Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) Reading Order
This reading order is designed to give an outline of major storylines featuring Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) throughout Marvel Comics. It may not encompass every one of his appearances but is an outline of the major ones and the stories that affect them.
The continuity details relating to each specific storyline are explained in the “Review” of each storyline. Every “Review” link will provide a detailed continuity breakdown of that story and will explain any reference the story makes to other aspects of the DC Universe. All of this can be found under the “Continuity” section of each link.
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Silver Age
Captain Marvel was created and introduced in the later half of Marvel’s Silver Age.
Mar-Vell’s comic book journey began with a lead role in the Marvel Super-Heroes series but quickly moved to a self-titled solo series. His adventures are mostly contained within this solo series until the end of the Silver Age. At this point, his solo series took a brief hiatus and he played a major part in the Kree/Skrull War (Reading Order).
Essential | Extra | ||
Issue | Collection | Issue | Collection |
Marvel Super-Heroes #12 | Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol. 1 (Review) | ||
Marvel Super-Heroes #13 | |||
Captain Marvel #1 | |||
Captain Marvel #2 | |||
Captain Marvel #3 | |||
Captain Marvel #4 | |||
Captain Marvel #5 | |||
Captain Marvel #6 | |||
Captain Marvel #7 | |||
Captain Marvel #8 | |||
Captain Marvel #9 | |||
Captain Marvel #10 | Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol. 2 (Review) | ||
Captain Marvel #11 | |||
Captain Marvel #12 | |||
Captain Marvel #13 | |||
Captain Marvel #14 | |||
Captain Marvel #15 | |||
Captain Marvel #16 | |||
Captain Marvel #17 | |||
Captain Marvel #18 | |||
Captain Marvel #19 | |||
Avengers #72 | Marvel Masterworks: Avengers Vol. 8 (Review) 1 | ||
Captain Marvel #20 | Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol. 2 (Review) | ||
Captain Marvel #21 | |||
Sub Mariner #30 | Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Vol. 5 2 | ||
Avengers #89 | Marvel Masterworks: Avengers Vol. 10 (Review) or Avengers: Kree/Skrull War (Review) (Reading Order) | ||
Avengers #90 | |||
Avengers #91 | |||
Avengers #92 | |||
Avengers #93 | |||
Avengers #94 | |||
Avengers #95 | |||
Avengers #96 | |||
Avengers #97 |