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Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-in comics

January 01, 2024

The Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-in comic books are limited series or one-shot comics published by Marvel Comics that tie into the films and television series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The comics are written and illustrated by a variety of individuals, and each one consists of 1 to 4 issues. They are intended to tell additional stories about existing characters, or to make connections between MCU projects, without necessarily expanding the universe or introducing new concepts or characters.

Marvel Cinematic Universe
tie-in comics
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
FormatLimited series
One-shots
Genre
Publication date2008 – 2022
No. of issues1–4
Main character(s)Characters appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The first MCU tie-in comics to be published were Iron Man: Fast Friends, The Incredible Hulk: The Fury Files, and Nick Fury: Spies Like Us, all in 2008. They were followed by an adaptation of Iron Man in 2010, along with Iron Man 2: Fist of Iron (2010), Iron Man 2: Public Identity (2010), Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2010), Captain America: First Vengeance (2011), Captain America & Thor: Avengers (2011), The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week (2012), The Avengers Initiative (2012), The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes (2012), and an adaptation of Iron Man 2 (2012). Comic tie-ins for Marvel's television series began in 2014 with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase, followed by Jessica Jones (2015).

Marvel changed its approach to film tie-in material in 2012, retroactively dividing the tie-in comics into those that exist within the MCU continuity, and those that are merely inspired by the films and television series. Since then, Iron Man 3 Prelude (2013), Thor: The Dark World Prelude (2013), Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude – This Scepter'd Isle (2015), Ant-Man Prelude (2015), Ant-Man – Scott Lang: Small Time (2015), Captain America: Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic (2016), Doctor Strange Prelude (2016), Doctor Strange Prelude Infinite Comic (2016), Black Panther Prelude (2017), and Avengers: Infinity War Prelude (2018) have been released in the former category, along with film adaptations of Thor (2013), Captain America: The First Avenger (2013), The Avengers (2014–15), Iron Man 3 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2015–16), Guardians of the Galaxy (2017), Captain America: Civil War (2017), The Incredible Hulk (2017), Thor: The Dark World (2017), Ant-Man (2018), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018–19).

Development edit

The MCU [comics] are going to be stories set within movie continuity. [They are] not necessarily direct adaptations of the movies, but maybe something that happened off screen and was mentioned in the movie...[Marvel Studios chief] Kevin Feige is involved with these and in some cases maybe the writers of the movies would be involved [as well.]

—Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada outlining his plan for the MCU comic books in November 2010.[1]

In 2008, Marvel released Iron Man: Fast Friends, a comic prequel to Iron Man, for which writer Paul Tobin was given a broad outline and some "temporal staging" so as to allow the comic to tie into the film.[2] Later that year, The Incredible Hulk: Fury Files, which serves as a prequel to The Incredible Hulk, was released, detailing an encounter between the Hulk and Nick Fury, characters who had not yet been seen together in the MCU. Writer Frank Tieri noted that the tie-in comics "provide Marvel with the opportunity to do a lot of different things" that other media do not, including the exploration of non-superhero genres and the reintroduction of older characters.[3]

Alejandro Arbona, the Marvel editor tasked with overseeing the 2010 tie-in comics Iron Man 2: Public Identity and Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., explained that Marvel "want to show readers more of that world, that connective tissue between all the movies, and a little bit more of how the characters interact", so the publishing side worked with Brad Winderbaum, Jeremy Latcham, and Will Corona Pilgrim at Marvel Studios to decide which concepts should be carried over from the Marvel Comics Universe to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what to show in the tie-in comics and what to leave for the films, and how to "make these stories as strong as possible" from their experience making the films.[4]

For Marvel's The Avengers in 2012, Marvel's senior vice-president of sales David Gabriel described a "more focused" approach to tie-ins than previously, with the intention to reach fans of 'all walks of life'. This was echoed by Rich Thomas, global editorial director at Disney Publishing, who wanted the Avengers program to be "all things to all people. Just like the film, from the youngest reader...to the Marvel enthusiast."[5] Since then, many of the tie-ins have had the red 'Avengers' stamp on the cover.[6] Pilgrim, the creative director of research and development at Marvel Studios, confirmed that the previously released Public Identity, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and First Vengeance, were all official MCU stories,[7] with the other previously released tie-in comics considered to be inspired by the MCU only.[8]

When we started launching Marvel Studios and decided these movies were interconnected...we wanted to make sure it made sense as a cohesive, whole piece, [which] really sort of freed us up to start asking what other stories would we like to tell....anything that we really loved but didn't necessarily have a place in the film[s] is fair game.

—Captain America: The First Avenger co-producer Stephen Broussard in February 2011, on the conception of the tie-in comics.[9]

Comic writer Fred Van Lente stated in 2013 that he had proposed a regular comic series set within the MCU to Marvel, but they wished to keep all possibilities open for potential film and television development. He said that this was also the reason why Marvel does not want writers to introduce new elements to the MCU through tie-in comics.[10] In March 2014, Pilgrim confirmed that the MCU Infinite Comics were officially canon.[11] That July, the MCU tie-in comics expanded to television tie-ins with the release of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase, a comic inspired by the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[12][13] In November, Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso avoided a question of whether an ongoing comic series could be set within the MCU, but did note that Marvel Comics would "always be working on books set in the Cinematic Universe...the collected editions of those comics end up being some of the best sellers of the year".[14]

In February 2015, Pilgrim clarified that the canon tie-ins "are considered official MCU canon stories" set in the same universe as the films and television series, whereas the other, "inspired by" tie-ins are "more about having another fun adventure with the Avengers....where we get to show off all the characters from the film in costume and in comic form", but not affect the official MCU continuity.[15]

Marvel Cinematic Universe-set titles edit

Title No. of
Issues 		Publication date(s) Writer(s) Artist(s)
First published Last published
Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! 2 January 27, 2010 (2010-01-27) February 24, 2010 (2010-02-24) Peter David[16] Sean Chen[16]
Iron Man 2: Public Identity 3 April 28, 2010 (2010-04-28) May 12, 2010 (2010-05-12) Joe Casey and Justin Theroux[17] Barry Kitson[17]
Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1 September 1, 2010 (2010-09-01) Joe Casey[17] Tim Green, Felix Ruiz, and Matt Camp[17]
Captain America: First Vengeance 8 (digital)
4 (print) 		May 4, 2011 (2011-05-04) June 29, 2011 (2011-06-29) Fred Van Lente[18] Neil Edwards[19] and Luke Ross[20]
Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week 8 (digital)
4 (print) 		March 7, 2012 (2012-03-07) April 18, 2012 (2012-04-18) Story by: Christopher Yost and Eric Pearson[21]
Scripts by: Eric Pearson[21]		 Luke Ross[22]
Marvel's The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes 3 May 2, 2012 (2012-05-02) June 6, 2012 (2012-06-06) Fred Van Lente[23] Neil Edwards[24]
Marvel's Iron Man 2 2 November 7, 2012 (2012-11-07) December 5, 2012 (2012-12-05) Christos N. Gage[25] Ramon Rosanas[25]
Marvel's Thor 2 January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16) February 20, 2013 (2013-02-20) Christos N. Gage[26] Lan Medina[27]
Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger 2 November 6, 2013 (2013-11-06) December 11, 2013 (2013-12-11) Peter David[28] Wellinton Alves[28]
Marvel's The Avengers 2 December 24, 2014 (2014-12-24) January 7, 2015 (2015-01-07) Will Corona Pilgrim[29] Joe Bennett[29]
Marvel's Iron Man 3 Prelude 2 January 2, 2013 (2013-01-02) February 6, 2013 (2013-02-06) Christos N. Gage[26] Steve Kurth[26]
Marvel's Thor: The Dark World Prelude 2 June 5, 2013 (2013-06-05) July 10, 2013 (2013-07-10) Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost[30] Scot Eaton[30] and Ron Lim[31]
Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic 1 January 28, 2014 (2014-01-28) Peter David[32] Rock He-Kim[32]
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic – Dangerous Prey 1 April 1, 2014 (2014-04-01) Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning[33] Andrea Di Vito[33]
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude 2 April 2, 2014 (2014-04-02) May 28, 2014 (2014-05-28) Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Wellinton Alves[34]
Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude – This Scepter'd Isle 1 February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03) Will Corona Pilgrim[35] Wellinton Alves[35]
Marvel's Ant-Man Prelude 2 February 4, 2015 (2015-02-04) March 4, 2015 (2015-03-04) Will Corona Pilgrim[36] Miguel Sepulveda[36]
Marvel's Ant-Man – Scott Lang: Small Time 1 March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03) Will Corona Pilgrim[37] Wellinton Alves and Daniel Govar[37]
Marvel's Jessica Jones 1 October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07) Brian Michael Bendis[38] Michael Gaydos[38]
Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude 4 December 16, 2015 (2015-12-16) January 27, 2016 (2016-01-27) Will Corona Pilgrim[39] Szymon Kudranski[39] and Lee Ferguson[40][41]
Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic 1 February 10, 2016 (2016-02-10) Will Corona Pilgrim[42] Lee Ferguson, Goran Sudžuka,
and Guillermo Mogorron[42]
Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude 2 July 6, 2016 (2016-07-06) August 24, 2016 (2016-08-24) Will Corona Pilgrim[43] Jorge Fornés[43]
Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude Infinite Comic – The Zealot 1 September 7, 2016 (2016-09-07) Will Corona Pilgrim Jorge Fornés
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude 2 January 4, 2017 (2017-01-04) February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01) Will Corona Pilgrim[44] Christopher Allen[44]
Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude 2 March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01) April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05) Will Corona Pilgrim[45] Todd Nauck[45]
Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok Prelude 4 July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05) August 16, 2017 (2017-08-16) Will Corona Pilgrim[46] J.L. Giles[46]
Marvel's Black Panther Prelude 2 October 18, 2017 (2017-10-18) November 15, 2017 (2017-11-15) Will Corona Pilgrim[47] Annapaola Martello[47]
Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Prelude 2[48] December 18, 2017 (2017-12-18)/January 24, 2018 (2018-01-24)[49] February 5, 2018 (2018-02-05)/February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28)[50] Will Corona Pilgrim[51] Tigh Walker[52] and Jorge Fornés[53]
Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude 2 March 7, 2018 (2018-03-07) April 4, 2018 (2018-04-04) Will Corona Pilgrim[54] Chris Allen[54]
Marvel's Captain Marvel Prelude 1 November 14, 2018 (2018-11-14) Will Corona Pilgrim[55] Andrea Di Vito[55]
Marvel's Avengers: Endgame Prelude 3 December 5, 2018 (2018-12-05) February 20, 2019 (2019-02-20) Will Corona Pilgrim[41] Paco Diaz[41]
Spider-Man: Far From Home Prelude 2 March 27, 2019 (2019-03-27) April 24, 2019 (2019-04-24) Will Corona Pilgrim[56] Luca Maresca[56]
Marvel's Black Widow Prelude 2 January 15, 2020 (2020-01-15) February 19, 2020 (2020-02-19) Peter David[57] C.F. Villa[57]
Eternals: The 500 Year War 7 January 12, 2022 (2022-01-12) Dan Abnett, Aki Yanagi, Jongmin Shin, Ju-Yeon Park, David Macho, Rafael Scavone and Yifan Jiang[58] Geoffo, Matt Milla, Joe Sabino, Rickie Yagawa, Carlos Macias, Do Gyun Kim, Fernando Sifuentes, Magda Price, Pete Pantazis, Marcio Fiorito, Felipe Sobreiro and Gunji[58]

Adaptations edit

Several comics adapting the story of the films have been released: Iron Man: I Am Iron Man!, an adaptation of Iron Man;[16] Marvel's Iron Man 2, an adaptation of Iron Man 2;[25] Marvel's Thor, an adaptation of Thor;[27] Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger, an adaptation of Captain America: The First Avenger;[28] Marvel's The Avengers, an adaptation of The Avengers;[29] Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude, an adaptation of both Iron Man 3 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier;[39] Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude, an adaptation of Guardians of the Galaxy,[59] Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude, an adaptation of Captain America: Civil War;[45] Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok Prelude, an adaptation of both The Incredible Hulk and Thor: The Dark World,[60] Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude, an adaptation of Ant-Man,[61] Marvel's Avengers: Endgame Prelude, an adaptation of Avengers: Infinity War,[62] and Spider-Man: Far From Home Prelude, an adaptation of Spider-Man: Homecoming.[63]

In January 2015, Pilgrim explained the process for adapting films into tie-in comics, noting that scripts and other behind-the-scenes material are referenced in addition to the actual films. Because of this, the adaptations sometimes have new scenes, which Marvel "felt strongly enough" to include as canon, even though they were never filmed. Examples include an interaction between Jasper Sitwell and Nick Fury in Iron Man: I Am Iron Man!, the "Boys Flight Out" sequence from Iron Man 2, where Tony Stark invites James Rhodes to wear the Iron Man Mark II armor,[64] and an additional interaction set during Captain America: Civil War between Peter Parker and his Aunt May in Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude.

