Sources

There were a number of sources used to put this list together and I want to begin this post by sharing them. They helped me make sense of it all and one of my main goals is to let the readers know how to add comics you want to read that might not have been included could be overlooked by myself.

*On that note, I would like to mention here that whilst this guide does manage to include most major series that build into the overarching storylines in Marvel, I skipped Thubderbolts who do play a significant role until about 2010 with the Siege story. Sorry it’s not 100% perfect but I will add the main stories from that book if I get enough requests!

The sources being:

1. The website Comicbookherald was hugely important for allowing me to get around to so much. I want to give the guys there a huge shout out!
2. Marvel publishes some data books every once in a while and there’s two I came across on the Marvel Unlimited app. (They can be found under ‘Marvel Backlist Chronology (2011) #1’ and ‘All-New, All Different Marvel Reading). They both do a decent job of giving a number of starting points to begin at but often fragment them by character.
3. Recommendations from friends, online TPB reviews, interviews with creatives at the end of their comics and finally, the back pages of comic book issues also give lots of useful info on what other comics are coming out at the time.
4. Marvel Wikia web pages. Great it you want to go back to a certain comic issue and find out who the writer or artist behind its creation was.
5. The Wikipedia page for the ‘The Official Marvel Graphic Novel Collection’ which did something similar to this blog pretty well. If you use this, I’d order the collection by ‘Original Volume’. **Note that this is only an option on the desktop website- phone versions of the page will be ordered wrong.
6. The Marvel Unlimited app has a lot of recommendations and reading lists. A lot of these can even be looked at for free without actually paying for the service since you’re not reading the comics themselves.