Civil War 2006 Crossover Event Reading Order

Civil War is arguably Marvel’s one of the most successful comic book events. In this crossover event, the United States government passed a Superhero Registration Act where all the superheroes have to submit their identity to the US government under official regulation.

However, many superheroes were against this bill led including Captain America and many superheroes supported this bill led by Ironman. Some superheroes like Spiderman were stuck between them. This led to a civil war between Captain America’s team and Ironman’s team.

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The complete story was more than 1300 pages including all the tie-ins and parallel stories. Superhero Registration Act impacted the lives of almost every superhero in Marvel Universe and Marvel was able to capture the same storyline in their superhit movie Civil War in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Civil War (2006) FAQ

Series	Civil War
Writer	Mark Miller
Penciler	Steve McNiven
Core Parts	7
Publisher	Marvel Comics

What to read before Civil War?

New Warriors (2004) #1 to #6

This series will give you insight into new young superheroes added under Avenger’s supervision.

The road to Civil War

Amazing Spider-Man #529
Amazing Spider-Man #530
Amazing Spider-Man #531
Fantastic Four #536
Fantastic Four #537
New Avengers: Illuminati

Civil War (2006) Essential reading order

Civil War huge event in terms of material. However, we listed out some comics which are essential to get the story from its core.

Civil War #1 to #7

These seven core issues include everything you need to understand the story. The story starts when one of the villains Nitro explodes against the battle with the New Warrior team and the accident killed more than 600 people. Public opinion turns against superhumans and the story starts.

Amazing Spiderman #532 to #538

Spiderman under Ironman’s influence revealed his identity on national television and all of his villains starts targetting his personal life and family. The life of Spiderman was changed by the events of the Civil War and he was one of the most impacted superheroes from this war.

Fantastic Four #538 to #542

The Fantastic Four were most affected in this war after Captain America, Ironman, and Spiderman. These tie-ins will show you betrayals and loyalty between the family of the Fantastic Four during the war and the reasons behind their choice of sides during the war.