Iron Man 2: Public Identity (2010) edit

Decades ago, Howard Stark worked with Anton Vanko to build the first arc reactor, but when Howard realized Vanko's greedy goals, he had him arrested and deported before, at the urging of Obadiah Stane, returning to the business of arms dealing that made him so successful in the past. In the present, Stark's son Tony uses the arc reactor technology to power his Iron Man armor, and after revealing this identity to the world, becomes a public hero. U.S. General Thaddeus Ross commissions Stark's business rival Justin Hammer to build a single-pilot vehicle to replace Iron Man, who has been interfering with and causing trouble for the military. When testing the new vehicle, the pilot crash lands in unfriendly territory, under attack from the Congolese army. Tony saves the airman, but, to the chagrin of Ross, refuses to return the Congolese soldiers' fire. Director Nick Fury and Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. later review Stark's actions.[65][66][67]

Public Identity was written by Joe Casey and Justin Theroux, with art by Barry Kitson,[17] and the three issues were published on April 28,[68] May 5,[69] and May 12, 2010,[70] respectively. Theroux, who wrote the screenplay for Iron Man 2, was able to show Casey "a fairly finalized script" before the two began work on the tie-in.[17] In May 2010, Alejandro Arbona, who oversaw the creation of the comic, explained that the story of the tie-ins had to come "organically from the stuff that happened in Iron Man —what would happen to a man who'd just revealed his super hero identity to the world?—and it had to move us toward the stuff we knew was going to be important in Iron Man 2".[4] In September 2010, Casey noted that writing an MCU tie-in comic required working within the boundaries of the movie continuity and Marvel Studios' plan, as well as writing the characters as portrayed in the films (the "movie version of Stark has a specific attitude" that Casey tried to put in the comic, for example).[17]

The comic, set after Iron Man but before Iron Man 2 and The Incredible Hulk, was conceived to explain the post-credits scenes of Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, where Tony Stark meets Nick Fury for the first time but General Ross not for the first time, respectively.[15] Arbona said that "when Tony Stark spoke to General Ross at the end of The Incredible Hulk, you could tell they already knew each other; they spoke about some shared history they'd had together. Well in Iron Man 2: Public Identity you see when they first meet, and what that shared history is."[4] This comic explains that the AI J.A.R.V.I.S. was created in memory of Edwin Jarvis, introduced here as Howard Stark's butler. A younger version of the character appears in Agent Carter, portrayed by James D'Arcy.[71]

Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2010) edit

Nick Fury plants a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent aboard a Ten Rings-controlled vessel in the Gulf of Aden in an effort to get a live account of Iron Man in action, while Tony Stark is keeping an eye on S.H.I.E.L.D. himself.[72] Phil Coulson monitors the first field operation of a S.H.I.E.L.D. recruit who is tasked with taking down a Ten Rings terrorist cell on American soil, which Coulson later reveals was a set up, a common S.H.I.E.L.D. test for new recruits.[73] Natasha Romanoff infiltrates Stark Industries under the alias of Natalie Rushman, using her spy skills to quickly work her way up the company until she meets with Stark personally.[74]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was written by Joe Casey and released on September 1, 2010.[75] It consists of three, eight-page stories, each spotlighting a different character:[76] Nick Fury in "Who Made Who", with art by Tim Green; Phil Coulson in "Just Off the Farm", with art by Felix Ruiz; and Natasha Romanoff in "Proximity", with art by Matt Camp.[75] Casey said of the short stories, "The movie studio is very aware of what they're doing, so they paid close attention...It's not exactly the Marvel Universe I grew up with, [but] it's not like the Ultimate universe either. It's a brand new thing, with its own rules and its own continuity."[17]

The end of "Proximity" depicts Romanoff, working undercover in the legal department of Stark Industries, meeting with Tony Stark in his home gym. This is also the scene in Iron Man 2 where the character is introduced, the story therefore acting as a direct prequel / parallel story to the film.[76]

Captain America: First Vengeance (2011) edit

In 1944, as he attacks a Hydra base in the Nazi-occupied Danish Straits, Steve Rogers recalls parts of his life that got him to this point: his mother's blessing to become a soldier; his first meeting with Bucky Barnes, who protected him from bullies as a boy; the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, when Bucky and Steve decided to enlist; Bucky training Steve to pass the physical; and the point when Bucky passed the physical but Steve failed.[77] Johann Schmidt watches Rogers fight, and recalls how he got to this point: meeting Adolf Hitler; capturing Arnim Zola to research creating super soldiers; and finding Abraham Erskine and blackmailing him into continuing his super soldier research under the employ of the Nazis.[78] Howard Stark, via radio, assists Rogers, remembering when he was recruited by Colonel Phillips to join the Strategic Scientific Reserve, and when he helped Peggy Carter rescue Erskine from Schmidt.[79] Dum Dum Dugan and the Howling Commandos arrive to assist Rogers, and they remember their formation—thrust together in a Hydra work camp, forming close friendships after a failed escape attempt. After they defeat the Hydra soldiers, Rogers destroys Schmidt's main weapon at the base, an Asgardian artifact.[80]

First Vengeance was written by Fred Van Lente,[18] with art for the first half of the comic by Neil Edwards,[19] and by Luke Ross for the rest.[20] The first of eight digital issues was released on February 6, 2011,[9] with the other seven subsequently released on February 16,[81] March 2,[82] March 23,[83] June 8,[84] July 6,[85] July 13,[86] and July 20,[87] respectively. The comic was also published in four issues on May 4,[19] May 18,[88] June 15,[20] and June 29, 2011,[89] respectively. On what the comic covers, Captain America: The First Avenger co-producer Stephen Broussard explained that there were "lots of little side stories" that they found fascinating but didn't fit into the story of the film, so the comic allows those to be told. These side stories include some backstory to the film, some action running parallel to the film, and some hints at "things to come", and are "all sort of jumbled up". Van Lente read the film's script, and had his own comic scripts overlooked by Quesada and Broussard, to keep the comic in line with the film.[9] Some of Van Lente's initial ideas, when he felt that he could do anything because of the comic medium, had to be changed due to not fitting into the realistic world of the MCU,[15] a process Van Lente described as "making comics on a budget".[15]

Van Lente stated, "What's neat about the MCU, just like in the comics' universe, is the interconnections between various movies, particularly Iron Man 2 and Thor. You'll start to see those coming out in First Vengeance."[9] On the differences between the MCU and original versions of the characters, Van Lente noted that when Joe Simon and Jack Kirby originally created Captain America, they "didn't have 20/20 hindsight to see how things would fit together with the Marvel characters to follow. With the MCU, we're able to make those connections and heighten all of the characters' weight."[18]

Marvel's The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week (2012) edit

Main article: Fury's Big Week

Fury's Big Week was written by Christopher Yost and Eric Pearson,[21] and was released digitally in eight issues, on February 5 (tying-into the wider The Avengers marketing campaign, which released a new trailer on that day), February 14, February 21, February 28, March 5, March 12, March 19, and March 26, 2012, respectively.[90] The comic was published in hard copy as four issues on March 7,[22] March 21,[91] April 4,[92] and April 18, 2012,[93] respectively. The comic retells the events of The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger from the point-of-view of S.H.I.E.L.D., with extra scenes added to weave them all together.[21]

Marvel's The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes (2012) edit

Natasha Romanoff is taken by surprise in Russia when her target is killed by a "fan" of hers named Sofia. Breaking contact with her S.H.I.E.L.D. superiors, Romanoff begins a competition with Sofia for the mantle of the "Black Widow", discovering that Sofia's employer is selling the parts for a new missile to the Ten Rings. Romanoff tracks Sofia to a missile launch site targeting North Korea, where she stalls long enough for S.H.I.E.L.D. to intervene. Sofia is killed in the ensuing chaos.[94][95][96]

Written by Fred Van Lente, with art by Neil Edwards,[23][24] the comic (which is set in Romanoff's native Russia) first appeared in copies of the Maxim Russia magazine, before being released as a traditional, three-issue comic series[23] on May 2,[24] May 16,[97] and June 6, 2012,[98] respectively. The decision was made to give Romanoff her own comic ahead of The Avengers because Marvel felt that she "remains the most enigmatic of the Avengers" despite appearing in previous films. Van Lente explained the relationship between Black Widow Strikes and the films by saying, "This is on the same scale as the Marvel movies. We're working closely with Marvel Studios to have it integrate seamlessly with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Once this is over, they're welcome to use any of my ideas here for a movie." Van Lente took inspiration "from Joss Whedon's script for Marvel's the Avengers, which I was lucky enough to read. He does a good job making her inclusion on the team perfectly believable."[23]

Black Widow Strikes is set between Iron Man 2 and The Avengers, and deals with "some loose ends from Iron Man 2, namely some bootleg Stark technology that Justin Hammer made.[23] The idea of the "Black Widow" being more of a mantle than the codename of a single agent is further explored in Agent Carter, where an early Black Widow training program is introduced, and in Avengers: Age of Ultron, where some of Romanoff's training is shown through flashbacks.[99][100]

Marvel's Iron Man 3 Prelude (2013) edit

Tony Stark becomes occupied as he begins construction of Stark Tower in New York, so James Rhodes picks up where Iron Man left off in the fight against the Ten Rings terrorist organization. After 10 months of skirmishes across the world, Rhodey is ambushed in Hong Kong by Ten Rings agents with Hammer Technology, including a nuclear powered tank. Rhodes manages to get the tank out of the city before the insurgents detonate its power source, and returns to America in time to find the aftermath of the Battle of New York. Later, Tony reveals to Rhodes his plans for an Iron Legion, and a Ten Rings operative reports to his master, The Mandarin, informing him that they have full scans of the Stark Technology in Rhodey's suit.[101][102]

Iron Man 3 Prelude was written by Christos Gage, with art by Steve Kurth, with the first issue released on January 2, 2013,[26] and the second on February 6.[103]

Marvel's Thor: The Dark World Prelude (2013) edit

In the year following the destruction of the Bifrost, the Asgardian means of transportation throughout the cosmos, both the nine realms and nearby planets have fallen into chaos, while astrophysicist Jane Foster has failed in her attempts to re-open a wormhole in New Mexico, an action requiring the Bifrost to be functional. When the presumed dead Loki attacks Earth and steals the Tesseract, Odin uses the secret, dangerous power of Dark Energy to send Thor to intervene. Following the Battle of New York, Thor returns to Asgard with Loki and the Tesseract. Loki is imprisoned in the dungeons to serve a life sentence, while Thor uses the Tesseract's power to repair the Bifrost and allow Asgard to bring order back to the nine realms and beyond.[104][105]

Thor: The Dark World Prelude was written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, with the first issue released on June 5, 2013, with art by Scot Eaton,[30] and the second on July 10 with art by Ron Lim.[31]

Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic (2014) edit

Following the Battle of New York, Steve Rogers is working with Natasha Romanoff and Brock Rumlow for S.H.I.E.L.D. When a terrorist group steals the Zodiac virus from S.H.I.E.L.D., the team track them to Willis Tower in Chicago where they take them out and recover the virus.[106]

