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I love that one of Deadpool's first acts as a Certified Good Guy™, a member of the shiny new Avengers Unity Squad, is a jailbreak.
Hawkeye's facing trial for killing [spoiler], so Deadpool breaks in with a getaway boat, and an envelope full of cash and forged identity documents to get him out of the country. Of course Hawkeye rejects the offer, but I love this exchange.
It's just... very Deadpool. A bizarre but sincere attempt to help and cheer up his friend.
I love that Wade's little semi-disturbing speech gets a laugh, that Clint genuinely seems cheered up by Wade's visit, that Clint understands Wade a little better now that he's also faced a "kill one to save many" crisis he couldn't find another way out of.
Basically I just forgot how much I like seeing these dumpster fire humans being bros and now I really want another Hawkeye/Deadpool teamup comic.
#deadpool#wade wilson#hawkeye#clint barton#best avenger and best reserve avenger#uncanny avengers ii (2015) issue 13#hawkguy
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Comics I have read:
Amazing Adventures vol. 2 (1970) #11-14
Marvel Team Up 124
Age of X-Man: Alpha/Omega, Prisoner X, The Amazing Nightcrawler
Merry X-Men Holiday Special (2019)
All-New Wolverine (Issues 1-30 & Annual 1)
Ghost Rider (2016) (Issues 1-3)
Hawkeye (2016) (Issue 12)
Astonishing X-Men (2004) 1-42 + Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men (2008)
Secert Invasion (2008) + Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (2008; only the parts with Abigail + Beast and Wonder Man)
Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter (2009)
Spider-Woman (2009) 1+7
S.W.O.R.D. (2010) 1-5
Dark Avengers Annual (2010) #1
Heralds (2010) 1-10
Uncanny X-Men (1981) #535-538
X-Men: Regenesis (2011)
Uncanny X-Men (2012) #1-10
Wolverine and the X-Men (2011) (complete)
AvX: Consequences (2012) #3-4
Avengers Arena (2013) #3, #18
X-Men: Legacy (2013) #7, #19-24
Cable and X-Force (2013) #8
Age of Ultron (2013) #10
Avengers Assemble (2012) #16-17
Captain Marvel (2012) #13-14
Avengers (2013) #15
Guardians of the Galaxy (2013) #8-9
Uncanny Avengers (2012) #7, #9
Avengers Undercover (2014) #10
X-Men (2013) #18-22
Spider-Man and the X-Men (2015) #5
Captain Marvel (2016) #1-6
Ultimates (2016) #6
Civil War II: Choosing Sides (2016) #6 [B Story]
Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) #11, #17, #19
Star-Lord (2017) #1-2, #4-6
Monsters Unleashed (2017) #2
Old Man Logan (2016) #16, #18
The Mighty Captain Marvel (2016) #0-2, #4-6
Totally Awesome Hulk (2016) #18
Ultimates 2 (2016) #7
#ooc :: mun#decided to make a list that i can always update to keep track about what i have already read and what not
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Part 2 below!
X-Corporation and Decimation
Following X-Force's break-up, Sam joined X-Corporation, an international mutant task-force. During this time, Sam rekindled his relationship with Lila Cheney at the suggestion of Charles Xavier and would then re-join the main X-Men team prior to the Decimation Event in the wake of M-Day. This is a pretty messy period for Sam (and for his friends), so things do seem to jump around a bit in places.
New X-Men (2001) #128, 130 (small appearances, but help set the tone for this section) X-Men Unlimited (1993) #43A X-Treme X-Men (2001) #24-36, 40-45 New Mutants (2003) #13 X-Treme X-Men (2001) #46 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #444-447 X-Men Unlimited (204) #3B X-Force (2004) #2-6 Cable and Deadpool (2004) #15-18
Post M-Day
During this period, Sam rejoins the X-Men (as led by Nightcrawler and Bishop) and struggled with the death of his brother, Jay. And Sam's experiences in this era do not get better from there. Nobody in X-Comics is having a good time after M-Day, but Sam's having a particularly bad time.
I (Heart) Marvel: My Mutant Heart (2006) #1C (literally the worst characterized SamLila we've seen so far lmao) Uncanny X-Men (1981) #469-474, Annual 2006 New X-Men (2004) #24-28, 32 X-Men (1991) #188-198 Cable and Deadpool (2004) #40 X-Men (1991) #199-204 X-Men: Endangered Species (2007) #1 X-Men: Divided We Stand (2008) #1A (SAM ISSUE OF ALL TIME BABEY) Young X-Men (2008) #3-6 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #503 (kinda plays into the "all Appalachians are racist" stereotype, but over all not *terrible*) Cable (2008) #6 Secret Invasion: X-Men (2008) #1-2, 4 Wolverine: Origins (2006) #33-35 Astonishing Tales: Mojoworld (2008) #1-6
New Mutants 2 Electric Boogaloo
Following Illyana's return from a tormentuous nightmare, the New Mutants reform and kick things off with New Mutants (2009), the opening arc of which features Legion. This period has a lot of strife with Sam and the idea of leadership, Legion existing and the nonsense that follows him, Illyana and the nonsense that follows her, and a whole SLEW of events. Necrosha, Nation X, Second Coming, Heroic Age, Age of X, Regenesis, X-Men: Legacy, and Avengers vs. X-Men ALL happen in this 4-ish year period of comics. This is an incredibly messy and horrible time for the X-Men, and shit's fucked, and not only is shit fucked but nobody knows shit about fuck so it's just a BAD TIME.
New Mutants (2009) #1-10 Nation X (2010) #3 (just a tiny bit of Sam getting trusted to lead a farming venture) New Mutants (2009) #11-12 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #235 X-Force (2008) #26 Second Coming: Prepare (2010) #1 X-Men: Hellbound (2010) #1-3 New Mutants (2009) #15, 17-21 Age of X: Alpha (2011) #1 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #245-247 New Mutants (2009) #24 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #248 New Mutants (2009) #25, 28 X-Men: Regenesis (2011) #1 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #260.1 New Mutants (2009) #33 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #261-265 New Mutants (2009) #44 Wolverine and the X-Men (2011) #9 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #266-267 Avengers vs. X-Men (2012) #10-11 New Mutants (2009) #50
Avengers
Following Avengers vs. X-Men, the Avengers realized that maybe being passive in the face of multiple extinction attempts on the mutants was bad and decided to be more publicly pro-mutant. Sam was invited to join the Avengers as a result, and he and Sunspot joined together. This period of Sam's life covers several comic events (Infinity, Axis, Time Runs Out, Secret Wars 2015, and Civil War II). It's during this era that Sam's relationship with Izzy Kane is formed, a relationship that I have never seen a single person enjoy so....have fun with that. There is also the inherent issue with the complete lack of acknowledgement of Sam's parentification and how that would impact him having a child.
Avengers (2013) #1-6, 9, 11 Fearless Defenders (2013) #9 Avengers (2013) #14-17 Infinity (2013) #1 Avengers (2013) #18-19 Captain Marvel (2012) #16 Avengers (2013) #20, 22-23 Avengers A.I. (2013) #8 All New Marvel NOW! Point One (2014) #1 Avengers World (2014) #1-2, 9-10, 141 Avengers (2013) #24, 35-36, 38-40 Avengers World (2014) #17-18 Avengers (2013) #42-44 New Avengers (2015) #10-18
U.S. Avengers
Sam starts off this era splitting his time between Berto's Avengers and Izzy, but quickly becomes homesick and wants to spend more time on Earth. He then chooses to quit the team and gets embroiled in a whole lot of very complicated things that all happen in not a lot of comics. This period of comics touches on the Secret Empire event.
U.S. Avengers (2017) #1-12 Avengers (2017) #675-678, 684-690
X-Force 2 Electric Boogaloo
Following the Avengers' return home and the disaster time that was Sam's stint as an Avenger- Cable decided he was getting the band back together and then very shortly after also died, and so X-Force reunited for a short time.
Cable (2017) #158 Extermination (2018) 2-5 Uncanny X-Men (2018) #1-10 X-Force (2018) #1-10
Krakoa
Sam and his family would become involved with the mutant ethnostate of Krakoa (his sister, Melody, being the first to die in the Crucible). Despite his strong connections to earth, Sam is also connected to the Shi'ar through Izzy and things get... a bit complicated.
