Chapter EIGHTEEN: SECRET EMPIRE 2017-2018
5 May 2017
Notes: Just read the Guardians story, the second is for the new Defenders title which starts after Secret Empire.
“Smash & Grab”
15 Apr 2017 - 13 Sep 2017
“Immune”
3 May 2017 - 5 Jul 2017
”Communication Breakdown”
10 May 2017
”A Space Oddity”
31 May 2017 - 25 Oct 2017
“The God Quarry”
21 Jun 2017 - 18 Oct 2017
“Into the Twilight”
19 Jul 2017 - 20 Sep 2017
”Riders in the Sky”
4 Jan 2017 - 12 Apr 2017
“End of the Line”
28 Dec 2016 - 10 May 2017
“Red Skull”
31 May 2017
“The Weird, the Weirder, and the Weirdest”
5 Apr 2017 - Sep 2017
Notes: If you’re not reading the full guide, read all the titles named “Secret Empire” plus Captain America: Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers. Tie-in the titles that you’ve been following previously, and the Generations stories of your interest. Note that the new Secret Warriors title begins in this event.
Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) #15
Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) #16
The Mighty Captain Marvel (2016) #5
Uncanny Avengers (2015) #24-25
Free Comic Book Day 2017 (Secret Empire) #0
Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #30-31
The Mighty Captain Marvel (2016) #6-7
Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017) #1
Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017) #2-4
Notes: Just read the Misty Knight story in #4 (it’s the first story of the issue).
Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #22
Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) #17
Secret Empire: Uprising (2017) #1
All-New Guardians of the Galaxy Annual (2017) #1
Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #23
Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) #18
Secret Empire: United (2017) #1
Secret Empire: Underground (2017) #1
Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017) #4-5
Notes: Now you continue #4 from where you left it, after the Misty Knight story.
Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #24
Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) #19
Notes: Best read here, even though it takes place across a longer period of time.
The Mighty Captain Marvel (2016) #8
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Generations: Banner Hulk & The Totally Awesome Hulk (2017) #1
Generations: Phoenix & Jean Grey (2017) #1
Generations: Wolverine & All-New Wolverine (2017) #1
Generations: The Unworthy Thor & The Mighty Thor (2017) #1
Generations: Hawkeye & Hawkeye (2017) #1
Generations: Iron Man & Ironheart (2017) #1
Generations: Captain Marvel & Captain Mar-Vell (2017) #1
Generations: Ms. Marvel & Ms. Marvel (2017) #1
Generations: Miles Morales Spider-Man & Peter Parker Spider-Man (2017) #1
Generations: Sam Wilson Captain America & Steve Rogers Captain America (2017) #1
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Notes: How did it go for Deadpool?
Secret Empire: Omega (2017) #1
Notes: Feels like the guide should have like an aftermath note. Especially about SHIELD.
12 Apr 2017 - 16 Aug 2017
26 Apr 2017 - 27 Sep 2017
“Avengers of the New World”
3 May 2017 - 1 Nov 2017
“Hard Time”
3 May 2017 - 2 Aug 2017
“The Darkness”
5 May 2017 - 11 Oct 2017
Notes: There’s a short prologue to Defenders in the last pages of the FCB issue, that should be read here.
24 May 2017 - 20 Sep 2017
“The Land Before Crime”
7 Jun 2017 - 23 Aug 2017
“Supreme”
28 Jun 2017 - 13 Dec 2017
Notes: Part of a bigger story that will connect with the main Venom run, the Monsters Unleashed and the X-Men: Blue titles, and continue into a crossover in Venomized (2018).
12 Jul 2017 - 27 Dec 2017
“Who is the other Miles?”
23 Aug 2017 - 15 Nov 2017
“The Hunt for Weapon H”
25 Oct 2017 - 18 Apr 2018
“Klaw Stands Supreme”
2 Aug 2017 - 20 Sep 2017
“Evil Empires”
9 Aug 2017 - 6 Dec 2017
“Once and Future Kings”
16 Aug 2017 - 18 Oct 2017
“Natural Selection”
13 Sep 2017 - 15 Nov 2017
“Fall of Parker”
30 Aug 2017 - 30 Dec 2017
“Stars and Garters”
30 Aug 2017 - 13 Sep 2017
“Toil and Trouble”
6 Sep 2017
“First Karaoke Thursday”
13 Sep 2017 - 7 Jan 2018
“Find Your Way Home”
13 Sep 2017 - 18 Oct 2017
“If Trouble Must Come”
20 Dec 2017 - 18 Apr 2018
“Red Ledger”
15 Nov 2017 - 10 Jan 2018
“We Esteem Too Lightly”
24 May 2017 - 25 Oct 2017
“Girl-Moon”
20 Sep 2017 - 13 Dec 2017
Notes: Part of the Venomverse, Poison-X and Venomized crossover story.