Peter David writes Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic, with art by Rock-He Kim. The comic was published on January 28, 2014, and sees David set up key themes for Captain America: The Winter Soldier: "Black Widow and Rumlow...They're okay with doing what they're told. Cap, however, is way more suspicious and wants a clearer idea of what's going on, and is annoyed that S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't big on being forthcoming." On Cap's relationships with new partners Black Widow and Brock Rumlow, "I think he sees her as a valued ally, but [he] tends to be suspicious of the outfit that she works for. He trusts her as someone to have his back in a fight, but I think also believes that if S.H.I.E.L.D. told her to put a knife in his back, she would do so without hesitation, and that can be problematic. Rumlow, meantime, is an eager partner, but Cap doesn't trust him at all. First, there's the suspicion aspect. And second, I think Cap is still gun-shy because the last time he had a partner, Bucky wound up dying—or at least so he believes—and he's not anxious for history to repeat itself."[32]

The Zodiac virus featured heavily in the comic was first introduced to the MCU in the Marvel One-Shot Agent Carter, where it is recovered by the titular character for the SSR, the precursor to S.H.I.E.L.D.[107]

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic – Dangerous Prey (2014) edit

With one Infinity Stone, the Aether, in his possession, the Collector actively searches for the other five, and when he discovers the Orb to be on a desolate planet, he hires the assassin Gamora to retrieve it.[108]

Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, who revived the Guardians of the Galaxy series in 2008, agreed to write the tie-in comic preludes to the film Guardians of the Galaxy, as a favor to director James Gunn.[34] The Infinite Comic was released on April 1, 2014, and features art by Andrea De Vito.[33]

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude (2014) edit

Issue 1 sees Nebula, while searching for the Orb, remembering growing up with Gamora and their father, Thanos, as well as her recent experiences with Ronan the Accuser. Issue 2 follows Rocket and Groot as bounty hunters in the lead-up to Guardians of the Galaxy.[109][110]

This film prelude was also written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, with Lanning writing the plots based on brainstormed ideas, and Abnett writing the final scripts.[111] With art by Wellinton Alves,[34] the issues were published on April 2 and May 28, 2014, respectively.[112][113] The stories were intended to flesh out the history of the film characters based on the details in Gunn's script,[34] while Abnett also attempted to bridge the feeling of the film with that of the original comics.[111] Speaking on working with familiar characters, but now the film versions of them, Abnett said, "[It's] Fun, but a little odd. The characters of the Prelude comics had to fit very cleanly to the movie versions so there wasn't quite the same opportunity for madcap invention...I had to make sure the tone fitted precisely." Lanning said, "There's a definite distinction between the Marvel comic universe and the Marvel Cinematic universe...[but] these characters are not so distant to their comic counterparts as to be unrecognizable, they are more like an alternate version, similar to what the Ultimate Universe did."[34]

Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude – This Scepter'd Isle (2015) edit

Following the Battle of New York, a disgruntled S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist studying Loki's scepter and its connection to the Tesseract is recruited by Hydra to steal the scepter. With it in the possession of high-ranking Hydra member Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, Hydra begins experimenting on the scepter, eventually using it to unlock special abilities within two volunteers, the twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff.[114]

Released on February 3, 2015, this comic is written by Pilgrim and illustrated by Wellinton Alves.[35]

Marvel's Ant-Man Prelude (2015) edit

During the Cold War, when Howard Stark demands the Pym Particle Suit, created to shrink its wearer, from S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist Hank Pym to take down radicals in Soviet-occupied Germany who are reverse-engineering Hydra technology, Pym insists on carrying out the mission himself to keep his invention out of the wrong hands.[115] Crossing the Berlin Wall and infiltrating the enemy compound, Pym discovers the plans for Hydra memory suppression technology, and makes his way to a secret lab where the reverse-engineered machine is being tested. Taking out the radicals using the suit's size-changing properties, Pym destroys the technology so that no one can use it. Pym then decides to continue taking missions for S.H.I.E.L.D.[116]

Ant-Man Prelude was written by Pilgrim and illustrated by Miguel Sepulveda,[64] with the two issues released on February 4 and March 4, 2015, respectively.[117][118] The comic was conceived to show Pym using the suit and to explain the quandary that comes with having his technology, to lead up to the film. Though a specific year that the comic takes place in is never specified, Pilgrim explained that it is set in the mid-1980s, when Mikhail Gorbachev served as Soviet leader. Pilgrim described the comic as a "spy action story" with some "thriller elements".[15] Pilgrim wanted the comic to feature the Berlin Wall prominently following a childhood experience with an exhibit recreating part of it.[64]

Hydra's interest in and experimentation with memory suppression technology was previously explored in the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter.[119][120][121]

Marvel's Ant-Man – Scott Lang: Small Time (2015) edit

After discovering that his employer is illegally overcharging its customers, and failing to expose the crime thanks to his boss's influence in the media, Scott Lang decides to steal the company's money and return it to the customers. During the robbery, Lang gets carried away and attempts to steal his boss's personal property, including his car. After accidentally crashing the car, Lang is caught and eventually imprisoned.[122]

An infinite comic written by Pilgrim, with art by Wellinton Alves and Daniel Govar, Scott Lang: Small Time was released on March 3, 2015.[37]

Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015) edit

After being beaten by Daredevil, Turk Barrett is visited in the hospital by private investigator Jessica Jones, who has been hired by one of Barrett's baby mamas to get money from him to support their child.[123]

Prior to the release of Marvel's Jessica Jones television series, a Jessica Jones one-shot was released digitally on October 7, 2015, written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Michael Gaydos, the original creators of the character. David Mack also returns from the original comic Alias as the cover artist. Print versions of the comic were exclusively handed out at New York Comic Con 2015. Bendis explained that the one-shot "is in the Marvel TV universe and it celebrates the new show".[38][124]

The comic explores "the connective tissue that will build between the series", by having Daredevil appear in a Jessica Jones story.[38]

Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic – Crossroads (2016) edit

Following the defeat of Hydra at the Triskelion, Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier hunts down and kills his remaining Hydra handlers before going on the run. Months later, Brock Rumlow awakes from a coma and learns of Hydra's defeat and the death of his leader, Alexander Pierce, deciding to head out on his own. After the battle of Sokovia years later, Captain America is balancing his personal search for Barnes with his duties as leader of the new Avengers. The former leads him and the team to Nigeria, where instead of Barnes they find Rumlow, now going by 'Crossbones'.[42]

Written by Pilgrim,[42] "Crossroads"[125] was released on February 10, 2016.[126] The comic is told from the perspective of three different characters, Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier, Brock Rumlow / Crossbones, and Steve Rogers / Captain America, with art for each perspective provided by Lee Ferguson, Goran Sudžuka, and Guillermo Mogorron, respectively.[42]

Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude (2016) edit

The Masters of the Mystic Arts – Kaecilius, Wong, Tina Minoru and Daniel Drumm – pursue a woman as she attacks several landmarks around London with a stolen dark sceptre, a powerful artifact. The arrogant Kaecilius attempts to subdue the woman himself, but it takes the combined power of the masters to overcome the sceptre's magic. After reclaiming it, the Masters store the relic in their Sanctum Sanctorum with others like it.[127] Another Master, Mordo, and their teacher, the Ancient One, face a Chinese group who have discovered the powerful Arrow of Apollon and plan to use it to gain power over innocent civilians. They also successfully retrieve the artifact, and it is placed in the Sanctum as well.[128]

Written by Pilgrim, with art by Jorge Fornés, the two-issues of the Doctor Strange prelude were released on July 6 and August 24, 2016, respectively.[43][129]

Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude Infinite Comic – The Zealot (2016) edit

This Prelude Infinite Comic, centered on Kaecilius, was released on September 7, 2016.[130]

Marvel's Black Panther Prelude (2017) edit

This comic tells the story of how T'Challa first became the Black Panther, protector of the isolationist country Wakanda, a story not yet told in the MCU.[47]

The comic is set nearly a decade before the film Black Panther, around the end of the first Iron Man film, and reveals that T'Challa has been acting as the Black Panther since then, making him that hero for almost a decade before his film introduction in Captain America: Civil War.[131]

Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Prelude (2018) edit

The first comic tells the present whereabouts of all the Avengers after the events of Civil War and Thor: Ragnarok.[132]

The second comic gives us an overview of the whereabouts of all the Infinity Stones shown in the MCU thus far, leading to Avengers: Infinity War.

Marvel's Captain Marvel Prelude (2018) edit

The one-shot comic, called "The Peacekeepers", follows Nick Fury and Maria Hill between the events of Age of Ultron and Infinity War.

Marvel's Black Widow Prelude (2020) edit

This comic retells Natasha Romanoff's history, including events from the films Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Captain America: Civil War, as told by Councilwoman Hawley and Secretary Thaddeus Ross.

Eternals: The 500 Year War (2022) edit

This infinite comic is a series of flashbacks set during Eternals (2021), set in 1520.[133]

Recurring characters edit

See also: List of Marvel Cinematic Universe film actors, List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series actors (Marvel Studios), and List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series actors (Marvel Television)

This table includes characters who have appeared in multiple MCU tie-in comics, headlining at least one.

Character First appearance Notes
Phil Coulson Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! Coulson was introduced to the MCU in Iron Man, and is portrayed in live action by Clark Gregg.[134]
Nick Fury Fury was introduced to the MCU in Iron Man, and is portrayed in live action by Samuel L. Jackson.[135]
James "Rhodey" Rhodes
War Machine 		Rhodes was introduced to the MCU in Iron Man, where he was portrayed by Terrence Howard before being recast, with Don Cheadle playing the character in subsequent MCU films.[136]
Steve Rogers
Captain America 		Captain America: First Vengeance Rogers was introduced to the MCU in Captain America: The First Avenger, and is portrayed in live action by Chris Evans.[137]
Natasha Romanoff
Black Widow 		Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Romanoff was introduced to the MCU in Iron Man 2, and is portrayed in live action by Scarlett Johansson.[138]
Tony Stark
Iron Man 		Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! Stark was introduced to the MCU in Iron Man, and is portrayed in live action by Robert Downey, Jr.[139]
Thor The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week Thor was introduced to the MCU in Thor, and is portrayed in live action by Chris Hemsworth.[140]

Reception edit

Sales edit

The following table lists the known retail sales figures of the collected editions.

Title Publication date US retail sales US revenue (est.) Source
Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! April 14, 2010 1,600 $27,184 [141]
Captain America: First Vengeance July 20, 2011 2,500 $37,475 [142]
Road to Marvel's The Avengers March 28, 2012 1,900 $47,481 [143]
The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week May 16, 2012 2,100 $31,479
The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes September 19, 2012 1,800 $23,382
Thor: The Dark World Prelude October 22, 2013 1,700 $25,483 [144]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Prelude April 1, 2014 1,755 $26,307 [145]
Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude April 7, 2014 4,516 $67,695
Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude April 7, 2015 2,955 $50,205 [146]
Marvel's Ant-Man Prelude June 23, 2015 2,373 $35,571
Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude April 19, 2016 1,750 $27,983 [147]
Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude October 11, 2016 2,005 $34,065
Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude June 20, 2017 1,807 $27,087 [148]
Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Prelude April 4, 2018 3,476 $55,581 [149]
Total 32,237 $516,978

Critical response edit

Jesse Schedeen of IGN gave Public Identity a score of 7.2 out of 10, calling it "far more successful than [previous comic tie-ins]", but criticizing the inconsistent artwork and connections to the wider universe that he found to be irrelevant to the comic's plot.[150] Chad Nevett of Comic Book Resources gave a less positive review, assigning 2 out of 5 stars to the comic, and stating that "The plot has potential and the characters' voices are spot-on with the movie versions", however, "the lack of likenesses to the actors is a little off-putting, the art also suffers from inconsistency... It's a solid comic that's overwhelmed by small problems."[151]

Nevett, again for Comic Book Resources, gave Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. a much more positive review, giving it 4 out of 5 stars, and particularly praising the artwork, while also appreciating the consistent voice throughout the three stories from writer Casey.[76]

At IGN, Schedeen scored First Vengeance 7 out of 10, calling the issues "enjoyable methods of passing the time until [Captain America: The First Avenger releases]".[152] David Hawkins, writing for What Culture, gave the series 3 stars out of 5, calling it "a marketing ploy that has moments of tremendous merit", and singled out Luke Ross' artwork for the third issue as particularly praise-worthy.[153]

