#ETA: 19 january - added wca n3

[ntshastark]

"You were the lone bright spot".

An Emma/Tony Reading Order

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First of all, many thanks to this post by daour! Almost all of the first part is based on it! Second, not all of these are kind towards Tony as a character - specially the Uncanny X-Men Annual (where he's awfully skeezy) and Iron Man Special (where he's painted as a predator), so be forewarned.

Issues in bold are the ones where they either interact a lot or have significant interactions, and the ones with an *asterisk are just cameos or indirectly related.

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Pre-Krakoa Era

Uncanny X-Men 2009 Annual (their terrible first meeting)

*Devil's Reign: X-Men (2022) #2 (flashback cameo)

*House of M (2005) #1 (Avengers and X-Men fight about Wanda)

Civil War (2006) #3 (past fwb arrangement revealed)

Uncanny X-Men (1963) #526-527 (dinner and reminiscing)

Avengers vs X-Men (2012) #2 (they're both in all the issues, but this is the only one where they actually interact - aka fight)

*Iron Man Special (2014) (Emma mentions Tony in an extremely negative light)

*History of the Marvel Universe (2019) #6 (first mention of their future wedding)

Krakoa Era

X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2022) #1 (the seeds for their future allyship are planted)

*The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #1 (flashback cameo)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #4-6 (diplomatic talks)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #8-9 (becoming allies)

Uncanny Avengers (2023) #1 (Avengers/X-Men secret meeting)

*X-Men (2021) #25 (Avengers/X-Men secret meeting)

Thanos (2023) #1-4 (together in the Illuminati)

X-Men (2021) #26 (quick chat)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #10-11 (the wedding!)

Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant (2023) #2 (PDAing in front of Kamala)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #12-14 (the consummation!)

*Fall of the House of X (2024) #1 (really cute really tiny cameo)

*X-Men (2021) #30 (Tony working with the X-Men even w/o Emma)

*Fall of the House of X (2024) #2 (Emma mentions Tony)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #15 (battle couple)

*The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #17 (mid-battle check up)

The Invincible Iron Man (2022) #19-20 (the goodbye.)

Post-Krakoa Era

*West Coast Avengers (2024) #1 (Tony is not over Emma)

Iron Man (2024) #1-2 (Tony is very much not over Emma)

West Coast Avengers (2024) #3 (brief Illuminati meeting, first interaction post-breakup)