X-Men (2019) #7, 9 New Mutants (2019) #2, 5, 7 X-Men (2019) #17 Cable: Reloaded (2021) #1 S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #9-10 The Secret X-Men (2022) #1 (one of the SamBerto issues of ALL TIME) X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #24-25, 39-40, 1010
Fall of X
All terrible governments must come to an end and so too did Krakoa, and not to prove my favorite poet, T.S. Eliot, wrong, but this went out with a bang and not with a whimper- and right as Sam was becoming an X-Man again too.
X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2023) #1 X-Men: Hellfire Gala Last Rites Infinity Comic (2023) #1 X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #142 Dead X-Men (2024) #1-4
EXTRA:
The 2023 Magneto series goes back over some New Mutants (1983) things to bring back Magneto the teacher, and Sam's in it and it's written by JMD so you know it's good.
Who is...Sam Guthrie | Cannonball? - A Reading Guide
Sam Guthrie is an X-Men and Avengers affiliated mutant from Marvel Comics. Sam is the oldest of the nine Guthrie children and is the definition of parentification having dropped out of high school to work in the coal mines that killed his father (in either a mine accident or through black lung depending on your preferred retcon). Sam's powers would manifest during a mining accident and allowed him to blast through the rock to safety. Sam would then join the team he's most associated with, the New Mutants. Sam's story is one of overcoming adversities, determination, and of healing. Some of Sam's earlier stories show him being groomed by Lila Cheney and the adults in charge of his safety enabling her.
Sam is also excellent Appalachian representation and is one of the first Appalachian main characters to not be ashamed of being Appalachian while simultaneously not being based on hillbilly humor.
You'll find a reading list under the cut! The list will need to be posted in multiple parts due to length, subsequent parts will be added as reblogs.
Part 1 below!
Introduction and New Mutants Era
Sam's first team immediately after introduction was the original New Mutants (1983). Throughout this period Sam develops the close bonds he's known for, particularly with teammates Roberto Da Costa (Sunspot), Dani Moonstar (Mirage), and Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane). New Mutants was written by Chris Claremont and while wonderful, drops the ball in many places, one of which being the way that Sam's dialect is written and the sort of general understanding of Appalachia, as well as a refusal to acknowledge that Sam's relationship with Lila Cheney was based upon grooming. The issue that introduces Lila to Sam's story will have a red asterisk and a trigger warning next to it.
Marvel Graphic Novel (1981) #4 New Mutants (1983) #1-12 Marvel Team-Up (1972) # Annual 6 New Mutants (1983) #13-21 Rom (1982) #Annual 3 New Mutants (1983) # Annual 1 * (TW: Grooming) New Mutants (1983) #23-25 Marvel Team-Up (1972) #149 New Mutants (1983) #29 (Lila is in this issue) New Mutants (1983) #30-34 New Mutants Special Edition (1985) #1 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #201 (definitely not a necessary issue, but it's one that highlights that Sam IS smart, he's just really bad at technology) New Mutants (1983) #37 Firestar (1986) #2 New Mutants (1983) #38-40, 42-44, Annual 2, 45-51, Annual 3, 52 Fallen Angels (1987) #1 (this issue is a good look into Sam and Berto's relationship) New Mutants (1983) #53-66 Spellbound (1988) #4 (Lila's in this issue and you can see the way she almost treats Sam like an accessory) New Mutants (1983) #Annual 4A-B, 67-76, Annual 5A, 77-92, Annual 6A Wolverine: Rahne of Terra (not incredibly Sam focused and it's a bit..different, but what there is of Sam I like) New Mutants (1983) #93-100, Annual 7A
X-Force, X-Men, and X-Force Again
After the end of New Mutants, under the direction of Cable, Sam helped found the team, X-Force, and would be appointed Cable's second-in-command. While in New Mutants we got to see a Sam Guthrie who was coming into his powers, X-Force really gives us a glimpse of a Sam Guthrie who is starting to really apply those powers and who is starting to highlight why the character has come to be known as a powerhouse. During this period we see Sam go from a member of X-Force, to becoming a fully fledged X-Men, and then see him re-join X-Force until the team is disbanded. The change from X-Force to X-Men to X-Force are not represented in different sections as there is still overlap in Sam's character interactions and throughout his period on the X-Men, his former X-Force affiliation is an important factor that helps inform his choices and his outlook on situations, although I have tried to signify the changes with breaks in the text block.
New Warriors (1990) # Annual 1A Uncanny X-Men (1981) #Annual 15A X-Factor (1986) #Annual 6A X-Force (1991) #1-3 Spider-Man (1990) #16 X-Force (1991) #4-5 X-Factor (1986) #77 X-Force (1991) #Annual 1C, 6-15 X-Cutioner's Song Event (this links you to a reading list I made for the event) X-Men (1991) #17 New Warriors (1990) #31 X-Force (1991) #19-26, Annual 2, 27-29, 32-33 New Warriors (1990) #46 X-Force (1991) #34-37 Cable (1993) #15 X-Factor (1986) #106 X-Force (1991) #38 Excalibur (1988) #82 X-Force (1991) #39-45 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #323-325 Wolverine (1988) #93
Uncanny X-Men '95 (1995) #1 X-Men: Clan Destine (1996) #1 Wolverine (1998) #96 X-Force (1991) #48 X-Force and Cable '95 (1995) #1 X-Men vs. The Brood (1996) #1-2 X-Force (1991) #51 X-Men (1991) #48 Wolverine (1988) #99-100 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #332 Wolverine (1988) #101 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #334 X-Men (1991) #54 Onslaught: X-Men (1996) #1 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #335 Cable (1993) #36 Beast (1997) #1-3 X-Men (1991) #59 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #340 X-Men (1991) #60 Wolverine (1988) #111 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #341-342, Annual '97 The Incredible Hulk (1962) #455 X-Men (1991) #62-66 Wolverine (1988) #115-118 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #350 X-Men (1991) #70 New Mutants: Truth or Death (1997) #1-3 X-Men (1991) #71-72, 75-76 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #355 Alpha Flight (1997) #9 X-Men (1991) #77-78 Uncanny X-Men/Fantastic Four Annual '98 (1998) #1 X-Men (1991) #79
X-Force (1991) #83-84 X-Force/Champions Annual '98 (1998) #1 X-Force (1991) #85-93 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #375 (Sam's only in the beginning of this one) X-Force (1991) # Annual '99, 94-98 Cable (1993) #73-75 X-Force (1991) #99-117
Part 2 to follow soon as I've hit the link limit!
#sam guthrie#cannonball#new mutants#x-force#x-men#x-men comics#reading guide#reading list#comic reading guide
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Thor: Love and Thunder is based on Jason Aaron's Mighty Thor, and some people might like to read the comics a movie is inspired by before watching it, so I read through every single comic Jane Foster has been in since Thor: God of Thunder (2012) to create this reading list. Those are my personal recommendations and this is by no means an ultimate guide! Under the cut is the written list + some extra comments.
This list is accurate as of September 14 2021.
Essential reading is bolded, I considered essential the books where Jane's the main character, important character moments, and events that directly affected the main books. I did my best to order these chronologically!
Thor: God of Thunder (2012) #12, #24: Jason Aaron's first Thor book!
Thor (2014)
Avengers: Ultron Forever, New Avengers: Ultron Forever, Uncanny Avengers: Ultron Forever
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015) #7-8
Secret Wars
Thors
Mighty Thor (2016) #1-7
Unbelievable Gwenpool #2: The art style on this one is just delightful.
All-New, All-Different Avengers #1-12: I'm not too fond of this book to be honest, I don't like how she's portrayed here, but it certainly happened.
Vote Loki
Mighty Thor (2016) #8-702: Unfortunately there are not actually 700+ issues of this comic, they just changed how they numbered them at some point.
Civil War II #1-3: Honestly just skip all the Civil War II stuff, especially if you're coming from the movies, I only included it in the list cause it affects ANAD Avengers.
All-New, All-Different Avengers #15: Jane is the focus of this issue, it's my favorite from ANAD Avengers.
Civil War II #4-6
Avengers (2016) #1-8
The Unworthy Thor #4: This book, also by Jason Aaron, happens at the same time as Mighty Thor and while it affects that story, Jane is only in this issue and only in a couple pages.