Fury's Big Week received praise from CJ Wheeler of Den of Geek, who thought the tone of the series was "a perfect fit for the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far and will get you stoked for what's to come."[154]

Matthew Peterson of Major Spoilers gave Black Widow Strikes a score of 2.5 stars out of 5, and the verdict "An average tale with no major missteps" – he thought that "Writer Van Lente did all that he could to make this feel cinematic, driven and squarely in the Marvel movie universe", but was somewhat disappointed in the final result, and criticized the shifting art styles, before surmising that "In many ways, it's the ultimate example of a movie tie-in, designed to please fans of both the graphic and live-action Widow without irritation or unwanted questions."[155]

James Hunt of Comic Book Resources found the Iron Man 3 Prelude to be "dull and disappointing", calling the building of stakes around untouchable characters, like War Machine, a mistake, and criticizing the "rushed or phoned in" artwork.[156] Noel Thorne, writing for What Culture, also found the prelude disappointing, calling it a "cheaply put-together cash-grab" and "not even remotely entertaining", and lamented the lack of actual connections with Iron Man 3.[157]

For IGN, Schedeen gave Issue #1 of the Thor: The Dark World Prelude a score of 6 out of 10, stating that it "fails to offer a cohesive story or enough compelling material to justify a purchase", and Issue #2 a score of 5 out of 10, calling it "a dull, pointless lead-in to the next Thor movie". He criticized the focus of the series for serving as an explanation for "nitpicky questions" rather than being an actual lead in to the story of the film, and he found the artwork to be "awkward", "flat and dull".[158][159] "Jay" at Comic Frontline had similar feelings, scoring the comic 3 stars out of 5, stating that, though he liked the issues, and "thought they were solid", he felt they were more like "deleted scenes from the Avengers than a Thor prequel", and they "could have been trimmed down into one issue", rather than being "stretched out to fit two issues just to drain fan's pockets". He was more positive about the artwork, however, calling the work of Scot Eaton and Ron Lim "beautiful", and praising the work of inkers Andrew Hennessy and Rick Magyar for making the different artwork appear consistent across issues.[160]

Ian Gowan of ComicSpectrum gave the Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic a rating of 3.5 out of 5, calling it "fun but also [a] little light on story" and stating that it increased his excitement for the movie. He found the artwork "serviceable", but stated that the "colored pencil artwork doesn't work...as well in digital comic as it does in a print comic."[161]

Doug Zawisza of Comic Book Resources scored the Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic 3.5 stars out of 5, stating that "While it doesn't openly spoil anything from the upcoming movie, it does flaunt the cards being held in the movie's hand quite a bit." He found the artwork to be "better than pedestrian", but felt the Infinite Comic format was not used to its full potential.[162] A columnist for Cosmic Book News gave an almost entirely positive review of the comic, criticizing only its short length, and highlighting the return of writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning to the Guardians of the Galaxy characters as a particularly praise-worthy aspect of the issues.[163]

Zawisza, again for Comic Book Resources, had similar feelings about the Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude, giving it 3.5 stars out of 5 as well, believing it was in "the same spirit as the volume of "Guardians of the Galaxy" that inspired the film's cast of characters", and leading him to surmise that he wanted more, as long as Abnett and Lanning would return as writers. He had high praise for the artwork as well, calling it "very well drawn, showcasing Wellinton Alves' ability to craft worlds and create distinguishable characters".[164]

Schedeen scored Ant-Man Prelude #1 a 6.8 out of 10, indicating an 'okay' comic, stating that "once you ignore the movie connection and just treat this as an Ant-man comic, it doesn't have a great deal to offer", noting that Sepulveda's artwork is inconsistent, and criticizing the lack of similarity between the characters and their live-action counterparts.[165] Zawisza scored the issue 3 stars out of 5, saying that Pilgrim "keeps everyone safe", Sepulveda's artwork is "serviceable", and that "this isn't ground-breaking comics, but it doesn't have to be. It's DVD-style bonus material for the most dedicated fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe."[166] For the second issue, Schedeen reiterated his previous sentiments. Calling it "unfulfilling", he scored the issue a 5.8 out of 10.[167]

Marvel Cinematic Universe-inspired titles edit

These comics are simply inspired by the films, and are not considered part of the MCU continuity.[15]

Title No. of
Issues 		Publication date(s) Writer(s) Artist(s)
First published Last published
Iron Man: Fast Friends 2 September 17, 2008 (2008-09-17) September 30, 2008 (2008-09-30) Paul Tobin[2] Ronan Cliquet[2]
Fast Friends explores the friendship between Tony Stark and James Rhodes.[2]
The Incredible Hulk: The Fury Files 2 October 9, 2008 (2008-10-09) October 15, 2008 (2008-10-15) Frank Tieri[3] Salvadore Espin[168]
Serving as a prequel to The Incredible Hulk, Tieri believed at the time of its release that the comic was tied into the MCU, but it has since been ignored as the MCU continuity has expanded.[3][8]
Nick Fury: Spies Like Us 1 December 4, 2008 (2008-12-04) Joe Caramagna[168] Hugo Petrus[168]
A spy story featuring Nick Fury,[169] it was released in the compilation book Iron Man/Hulk/Fury, which also included Iron Man: Fast Friends and The Incredible Hulk: The Fury Files.[168]
Iron Man 2: Fist of Iron 1 November 30, 2010 (2010-11-30) Paul Tobin[170] Patrick Olliffe, Scott Koblish and Khoi Pham[170]
An Audi promotional comic that was released for free on the Marvel Comics app, which features Tony Stark stopping thieves on the way to a business meeting.[170]
Captain America & Thor: Avengers 1 July 6, 2011 (2011-07-06) Fred Van Lente[171] Ron Lim[171]
A collection of two stories that take some inspiration from the films Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor: "U-Base", which sees Captain America and his Howling Commandos strike a Hydra U-base during World War II; and "Citadel of Spires", featuring Thor, Sif, and Loki on a mission to save Fandral.[172]
The Avengers Initiative 1 May 2, 2012 (2012-05-02) Fred Van Lente[171] Ron Lim[171]
An all-ages introduction to the Avengers in the lead up to The Avengers' premiere, featuring an individual accessing S.H.I.E.L.D. archives and Nick Fury's assessments of the Avengers.[171]
Iron Man: The Coming of the Melter 1 May 1, 2013 (2013-05-01) Christos Gage[173] Ron Lim[173]
Iron Man and War Machine team up to defeat the Melter, a villain who has developed a similar power suit.[174]
Captain America: Homecoming 1 March 26, 2014 (2014-03-26) Fred Van Lente[10] Tom Grummett[10]
Inspired by the MCU films The Avengers and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, it follows Steve Rogers / Captain America and Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow as they fight terrorists in New York.[10]
Guardians of the Galaxy: Galaxy's Most Wanted 1 July 2, 2014 (2014-07-02) Will Corona Pilgrim[175] Andrea Di Vito[175]
An adventure featuring Rocket Raccoon and Groot, inspired by the film Guardians of the Galaxy.[15][175]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase 1 July 25, 2014 (2014-07-25) George Kitson[176] Mirko Colak, Neil Edwards, and Mirco Pierfederici[176]
Marvel Custom Solutions and Lexus released a limited single-issue comic tie-in to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for San Diego Comic-Con 2014,[12] inspired by the episode "Seeds".
Avengers: Operation Hydra 1 April 22, 2015 (2015-04-22) Will Corona Pilgrim[15] Andrea Di Vito[15]
Inspired by The Avengers and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Operation Hydra depicts the Avengers coming together to fight Hydra, and explores Hawkeye's relationship with the team.[15]
Ant-Man: Larger Than Life 1 June 24, 2015 (2015-06-24) Will Corona Pilgrim[177] Andrea Di Vito[177]
A prequel to the film Ant-Man, it follows a young Hank Pym's experiments controlling ants.[177][178]
Captain America: Road to War 1 April 20, 2016 (2016-04-20) Will Corona Pilgrim[179] Andrea Di Vito[179]
A prequel to the film Captain America: Civil War, it sees Captain America and Black Widow train the new Avengers to fight the robot Ultimo.[179]
Doctor Strange: Mystic Apprentice 1 October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26) Will Corona Pilgrim[180] Andrea Di Vito[180]
A story concurrent to the film Doctor Strange, it sees Doctor Strange in Kamar-Taj attempting to tap into his astral form.[181]

Collected editions edit

Title Collected material Publication date ISBN
Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! #1–2, Iron Man: Security Measures #1, Iron Man #200 April 14, 2010 0785145583
Iron Man 2: Public Identity Iron Man 2: Public Identity #1–3, Iron Man 2: Fist of Iron #1, Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 October 13, 2010 0785148582
Captain America: First Vengeance Captain America: First Vengeance #1–4 July 20, 2011 0785157255
Road to Marvel's The Avengers Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! #1–2, Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, Iron Man 2: Public Identity #1–3, Captain America: First Vengeance #1–4 March 28, 2012 0785162372
The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week #1–4 May 16, 2012 0785163417
The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes #1–3, Tales of Suspense #52 September 19, 2012 0785165681
The Avengers Initiative Captain America & Thor: Avengers #1, The Avengers Initiative #1 October 10, 2012 0785166149
Iron Man 3 Prelude Iron Man 2 #1–2, Iron Man 3 Prelude #1–2, Iron Man (2005) #1 April 9, 2013 0785165517
Thor: The Dark World Prelude Thor #1–2, Thor: The Dark World Prelude #1–2, Thor: God of Thunder #13 October 22, 2013 0785153780
Captain America: The Winter Soldier Prelude Captain America: The First Avenger #1–2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic #1, Captain America (1968) #117, Captain America (2005) #6, The Ultimates #2, Material from Tales of Suspense #57 April 1, 2014 0785188770
Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude #1–2, Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude Infinite Comic (– Dangerous Prey) #1, Iron Man (1968) #55, Strange Tales (1951) #181, Incredible Hulk (1968) #271, Material from Tales to Astonish (1959) #13, Marvel Preview #4 April 7, 2014 0785154108
Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude Marvel's The Avengers #1–2, Avengers: (Age of Ultron Prelude – This Scepter'd Isle) Cinematic Infinite Comic #1, Avengers (1963) #57–58, Avengers (1998) #22, Avengers 12.1 April 7, 2015 0785193553
Marvel's Ant-Man Prelude Marvel's Ant-Man Prelude #1–2, Marvel's Ant-Man – Scott Lang: Small Time MCU Infinite Comic #1, Marvel Premiere #47–48, Ant-Man (2015) #1, Age of Ultron 10AI June 23, 2015 0785197982
Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Prelude #1–4, Civil War: Cinematic Infinite Comic #1, Civil War #1 April 19, 2016 0785194401
Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude Marvel's Doctor Strange Prelude #1–2, Marvels Doctor Strange Prelude Infinite Comic (– The Zealot) #1, Doctor Strange: The Oath #1, Doctor Strange (2015) #1, Strange Tales #110, 115, Marvel Premiere #14 October 11, 2016 1302901095
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude #1–2, Giant-Size Avengers #4, Guardians of the Galaxy (1990) #1, Guardians Team-Up #1–2 April 18, 2017 130290468X
Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude #1–2, Invincible Iron Man (2008) #7, Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #2 June 20, 2017 1302905163
Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok Prelude Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok Prelude #1–4, Thor (1966) #361, Incredible Hulk (2000) #95 October 17, 2017 0785194606
Marvel Super Heroes: Larger Than Life Avengers: Operation Hydra #1, Ant-Man: Larger Than Life #1, Captain America: Road to War #1, Doctor Strange: Mystic Apprentice #1, Guardians of the Galaxy: Dream On #1, Spider-Man: Master Plan #1[182] December 12, 2017 1302908898
Marvel's Black Panther Prelude Marvel's Black Panther Prelude #1–2, Jungle Action (1972) #6–7, Black Panther (2005) #2, Black Panther (2016) #1, material from Black Panther (1998) #19[183] January 10, 2018 1302909428
Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Prelude Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Prelude #1–2, Infinity #1, Thanos Annual #1[51] April 4, 2018 1302909436
Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude #1–2, Avengers (1963) #195-196, Avengers Origins: Ant-Man and the Wasp, Astonishing Ant-Man #1[184] June 5, 2018 1302909444
The Marvel Cinematic Universe: The Marvel Comics Omnibus Iron Man: I Am Iron Man #1-2; Iron Man 2: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1; Iron Man 2: Public Identity #1-3; Iron Man 2 Adaptation #1-2; Thor Adaptation #1-2; Captain America: First Vengeance #1-4; Captain America: The First Avenger Adaptation #1-2; The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week #1-4; The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes #1-3; The Avengers #1-2; Iron Man 3 Prelude #1-2; Thor: The Dark World Prelude #1-2; Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic #1; Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude #1-2; Guardians of the Galaxy Prequel Infinite Comic #1; Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude Infinite Comic #1; Ant-Man Prelude #1-2; Ant-Man Infinite Comic #1; Captain America: Civil War Prelude #1-4; Captain America: Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic #1; Doctor Strange Prelude #1-2; Doctor Strange Prelude Infinite Comic #1; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude #1-2; Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude #1-2; Thor: Ragnarok Prelude #1-4; Black Panther Prelude #1-2; Avengers: Infinity War Prelude #1-2; Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude #1-2[185] October 3, 2018 1302913239
Marvel's Captain Marvel Prelude Marvel's Captain Marvel Prelude #1–2, Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #13, Ms. Marvel (1977) #1, Ms. Marvel (2006) #1, Captain Marvel (2012) #1, Generations: Captain Marvel & Captain Mar-Vell, Life of Captain Marvel (2018)[55] February 19, 2019 1302914944
Marvel's Avengers: Endgame Prelude Marvel's Avengers: Endgame Prelude #1–3, Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #1, Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) #9[186] April 2, 2019 1302914952
Spider-Man: Far From Home Prelude Spider-Man: Far From Home Prelude #1–2, Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #95, #311, Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #9-10[56] June 4, 2019 1302917854
Marvel's Black Widow Prelude Marvel's Black Widow Prelude #1–2, Avengers (1963) #43, #196, Web of Black Widow #1, material from Tales of Suspense (1959) #52-53[57] April 7, 2020 1302921088

