes law)
New Avengers #22 (registration act becomes law, Luke Cage joins Cap)
Thunderbolts #103
X-Factor #9
Wolverine #43 (registration act becomes law)

CIVIL WAR BEGINS (19)
Wolverine #44 (immediately after #43, Atlantean sleeper agents)
Civil War: Front Line #3 (Atlantean sleeper agent)
Thunderbolts #104 (after registration becomes law, building the prison)
Thunderbolts #105 (building the prison)
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #1 (Young Avengers disobey Cap and go after the Runaways, Stature is still with Cap)
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #2 (immediately after Part 1, S.H.I.E.L.D. sends a former super-villain after the Runaways)
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #3 (immediately after Part 2)
Civil War: Front Line #4 (Green Goblin confronts Ben Urich)
Civil War: Young Avengers & Runaways #4 (soon after Part 3)
Black Panther #18 (Cease-fire)
Fantastic Four #538 (Sue and Reed debate, the Thing is torn, Thor gets his hammer)
Wolverine #45 (Namor)
Captain America #22 (Cap’s attacks in flashback)
Heroes For Hire #1
Black Panther #19
Cable & Deadpool #30
Civil War: Front Line #5 (Ben Urich fired, Sally Floyd contacted by an informant and arrested, Speedball sent to the negative zone, Wonder Man recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D.)
Iron Man #13 (Before Speedball is shot, before Spider-Man’s defection)
Black Panther #20

THE WAR HEATS UP (27)
Civil War #3 (Black Panther, Dr. Strange and the X-Men turn down Iron Man, Geffen Industries battle, Thor)
Civil War #4 (Geffen Industries Battle, Thing still in the country, Stature (Young Avengers) and Cable leave Cap, Sue and Johnny join Cap)
Civil War: Front Line #6 (Geffen Industries battle, Speedball is shot)
Cable & Deadpool #31 (bookends the Geffen Industries battle)
Civil War: Front Line #7 (Speedball is shot, Norman Osborn has a mysterious benefactor, attacks Wonder Man and the Atlanteans)
Cable & Deadpool #32 (takes place right after Part 2)
Amazing Spider-Man #534 (the prisoner convoy)
Fantastic Four #539 (the prisoner convoy, the Thing decides to leave the country)
Black Panther #21 (after the prisoner convoy)
Black Panther #22 (after Tony talks to Emma, before Civil War: X-Men)
Civil War: X-Men #1
Heroes For Hire #2
Heroes For Hire #3
Civil War: X-Men #2
Civil War: X-Men #3
Civil War: X-Men #4
Ms. Marvel #6
New Avengers #23 (Spider-Woman joins Cap)
Captain America #23 (Soon after the Geffen Industries battle)
New Avengers #24 (Sentry joins Iron Man)
Ms. Marvel #7
Ms. Marvel #8
Wolverine #46 (a week or so after Part 4)
Wolverine #47 (immediately after Part 5, Sentry shows up)
Black Panther #23
Captain America #24
Civil War: Front Line #8

THE COST OF WAR (12)
Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties of War (after Civil War #4, before #5)
Wolverine #48
Fantastic Four #540 (Sue leaves Reed, Thing leaves the FF, Peter/Reed conversation)
Amazing Spider-Man #535 (The Thing and Sue have left, Speedball has been shipped to the Negative Zone, Peter/Reed conversation, Peter decides to switch sides)
Civil War #5 (immediately after ASM #535, Punisher saves Spider-Man)
Punisher War Journal #1 (Punisher saves Spider-Man)
Civil War: Front Line #9 (Spider-Man has switched sides)
Fantastic Four #541
Civil War: War Crimes
Iron Man #14 (Spider-Man has defected, the Punisher is working with Cap)
Fantastic Four #542
Amazing Spider-Man #536 (after CW #5)

THE FINAL BATTLE (6)
Amazing Spider-Man #537 (before the final battle)
Winter Soldier: Winter Kills
Punisher War Journal #2 (leads into CW #6)
Civil War #6 (leads up to the final battle)
Civil War: Front Line #10 (during the final battle)
New Avengers #25 (Maria Hill offers Tony her job)