Note: Take this timeline with a grain of salt or two. As seen here, Mr. Tom Brevoort himself said I've gotten some things wrong. Nonetheless, enjoy!
Marvel Boy 1-6
Noh-Varr, a Kree Warrior in an alternate dimension, is captured by the SHIELD of that reality and imprisoned in a super prison called the Cube. At some point he will be come to held in our dimension's version of the Cube, where he will be released during the Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways book.
Fantastic Four 67-70/500-508
Dr. Doom decides he has been using the wrong approach to his plans by using science over sorcery. Making a pact with a cabal of netherdemons, he gains vast magical powers and immediately goes after the Fantastic Four.
He traps Reed and Sue Richards' son Franklin in Hell itself, forcing the Four to surrender to him where he takes them to his castle in Latveria and begins torturing them. Dr. Strange is able to help Reed learn magic, which he uses to free his family and banish Doom to the Hell dimension.
Reed launches a coup on Latervia with Doom gone, setting himself up as monarch of the country. This sets off an international incident, as the UN and SHIELD look to stop him. In reality, this was all part of a plan of Reed's to make everyone think he'd gone mad while he took Doom's consciousness and imprisoned it in a small dimension he'd created.
This plan goes awry and Doom's mind possesses various members of the Fantastic Four. Finally, he was in the Thing's body and about to kill the Human Torch. Reed, using a specially designed gun, had no choice but to shoot, leaving the Thing dead and returning Doom's mind back to his body in Hell. Reed and his family later were able to bring the Thing back to life, while Doom would remain in Hell until right before Civil War begins.
Thor 80-85: Ragnarok
Ragnarok, the final war of the Nordic gods, occurs. Thor is able to stop the endless circle of it, but is forced into entering the Sleep Of The Gods (a death of sorts) to do so. No one in the Marvel U knows what happened to him, as is mentioned during Avengers Disassembled.
Pulse 1-5
Jessica Jones accets J. Jonah Jameson's offer to join the Daily Bugle staff.
Norman Osborn is officially revealed to the world as being the Green Goblin, during an investigation led by Jones and Ben Urich. During an escape he injures Jones, incurring the wrath of Luke Cage. He is brought down brutally by Cage with an assist from Spider-Man and put into custody.
Marvel Knights Spider-Man 1-12
Osborn escapes custody, this time taken down by Spider-Man himself. He considers this a violation of the truce he and Peter had, starting a plan he had planned for such a happening. The Scorpion (Mac Gargan), whom Osborn had told Peter's secret identity to, kidnaps Aunt May to set it off.
Spider-Man goes on a crazed hunt to find her, taunted by phone calls by the unknown-to-him Gargan. He faces many of his Rogue's Gallery, also part of Osborn's plan to wear him down. After battling a strange acting Dr. Octopus and hearing stories about Oscorp offices being broken into, Peter goes to talk to Osborn in his cell at Ryker's. Osborn will only say his life is in danger.
At the same time, Venom (Eddie Brock) is dying of cancer and is going to give up being Venom. He sells the symbiote at an auction attended by many super villains. Crimelord Don Fortunato wins the auction, giving the symbiote to his son Angelo.
Angelo attacks Spider-Man, planning to kill him to make a name for himself. However, the symbiote rejects Angelo during the battle and leaves him while they are airborne, Angelo crashing to his death.
Soon after this, Gargan reveals himself and the plan to Peter. He tells of a secret that has been going on since the 1950s, that big busineses have been creating and helping supervillains to keep superheroes out of their hair. Norman Osborn was a favorite of the businesses, who helped to make him very rich. However, after he went crazy, he became a liability to them. Now that he is incarcerated, he makes a very easy target for them to kill. Osborn wants Peter to break him out of prison, or Aunt May dies. Gargan also reveals Dr. Octopus has been brainwashed by the same people to kill Osborn.
Spider-Man and the Black Cat break Osborn out of prison, only to walk into a trap he set up. He has created a group of villains called the Sinister Twelve, all ready to kill Peter. Mac Gargan reveals himself as the new Venom, the symbiote coming to him not long after his meeting with Peter.