Doctor Strange (2015) #17, #18
Secret Empire #0
Avengers (2016) #9: This is another Jane-focused issue and it's fantastic, I think it's a really key character moment.
Secret Empire #9, #10
Generations: The Unworthy Thor & The Mighty Thor
Avengers (2016) #11, #672-674
Champions (2016) #13-15
Doctor Strange (2015) #381
Avengers (2016) #675-690
Mighty Thor (2016) #703-706
Mighty Thor: At the Gates of Valhalla
Thor (2018) #1, #8, #9, #11: Odinson takes back the mantle of Thor and Jane becomes a secondary character, however there are still some cool character moments.
War of the Realms
Thor (2018) #14-15
War of the Realms Omega
Thor (2018) #16
Valkyrie: Jane Foster
King Thor #4
Incoming!
Thor (2020) #10-13
King in Black: Return of the Valkyries
The Mighty Valkyries
Avengers (2018) #40-44
Thor (2020) #16
Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #3-4
Thor: The Worthy [C Story]
#Jane Foster#thor love and thunder#comicedit#marveledit#Jane Foster 616#Jane Foster Thor#Jane Foster Valkyrie#marvel 616#reading list#reading guide#reading order#616#iM SORRY THERES SO MUCH COMMENTARY im physically incapable of shutting up about jane#long post#this was a labour of LOVE and it took TOO MANY DAYS and if theres any mistakes dont tell me cause ill descend straight into hell#mine
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Heroines of WOCtober: Kamala Khan
Kamala Khan was a normal nerdy Pakistani Muslim girl from Jersey City until the day she was caught in the cloud of Terrigen Mist that was released during a battle between Thanos and Black Bolt - leader of the Inhumans, secret society of genetically engineered by Kree superhumans. Everyone caught in the cloud who was a descendant of an Inhuman would be transformed, gaining superpowers and Kamala got abilities to shapeshift. She decided to become a hero and protector of Jersey City, taking up old codename of her idol, Carol Danvers - Ms. Marvel
Recommended Readings:
Ms. Marvel #1-19 - Kamala’s original series that introduces us to the character and her supporting cast.
All-New All-Different Avengers #1-12 + Annual - Kamala meets Sam Alexander and Miles Morales, who will become her closest superhero friends, as three of them become protegees of a new Avengers team.
Standoff: Assault on the Pleasant Hill - A crossover with Uncanny Avengers, new Avengers and Captain America: Sam Wilson that ANAD Avengers took a part in issues
Ms. Marvel #1-38 - Kamala’s second solo series, first issue is set after ANAD Avengers #3.
Champions #1-27 - Pick it after #11 issue of her second series, it has Kamala, frustrated about Avengers’ various failures as of late (*cough*CivilWarII*cough*) set of to start her own team with Miles, Sam, Amadeus Cho the new Hulk, Vision’s daughter Viv and time-displaced teenage Cyclops.
Avengers #672-674 - Part of crossover with Champions issues #13-15
Secret Warriors #1-12 - Happening during Hydra takeover of USA Kamala was absent from an issue or two of Champions and this is where she was - teaming up with other Inhumans - Daisy Johnson, Karnak, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur and Inferno - to stop Hydra from hunting down members of that species.
Generations: Ms. Marvel & Ms. Marvel - Kamala is transported to the part to team-up with Carol Danvers during her Ms. Marvel days
Champions #1-10 - Direct sequel to the original series, Champions go globally but things quickly start to go wrong once a classic Marvel villain takes an interest.
Marvel Rising: Squirrel Girl & Ms. Marvel - A miniseries for some godforsaken reason published as a series of one-shots with confusing titles, it’s about Kamala’s team up with Squirrel Girl to stop one of her schoolmates from descending into supervillainy. Thankfully also collected as a Graphic Novel.
Marvel Rising #1-6 - Second Marvel Rising series, now a proper team-up with other teen heroes liek Squirrel Girl or America Chavez against Morgan Le Fay.
Avengers: Back To Basics #1-6 - what starts up as Kamala watching recordings of unknown Avengers’ adventures turns into her having to fight one of their deadliest foes.
Marvel Team-Up #1-6 - Has two stories where Kamala teams up with Spider-Ma and then with Captain Marvel, ends in November
Magnificent Ms. Marvel #1-ongoing - Kamala’s current series by Saladin Ahmed.
Guest Appearances
Amazing Spider-Man #7-8 - Kamala hears there is a supervillain impersonating Carol Danvers and runs to fight her, joining forces with Peter Parker in the process.
S.H.I.E.L.D. #2 - Kamala teams up with agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and she and Phil Coulson try to outnerd one another.
Nova #3-4 - set during the ANAD days, Kamala, Miles and Sam go on a patrol together.
Spider-Man #3, #8-10, #239-240 - Respectively - in #3 Kamala shows up to tease Miles a bit during ANAD days; #8-10 deal with events of Civil War II, first with Kamala, Miles and Sam coping after witnessing Hulk’s death and then Kamala and Sam searching for Miles as he goes missing; #239-240 has Kamala among Champions who come to aid miles against new Sinsiter Six.
Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #9-11, #18, #37 - Kamala’s team-ups with fellow Inhuman, supergenius Lunella Lafayette and her pet T-Rex Devil Dinosaur
Nova #2 - Kamala and other Champions are called by Sam when he runs into his suddenly resurrected predecessor, Richard Rider, it’s few pages but they’re hilarious.
Totally Awesome Hulk #15-18, #23 and Incredible Hulk #715-717 - #15-18 has Kamala and Amadeus among Asian superheroes who participated in a charity event together, later went for dinner and then got to fight aliens; #23 has her among heroes Amadeus asks for help reining in his inner Hulk and #715-717 has her among heroes who try to stop Amadeus once he loses control of that Hulk.
Spider-Gwen #17 and Spider-Man #14 - Yes, Kamala shows up to basically shill on the idea of Miles and Gwen hooking up, buuuut she is also the best part of these issues.
Shuri #6-7 - Team up between Shuri, Kamala and Miles
Tony Stark: Iron Man #11 - Kamala is among other Champions who try to stop Controller’s rampage
Gwenpool Holiday Special 2015 - Not on ComiXology. It has Kamala in her own story and also on Avengers’ Holiday party with Gwen.
Alternate Versions
Exiles #1-5, #11-12 - An old, grizzled veteran Kamala from postapocalyptic future.
Attilan Rising #1-5 - Set during Secret Wars on Battleworld, a mash-up of alternate worlds, ruled by Doctor Doom, in this one Inhumans are torn in conflict between Black Bolt and Medusa and Kamala is
Secret Wars: Secret Love - Another Secret Wars story, this time with alternate versions of Kamala and Robbie Reyes
All-New Wolverine #33 - Set in utopian future where Kamala is THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Other Media:
Kathreen Khavari voices Kamala in animated Avengers Assemble and Marvel Rising series as well as in video game Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
Kamala is main character of the novel Ms. Marvel’s Fists of Fury
Sandra Saad will be voicing Kamala in the upcoming Square Enix’s Avengers games
Kamala also appears in video games Lego Marvel’s Avengers, Avengers Academy, Marvel Future Fight, Marvel Contest of Champions, Marvel Heroes, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 and Marvel First Strike.
