Marvel Crossover Trade Paperback Guide

Marvel has had many crossover events over the years, the most recent being Civil War which is the last part of a huge crossover.  This guide will provide everyone with a list of trade paperbacks for each crossover.  It will also include a list of the comic book issues that were involved in each crossover, whether or not there is a trade paperback release for that crossover.  Underneath each trade paperback will be the issues includes in the trade paperback and the cover price of the trade paperback.  The date the crossover started will be included and so will some very brief information on the crossover.  This will, for the most part, be in chronological order.  In cases such as Contest of Champions, where there is a sequel to it that came out years later, the two will be placed by each other.

Contest of Champions

1982

Marvel's first limited series...I think.  Two teams of super heroes from around the world are gathered and each team has to look for these four pieces of "The Golden Globe of Life".  One team consisted of Blitzkrieg, Captain America, Captain Britain, Daredevil, Darkstar, Defensor, Peregrine, Sasquatch, She-Hulk, Talisman, Thing, and Wolverine.  The other team had Angel, Arabian Knight,  Black Panther, Collective Man, Invisible Woman, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Sabra, Shamrock, Storm, Sunfire, and Vanguard.

• Contest of Champions
• Contest of Champions Vol. 1 #1-3
• Cover Price: $17.95

Contest of Champions II

1999

This Contest of Champions is unrelated to the first one.  In this one, the Brood gathers super heroes and has them fight eachother.

• Contest of Champions II
• Contest of Champions Vol. 2 #1-5
• Cover Price: $14.95

Secret Wars

1984-1985

A bunch of earth superheroes and villains were abducted and transported to an alien planet.  Once there, they were forced to fight eachother.  The series was created to launch a series of Marvel action figures by Mattel.

• Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars
• Secret Wars Vol. 1 #1-12
• Cover Price: $29.99
• Related Issues - These are issues that had to do with the event.
• Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #249-252
• Avengers Vol. 1 #240-243
• Captain America #292
• Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 #294-295
• Iron Man Vol. 1 #181-182
• Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #265
• Marvel Team-Up #141
• The Thing #10
• Uncanny X-Men #178-181
• Aftermath Issues - These are issues that came out, in some cases, quite a bit later.  But they are still related to the event.
• The Thing #11-22
• Thor Vol. 1 #383
• Quasar #8
• She-Hulk Vol. 3 #10
• What if...? Vol. 2 #114

Secret Wars II

1985-1986

A sequel was made to the first Secret Wars because of it's success.  The Beyonder, who is the person who abducted the people in the first Secret Wars, comes to earth to test the people he abducted physically and psychologically.  There were many issues involved in this but there hasn't been a trade paperback released yet.

• Secret Wars Vol. 2 #1
• Captain America Vol. 1 #308
• Iron Man Vol. 1 #197
• New Mutants Vol. 1 #30
• Uncanny X-Men #196
• Secret Wars Vol. 2 #2
• Web of Spider-Man #6
• Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #268
• Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #282
• Secret Wars Vol. 2 #3
• Avengers Vol. 1 #260
• Daredevil Vol. 1 #223
• Incredible Hulk Vol. 2 #312-313
• Secret Wars Vol. 2 #4
• Alpha Flight Vol. 1 #28-29 (Continues on from Incredible Hulk Vol. 2 #313)
• Avengers Vol. 1 #261
• Dazzler #40
• Rom #72
• Secret Wars Vol. 2 #5
• Doctor Strange Vol. 2 #74
• Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #285
• Thing #30
• Secret Wars Vol. 2 #6
• Cloak and Dagger Vol. 1 #4
• Micronauts #16
• Power Pack #18
• Power Man and Iron Fist #121
• Thor Vol. 1 #363
• Secret Wars Vol. 2 #7
• Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #273
• Defenders #152
• Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 #111
• Uncanny X-Men #202
• Secret Wars Vol. 2 #8
• Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #274
• Avengers Vol. 1 #265
• Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #288
• New Mutants Vol. 1 #37
• Uncanny X-Men #203
• Secret Wars Vol. 2 #9
• Avengers Vol. 1 #266
• Aftermath Issues - These are issues that came out, in some cases, quite a bit later.  But they are still related to the event.
• Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #319
• Quasar #8
• Deadpool Team Up #1
• She-Hulk Vol. 3 #10

