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A reading guide for Marvel's Agents of Atlas

Info

The Agents of Atlas originally began as a ‘What If?’ storyline: ‘What if the Avengers had fought evil during the 1950’s?’
It assembled a group of relatively obscure heroes who had appeared in comics from the 40’s-50’s. This idea was later brought into the main 616 Marvel continuity, when all of these characters had been forgotten about for decades with very few appearances.
Later, the Agents of Atlas were also used to incorporate various alternate universe Marvel characters that had only appeared in video games and various digital series into the main Marvel continuity.This reading order includes significant appearances of the whole Agents of Atlas team, including their spinoff teams the Protectors and the students of the Pan-Asian school. Other significant appearances of members of the Agents of Atlas have been included if they are significant to the plot.

Reading Guide

Part 1: Origins

Department Zero
Marvel Boy: The Uranian (2010) #1-#3
What If? (1977) #9 [note: this comic takes place in an alternate continuity, but it was later retconned that similar events also took place in the main 616 universe]
Wolverine: Agent of Atlas (2008) #1-#3
X-Men: First Class (2006) #8Reassembling the Team
Agents of Atlas (2006) #1-#6
Spider-Man Family (2007) #4Secret Invasion
Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (2008) #1

Part 2: Conflicts

Dark Reign
Dark Reign: New Nation (2009) #1
Agents of Atlas (2009) #1-#11
X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas (2009) #1-#2Assault on New Olympus
Assault on New Olympus (2009) #1
Incredible Hercules (2008) #138-#141
Hercules: Fall of an Avenger (2010) #1-#2Thunderbolts (1997) #139-#140
Avengers vs. Atlas (2010) #1-#4Heroic Age
Gorilla-Man (2010) #1-#3
Enter the Heroic Age (2010) #1
Atlas (2010) #1-#5Chaos War
Chaos War (2010) #1-#3
Chaos War: God Squad (2010) #1
Chaos War (2010) #4-#5Fear Itself
Fear Itself: The Home Front (2011) #1-#4

Part 3: New Recruits

Infinity
Infinity: The Hunt (2013) #1-#4The Protectors
Totally Awesome Hulk (2015) #15-#18War of the Realms
Future Fight Firsts: White Fox (2019) #1
Future Fight Firsts: Luna Snow (2019) #1
Future Fight Firsts: Crescent and Io (2019) #1 [note: these issues take place at a later time, but the majority of each issue is a flashback that directly leads into the following issues]
War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas (2019) #1-#4

Part 4: Reunions

Atlantis Attacks
Marvel Comics (2019) #1000
Aero (2019) #1-#6
Sword Master (2019) #1-#6
Agents of Atlas (2019) #1-#5
Incoming (2019) #1
Atlantis Attacks (2020) #1-#5King in Black
King in Black: Black Knight (2021) #1Death of Doctor Strange
Death of Doctor Strange: White Fox (2021) #1

Alternate Universes

Avengers of the 1950s
What If? (1977) #9
Avengers: Forever (1998) #4-#5Kang the Conqueror Changes History
Giant-Size Marvel Adventures: Avengers (2007) #1Secret Wars
Secret Wars: Agents of Atlas (2015) #1Video Games
Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 - Agents of Atlas Character Pack DLC (2017)
Marvel Future Fight - v550 Update (2019)Songs released to promote Luna Snow
Tonight
I Really Wanna
Tonight (Future Fight Firsts Remix)
Flow
Fly Away