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe tie in comic books are limited series or one shot comics published by Marvel Comics that tie into the films and television series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe MCU The comics are written and illustrated by a variety of individuals and each one consists of 1 to 4 issues They are intended to tell additional stories about existing characters or to make connections between MCU projects without necessarily expanding the universe or introducing new concepts or characters Marvel Cinematic Universetie in comicsPublication informationPublisherMarvel ComicsFormatLimited seriesOne shotsGenreSuperheroPublication date2008 2022No of issues1 4Main character s Characters appearing in the Marvel Cinematic UniverseThe first MCU tie in comics to be published were Iron Man Fast Friends The Incredible Hulk The Fury Files and Nick Fury Spies Like Us all in 2008 They were followed by an adaptation of Iron Man in 2010 along with Iron Man 2 Fist of Iron 2010 Iron Man 2 Public Identity 2010 Iron Man 2 Agents of S H I E L D 2010 Captain America First Vengeance 2011 Captain America amp Thor Avengers 2011 The Avengers Prelude Fury s Big Week 2012 The Avengers Initiative 2012 The Avengers Prelude Black Widow Strikes 2012 and an adaptation of Iron Man 2 2012 Comic tie ins for Marvel s television series began in 2014 with Agents of S H I E L D The Chase followed by Jessica Jones 2015 Marvel changed its approach to film tie in material in 2012 retroactively dividing the tie in comics into those that exist within the MCU continuity and those that are merely inspired by the films and television series Since then Iron Man 3 Prelude 2013 Thor The Dark World Prelude 2013 Captain America The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude 2014 Avengers Age of Ultron Prelude This Scepter d Isle 2015 Ant Man Prelude 2015 Ant Man Scott Lang Small Time 2015 Captain America Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic 2016 Doctor Strange Prelude 2016 Doctor Strange Prelude Infinite Comic 2016 Black Panther Prelude 2017 and Avengers Infinity War Prelude 2018 have been released in the former category along with film adaptations of Thor 2013 Captain America The First Avenger 2013 The Avengers 2014 15 Iron Man 3 and Captain America The Winter Soldier 2015 16 Guardians of the Galaxy 2017 Captain America Civil War 2017 The Incredible Hulk 2017 Thor The Dark World 2017 Ant Man 2018 and Avengers Infinity War 2018 19 Contents 1 Development 2 Marvel Cinematic Universe set titles 2 1 Adaptations 2 2 Iron Man 2 Public Identity 2010 2 3 Iron Man 2 Agents of S H I E L D 2010 2 4 Captain America First Vengeance 2011 2 5 Marvel s The Avengers Prelude Fury s Big Week 2012 2 6 Marvel s The Avengers Black Widow Strikes 2012 2 7 Marvel s Iron Man 3 Prelude 2013 2 8 Marvel s Thor The Dark World Prelude 2013 2 9 Marvel s Captain America The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic 2014 2 10 Marvel s Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic Dangerous Prey 2014 2 11 Marvel s Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude 2014 2 12 Marvel s Avengers Age of Ultron Prelude This Scepter d Isle 2015 2 13 Marvel s Ant Man Prelude 2015 2 14 Marvel s Ant Man Scott Lang Small Time 2015 2 15 Marvel s Jessica Jones 2015 2 16 Marvel s Captain America Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic Crossroads 2016 2 17 Marvel s Doctor Strange Prelude 2016 2 18 Marvel s Doctor Strange Prelude Infinite Comic The Zealot 2016 2 19 Marvel s Black Panther Prelude 2017 2 20 Marvel s Avengers Infinity War Prelude 2018 2 21 Marvel s Captain Marvel Prelude 2018 2 22 Marvel s Black Widow Prelude 2020 2 23 Eternals The 500 Year War 2022 3 Recurring characters 4 Reception 4 1 Sales 4 2 Critical response 5 Marvel Cinematic Universe inspired titles 6 Collected editions 7 ReferencesDevelopment editThe MCU comics are going to be stories set within movie continuity They are not necessarily direct adaptations of the movies but maybe something that happened off screen and was mentioned in the movie Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige is involved with these and in some cases maybe the writers of the movies would be involved as well Marvel Comics editor in chief Joe Quesada outlining his plan for the MCU comic books in November 2010 1 In 2008 Marvel released Iron Man Fast Friends a comic prequel to Iron Man for which writer Paul Tobin was given a broad outline and some temporal staging so as to allow the comic to tie into the film 2 Later that year The Incredible Hulk Fury Files which serves as a prequel to The Incredible Hulk was released detailing an encounter between the Hulk and Nick Fury characters who had not yet been seen together in the MCU Writer Frank Tieri noted that the tie in comics provide Marvel with the opportunity to do a lot of different things that other media do not including the exploration of non superhero genres and the reintroduction of older characters 3 Alejandro Arbona the Marvel editor tasked with overseeing the 2010 tie in comics Iron Man 2 Public Identity and Iron Man 2 Agents of S H I E L D explained that Marvel want to show readers more of that world that connective tissue between all the movies and a little bit more of how the characters interact so the publishing side worked with Brad Winderbaum Jeremy Latcham and Will Corona Pilgrim at Marvel Studios to decide which concepts should be carried over from the Marvel Comics Universe to the Marvel Cinematic Universe what to show in the tie in comics and what to leave for the films and how to make these stories as strong as possible from their experience making the films 4 For Marvel s The Avengers in 2012 Marvel s senior vice president of sales David Gabriel described a more focused approach to tie ins than previously with the intention to reach fans of all walks of life This was echoed by Rich Thomas global editorial director at Disney Publishing who wanted the Avengers program to be all things to all people Just like the film from the youngest reader to the Marvel enthusiast 5 Since then many of the tie ins have had the red Avengers stamp on the cover 6 Pilgrim the creative director of research and development at Marvel Studios confirmed that the previously released Public Identity Agents of S H I E L D and First Vengeance were all official MCU stories 7 with the other previously released tie in comics considered to be inspired by the MCU only 8 When we started launching Marvel Studios and decided these movies were interconnected we wanted to make sure it made sense as a cohesive whole piece which really sort of freed us up to start asking what other stories would we like to tell anything that we really loved but didn t necessarily have a place in the film s is fair game Captain America The First Avenger co producer Stephen Broussard in February 2011 on the conception of the tie in comics 9 Comic writer Fred Van Lente stated in 2013 that he had proposed a regular comic series set within the MCU to Marvel but they wished to keep all possibilities open for potential film and television development He said that this was also the reason why Marvel does not want writers to introduce new elements to the MCU through tie in comics 10 In March 2014 Pilgrim confirmed that the MCU Infinite Comics were officially canon 11 That July the MCU tie in comics expanded to television tie ins with the release of Agents of S H I E L D The Chase a comic inspired by the first season of Agents of S H I E L D 12 13 In November Marvel Comics Editor in Chief Axel Alonso avoided a question of whether an ongoing comic series could be set within the MCU but did note that Marvel Comics would always be working on books set in the Cinematic Universe the collected editions of those comics end up being some of the best sellers of the year 14 In February 2015 Pilgrim clarified that the canon tie ins are considered official MCU canon stories set in the same universe as the films and television series whereas the other inspired by tie ins are more about having another fun adventure with the Avengers where we get to show off all the characters from the film in costume and in comic form but not affect the official MCU continuity 15 Marvel Cinematic Universe set titles editTitle No ofIssues Publication date s Writer s Artist s First published Last publishedIron Man I Am Iron Man 2 January 27 2010 2010 01 27 February 24 2010 2010 02 24 Peter David 16 Sean Chen 16 Iron Man 2 Public Identity 3 April 28 2010 2010 04 28 May 12 2010 2010 05 12 Joe Casey and Justin Theroux 17 Barry Kitson 17 Iron Man 2 Agents of S H I E L D 1 September 1 2010 2010 09 01 Joe Casey 17 Tim Green Felix Ruiz and Matt Camp 17 Captain America First Vengeance 8 digital 4 print May 4 2011 2011 05 04 June 29 2011 2011 06 29 Fred Van Lente 18 Neil Edwards 19 and Luke Ross 20 Marvel s The Avengers Prelude Fury s Big Week 8 digital 4 print March 7 2012 2012 03 07 April 18 2012 2012 04 18 Story by Christopher Yost and Eric Pearson 21 Scripts by Eric Pearson 21 Luke Ross 22 Marvel s The Avengers Black Widow Strikes 3 May 2 2012 2012 05 02 June 6 2012 2012 06 06 Fred Van Lente 23 Neil Edwards 24 Marvel s Iron Man 2 2 November 7 2012 2012 11 07 December 5 2012 2012 12 05 Christos N Gage 25 Ramon Rosanas 25 Marvel s Thor 2 January 16 2013 2013 01 16 February 20 2013 2013 02 20 Christos N Gage 26 Lan Medina 27 Marvel s Captain America The First Avenger 2 November 6 2013 2013 11 06 December 11 2013 2013 12 11 Peter David 28 Wellinton Alves 28 Marvel s The Avengers 2 December 24 2014 2014 12 24 January 7 2015 2015 01 07 Will Corona Pilgrim 29 Joe Bennett 29 Marvel s Iron Man 3 Prelude 2 January 2 2013 2013 01 02 February 6 2013 2013 02 06 Christos N Gage 26 Steve Kurth 26 Marvel s Thor The Dark World Prelude 2 June 5 2013 2013 06 05 July 10 2013 2013 07 10 Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost 30 Scot Eaton 30 and Ron Lim 31 Marvel s Captain America The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic 1 January 28 2014 2014 01 28 Peter David 32 Rock He Kim 32 Marvel s Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic Dangerous Prey 1 April 1 2014 2014 04 01 Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning 33 Andrea Di Vito 33 Marvel s Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude 2 April 2 2014 2014 04 02 May 28 2014 2014 05 28 Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Wellinton Alves 34 Marvel s Avengers Age of Ultron Prelude This Scepter d Isle 1 February 3 2015 2015 02 03 Will Corona Pilgrim 35 Wellinton Alves 35 Marvel s Ant Man Prelude 2 February 4 2015 2015 02 04 March 4 2015 2015 03 04 Will Corona Pilgrim 36 Miguel Sepulveda 36 Marvel s Ant Man Scott Lang Small Time 1 March 3 2015 2015 03 03 Will Corona Pilgrim 37 Wellinton Alves and Daniel Govar 37 Marvel s Jessica Jones 1 October 7 2015 2015 10 07 Brian Michael Bendis 38 Michael Gaydos 38 Marvel s Captain America Civil War Prelude 4 December 16 2015 2015 12 16 January 27 2016 2016 01 27 Will Corona Pilgrim 39 Szymon Kudranski 39 and Lee Ferguson 40 41 Marvel s Captain America Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic 1 February 10 2016 2016 02 10 Will Corona Pilgrim 42 Lee Ferguson Goran Sudzuka and Guillermo Mogorron 42 Marvel s Doctor Strange Prelude 2 July 6 2016 2016 07 06 August 24 2016 2016 08 24 Will Corona Pilgrim 43 Jorge Fornes 43 Marvel s Doctor Strange Prelude Infinite Comic The Zealot 1 September 7 2016 2016 09 07 Will Corona Pilgrim Jorge FornesMarvel s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Prelude 2 January 4 2017 2017 01 04 February 1 2017 2017 02 01 Will Corona Pilgrim 44 Christopher Allen 44 Spider Man Homecoming Prelude 2 March 1 2017 2017 03 01 April 5 2017 2017 04 05 Will Corona Pilgrim 45 Todd Nauck 45 Marvel s Thor Ragnarok Prelude 4 July 5 2017 2017 07 05 August 16 2017 2017 08 16 Will Corona Pilgrim 46 J L Giles 46 Marvel s Black Panther Prelude 2 October 18 2017 2017 10 18 November 15 2017 2017 11 15 Will Corona Pilgrim 47 Annapaola Martello 47 Marvel s Avengers Infinity War Prelude 2 48 December 18 2017 2017 12 18 January 24 2018 2018 01 24 49 February 5 2018 2018 02 05 February 28 2018 2018 02 28 50 Will Corona Pilgrim 51 Tigh Walker 52 and Jorge Fornes 53 Marvel s Ant Man and the Wasp Prelude 2 March 7 2018 2018 03 07 April 4 2018 2018 04 04 Will Corona Pilgrim 54 Chris Allen 54 Marvel s Captain Marvel Prelude 1 November 14 2018 2018 11 14 Will Corona Pilgrim 55 Andrea Di Vito 55 Marvel s Avengers Endgame Prelude 3 December 5 2018 2018 12 05 February 20 2019 2019 02 20 Will Corona Pilgrim 41 Paco Diaz 41 Spider Man Far