- Admin
#Ms. Marvel#Kamala Khan#Magnificent Ms. Marvel#Champions#Secret Warriors#Avengers#Marvel Rising#All-New All-Different Avengers#Secret Wars#Marvel
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Carol Danvers is one of Marvel’s most iconic heroes, she first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes #13 (March 1968) as an officer in the U.S airforce and often helped the original Captain Marvel. She went on to gain superpowers of her own and became the hero, Ms. Marvel, in 2012 she took on the name Captain Marvel. Carol Danvers will appear in her own solo movie in 2018 and is the first female to get a solo movie in the MCU
Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) Essential reading list:
Mar-Vell: Marvel Super-Heroes #13 Captain Marvel #1-14 Captain Marvel #16 Captain Marvel #18 Ms. Marvel: Ms. Marvel #1-23 Avengers #183-200 X-men and Binary: Avengers Annual #10 Uncanny X-men #153 Uncanny X-men #158 Uncanny X-men #161-167 Uncanny X-men #171 Starjammers: Uncanny X-men #174 New Mutants #19 Uncanny X-men #200-201 Marvel Fanfare #24 New Mutants #50-51 X-men Spotlight on... Starjammers #1-2 Avengers #350-351 The lost issues: Marvel Super-Heroes (vol 2) #10-11 Warbird: Avengers (vol 3) #4-6 Iron Man (vol 3) #7 Captain America (vol 3) #8 Quicksilver #10 Avengers (vol 3) #7 Avengers suspension: Wolverine #133-134 Iron Man (vol 3) #12 Iron Man (vol 3) #18 Avengers (vol 3) #17-18 Iron Man (vol 3) #23-25 Avengers: Avengers (vol 3) #26-34 Avengers (vol 3) #36-55 Avengers (vol 3) #57-61 Avengers (vol 3) #65-70 Alias #3 Disassembled and House of M: Avengers #500-503 Avengers Finale #1 House of M #1-8 Best of the best: Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1 New Avengers #15-20 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #1-5 Civil War: Civil War #1-4 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #6-8 Civil War #5-7 The Initiative: Ms.Marvel (vol 2) #9-10 Ms. Marvel Special (2007) Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #11-12 The Mighty Avengers #1-6 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #13-17 The Mighty Avengers #7-11 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #18-24 Secret Invasion: Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #25-27 Secret Invasion #1-4 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #28-30 Secret Invasion #5-8 Dark Reign: New Avengers #48-50 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #31-35 New Avengers #51-60 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #36-37 Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #41-46 Ms. Marvel Special: Storyteller (2009) Free Comic Book Day 2009 New Avengers New Avengers #62 Siege #1-4 New Avengers #64 New Avengers Finale #1 Ms.Marvel Annual #1 Heroic Age: Ms. Marvel (vol 2) #47-50 New Avengers (vol 2) #1-13 Fear Itself #1 Avengers (vol 4) #13 Fear Itself #2-3 Avengers (vol 4) #14 Fear Itself #4 Avengers (vol 4) #15-16 Fear Itself #5 Avengers (vol 4) #17 Fear Itself #6-7 Avengers (vol 4) #18 New Avengers (vol 2) #16.1 New Avengers (vol 2) #17-23 Avengers vs X-men: Avengers Vs X-men #0-1 New Avengers (vol 2) #24 Avengers vs X-men #2 Secret Avengers #26 Avengers vs X-men #3 Avengers (vol 4) #26-27 Avengers vs X-men #4 Secret Avengers #27 Avengers vs X-men #5 Secret Avengers #28 Avengers vs X-men #6-7 X-men Legacy #269-270 Avengers vs X-men #8-12 Captain Marvel: Captain Marvel (vol 7) #1-8 New Avengers (vol 2) #31-34 Avengers (vol 5) #1-4 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #9-12 Avengers: The Enemy Within #1 Avengers Assemble #16 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #13 Avengers Assemble #17 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #14 Infinity: Avengers (vol 5) #14-17 Infinity #1 Avengers (vol 5) #18 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #15 Infinity #2 Avengers (vol 5) #19 Infinity #3 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #16 Avengers (vol 5) #20 Infinity #4 Avengers (vol 5) #21 Infinity #5 Avengers (vol 5) #22-23 Infinity #6 Captain Marvel (vol 7) #17 Space: Captain Marvel (vol 8) #1-6 Guardians of the Galaxy (vol 3) #14-17 Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1 (2013) Captain Marvel (vol 8) #7-15 Time Runs Out: Avengers (vol 5) #35 New Avengers (vol 3) #24 Avengers (vol 5) #36 New Avengers (vol 3) #25 Avengers (vol 5) #37 New Avengers (vol 3) #26 Avengers (vol 5) #38 New Avengers (vol 3) #27 Avengers (vol 5) #39 New Avengers (vol 3) #28 Avengers (vol 5) #40 New Avengers (vol 3) #29 Avengers (vol 5) #41 New Avengers (vol 3) #30 Avengers (vol 5) #42 New Avengers (vol 3) #31-32 Avengers (vol 5) #43 New Avengers (vol 3) #33 Avengers (vol 5) #44 Ms. Marvel (vol 3) #16-19 Secret Wars: Secret Wars #0-9 (Optional tie-ins to Secret Wars) Captain Marvel & the Carol Corps #1-4 A-Force #1-5 Civil War (2015) #1-5 Civil War II: Captain Marvel (vol 9) #1-5 Ultimates (vol 2) #1-7 Civil War II #0-1 Captain Marvel (vol 9) #6 Free Comic Book Day Civil War II Ultimates (vol 2) #8 Civil War II #2-3 Captain Marvel (vol 9) #7-8 Ultimates (vol 2) #9 Captain Marvel (vol 9) #9 Civil War II #4 Ultimates (vol 2) #10-11 Civil War II #5-8 Ultimates (vol 2) #12 Captain Marvel (vol 9) #10 Legacy: Ultimates 2 (vol 2) #1-9 Ultimates 2 (vol 2) #100 The Mighty Captain Marvel #1-9 Generations: Captain Marvel & Mar-Vell #1 Generations: Ms. Marvel & Ms. Marvel #1 Captain Marvel #125-129 Infinity Countdown: Captain Marvel #1 The Life of Captain Marvel #1-5
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i plan on doing some fic recs too, but for everyone who’s just finished the show and can’t wait until the next season, here’s a pretty comprehensive list of what comics you should check out under the cut.
If you’re looking for collected editions, Cloak & Dagger: Shadows and Light and Cloak & Dagger: Lost and Found are your best buys. Shadows and Light collects their origins, their first miniseries, and the new mutants crossover. Lost and Found collects their first series, and the start of the combined series with Dr Strange. Cloak and Dagger: Runaways and Reversals is basically all of their crossovers, but I mean, most it is ties to big events, so maybe not the best buy.
There are trade paperbacks for most of the series below, which are probably better than single issues if you’re buying them instead of using Marvel Unlimited or whatever.
ULTIMATE
probably your better starting place technically an alternate universe from most comics, but the cloak and dagger here are honestly much closer to the show than the originals. also, you don’t have to read 80s & 90s version of cloak. an advantage.
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man (2011) 24-28 ** the origin story
All-New Ultimates 1-12** team book
616
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) 64, 69-70, 81-82, 94-96 ** the origin story.
Cloak and Dagger (1983) 1-4 ** their first miniseries
Marvel Fanfare 19 ** one shot story. pretty good iirc
Cloak and Dagger (1985) 1-11 ** their first real series
Strange Tales (1987) 1-19 ** half the book is cloak and dagger, the other half is dr. strange. these two halves intersect like once. it’s kind of weird, but hey, whatever sells.
Cloak and Dagger: Predator and Prey ** best of all the one-shots.
The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger (1988) 1-19 ** and back to a solo series. the title changes to just Cloak and Dagger after issue 13, so you might find this with or without “The mutant misadventures
Marvel Super-heroes (1990) 6-7 ** this is an anthology book, so mostly not cloak and dagger. have not read.
Cloak and Dagger (2018) ** yes, it takes 30 years for them to get a solo again, and it’s because of the show. this is really good, and pretty new reader friendly, but don
Crossovers
Marvel Team-Up (1972) Annual 6 & New Mutants (1983) 23-25 ** this is really good, and while it focuses more on the New Mutants it develops the Cloak and Dagger mythos quite a bit. also, it’s a fun read. also, you should check out New Mutants for teen hijinks cause they’re great and i love them.
Power Pack (1984) 6-8 ** who doesn’t love the power pack? this was really cute.
Marvel Graphic Novel 56 - Cloak & Dagger and Power Pack: Shelter from the Storm
Marvel Comics Presents (1988) 119-122 ** part of an anthology, crossover with ghost rider. it’s decent?
Runaways (2003) 11-12 **not the most plot heavy, but their interactions with the runaways are fun, and i like daggers costume in it.
Runaways (2005) 9-12 **again, they’re great with the runaways.
The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) 6-8, The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) Annual 1 ** it feels weird reccing this
Technically, they show up in a lot of big crossover event stuff (Secret Wars II, Acts of Vengeance, Infinity Gauntlet, Maximum Carnage, Civil War) but I seriously don’t reccommend those because they rarely if ever have anything to add to the characters, even if they show up a lot.
The one event that I will include is their stuff post-Siege/Secret Invasion with the Dark X-Men, because it’s actually does stuff for their characters.