Secret War

2004-2005

This Secret War is unrelated to the other Secret Wars and thankfully it isn't a huge crossover involving many issues.  All of these issues can be found in trade paperbacks.  The main story is in the Secret War trade paperback and the aftermath is found in The Pulse Vol. 2: Secret War trade paperback.  This story has Nick Fury hiring Black Widow, Captain America, Daisy Johnson, Daredevil, Luke Cage, and Wolverine to fight a bunch of villains who have received hi-tech armaments from a mysterious person.  The writer, Brian Michael Bendis, went on to create the New Avengers and he used many of these same characters for that team.

• Secret War
• Secret War #1-5, Secret War: From the Files of Nick Fury
• Cover Price: $24.99
• The Pulse Vol. 2: Secret War
• The Pulse #6-9
• Cover Price: $11.99

Acts of Vengeance

1989-1990

This crossover doesn't have any trade paperbacks except for an X-Men one and a Wolverine one.  The X-Men one is titled "X-Men: Acts of Vengeance" and the Wolvine can be found in "Wolverine Classic Vol. 4.  This crossover is about a mysterious person tricking a group of villains (Doctor Doom, Kingpin, Magneto, Mandarin, Red Skull I, and the Wizard) into convincing lesser known villains into fighting people that aren't their regular enemies.  A bit weird...

• Prologue
• Iron Man Vol. 1 #250
• Thor Vol. 1 #410
• Cloak and Dagger #8
• Main Storyline
• Alpha Flight Vol. 1 #79-80
• Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #326-328
• Avengers Vol. 1 #311-313
• Avengers Spotlight #26-29
• Avengers West Coast #53-55
• Captain America Vol. 1 #365-367
• Cloak & Dagger #9
• Damage Control Vol. 2 #1-4
• Daredevil Vol. 1 #275-276
• Doctor Strange Vol. 3 #11-13
• Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #334-336
• Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 #363
• Iron Man Vol. 1 #251-252
• Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8-10
• New Mutants #84-86
• Power Pack Vol. 1 #53
• The Punisher Vol. 2 #28-29
• The Punisher War Journal Vol. 1 #12-13
• Quasar #5-6
• Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 1 #158-160
• Thor Vol. 1 #411-412
• Uncanny X-Men #256-258
• Web of Spider-Man #59-61
• Wolverine Vol. 2 #19-20
• X-Factor Vol. 1 #50
• Aftermath
• Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #329
• Web of Spider-Man #64-65
• Epilogue
• Avengers Annual #19

Infinity Gauntlet

1991

This crossover is about these things called Infinity Gems.  When one person has all six of the gems, they gain complete control over the whole universe.  A character called Thanos collects them and plans to kill half of the universe's population.

• Infinity Gauntlet
• Infinity Gauntlet #1-6
• Cover Price: $24.99
• Related Issues - I believe there are some issues of the Avengers that are related to this crossover too, but I'm not sure which ones.
• Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #54-59

Infinity War

1992

The villain Magus, you'll know after reading Infinity Gauntlet, is um...up to no good and Thanos and earth's heroes team-up against him to try and stop him from...um...being up to no good.

• Infinity War
• Infinity War #1-6, Warlock and the Infinity Watch #7-10, Marvel Comics Presents #108-111
• Cover Price: $29.99

Infinity Crusade

1993

Another larger crossover with lots of issues involved.  There is no trade paperback for this one yet.  The Goddess plans to banish all evil from the universe which would destroy every living being.  So some heroes are gathered to stop her.

• Main Storyline
• Infinity Crusade #1-6
• Related Issues
• Alpha Flight Vol. 1 #122-124
• Avengers West Coast #96-97
• Cage #17
• Darkhawk #30-31
• Deathlok Vol. 2 #28-29
• Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #54-56
• Iron Man Vol. 1 #294-295
• Marc Spector: Moon Knight #57
• Silver Sable and The Wild Pack #16-17
• Silver Surfer Vol. 3 #83-#85
• Terror, Inc. #13
• Thor Vol. 1 #463-467
• Warlock & the Infinity Watch #18-22
• Warlock Chronicles #1-5
• Web of Spider-Man #104-106

Infinity Abyss

2002

This crossover is about six Thanos clones that have the powers of six people from across the universe, which includes the powers of Doctor Strange, Galactus, and Professor X.  Thanos, Adam Warlock, Spider-Man, and Doctor Strange get together to fight them.