From Home Prelude 2 March 27 2019 2019 03 27 April 24 2019 2019 04 24 Will Corona Pilgrim 56 Luca Maresca 56 Marvel s Black Widow Prelude 2 January 15 2020 2020 01 15 February 19 2020 2020 02 19 Peter David 57 C F Villa 57 Eternals The 500 Year War 7 January 12 2022 2022 01 12 Dan Abnett Aki Yanagi Jongmin Shin Ju Yeon Park David Macho Rafael Scavone and Yifan Jiang 58 Geoffo Matt Milla Joe Sabino Rickie Yagawa Carlos Macias Do Gyun Kim Fernando Sifuentes Magda Price Pete Pantazis Marcio Fiorito Felipe Sobreiro and Gunji 58 Adaptations edit Several comics adapting the story of the films have been released Iron Man I Am Iron Man an adaptation of Iron Man 16 Marvel s Iron Man 2 an adaptation of Iron Man 2 25 Marvel s Thor an adaptation of Thor 27 Marvel s Captain America The First Avenger an adaptation of Captain America The First Avenger 28 Marvel s The Avengers an adaptation of The Avengers 29 Marvel s Captain America Civil War Prelude an adaptation of both Iron Man 3 and Captain America The Winter Soldier 39 Marvel s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Prelude an adaptation of Guardians of the Galaxy 59 Spider Man Homecoming Prelude an adaptation of Captain America Civil War 45 Marvel s Thor Ragnarok Prelude an adaptation of both The Incredible Hulk and Thor The Dark World 60 Marvel s Ant Man and the Wasp Prelude an adaptation of Ant Man 61 Marvel s Avengers Endgame Prelude an adaptation of Avengers Infinity War 62 and Spider Man Far From Home Prelude an adaptation of Spider Man Homecoming 63 In January 2015 Pilgrim explained the process for adapting films into tie in comics noting that scripts and other behind the scenes material are referenced in addition to the actual films Because of this the adaptations sometimes have new scenes which Marvel felt strongly enough to include as canon even though they were never filmed Examples include an interaction between Jasper Sitwell and Nick Fury in Iron Man I Am Iron Man the Boys Flight Out sequence from Iron Man 2 where Tony Stark invites James Rhodes to wear the Iron Man Mark II armor 64 and an additional interaction set during Captain America Civil War between Peter Parker and his Aunt May in Spider Man Homecoming Prelude Iron Man 2 Public Identity 2010 edit Decades ago Howard Stark worked with Anton Vanko to build the first arc reactor but when Howard realized Vanko s greedy goals he had him arrested and deported before at the urging of Obadiah Stane returning to the business of arms dealing that made him so successful in the past In the present Stark s son Tony uses the arc reactor technology to power his Iron Man armor and after revealing this identity to the world becomes a public hero U S General Thaddeus Ross commissions Stark s business rival Justin Hammer to build a single pilot vehicle to replace Iron Man who has been interfering with and causing trouble for the military When testing the new vehicle the pilot crash lands in unfriendly territory under attack from the Congolese army Tony saves the airman but to the chagrin of Ross refuses to return the Congolese soldiers fire Director Nick Fury and Agent Phil Coulson of S H I E L D later review Stark s actions 65 66 67 Public Identity was written by Joe Casey and Justin Theroux with art by Barry Kitson 17 and the three issues were published on April 28 68 May 5 69 and May 12 2010 70 respectively Theroux who wrote the screenplay for Iron Man 2 was able to show Casey a fairly finalized script before the two began work on the tie in 17 In May 2010 Alejandro Arbona who oversaw the creation of the comic explained that the story of the tie ins had to come organically from the stuff that happened in Iron Man what would happen to a man who d just revealed his super hero identity to the world and it had to move us toward the stuff we knew was going to be important in Iron Man 2 4 In September 2010 Casey noted that writing an MCU tie in comic required working within the boundaries of the movie continuity and Marvel Studios plan as well as writing the characters as portrayed in the films the movie version of Stark has a specific attitude that Casey tried to put in the comic for example 17 The comic set after Iron Man but before Iron Man 2 and The Incredible Hulk was conceived to explain the post credits scenes of Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk where Tony Stark meets Nick Fury for the first time but General Ross not for the first time respectively 15 Arbona said that when Tony Stark spoke to General Ross at the end of The Incredible Hulk you could tell they already knew each other they spoke about some shared history they d had together Well in Iron Man 2 Public Identity you see when they first meet and what that shared history is 4 This comic explains that the AI J A R V I S was created in memory of Edwin Jarvis introduced here as Howard Stark s butler A younger version of the character appears in Agent Carter portrayed by James D Arcy 71 Iron Man 2 Agents of S H I E L D 2010 edit Nick Fury plants a S H I E L D agent aboard a Ten Rings controlled vessel in the Gulf of Aden in an effort to get a live account of Iron Man in action while Tony Stark is keeping an eye on S H I E L D himself 72 Phil Coulson monitors the first field operation of a S H I E L D recruit who is tasked with taking down a Ten Rings terrorist cell on American soil which Coulson later reveals was a set up a common S H I E L D test for new recruits 73 Natasha Romanoff infiltrates Stark Industries under the alias of Natalie Rushman using her spy skills to quickly work her way up the company until she meets with Stark personally 74 Agents of S H I E L D was written by Joe Casey and released on September 1 2010 75 It consists of three eight page stories each spotlighting a different character 76 Nick Fury in Who Made Who with art by Tim Green Phil Coulson in Just Off the Farm with art by Felix Ruiz and Natasha Romanoff in Proximity with art by Matt Camp 75 Casey said of the short stories The movie studio is very aware of what they re doing so they paid close attention It s not exactly the Marvel Universe I grew up with but it s not like the Ultimate universe either It s a brand new thing with its own rules and its own continuity 17 The end of Proximity depicts Romanoff working undercover in the legal department of Stark Industries meeting with Tony Stark in his home gym This is also the scene in Iron Man 2 where the character is introduced the story therefore acting as a direct prequel parallel story to the film 76 Captain America First Vengeance 2011 edit In 1944 as he attacks a Hydra base in the Nazi occupied Danish Straits Steve Rogers recalls parts of his life that got him to this point his mother s blessing to become a soldier his first meeting with Bucky Barnes who protected him from bullies as a boy the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed when Bucky and Steve decided to enlist Bucky training Steve to pass the physical and the point when Bucky passed the physical but Steve failed 77 Johann Schmidt watches Rogers fight and recalls how he got to this point meeting Adolf Hitler capturing Arnim Zola to research creating super soldiers and finding Abraham Erskine and blackmailing him into continuing his super soldier research under the employ of the Nazis 78 Howard Stark via radio assists Rogers remembering when he was recruited by Colonel Phillips to join the Strategic Scientific Reserve and when he helped Peggy Carter rescue Erskine from Schmidt 79 Dum Dum Dugan and the Howling Commandos arrive to assist Rogers and they remember their formation thrust together in a Hydra work camp forming close friendships after a failed escape attempt After they defeat the Hydra soldiers Rogers destroys Schmidt s main weapon at the base an Asgardian artifact 80 First Vengeance was written by Fred Van Lente 18 with art for the first half of the comic by Neil Edwards 19 and by Luke Ross for the rest 20 The first of eight digital issues was released on February 6 2011 9 with the other seven subsequently released on February 16 81 March 2 82 March 23 83 June 8 84 July 6 85 July 13 86 and July 20 87 respectively The comic was also published in four issues on May 4 19 May 18 88 June 15 20 and June 29 2011 89 respectively On what the comic covers Captain America The First Avenger co producer Stephen Broussard explained that there were lots of little side stories that they found fascinating but didn t fit into the story of the film so the comic allows those to be told These side stories include some backstory to the film some action running parallel to the film and some hints at things to come and are all sort of jumbled up Van Lente read the film s script and had his own comic scripts overlooked by Quesada and Broussard to keep the comic in line with the film 9 Some of Van Lente s initial ideas when he felt that he could do anything because of the comic medium had to be changed due to not fitting into the realistic world of the MCU 15 a process Van Lente described as making comics on a budget 15 Van Lente stated What s neat about the MCU just like in the comics universe is the interconnections between various movies particularly Iron Man 2 and Thor You ll start to see those coming out in First Vengeance 9 On the differences between the MCU and original versions of the characters Van Lente noted that when Joe Simon and Jack Kirby originally created Captain America they didn t have 20 20 hindsight to see how things would fit together with the Marvel characters to follow With the MCU we re able to make those connections and heighten all of the characters weight 18 Marvel s The Avengers Prelude Fury s Big Week 2012 edit Main article Fury s Big Week Fury s Big Week was written by Christopher Yost and Eric Pearson 21 and was released digitally in eight issues on February 5 tying into the wider The Avengers marketing campaign which released a new trailer on that day February 14 February 21 February 28 March 5 March 12 March 19 and March 26 2012 respectively 90 The comic was published in hard copy as four issues on March 7 22 March 21 91 April 4 92 and April 18 2012 93 respectively The comic retells the events of The Incredible Hulk Iron Man 2 Thor and Captain America The First Avenger from the point of view of S H I E L D with extra scenes added to weave them all together 21 Marvel s The Avengers Black Widow Strikes 2012 edit Natasha Romanoff is taken by surprise in Russia when her target is killed by a fan of hers named Sofia Breaking contact with her S H I E L D superiors Romanoff begins a competition with Sofia for the mantle of the Black Widow discovering that Sofia s employer is selling the parts for a new missile to the Ten Rings Romanoff tracks Sofia to a missile launch site targeting North Korea where she stalls long enough for S H I E L D to intervene Sofia is killed in the ensuing chaos 94 95 96 Written by Fred Van Lente with art by Neil Edwards 23 24 the comic which is set in Romanoff s native Russia first appeared in copies of the Maxim Russia magazine before being released as a traditional three issue comic series 23 on May 2 24 May 16 97 and June 6 2012 98 respectively The decision was made to give Romanoff her own comic ahead of The Avengers because Marvel felt that she remains the most enigmatic of the Avengers despite appearing in previous films Van Lente explained the relationship between Black Widow Strikes and the films by saying This is on the same scale as the Marvel movies We re working closely with Marvel Studios to have it integrate seamlessly with the Marvel Cinematic Universe Once this is over they re welcome to use any of my ideas here for a movie Van Lente took inspiration from Joss Whedon s script for Marvel s the Avengers which I was lucky enough to read He does a good job making her inclusion on the team perfectly believable 23 Black Widow Strikes is set between Iron Man 2 and The Avengers and deals with some loose ends from Iron Man 2 namely some bootleg Stark technology that Justin Hammer made 23 The idea of the Black Widow being more of a mantle than the codename of a single agent is further explored in Agent Carter where an early Black Widow training program is introduced and in Avengers Age of Ultron where some of Romanoff s training is shown through flashbacks 99 100 Marvel s Iron Man 3 Prelude 2013 edit Tony Stark becomes occupied as he begins construction of Stark Tower in New York so James Rhodes picks up where Iron Man left off in the fight against the Ten Rings terrorist organization After 10 months of skirmishes across the world Rhodey is ambushed in Hong Kong by Ten Rings agents with Hammer Technology including a