Dark X-Men: Uncanny X-Men (1963) 513, Dark Avengers (2009) 7, Uncanny X-Men (1963) 514, Dark Avengers (2009) 8, Dark X-Men: Beginning (2009) 1-2, Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus (2009), Deadpool (2008) 16
Cloak and Dagger (2010) ** one shot, following Dark X-Men.
If you want a full list of all their appearences ever, and where to find them, you can go here. Also, marvel.wikia.com is good at listing every time a character shows up ever, but this includes cameos.
Oh! Secret Wars: Runaways is pretty good, and shows an AU where their powers are swapped, which is pretty cool.
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The Very Comprehensive Deadpool Masterpost
The aim of this post is to introduce new fans to Deadpool's comics and help you identify which collections, trade paperbacks and omnibus books Deadpool's individual stories, issues and runs can be found in as well as which order to read them.
I will not be providing links to any pirated copies and would rather not recommend websites as prices will vary across the dozens of sites comics can be purchased from.
I have read every single issue on this list so if you have any questions or need any help please do feel free to ask me.
Created: 5th March 2017 Updated: 31st July 2017
Main Deadpool Continuity & Reading Order
This is the bulk of the masterlist. Each of Deadpool's main books and stories are listed below in the order which they should be read from the very beginning all the way up to, and including, his current shenanigans. I have marked a few recommended starting points so if you do not wish to tackle the entire list there should be a starting point which suits you.
Deadpool: The Circle Chase (1993) #1 - #4 This is Deadpool's first ever solo miniseries. It introduces Weasel, Vanessa and themes which crop up throughout the rest of Deadpool's runs. -Collected in; Deadpool Classic Vol. 1 or Deadpool: Beginnings Omnibus or Deadpool The Adamantium Collection or Deadpool & X-Force Omnibus
Deadpool: Sins of the Past (1994) #1 - #4 Deadpool's second miniseries explores Deadpool's relationship with his past and teases his origins. -Collected in; Deadpool Classic Vol. 1 or Deadpool: Beginnings Omnibus or Deadpool & X-Force Omnibus
Deadpool (1997) #-1 - #69 [A Recommended Starting Point] This was Deadpool's first ongoing and it ran from 1997 to 2002. Plot elements from his first and second miniseries are picked up and expanded upon here. Several writers contributed to this series, most notably Joe Kelly, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Gail Simone. -Collected in; Deadpool Classic Vol. 1 - Vol. 9 or Deadpool by Joe Kelly Omnibus & Deadpool Classic Omnibus Vol. 1
Agent X (2002) #1 - #15 After Deadpool (1997) ended his book was replaced by a new, similar character who shares Deadpool's supporting cast from his last 5 issues. Deadpool returns in the final 3 issues of this series. -Collected in; Deadpool Classic Vol. 9 & Vol. 10 or Deadpool Classic Omnibus Vol. 1
Cable & Deadpool (2004) #1 - #50 [A Recommended Starting Point] Characters from Agent X (2002) make an appearance throughout this series which is written by Deadpool's co-creator Fabian Nicieza. Deadpool's relationship with Cable is one of the most loved in comics and Cable is scheduled to appear in Deadpool 2. This is a big, thematic book exploring heroism and the bigger picture. -Collected in; Cable & Deadpool: If Looks Could Kill, The Burnt Offering, The Human Race, Bosom Buddies, Living Legends, Paved With Good Intentions, Separation Anxiety & Deadpool vs. The Marvel Universe or 3 Deadpool & Cable Ultimate Collection books or the Deadpool & Cable Omnibus
Deadpool Annual (2013) #1 Although this was released in 2013 the first half of the story explains the origin of the white caption box which makes its appearance throughout Deadpool (2008). The second half of the story leads into Deadpool (2012) so it may be worth revisiting this issue before you start that series. -Collected in; Deadpool: The Wedding of Deadpool or Deadpool: The Ones With Deadpool or Deadpool Classic Vol. 18: Deadpool vs. Marvel
Deadpool (2008) #1 - #63 This is the book which was being published when Deadpool exploded into the phenomenon he is today. All 63 issues were written by Daniel Way and you can see the zany fingerprints he left on the character present in the fandom, the video game and all the ongoing books and miniseries from 2009 to 2012. -Collected in; Deadpool: Secret Invasion, Dark Reign, X Marks The Spot, Monkey Business, What Happens In Vegas, I Rule You Suck, Space Oddity, Operation Annihilation, Institutionalized, Evil Deadpool & Dead or 4 Deadpool: The Complete Collection by Daniel Way books or Deadpool by Daniel Way Omnibus Vol. 1
Uncanny X-Force (2010) #1 - #35 Running alongside Daniel Way's Deadpool from 2010 onwards, this book was written by Rick Remender and features a more grounded Deadpool working in a team setting. -Collected in; Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Solution, Deathlok Nation, The Dark Angel Saga Book 1, The Dark Angel Saga Book 2, Otherworld & Final Execution or two Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender: The Complete Collection books or the Uncanny X-Force Omnibus by Rick Remender also see: Uncanny X-Force: Fear Itself #1 - #3 collected in; Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Force / The Deep
Deadpool vs. Thanos (2015) #1 - #4 Although this was released in 2015 its events occur before Deadpool (2012). This is a cosmic roadtrip taken by two people who hate one another. -Collected in; Deadpool vs Thanos or Deadpool Classic Vol. 18: Deadpool vs. Marvel
Thunderbolts (2012) #1 - #32 Daniel Way initially writes this series before Charles Soule and then Ben Acker & Ben Blacker take over. It's Deadpool in a team setting which is less bloody than Uncanny X-Force but not as clean cut as the Avengers. -Collected in; Thunderbolts: No Quarter, Red Scare, Infinity, No Mercy, Punisher vs. The Thunderbolts notes: Can be read alongside Deadpool (2012) although there is very little crossover. The series ends before Deadpool (2012) Original Sin. Hawkeye vs Deadpool (2014) should be read after this series as it references its cancellation. Deadpool (2012) #1 - #45 & Deadpool: Dracula's Gauntlet #1 - #13 [A Recommended Starting Point] This is the beginning of the Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn era of Deadpool which is currently ongoing, the two comedians have left an impression on Deadpool and introduced a strong supporting cast which will be felt for years to come. -Collected in; Deadpool: Dead Presidents, Soul Hunter, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Deadpool vs. S.H.I.E.L.D, Deadpool: Dracula's Gauntlet, The Wedding of Deadpool, Original Sin, Axis & All Good Things or 4 Deadpool by Duggan & Posehn hardcovers or the Deadpool by Duggan & Posehn Omnibus notes: Deadpool: The Gauntlet was initially released digitally on ComiXology and was built for digital reading Annuals & one-shots are collected in; Deadpool: The Ones With Deadpool Flashback issues are collected in chronological order in; Deadpool: Flashbacks
Mrs Deadpool and the Howling Commandos (2015) #1 - #4 A book set during Marvel's world-ending 'Secret Wars' series where the Marvel multiverses smashed together and created a patchwork planet called 'Battleworld', this book follows our Deadpool on a journey through an altered reality which he can't interact with. -Collected in; Mrs Deadpool and the Howling Commandos or Deadpool Classic Vol. 19: Make War, Not Love
Deadpool & Cable: Split Second (2016) #1 - #6 Written by Cable & Deadpool writer and Deadpool co-creator Fabian Nicieza, this book lays the groundwork for some Deadpool (2015) and Uncanny Avengers (2015) stories while also standing perfectly on its own. -Collected in; Deadpool & Cable: Split Second
Uncanny Avengers (2015) #1 - ongoing [A Recommended Starting Point] Deadpool? In an Avengers book? That's not a mistake. Gerry Duggan pens this series and again spotlights Deadpool in a blockbuster-level team setting. -Currently collected in; Uncanny Avengers Unity: Vol. 1 Lost Future, Vol. 2 The Man Who Fell to Earth, Vol. 3 Civil War II, Vol. 4 Red Skull notes: Issues #7 & #8 crossover with All-New All-Different Avengers #7 & #8 and the full story is collected in Avengers: Standoff. Deadpool leaves the book after Vol. 4. Deadpool (2015) #1 - ongoing The Merc With A Mouth is more popular than ever before and this series, written solo by Gerry Duggan, reflects the reality and forces the Marvel Universe to take notice. This is the main ongoing Deadpool book and it shows no signs of stopping. -Currently collected in; Deadpool World's Greatest: Vol. 1 Millionaire With A Mouth, Vol. 2 End of an Error, Vol 3. Deadpool vs. Sabretooth, Vol. 4 Temporary Insanitation, Vol. 5 Civil War II, Vol. 6 Patience: Zero, Vol. 7 Deadpool Does Shakespeare or 2 Deadpool World’s Greatest hardcover volumes awaiting release: Deadpool World’s Greatest: Vol. 8 ‘Til Death Do Us..., Deadpool 2099, Deadpool World’s Greatest: Vol 9 Deadpool in Space, World’s Greatest HC Vol. 3, Deadpool World’s Greatest: Vol 10 Secret Empire
Peripheral Deadpool Books
These books run alongside Deadpool (2015) loosely fitting into the continuity and are all ongoing unless specified.