“And lo there came… a Poison!”
4 Oct 2017 - 13 Dec 2017
“Fire from Heaven”
6 Dec 2017 - 4 Apr 2018
“The Midnight King Return to Earth”
15 Nov 2017 - 31 Jan 2018
“Kingpins of New York”
15 Nov 2017 - 4 Apr 2018
“Punisher: War Machine”
20 Sep 2017
“Same as the Old Boss”
27 Sep 2017
“Girls’ Night”
6 Sept 2017 - 25 Oct 2017
“Land of the Blind”
27 Sep 2017
“Legacy”
8 Nov 2017 - 28 Mar 2018
“Mayor Fisk”
21 Feb 2018
“They Defend!”
1 Nov 2017 - 28 Feb 2018
4 Oct 2017 - 29 Nov 2017
“Lethal Protector”
25 Oct 2017 - 28 Feb 2018
“Dark Origin”
4 Oct 2017 - 18 Oct 2017
“We Said Hello, Goodbye”
4 Oct 2017 - 28 Mar 2018
Notes: The continuity doesn’t completely work with Defenders (even though both titles are written by Bendis).
“Return of the Purple Man”
4 Oct 2017 - 1 Nov 2017
“Champions Reunited”
6 Dec 2017 - 7 Mar 2018
“The Apocalypse Seed”
11 Oct 2017 - 14 Feb 2018
“Take Flight”
20 Dec 2017 - 24 Jan 2018
“Fate of the Four”
22 Nov 2017 - 25 Apr 2018
“Fantastic Three”
10 May 2017 - 13 Sep 2017
“Mecca”
6 Sep 2017 - 4 Oct 2017
“Tokyo”
11 Oct 2017 - 31 Jan 2018
“Orphans of X”
11 Oct 2017 - 28 Feb 2018
11 Oct 2017 - 27 Dec 2017
“Deadpool Kills Cable”
11 Oct 2017 - 8 Nov 2017
“Northeast Corridor”
18 Oct 2017 - 30 May 2018
25 Oct 2017 - 29 Nov 2017
“Cannonball Run”
15 Nov 2017 - 7 Mar 2018
“Family Reunion”
22 Nov 2017 - 16 Jan 2018
“The Negative Zone War”
9 Aug 2017 - 31 Jan 2018
“The Return of Jean Grey”
8 Nov 2017 - 22 Nov 2017
“Survival of the Fittest”
11 Jan 2017 - 15 Nov 2017
“The Asgard/Shi’ar War”
20 Dec 2017 - 21 Feb 2018
“Survival of the Fittest”
8 Nov 2017 - 7 Mar 2018
“Jen Walters Must Die”
20 Dec 2017 - 21 Mar 2018
“Teenage Wasteland”
29 Nov 2017 - 24 Jan 2018
“Cross Time Capers”
17 Jan 2018 - 28 Mar 2018
“Champion For A Day”
24 Jan 2018 - 2 May 2018
Notes: This continues the Venomverse story that also was present in the latest Monsters Unleashed arc in this chapter.
14 Mar 2018 - 30 May 2018
“Cry Havok”
4 Apr 2018 - 2 May 2018
Notes: This is a continuation of the story that started with Venomverse (2017) earlier in this chapter.
“Venomized”
4 Apr 2018 - 25 Apr 2018
“ The Nativity”
14 Feb 2018 - 26 Sep 2018
20 Sep 2017 - 31 Jan 2018
“The Search for Tony Stark”
1 Nov 2017 - 7 Mar 2018
“Sinister Six Reborn”
10 Jan 2018 - 25 Apr 2018
“No Surrender - Act I”
“No Surrender - Act II”
“No Surrender - Act III”
4 Apr 2018 - 2 May 2018
“Sinister Six Reborn”
28 Feb 2018 - 28 May 2018
“The Search for Tony Stark”