nuclear powered tank Rhodes manages to get the tank out of the city before the insurgents detonate its power source and returns to America in time to find the aftermath of the Battle of New York Later Tony reveals to Rhodes his plans for an Iron Legion and a Ten Rings operative reports to his master The Mandarin informing him that they have full scans of the Stark Technology in Rhodey s suit 101 102 Iron Man 3 Prelude was written by Christos Gage with art by Steve Kurth with the first issue released on January 2 2013 26 and the second on February 6 103 Marvel s Thor The Dark World Prelude 2013 edit In the year following the destruction of the Bifrost the Asgardian means of transportation throughout the cosmos both the nine realms and nearby planets have fallen into chaos while astrophysicist Jane Foster has failed in her attempts to re open a wormhole in New Mexico an action requiring the Bifrost to be functional When the presumed dead Loki attacks Earth and steals the Tesseract Odin uses the secret dangerous power of Dark Energy to send Thor to intervene Following the Battle of New York Thor returns to Asgard with Loki and the Tesseract Loki is imprisoned in the dungeons to serve a life sentence while Thor uses the Tesseract s power to repair the Bifrost and allow Asgard to bring order back to the nine realms and beyond 104 105 Thor The Dark World Prelude was written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost with the first issue released on June 5 2013 with art by Scot Eaton 30 and the second on July 10 with art by Ron Lim 31 Marvel s Captain America The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic 2014 edit Following the Battle of New York Steve Rogers is working with Natasha Romanoff and Brock Rumlow for S H I E L D When a terrorist group steals the Zodiac virus from S H I E L D the team track them to Willis Tower in Chicago where they take them out and recover the virus 106 Peter David writes Captain America The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic with art by Rock He Kim The comic was published on January 28 2014 and sees David set up key themes for Captain America The Winter Soldier Black Widow and Rumlow They re okay with doing what they re told Cap however is way more suspicious and wants a clearer idea of what s going on and is annoyed that S H I E L D isn t big on being forthcoming On Cap s relationships with new partners Black Widow and Brock Rumlow I think he sees her as a valued ally but he tends to be suspicious of the outfit that she works for He trusts her as someone to have his back in a fight but I think also believes that if S H I E L D told her to put a knife in his back she would do so without hesitation and that can be problematic Rumlow meantime is an eager partner but Cap doesn t trust him at all First there s the suspicion aspect And second I think Cap is still gun shy because the last time he had a partner Bucky wound up dying or at least so he believes and he s not anxious for history to repeat itself 32 The Zodiac virus featured heavily in the comic was first introduced to the MCU in the Marvel One Shot Agent Carter where it is recovered by the titular character for the SSR the precursor to S H I E L D 107 Marvel s Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic Dangerous Prey 2014 edit With one Infinity Stone the Aether in his possession the Collector actively searches for the other five and when he discovers the Orb to be on a desolate planet he hires the assassin Gamora to retrieve it 108 Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning who revived the Guardians of the Galaxy series in 2008 agreed to write the tie in comic preludes to the film Guardians of the Galaxy as a favor to director James Gunn 34 The Infinite Comic was released on April 1 2014 and features art by Andrea De Vito 33 Marvel s Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude 2014 edit Issue 1 sees Nebula while searching for the Orb remembering growing up with Gamora and their father Thanos as well as her recent experiences with Ronan the Accuser Issue 2 follows Rocket and Groot as bounty hunters in the lead up to Guardians of the Galaxy 109 110 This film prelude was also written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning with Lanning writing the plots based on brainstormed ideas and Abnett writing the final scripts 111 With art by Wellinton Alves 34 the issues were published on April 2 and May 28 2014 respectively 112 113 The stories were intended to flesh out the history of the film characters based on the details in Gunn s script 34 while Abnett also attempted to bridge the feeling of the film with that of the original comics 111 Speaking on working with familiar characters but now the film versions of them Abnett said It s Fun but a little odd The characters of the Prelude comics had to fit very cleanly to the movie versions so there wasn t quite the same opportunity for madcap invention I had to make sure the tone fitted precisely Lanning said There s a definite distinction between the Marvel comic universe and the Marvel Cinematic universe but these characters are not so distant to their comic counterparts as to be unrecognizable they are more like an alternate version similar to what the Ultimate Universe did 34 Marvel s Avengers Age of Ultron Prelude This Scepter d Isle 2015 edit Following the Battle of New York a disgruntled S H I E L D scientist studying Loki s scepter and its connection to the Tesseract is recruited by Hydra to steal the scepter With it in the possession of high ranking Hydra member Baron Wolfgang von Strucker Hydra begins experimenting on the scepter eventually using it to unlock special abilities within two volunteers the twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff 114 Released on February 3 2015 this comic is written by Pilgrim and illustrated by Wellinton Alves 35 Marvel s Ant Man Prelude 2015 edit During the Cold War when Howard Stark demands the Pym Particle Suit created to shrink its wearer from S H I E L D scientist Hank Pym to take down radicals in Soviet occupied Germany who are reverse engineering Hydra technology Pym insists on carrying out the mission himself to keep his invention out of the wrong hands 115 Crossing the Berlin Wall and infiltrating the enemy compound Pym discovers the plans for Hydra memory suppression technology and makes his way to a secret lab where the reverse engineered machine is being tested Taking out the radicals using the suit s size changing properties Pym destroys the technology so that no one can use it Pym then decides to continue taking missions for S H I E L D 116 Ant Man Prelude was written by Pilgrim and illustrated by Miguel Sepulveda 64 with the two issues released on February 4 and March 4 2015 respectively 117 118 The comic was conceived to show Pym using the suit and to explain the quandary that comes with having his technology to lead up to the film Though a specific year that the comic takes place in is never specified Pilgrim explained that it is set in the mid 1980s when Mikhail Gorbachev served as Soviet leader Pilgrim described the comic as a spy action story with some thriller elements 15 Pilgrim wanted the comic to feature the Berlin Wall prominently following a childhood experience with an exhibit recreating part of it 64 Hydra s interest in and experimentation with memory suppression technology was previously explored in the film Captain America The Winter Soldier and the television series Agents of S H I E L D and Agent Carter 119 120 121 Marvel s Ant Man Scott Lang Small Time 2015 edit After discovering that his employer is illegally overcharging its customers and failing to expose the crime thanks to his boss s influence in the media Scott Lang decides to steal the company s money and return it to the customers During the robbery Lang gets carried away and attempts to steal his boss s personal property including his car After accidentally crashing the car Lang is caught and eventually imprisoned 122 An infinite comic written by Pilgrim with art by Wellinton Alves and Daniel Govar Scott Lang Small Time was released on March 3 2015 37 Marvel s Jessica Jones 2015 edit After being beaten by Daredevil Turk Barrett is visited in the hospital by private investigator Jessica Jones who has been hired by one of Barrett s baby mamas to get money from him to support their child 123 Prior to the release of Marvel s Jessica Jones television series a Jessica Jones one shot was released digitally on October 7 2015 written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Michael Gaydos the original creators of the character David Mack also returns from the original comic Alias as the cover artist Print versions of the comic were exclusively handed out at New York Comic Con 2015 Bendis explained that the one shot is in the Marvel TV universe and it celebrates the new show 38 124 The comic explores the connective tissue that will build between the series by having Daredevil appear in a Jessica Jones story 38 Marvel s Captain America Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic Crossroads 2016 edit Following the defeat of Hydra at the Triskelion Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier hunts down and kills his remaining Hydra handlers before going on the run Months later Brock Rumlow awakes from a coma and learns of Hydra s defeat and the death of his leader Alexander Pierce deciding to head out on his own After the battle of Sokovia years later Captain America is balancing his personal search for Barnes with his duties as leader of the new Avengers The former leads him and the team to Nigeria where instead of Barnes they find Rumlow now going by Crossbones 42 Written by Pilgrim 42 Crossroads 125 was released on February 10 2016 126 The comic is told from the perspective of three different characters Bucky Barnes Winter Soldier Brock Rumlow Crossbones and Steve Rogers Captain America with art for each perspective provided by Lee Ferguson Goran Sudzuka and Guillermo Mogorron respectively 42 Marvel s Doctor Strange Prelude 2016 edit The Masters of the Mystic Arts Kaecilius Wong Tina Minoru and Daniel Drumm pursue a woman as she attacks several landmarks around London with a stolen dark sceptre a powerful artifact The arrogant Kaecilius attempts to subdue the woman himself but it takes the combined power of the masters to overcome the sceptre s magic After reclaiming it the Masters store the relic in their Sanctum Sanctorum with others like it 127 Another Master Mordo and their teacher the Ancient One face a Chinese group who have discovered the powerful Arrow of Apollon and plan to use it to gain power over innocent civilians They also successfully retrieve the artifact and it is placed in the Sanctum as well 128 Written by Pilgrim with art by Jorge Fornes the two issues of the Doctor Strange prelude were released on July 6 and August 24 2016 respectively 43 129 Marvel s Doctor Strange Prelude Infinite Comic The Zealot 2016 edit This Prelude Infinite Comic centered on Kaecilius was released on September 7 2016 130 Marvel s Black Panther Prelude 2017 edit This comic tells the story of how T Challa first became the Black Panther protector of the isolationist country Wakanda a story not yet told in the MCU 47 The comic is set nearly a decade before the film Black Panther around the end of the first Iron Man film and reveals that T Challa has been acting as the Black Panther since then making him that hero for almost a decade before his film introduction in Captain America Civil War 131 Marvel s Avengers Infinity War Prelude 2018 edit The first comic tells the present whereabouts of all the Avengers after the events of Civil War and Thor Ragnarok 132 The second comic gives us an overview of the whereabouts of all the Infinity Stones shown in the MCU thus far leading to Avengers Infinity War Marvel s Captain Marvel Prelude 2018 edit The one shot comic called The Peacekeepers follows Nick Fury and Maria Hill between the events of Age of Ultron and Infinity War Marvel s Black Widow Prelude 2020 edit This comic retells Natasha Romanoff s history including events from the films Iron Man 2 The Avengers Captain America The Winter Soldier Avengers Age of Ultron and Captain America Civil War as told by Councilwoman Hawley and Secretary Thaddeus Ross Eternals The 500 Year War 2022 edit This infinite comic is a series of flashbacks set during Eternals 2021 set in 1520 133 Recurring characters editSee also List of Marvel Cinematic Universe film actors List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series actors Marvel Studios and List of Marvel Cinematic Universe