Deadpool & the Mercs for Money (2016) #1 - #5 [Miniseries] Written by Cullen Bunn, who penned almost every Deadpool miniseries from 2012, this is a short 'pilot series' featuring Deadpool leading his own team. It goes as well as you'd expect. -Collected in; Deadpool & The Mercs for Money: Vol. 0 Merc Madness notes: Should be read before Deadpool (2015) World’s Greatest: Vol. 5 Civil War II
Spider-Man/Deadpool (2016) #1 - ongoing The internet made this book happen, there is no denying that. The book features a lot of fanservice and some absolutely surreal storylines. Primarily written by Joe Kelly with other writers doing filler issues this is a series which threatens to unseat Cable and Deadpool as comics' most adored pair. -Currently collected in; Spider-Man/Deadpool: Vol. 1 Isn't It Bromantic?, Vol. 2 Side Pieces awaiting release: Spider-Man/Deadpool: Vol. 3 Itsy Bitsy
Deadpool & The Mercs for Money (2016) #1 - #10 Cullen Bunn returns for Deadpool's adventures with his team as things go south for our favourite merc real fast. -Currently collected in; Deadpool & The Mercs for Money: Vol. 1 Mo' Mercs, Mo' Monkeys, Vol. 2 IvX , Deadpool World’s Greatest Vol 8: ‘Til Death Do Us... notes: Should be read after Deadpool (2015) World’s Greatest: Vol. 5 Civil War II
Modern Miniseries (2012 - present)
These books were released alongside the other Deadpool ongoings and are free from continuity, they can be picked up and read anytime and are listed in release order below.
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (2012) #1 - #4 Part one of the 'Deadpool Killogy' by Cullen Bunn, this book does what it says on the cover. -Collected in; Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe or Deadpool Minibus or Deadpool Classic Vol. 16: Killogy
Deadpool Killustrated (2013) #1 - #4 Part two of the 'Deadpool Killogy', Cullen Bunn dives deeper into the meta and it gets bloody. -Collected in; Deadpool Killustrated or Deadpool Minibus or Deadpool Classic Vol. 16: Killogy Deadpool Kills Deadpool (2013) #1 - #4 The conclusion of the 'Deadpool Killogy' finds our main Deadpool fighting the protagonist of the previous two chapters. -Collected in; Deadpool Kills Deadpool or Deadpool Minibus or Deadpool Classic Vol. 16: Killogy
Deadpool vs. Carnage (2014) issues #1 - #4 Cullen Bunn pits merc against maniac in a bloody brawl. -Collected in; Deadpool vs Carnage or Deadpool Minibus or Deadpool Classic Vol. 18: Deadpool vs. Marvel
Deadpool vs. X-Force (2014) issues #1 - #4 Technically this retcons events so that this becomes Deadpool's 'first' appearance but reading it before anything else would be confusing. It's a fun throwback to the 90s with lots of violence and Deadpool in an antagonistic role. -Collected in; Deadpool vs. X-Force or Deadpool Minibus 2 or Deadpool Classic Vol. 18: Deadpool vs. Marvel
Hawkeye vs Deadpool (2014) #0 - #5 Gerry Duggan provides equal amounts of love for both Hawkeye and Deadpool in this fun book which begins with a murder on Halloween. -Collected in; Hawkeye vs Deadpool or Deadpool Minibus 2 or Deadpool Classic Vol. 18: Deadpool vs. Marvel notes: should be read after Deadpool (2012) Original Sin but before Deadpool (2012) Axis
Deadpool's Art of War (2014) #1 - #4 Deadpool wants to write a bestseller and he's willing to start a war to do it in this miniseries by Peter David. -Collected in; Deadpool's Art of War or Deadpool Minibus 2 or Deadpool Classic Vol. 19: Make War, Not Love Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars (2015) #1 - #4 Cullen Bunn pens a love letter to Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars and retcons our favourite merc into events. -Collected in; Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars or Deadpool Minibus 2 or Deadpool Classic Vol. 19: Make War, Not Love
Deadpool v. Gambit (2016) #1 - #5 Deadpool and Gambit end up in deep trouble during a job that drops them in way over their heads. -Collected in; Deadpool v. Gambit: The V is for 'Vs' Deadpool: Back in Black (2016) #1 - #5 A sequel to Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars, Cullen Bunn gives Deadpool the Venom symbiote for 5 issues. -Collected in; Deadpool: Back in Black Deadpool: Too Soon? (2016) #1 - #8 A murder mystery with Marvel's self-proclaimed funniest characters, and the Punisher is there too. -Collected in; Deadpool: Too Soon? notes: Deadpool: Too Soon? was initially released digitally on ComiXology and was built for digital reading
Deadpool the Duck (2017) #1 - #5 Deadpool and Howard the Duck merge in a situation not unlike The Fly and have a zany adventure in the process of trying to get their own bodies back. -Collected in; Deadpool the Duck
Deadpool vs. The Punisher (2017) #1 - #5 Wade and Frank have crossed paths before; these two have fought both against one another and alongside one another. This minsieries sees them doing a bit of both. -Currently uncollected awaiting release: Deadpool vs. The Punisher
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again (2017) #1 - #5 Cullen Bunn and Dalibor Talajic return in June 2017 to unleash Deadpool upon the Marvel Universe yet again. -Currently uncollected awaiting release: Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan (2017) #1 - #5 Declan Shalvey and Mike Henderson pit Wade and Logan against one another as Wade tries to one-up the elderly Wolverine on a job he does not want Deadpool to be a part of. -Currently uncollected, debuts in October 2017
Even More Deadpool (2009 - 2012)
These books are from the time when Deadpool was absolutely everywhere, he was drawing in new fans and at one time had four ongoings published at once. As with the modern miniseries above, these books are relatively continuity free and can be picked up and read anytime.
