A comprehensive reading guide outlines the necessary and optional comic books for the Marvel event Avengers: Armageddon. Key storylines leading into the event focus on the geopolitical landscape following the death of Doctor Doom, origin updates for Captain America, and background setup involving Red Hulk and Spider-Man.
The main crossover sequence details critical tie-ins that shape the Marvel universe’s new landscape. The event’s aftermath leads directly into new comic series, including a fresh Avengers lineup and additional background lore explaining character transformations such as David Colton assuming the mantle of Miracleman.
Marvel just completed the latest shakeup of their universe in Avengers: Armageddon, leading to an all new Avengers team. There is a lot going on coming into the event, so here’s everything you need to read to fully understand it.
To avoid a spoiler that’s probably not a spoiler now, I added some additional option setup at the end of the article; if you want to avoid the big reveal at the end of Avengers: Armageddon #5, stop at the Fallout section. You could always come back for that last section after you’ve read it.
The prelude features a search of Latveria for Doom’s weapons, setting up Captain America’s part of Armageddon, reintroduces S.H.I.E.L.D., and more story development for David Colton, which also brings in Wolverine.
You can just read the full event in the main book, but you would be missing out on many of the moving pieces in the background that lay the groundwork for Avengers #1.
The events of Captain America shape the ending of Avengers #1, specifically in regards to Spider-Man. Black Panther/Namor: Doomed go along with these events and set up the bigger Marvel political structure. I’m adding Amazing Spider-Man #1000 because it gives the reader a little context on his status quo coming into Avengers #1.
The fallout leads to the new Avengers #1, Maximum X-Men #1, and the one-shot Immortal Soldiers #1. The other books continue on with impacts of what has happened.
Avengers #1 is out now, but the others will be showing up in the next few months.
Overall, I enjoyed the story, but it’s leading to some recycled storylines and I’m worried they’ll be subpar again (think Civil War II).
I didn’t want to throw this up top, but another book that is optional setup is Miracleman. Anyone who has seen the cover of Avengers #1 knows David Colton becomes the new Miracleman. And people might need a refresher on his powers.
There are 3 volumes written by Alan Moore that give you all you need to know about his origin and powerset. If you want to track these down, you can get them digitally or used; Marvel hasn’t released new versions of the book in years.
There are also 2 modern volumes; the first is written by Neil Gaiman and the second by Mark Buckingham; these are currently in print as one book from Marvel as Miracleman – The Golden Age. It picks up from the Moore books and explores the level of power for the chracter.
Having Gaiman’s name on the book is a little problematic, but it’s been reported that anything he makes from Miracleman goes to various charities and the estate of Mick Anglo, the original creator of the book. If you are worried about supporting him financially, you could find the book pretty easily on the secondary market.
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