• Thanos: Infinity Abyss
• Thanos: Infinity Abyss #1-6
• Cover Price: $17.99

Onslaught

1996

This crossover is about how Professor X becomes an evil being known as Onslaught because he had zapped Magneto's mind.  Heroes from pretty much every series gather to fight him.  The "Heroes Reborn" is what happened to many of Marvel's characters afterwards.

Main Storyline

• Onslaught Book 1: The Awakening
• Uncanny X-Men #322 and #334, Wolverine Vol. 2 #104, X-Men #53-54, Onslaught: X-Men
• Cover Price: $12.95
• Onslaught Book 2: To the Victor...
• X-Force #57-58, X-Man #18-19
• Cover Price: $8.95
• Onslaught Book 3: Comrades in Arms
• Uncanny X-Men #335, X-Men #55, Avengers #401, Fantastic Four #415
• Cover Price: $8.95
• Onslaught Book 4: Eye of the Storm
• Cable #34-35, Hulk #444-445
• Cover Price: $8.95
• Onslaught Book 5: The Front Line
• X-Factor Vol. 1 #125, Punisher #11, Green Goblin #12, Spider-Man #72
• Cover Price: $8.95
• Onslaught Book 6: Pyrrhic Victory
• Uncanny X-Men #336, X-Men #56, Avengers #402, Fantastic Four #416, Onslaught: Marvel Universe
• Cover Price: $12.95

Aftermath (Heroes Reborn)

• Heroes Reborn: Avengers
• Avengers Vol. 2 #1-12
• Cover Price: $29.99
• Heroes Reborn: Captain America
• Captain America Vol. 2 #1-12
• Cover Price: $29.99
• Heroes Reborn: Fantastic Four
• Fantastic Four Vol. 2 #1-12
• Cover Price: $29.99
• Heroes Reborn: Iron Man
• Iron Man Vol. 2 #1-12
• Cover Price: $29.99

Maximum Security

2000-2001

This is about an alien race that wants to prevent earth's humans from interfering in galactic affairs.  To do this, they used earth as a prison by sending their worst prisoners onto earth.  There hasn't been a trade paperback release for this, but if made into a trade paperback, the ones with an "*" next to them would probably be the ones included.

• Main Storyline
• Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet*
• Maximum Security #1*
• Thor Vol. 2 #30
• Uncanny X-Men #387*
• Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 #24
• Black Panther Vol. 2 #25
• Iron Man Vol. 3 #35*
• Captain America Vol. 3 #36
• Captain Marvel Vol. 3 #12
• Incredible Hulk Vol. 2 #21
• Peter Parker, Spider-Man Vol. 2 #24
• Thunderbolts #45
• Bishop: The Last X-Man #15*
• Maximum Security #2*
• Marvel Knights #6
• Gambit Vol. 3 #23*
• X-Men #107*
• X-Men Unlimited #29*
• Avengers Vol. 3 #35*
• Maximum Security #3*

Disassembled

2004

This crossover is part one of a "trilogy" of crossovers Marvel has been doing over the last few years.  Part two is House of M and Decimation and part three is Civil War.

• Avengers Disassembled
• Avengers Vol. 1 #500-503, Avengers Finale #1
• Cover Price: $15.99
• Avengers Disassembled: Captain America
• Captain America #29-32, Captain America and the Falcon #5-7
• Cover Price: $17.99
• Avengers Disassembled: Iron Man
• Iron Man #84-89
• Cover Price: $14.99
• Avengers Disassembled: Thor
• Thor #80-85
• Cover Price: $16.99
• Fantastic Four Vol. 5: Disassembled
• Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #514-519
• Cover Price: $14.99
• Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 4: Disassembled
• Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 2 #15-20
• Cover Price: $14.99
• Related Issues
• She-Hulk #11

House of M

2004-2006

House of M is the second part to the "trilogy".  It starts out in Excalibur Vol. 3 then goes into the House of M limited series and there are a lot of limited series that go along with it.  It follows the now insane Scarlet Witch as she tries to fix everything in the world.  This one is more X-Men and Avenger related than anything else.