Deadpool: Game$ of Death (2009) #1 A one-shot featuring Deadpool in a fatal reality TV show. -Collected in; Deadpool: Suicide Kings or Deadpool Classic Vol. 14: Suicide Kings
Deadpool: Suicide Kings (2009) #1 - #5 A team-up between Deadpool, Spider-Man, Daredevil, and the Punisher which works on almost every level. -Collected in; Deadpool: Suicide Kings or Deadpool Classic Vol. 14: Suicide Kings
Deadpool Team-Up (2009) #899 - 883 Each issue counts down instead of up and features a new writer and artist telling a story of a different character teaming up with Deadpool each issue. -Collected in; Deadpool Team Up: Good Buddies, Special Relationships & BFFs or Deadpool Classic Vol. 13: Deadpool Team-Up or the Deadpool & Co. Omnibus
Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth (2009) #1 - #13 This is a universe-hopping adventure with Deadpool attempting to return his zombified head to its own dimension. -Collected in; Deadpool: Merc With A Mouth: Head Trip or Deadpool Classic Vol. 11: Merc With A Mouth or the Deadpool & Co. Omnibus
Prelude to Deadpool Corps (2010) #1 - #5 A whole team of Deadpools is just around the corner and each of the 5 issues spotlights a member of the team and their home univserse before they are recruited. -Collected in; Deadpool Corps Prelude or Deadpool Classic Vol. 12: Deadpool Corps or the Deadpool & Co. Omnibus
Deadpool Corps (2010) #1 - #12 Primarily drawn by Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld, this series was shortlived and featured the team of Deadpools flying around the galaxy doing various missions. -Collected in; Deadpool Corps: Poolpocalypse Now & You Say You Want A Revolution or Deadpool Classic Vol. 12: Deadpool Corps or the Deadpool & Co. Omnibus
Deadpool (2009) #900 An oversized issue with various short stories by different writers and artists. -Collected in; Deadpool: Dead Head Redemption or Deadpool Classic Vol. 14: Suicide Kings
Deadpool (2010) #1000 An oversized issue with various short stories by different writers and artists. -Collected in; Deadpool: Dead Head Redemption or Deadpool Classic Vol. 14: Suicide Kings
Deadpool: Wade Wilson's War (2010) #1 - #4 This Marvel Knights book plays fast and loose with continuity and delivers a twisting, sprawling tale. -Collected in; Deadpool: Wade Wilson's War or Deadpool Classic Vol. 17: Headcanon
Deadpool and Cable (2010) #25 Set just before Cable jumped into the future in his own book, this was Deadpool's last true team-up with him until 2016. -Collected in; Deadpool: All In The Family or Deadpool Classic Vol. 15: All The Rest
Deadpool and Cable (2011) #26 Deadpool seeks to continue Cable's legacy now the world is without him. -Collected in; Deadpool: All In The Family or Deadpool Classic Vol. 15: All The Rest
Deadpool Annual (2011) #1 One part of a crossover with Spider-Man and Hulk. -Collected in; Deadpool/Amazing Spider-Man/Incredible Hulk: Identity Wars or Deadpool Classic Vol. 15: All The Rest
Wolverine/Deadpool: The Decoy (2011) #1 A short story featuring Deadpool, Wolverine, and Jean Grey's costume. -Collected in; Deadpool Team Up: BFFs or Deadpool Classic Vol. 14: Suicide Kings
Deadpool Family (2011) #1 Some short stories featuring the Deadpool Corps. -Collected in; Deadpool: All In The Family or Deadpool Classic Vol. 12: Deadpool Corps
Fear Itself: Deadpool (2011) #1 - #3 Magic hammers are falling from the skies and Deadpool seeks to make himself out as a hero. Things take a turn for the unexpected. -Collected in; Fear Itself: Deadpool / Fearsome Four or Deadpool Classic Vol. 15: All The Rest
Alternate Universe Stories
Captain America: Who Won't Wield The Shield? (2010) #1 A bizarre story featuring a gas-masked Deadpool post-World War I who happens to be the nephew of Woodrow Wilson. -Collected in; Deadpool: Dead Head Redemption or Deadpool Classic Vol. 15: All The Rest
Lady Deadpool (2010) #1 Set in her own universe, this one-shot sheds some light on Lady Deadpool's typical day. -Collected in; Deadpool Classic Vol. 11: Merc With A Mouth
X-Men Origins: Deadpool (2010) #1 Deadpool sells Hollywood a version of his origin which isn't quite as accurate as it should be. -Collected in; X-Men Origins II or Deadpool Classic Vol. 14: Suicide Kings
Deadpool Pulp (2010) #1 - #4 This is set during the Cold War in the 1950s and is a unique spin on the Deadpool mythos. -Collected in; Deadpool Pulp or Deadpool Classic Vol. 17: Headcanon
Deadpool Max (2010) #1 - #12 This book is rude, crude, and violent. It's like an exploitation movie but not quite as clever. -Collected in; Deadpool Max: Nutjob & Involuntary Armageddon
Deadpool Max 2 (2011) #1 - #6 A sequel to Deadpool Max, this book follows directly on from the last and is more of the same. -Collected in; Deadpool Max: Second Cut
5 Ronin (2011) #1 - #5 This series is a unique look at Marvel's heroes through the lens of 17th Century Japan. Deadpool has his own tale in issue #5. -Collected in; 5 Ronin
Night of the Living Deadpool (2014) #1 - #4 Zombies? Everywhere. Heroes? Nowhere. Deadpool? All alone. A stylish book where red is the only colour in a sea of monochrome. -Collected in; Night of the Living Deadpool or Deadpool Minibus or Deadpool Classic Vol. 17: Headcanon
Return of the Living Deadpool (2015) #1 - #4 The sequel to Night of the Living Deadpool builds on the foundation of the first book and keeps the unique visual style. -Collected in; Return of the Living Deadpool or Deadpool Minibus 2 or Deadpool Classic Vol. 17: Headcanon
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USAvengers #1 Ekes Past Batman for Top Sales Slot in January
January 2017 had 7,0208,684 units in the top 300 comics list, a drop of 356,926 units from last month. Marvel placed 2,928,457 units on the top 300 comics list accounting for 41.66% of the units. DC had 2,904,117 units on the list accounting for another 41.32% of the total units for the top 300 comics. The gap of 24,340 units between Marvel and DC is the smallest gap seen during the final order era which began in early 2003 when Diamond switched from reporting pre-orders to what was actually shipped and invoiced to stores. The other premiere publishers, Image, IDW and Dark Horse, accounted for another 11.49% of the unit sales with a combined total of 807,415 units. The remaining 5.53% of the units was split across 19 other publishers which had a combined total of 388,695 units.
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“US Avengers” #1 topped the list with 110,729 units, selling only 3,913 more units than the 106,816 units sold by “Batman” #14. “US Avengers” #1 had around sixty different covers. The majority of the covers assigned an Avenger to a particular state and required retailers to meet or exceed 200% of their orders for “Uncanny Avengers” #13 to be eligible to order as many of any of the state covers as they wanted. “Uncanny Avengers” #13 sold 37,908 units in August 2016. “Uncanny Avengers” #1 sold 105,234 units in October 2015. I don’t know how Marvel initially expected “US Avengers” #1 to sell with the heavy promotional push they gave it with those covers. Personally, I thought the first issue has the potential to sell over 250,000 units with the cover gimmick. “Justice League of America” #1 sold 307,734 in February 2013 with a simpler version of the cover gimmick. The only difference on those state covers was the state flag on top of the same art while the the only common element of the “US Avengers” #1 covers was the title logo and issue number. The “US Avengers” also had an interlocking American flag background. From a creative perspective, the “US Avengers” state cover gimmick was more impressive than the “Justice League of America” #1 state covers. From a sales perspective, there is a 197,005 unit difference in the Justice League’s favor.
Even without the state covers, a high profile Marvel relaunch like “US Avengers” might have been able to crack 100,000 on the first issue, but probably would not have done so. The lack of a huge bump in sales from the state cover promotion put into question the sales power of variant covers. It is also possible retailers were stuck with unsold copies of the “Justice League of America” #1 state covers and therefore ordered much more conservatively on the “US Avengers” #1 state covers.
Marvel had some very high launch numbers on a few titles in 2016 like the 381,737 units on “Civil War II” #1, the 328,165 units on “Champions” #1 and the 253,259 units on “Black Panther” #1. But those seem to be the exception with recent history showing Marvel having average sales ongoing title first issues around 77,512 units. These days I find it challenging to tell which Marvel titles are intended to be a miniseries versus an ongoing title. The definition I used of a miniseries is a title launched with a known ending issue number. If the solicitation of the second issue is the first time an ending issue number is mentioned, I treat it as an ongoing title. Feel free to use whatever definition works for you and calculate the average first issue sales of Marvel ongoing titles using it. Most reasonable definitions of the term “ongoing series” will probably yield an average first issue sales around the 60,000 to 85,000 units or less. Even relaunches of core titles like “Avengers” #1 sold around 81,885 units, failing to crack the 100,000 unit mark by a noticeable margin. Cover gimmicks used to be a reliable way to inflate first issue sales to make the new title look like a hit right out the gate. That may not be true any more. This put into question the sales power of first issues.
If first issues are no longer strong sellers then Marvel’s strategy of routinely relaunching titles might not work out well. Rotating titles in and out provides jumping-off points as well as jumping-on points. This is one of the key differences in strategy between Marvel and DC right now. Marvel is going with an ambiguously defined seasonal model with new titles on a roughly yearly basis. DC, on the other hand, seems to favor titles which last for multiple years. Constantly ending and restarting titles seems like it is essentially is training retailers and readers to jump from title to title and to only check out titles when they first launch. Longer lasting ongoing titles like DC has seem to leverage the habitual buying patterns of readers and to encourage readers to try out titles in the middle of a run and not only at the beginning of a series. Neither strategy is inherently better than the other but they can lead to very different reader behavior. For Marvel and DC which have large shared universes, getting readers engaged in those universe and keeping them engaged over time seems like the best strategy. For publishers like Image which have numerous titles set in distinct narrative universes, getting readers used to checking out new titles on a regular basis is a sound strategy.