television series actors Marvel Television This table includes characters who have appeared in multiple MCU tie in comics headlining at least one Character First appearance NotesPhil Coulson Iron Man I Am Iron Man Coulson was introduced to the MCU in Iron Man and is portrayed in live action by Clark Gregg 134 Nick Fury Fury was introduced to the MCU in Iron Man and is portrayed in live action by Samuel L Jackson 135 James Rhodey RhodesWar Machine Rhodes was introduced to the MCU in Iron Man where he was portrayed by Terrence Howard before being recast with Don Cheadle playing the character in subsequent MCU films 136 Steve RogersCaptain America Captain America First Vengeance Rogers was introduced to the MCU in Captain America The First Avenger and is portrayed in live action by Chris Evans 137 Natasha RomanoffBlack Widow Iron Man 2 Agents of S H I E L D Romanoff was introduced to the MCU in Iron Man 2 and is portrayed in live action by Scarlett Johansson 138 Tony StarkIron Man Iron Man I Am Iron Man Stark was introduced to the MCU in Iron Man and is portrayed in live action by Robert Downey Jr 139 Thor The Avengers Prelude Fury s Big Week Thor was introduced to the MCU in Thor and is portrayed in live action by Chris Hemsworth 140 Reception editSales edit The following table lists the known retail sales figures of the collected editions Title Publication date US retail sales US revenue est SourceIron Man I Am Iron Man April 14 2010 1 600 27 184 141 Captain America First Vengeance July 20 2011 2 500 37 475 142 Road to Marvel s The Avengers March 28 2012 1 900 47 481 143 The Avengers Prelude Fury s Big Week May 16 2012 2 100 31 479The Avengers Prelude Black Widow Strikes September 19 2012 1 800 23 382Thor The Dark World Prelude October 22 2013 1 700 25 483 144 Captain America The Winter Soldier Prelude April 1 2014 1 755 26 307 145 Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude April 7 2014 4 516 67 695Marvel s The Avengers Age of Ultron Prelude April 7 2015 2 955 50 205 146 Marvel s Ant Man Prelude June 23 2015 2 373 35 571Marvel s Captain America Civil War Prelude April 19 2016 1 750 27 983 147 Marvel s Doctor Strange Prelude October 11 2016 2 005 34 065Spider Man Homecoming Prelude June 20 2017 1 807 27 087 148 Marvel s Avengers Infinity War Prelude April 4 2018 3 476 55 581 149 Total 32 237 516 978Critical response edit Jesse Schedeen of IGN gave Public Identity a score of 7 2 out of 10 calling it far more successful than previous comic tie ins but criticizing the inconsistent artwork and connections to the wider universe that he found to be irrelevant to the comic s plot 150 Chad Nevett of Comic Book Resources gave a less positive review assigning 2 out of 5 stars to the comic and stating that The plot has potential and the characters voices are spot on with the movie versions however the lack of likenesses to the actors is a little off putting the art also suffers from inconsistency It s a solid comic that s overwhelmed by small problems 151 Nevett again for Comic Book Resources gave Agents of S H I E L D a much more positive review giving it 4 out of 5 stars and particularly praising the artwork while also appreciating the consistent voice throughout the three stories from writer Casey 76 At IGN Schedeen scored First Vengeance 7 out of 10 calling the issues enjoyable methods of passing the time until Captain America The First Avenger releases 152 David Hawkins writing for What Culture gave the series 3 stars out of 5 calling it a marketing ploy that has moments of tremendous merit and singled out Luke Ross artwork for the third issue as particularly praise worthy 153 Fury s Big Week received praise from CJ Wheeler of Den of Geek who thought the tone of the series was a perfect fit for the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far and will get you stoked for what s to come 154 Matthew Peterson of Major Spoilers gave Black Widow Strikes a score of 2 5 stars out of 5 and the verdict An average tale with no major missteps he thought that Writer Van Lente did all that he could to make this feel cinematic driven and squarely in the Marvel movie universe but was somewhat disappointed in the final result and criticized the shifting art styles before surmising that In many ways it s the ultimate example of a movie tie in designed to please fans of both the graphic and live action Widow without irritation or unwanted questions 155 James Hunt of Comic Book Resources found the Iron Man 3 Prelude to be dull and disappointing calling the building of stakes around untouchable characters like War Machine a mistake and criticizing the rushed or phoned in artwork 156 Noel Thorne writing for What Culture also found the prelude disappointing calling it a cheaply put together cash grab and not even remotely entertaining and lamented the lack of actual connections with Iron Man 3 157 For IGN Schedeen gave Issue 1 of the Thor The Dark World Prelude a score of 6 out of 10 stating that it fails to offer a cohesive story or enough compelling material to justify a purchase and Issue 2 a score of 5 out of 10 calling it a dull pointless lead in to the next Thor movie He criticized the focus of the series for serving as an explanation for nitpicky questions rather than being an actual lead in to the story of the film and he found the artwork to be awkward flat and dull 158 159 Jay at Comic Frontline had similar feelings scoring the comic 3 stars out of 5 stating that though he liked the issues and thought they were solid he felt they were more like deleted scenes from the Avengers than a Thor prequel and they could have been trimmed down into one issue rather than being stretched out to fit two issues just to drain fan s pockets He was more positive about the artwork however calling the work of Scot Eaton and Ron Lim beautiful and praising the work of inkers Andrew Hennessy and Rick Magyar for making the different artwork appear consistent across issues 160 Ian Gowan of ComicSpectrum gave the Captain America The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic a rating of 3 5 out of 5 calling it fun but also a little light on story and stating that it increased his excitement for the movie He found the artwork serviceable but stated that the colored pencil artwork doesn t work as well in digital comic as it does in a print comic 161 Doug Zawisza of Comic Book Resources scored the Guardians of the Galaxy Infinite Comic 3 5 stars out of 5 stating that While it doesn t openly spoil anything from the upcoming movie it does flaunt the cards being held in the movie s hand quite a bit He found the artwork to be better than pedestrian but felt the Infinite Comic format was not used to its full potential 162 A columnist for Cosmic Book News gave an almost entirely positive review of the comic criticizing only its short length and highlighting the return of writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning to the Guardians of the Galaxy characters as a particularly praise worthy aspect of the issues 163 Zawisza again for Comic Book Resources had similar feelings about the Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude giving it 3 5 stars out of 5 as well believing it was in the same spirit as the volume of Guardians of the Galaxy that inspired the film s cast of characters and leading him to surmise that he wanted more as long as Abnett and Lanning would return as writers He had high praise for the artwork as well calling it very well drawn showcasing Wellinton Alves ability to craft worlds and create distinguishable characters 164 Schedeen scored Ant Man Prelude 1 a 6 8 out of 10 indicating an okay comic stating that once you ignore the movie connection and just treat this as an Ant man comic it doesn t have a great deal to offer noting that Sepulveda s artwork is inconsistent and criticizing the lack of similarity between the characters and their live action counterparts 165 Zawisza scored the issue 3 stars out of 5 saying that Pilgrim keeps everyone safe Sepulveda s artwork is serviceable and that this isn t ground breaking comics but it doesn t have to be It s DVD style bonus material for the most dedicated fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe 166 For the second issue Schedeen reiterated his previous sentiments Calling it unfulfilling he scored the issue a 5 8 out of 10 167 Marvel Cinematic Universe inspired titles editThese comics are simply inspired by the films and are not considered part of the MCU continuity 15 Title No ofIssues Publication date s Writer s Artist s First published Last publishedIron Man Fast Friends 2 September 17 2008 2008 09 17 September 30 2008 2008 09 30 Paul Tobin 2 Ronan Cliquet 2 Fast Friends explores the friendship between Tony Stark and James Rhodes 2 The Incredible Hulk The Fury Files 2 October 9 2008 2008 10 09 October 15 2008 2008 10 15 Frank Tieri 3 Salvadore Espin 168 Serving as a prequel to The Incredible Hulk Tieri believed at the time of its release that the comic was tied into the MCU but it has since been ignored as the MCU continuity has expanded 3 8 Nick Fury Spies Like Us 1 December 4 2008 2008 12 04 Joe Caramagna 168 Hugo Petrus 168 A spy story featuring Nick Fury 169 it was released in the compilation book Iron Man Hulk Fury which also included Iron Man Fast Friends and The Incredible Hulk The Fury Files 168 Iron Man 2 Fist of Iron 1 November 30 2010 2010 11 30 Paul Tobin 170 Patrick Olliffe Scott Koblish and Khoi Pham 170 An Audi promotional comic that was released for free on the Marvel Comics app which features Tony Stark stopping thieves on the way to a business meeting 170 Captain America amp Thor Avengers 1 July 6 2011 2011 07 06 Fred Van Lente 171 Ron Lim 171 A collection of two stories that take some inspiration from the films Captain America The First Avenger and Thor U Base which sees Captain America and his Howling Commandos strike a Hydra U base during World War II and Citadel of Spires featuring Thor Sif and Loki on a mission to save Fandral 172 The Avengers Initiative 1 May 2 2012 2012 05 02 Fred Van Lente 171 Ron Lim 171 An all ages introduction to the Avengers in the lead up to The Avengers premiere featuring an individual accessing S H I E L D archives and Nick Fury s assessments of the Avengers 171 Iron Man The Coming of the Melter 1 May 1 2013 2013 05 01 Christos Gage 173 Ron Lim 173 Iron Man and War Machine team up to defeat the Melter a villain who has developed a similar power suit 174 Captain America Homecoming 1 March 26 2014 2014 03 26 Fred Van Lente 10 Tom Grummett 10 Inspired by the MCU films The Avengers and Captain America The Winter Soldier it follows Steve Rogers Captain America and Natasha Romanoff Black Widow as they fight terrorists in New York 10 Guardians of the Galaxy Galaxy s Most Wanted 1 July 2 2014 2014 07 02 Will Corona Pilgrim 175 Andrea Di Vito 175 An adventure featuring Rocket Raccoon and Groot inspired by the film Guardians of the Galaxy 15 175 Agents of S H I E L D The Chase 1 July 25 2014 2014 07 25 George Kitson 176 Mirko Colak Neil Edwards and Mirco Pierfederici 176 Marvel Custom Solutions and Lexus released a limited single issue comic tie in to Agents of S H I E L D for San Diego Comic Con 2014 12 inspired by the episode Seeds Avengers Operation Hydra 1 April 22 2015 2015 04 22 Will Corona Pilgrim 15 Andrea Di Vito 15 Inspired by The Avengers and Captain America The Winter Soldier Operation Hydra depicts the Avengers coming together to fight Hydra and explores Hawkeye s relationship with the team 15 Ant Man Larger Than Life 1 June 24 2015 2015 06 24 Will Corona Pilgrim 177 Andrea Di Vito 177 A prequel to the film Ant Man it follows a young Hank Pym s experiments controlling ants 177 178 Captain America Road to War 1 April 20 2016 2016 04 20 Will Corona Pilgrim 179 Andrea Di Vito 179 A prequel to the film Captain America Civil War it sees Captain America and Black Widow train the new Avengers to fight the robot Ultimo 179 Doctor Strange Mystic Apprentice 1 October 26 2016 2016 10 26 Will Corona Pilgrim 180 Andrea Di Vito 180 A story concurrent to the film Doctor Strange it sees Doctor Strange in Kamar Taj attempting to tap into his astral form 181 Collected editions editTitle Collected material Publication date ISBNIron Man I Am Iron Man Iron Man I Am Iron Man 1 2 Iron Man Security Measures 1 Iron Man 200 April 14 2010 0785145583Iron Man 2 Public Identity Iron Man 2 Public Identity 1 3 Iron Man 2 Fist of Iron 1 Iron Man 2 Agents of S H I E L D 1 October 13 2010 0785148582Captain America First Vengeance Captain America First Vengeance 1 4 July 20 2011 0785157255Road 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