• Excalibur Vol. 1: Forging the Sword
  •  Excalibur Vol. 3 #1-4
  • Cover Price: $9.99
• Excalibur Vol. 2: Saturday Night Fever
  • Excalibur Vol. 3 #5-10
  • Cover Price: $14.99
• House of M - Excalibur Prelude
  • Excalibur Vol. 3 #11-14
  • Cover Price: $11.99
• House of M
• House of M #1-8, Pulse House of M Special Edition Newspaper
• Cover Price: $24.99
• House of M: World of M, Featuring Wolverine
• Black Panther Vol. 4 #7, Captain America Vol. 5 #10, The Pulse #10, Wolverine Vol. 3 #33-35
• Cover Price: $13.99
• House of M: Fantastic Four/Iron Man
• Fantastic Four: House of M #1-3, Iron Man: House of M #1-3
• Cover Price: $13.99
• House of M: Spider-Man
• Spider-Man: House of M #1-5
• Cover Price: $13.99
• House of M: Incredible Hulk
• Incredible Hulk Vol. 2 #83-87
• Cover Price: $13.99
• House of M: Uncanny X-Men
• Uncanny X-Men #462-465, Secrets of the House of M
• Cover Price: $13.99
• House of M: Mutopia X
• Mutopia X #1-5
• Cover Price: $13.99
• House of M: New X-Men
• New X-Men #16-19, Secrets of the House of M
• Cover Price: $13.99

Decimation

2006

Decimation shows what happens after the events in House of M.

• Decimation: X-Men - The Day After
• Decimation: House of M - The Day After, X-Men #177-181
• Cover Price: $15.99
• Decimation: X-Men - The 198
  • X-Men: The 198 #1-5, X-Men: The 198 Files Handbook
  • Cover Price: $15.99
• Decimation: Son of M
  • Son of M #1-6
  • Cover Price: $13.99
• Decimation: Generation M
• Generation M #1-5
• Cover Price: $13.99
• Decimation: Sentinel Squad O*N*E*
• Sentinel Squad O*N*E* #1-5
• Cover Price: $13.99

Civil War

2006-2007

Marvel super heroes are split in half as one side agrees that the Government force all super-powered beings to register themselves and the other side believes they shouldn't.

• Civil War Prelude
• Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1 #529-531, Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #536-537, New Avengers: Illuminati
• Cover Price: $14.99
• Civil War
• Civil War #1-7, Extras
• Cover Price: $23.99
• Civil War Frontline
• Civl War Frontline #1-6
• Cover Price: $14.99
• Civil War: Captain America vs. Iron Man
• Captain America Vol. 5 #22-24, Iron Man Vol. 4 #13-14, Iron Man/Captain Amercia Special
• Cover Price: $16.99
• Civil War: Amazing Spider-Man
• Amazing Spider-Man #532-538
• Cover Price: $19.99
• Civil War: Peter Parker, Spider-Man
• Sensational Spider-Man #28-34
• Cover Price: $17.99
• Civil War: Fantastic Four
• Fantastic Four #538-543
• Cover Price: $16.99
• Heroes for Hire Vol. 1: Civil War
• Heroes for Hire #1-5
• Cover Price: $13.99
• New Avengers Vol. 5: Civil War Premiere HC
• New Avengers #21-25
• Cover Price: $19.99
• Civil War: Youngs Avengers and Runaways
• Civil War: Young Avengers and Runaways #1-4
• Cover Price: $11.99
• Ms. Marvel Vol. 2: Civil War Premiere HC
• Ms. Marvel Vol. 2 #6-10, Ms. Marvel Special
• Cover Price: $22.99
• Civil War: X-Men
• Civil War: X-Men #1-4
• Cover Price: $10.99
• Civil War: X-Men Universe
• Cable and Deadpool #30-32, X-Factor Vol. 3 #8-9
• Cover Price: $14.99
• Civil War: Wolverine
• Wolverine Vol. 3 #42-48
• Cover Price: $17.99

Finally after working on this for ten hours, I am done!

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