Marvel and DC had roughly the same number of units in the top 300 in January which makes it look like the strategies the two companies are using are working about equally well. Marvel’s over-shipping clouds the issues a bit. Even with the over-shipping by Marvel, 206,783 units of the 356,926 units lost in the top 300 between December and January came from Marvel titles which equates to nearly 58% of the decline in sales. Marvel also is publishing more titles than any other publisher and sales tend to go down so Marvel having the largest portion of the losses is practically guaranteed based on that alone.
It was a good month for the Justice League with 7 of the top 15 items in the top 300 comics being Justice League comics of one sort or another.
The first bar chart is the unit sales by category. The second is the month-to-month change in sales for the categories with the largest segments closest to the zero point on the y axis in either direction. The third chart is the net change in sales from last month.
I made a couple of changes to these title status charts this month. First, I changed up the color scheme on the title status charts in an attempt to make the bar charts more readable. If someone has suggestions on a better color scheme, please let me know. I also split the Continuing Titles group down further into five sub-groups:
“Continuing Titles (Gained Sales)” are titles which gained sales over the previous month without shipping more issues.
“Continuing Titles (More Issues)” are titles which shipped more issues this month as compared to last month. Sometimes these titles sell more units as a result, sometimes they don’t.
“Continuing Titles (Stable Sales)” are titles which sold either as much as last month or less than 250 unit fewer than last month with the same number of issues released. Very few titles fall into this category. Since most titles don’t increase in sales, I decided to consider any increase in sales, even a single unit, to be in the “Continuing Titles (Gained Sales)” category. This is a charitable definition of stable sales and I’m open to suggestions on a better working definition of stable sales. For now, this is what I’m using.
“Continuing Titles (Fewer Issues)” are titles which shipped fewer issues this month than last month. Usually this results in lower monthly sales for the title but not always.
“Continuing Titles (Lost Sales)” are titles which shipped the same number of units as last month but declined in sales.
The colors on the horizontal charts below indicate the publishers using the same colors as the publisher breakdown chart above.
Around 1,053,678 units came from titles which increased in sales over last month. Virtually all of the titles which gained in sales were Marvel titles but with Marvel’s overshipping it is hard to tell how what percentage of the units are purchased and what percentage was overshipped for free. As a result, this category is of questionable use this month for gauging if these titles are actually increasing in sales with retailers or readers.
Around 862,567 units came from titles which shipped more issues this month as compared to last month. The weekly “Justice League/Suicide Squad” miniseries concluded moving a total of 287,451 units across the four issues in January. Those 287,451 will be in the defunct titles category next month and we’ll see if DC can compensate for that loss.
Continuing titles with reasonably stables sales, drops of 250 units or less, accounted for 157,587 units. Since I’m putting titles with any increase in sales, even a single unit, into the “Continuing Titles (Gained Sales)” category, this category of titles with stable sales includes any title which lost 250 units or less. This is admittedly an arbitrary criteria but I felt the category was worth having. This entire category totals to a net loss of only 2,544 units which is in the ballpark of the number of retail stores.
“The Walking Dead” #162 sold 85,395 units and was the fifth best selling comic of the month. It got into the top five by having some small dips in sales and a lot of increase in sales.
Continuing titles which shipped fewer issues this month than last contributed 156,281 units.
“Star Wars: Doctor Aphra” #3 sold 48,592 units, down 20.88% from the second issue and is roughly half the sales of the first issue. The first two issues both came out in December and only a single issue was released in January. This title replaced the “Darth Vader” series.
While it is still early, it looks like removing Darth Vader from the series and continuing it under the name of an character unknown to all but the readers of the “Darth Vader” series is resulting in lower sales as one might expect. Promotion a supporting character to the lead character while removing one of the most iconic Star Wars characters from the series as part of the rotation of titles is a fairly drastic move. We’ll see over time if the series levels out or not.
About half the total unit sales for the top 300 comics, approximately 3,481,010 units, in January came from continuing titles which lost sales. The chart for this category only included titles which lost more than 5,000 units. The top portion of this category is recently launched Marvel titles.
“Batman” has fallen back to the level the New 52 volume ended at. The sales trend on “Batman” bounces around a lot over time. A new creative team or major new storyline can cause a bump in sales for a while. The upcoming storyline of “The Button” which picks up a plot thread from “DC Universe Rebirth” will likely cause another such upswing in sales on “Batman” and “Flash.”
Approximately 875,004 units came from new titles this month.
“US Avengers” #1 topped the list with 110,729 units but “US Avengers” #2 dropped 73.34% from the first issue selling only 29,523 units. That is roughly the sales level of the final arc of the “New Avengers” series this title replaced.
“Justice League/Power Rangers” #1 launched strong with 86,589 units out selling each of the four issues of “Justice League/Suicide Squad” released in January.
The various “Justice League of America: Rebirth” one-shots all sold around 27,000 to 30,000 units implying the new “Justice League of America” series could end up in that sales range after the initial few issues are released.
The “Kamandi Challenge” launches with 23,576 units and presumably DC is committed to publishing all of the remaining eleven issues of the series even if sales decline. Hopefully it will sell well enough DC won’t have to make that decision. After “Vigilante: Southland” #3 marked the abrupt end of that miniseries halfway through the expected run, and “Kamandi Challenge: launching with under 24,000 units, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to question if all twelve issues of this series will be published as single issue.
Titan Comics continues doing comic book seasons of Doctor Who with the Tenth Doctor and Eleventh Doctor both starting a third year of comics. These volume last about a year and roughly analogous to a television season of the show. Both title launched higher than the previous volumes ended.
Titles returning to the top 300 list this month accounted for around 280,494 units. All of the titles which didn’t ship in December and returned to the top 300 list in January sold under 30,000 units with the 26,261 units from “Doom Patrol” #4 topping this category.
Titles accounting for around 593,455 units in December didn’t ship in January. Some of them are bimonthly titles while others are running late. The 119,114 units for “Dark Knight III: The Master Race” accounts for about 20% of the units lost from the various titles which didn’t ship in January. “Vigilante: Southland” is in this category because there were three other issues originally expected to ship. Since these three issues were canceled with the February round of solicitations, this title should be in the defunct titles category.
Marvel only had a single title in this category, “Silver Surfer.” Even with the fast release schedule for many Marvel titles, they are able to get the titles out each month.
Defunct titles removed 320,303 units which were in the top 300 comics last month. “Civil War II” ended last month resulting in a loss of 105,658 units of sales which could have carried over from month to month for Marvel.
Annuals and specials accounted for 108,725 units which is 1,989 units less than last month. Most of the sales this month were from “Monster Unleashed” tie in issues.
Negative numbers on the reorder category chart represent titles which had more reorder activity last month than this month. Reorder activity accounted for only 53,338 units in January including the 43,837 units for “Saga” #41. “Saga #41 shipped in December but was misprinted. Retailers were instructed to destroy the copies they got in December and this reorder activity is the replacement copies. “Saga” #41 sold 43,628 units in December which means there were 209 additional units this month. Presumably this is why the entry has a retail ranking of 548.
The losses of 1,874,332 units was more than the gains of 1,517,406 units in January resulting in a net loss of 356,936 units from last month. Typically January is a weak month but this was the strongest January for the top 300 comics during the final order era which began in early 2003. With 2017 off to a stronger start than past years, hopefully the publishers can turn things around from the month-to-month decline in sales we’ve seen over the past few months.
For a more in-depth discussion of the sales data, check out the Mayo Report episodes of the Comic Book Page podcast at http://ift.tt/13EeU1f. The episode archived cover the past decade of comic book sales on a monthly basis with yearly recap episodes. In addition to those episodes on the sales data, every Monday is a Weekly Comics Spotlight episode featuring a comic by DC, a comic by Marvel and a comic by some other publisher. I read around 200 new comics a month so the podcast covers a wide variety of the comics currently published. If you are looking for more or different comics to read, check out the latest Previews Spotlight episode featuring clips from various comic book fans talking about the comics they love. With thousands of comics in Previews every month, Previews Spotlight episodes are a great way to find out about new comic book titles that may have flown under your comic book radar.
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