The Avengers and the Fantastic Four arrive to help Peter, alerted by SHIELD who was in turn alerted by Mary Jane. Osborn captures Mary Jane and plans to kill her, but is interrupted by the brainwashed Doc Ock. Spider-Man is able to save Mary Jane and rescue Aunt May during the chaos
Avengers/Thunderbolts 1-6
Baron Zemo & the Thunderbolts work on Project: Liberator, a machine which will remove all transnormal power from Earth (including superpowered individuals) and help usher in a new era of peace. The Avengers learn of this plan and do not trust it. Iron Man masquerades as the Cobalt Man, who joins the Thunderbolts as a mole.
As Zemo is about to go through with the plan, the Avengers arrive to stop him. The machine is activated in the chaos, Moonstone absorbing all the transnormal power it collected. It is revealed she didn't trust Zemo herself, and had a plan in place to absorb the energy in case he tried to betray them.
She goes crazy with all of the new power, attacking everyone. Former Thunderbolt Mach-3, in prison, watches this unfold. He gets in contact with Carol Danvers, the Homeland Security Liason, having her help him contact another former Thunderbolt Jolt, who is on Counter-Earth.
Jolt arrives and drains the transnormal energy out of Moonstone, who is still super powerful due to her two Moonstones. The two teams work together to stop her, removing the Moonstones from her body and leaving her in a catatonic state. Zemo takes the Moonstones and escapes. The Thunderbolts disband after all of this. Mach-3, given a pardon for his role in stopping Moonstone, vows to start up a new team.
Avengers 500-503: Disassembled, Avengers Finale
The Avengers are betrayed by the Scarlet Witch, who has gone insane due to her powers. Her use of Chaos Magic takes her powers to new heights, as she is now able to alter reality in much more powerful ways than seen before. The team is decimated, several members dying during the conflict. In the aftermath of this, they disband.
Tony Stark announces he is retiring as Iron Man, and someone new will take his role, even though this is a lie to the public.
Drax The Destroyer 1-4
Drax, while being transported to an intergalatic prison, crashes on Earth where he is apparently killed by a Skrull warrior also on the ship with him. He comes back to life in a new body, with his intelligence fully intact. He becomes the protector of a teenage girl named Cammi, the two taken to the intergalatic prison at the end of the series. They will remain there until the escape in Annihilation, where they feature prominently in the storyline.
New Thunderbolts 1-6
Mach-3 starts up a new incarnation of the Thunderbolts. He is secretly being funded by Baron Strucker and Hydra, who is using the team as a distraction while he pursues his plans of world domination. Mach-3 only goes along with this as he plans to stop Strucker at some point.
In the Thunderbolts' first battle, Captain Marvel Genis-Vell arrives to help them. Atlas (secretly being controlled by the Purple Man) goes into a rage, not wanting him to disrupt the team and accidently kills him. He throws his body into the Hudson River, where Genis' body goes into a cocoon.
Strucker finally makes him move, planning on nuking Manhattan. Genis arises from his cocoon as the new Photon, helping the Thunderbolts stop Strucker. Strucker escapes in a small ship, vowing to return.
Wolverine 20-31: Enemy Of The State
Wolverine is killed by Hydra and brought back as their mind controlled assassin to kill the President of the United States, as mentioned by Goliath in Civil War #1.
Hydra is going through a Civil War of their own, as Baron Strucker's wife Elsbeth and her mutant bodyguard Gorgon are trying to usurp control of Hydra from him. Since Strucker is still missing after escaping from the Thunderbolts, they create a clone of him to take his place. The clone isn't physically accurate to Strucker (looking much older and weathered), but Gorgon using supernatural means to make everyone believe it is him.
The Strucker clone, acting on his own as he was made to do, sends Wolverine to kill Nick Fury. SHIELD stops Logan, undoing his brainwashing. Gorgon kills the Strucker clone as a result of this failure. Wolverine goes on a mission of revenge, taking out Gorgon and most of Hydra in the process.
The Irredeemable Ant-Man 1-2
We meet SHIELD Agents Chris McCarthy and Eric O'Grady. In the midst of SHIELD undoing Wolverine's brainwashing, McCarthy steals an experimental Ant-Man suit Hank Pym has been working on. This takes place about 6 months before the events seen in Civil War: Choosing Sides.
Captain America 1-14: The Winter Soldier
Aleksander Lukin, a rogue Soviet with dreams of power, "kills" The Red Skull via his cybernetic assassin the Winter Soldier. In doing so, Lukin gains possession of the Cosmic Cube, although it is almost drained of power.
He steals a WMD built by AIM for the purpose of powering the Cube, setting it off in Philadelphia and killing many. This is the "bombing in Philly" Goliath mentioned in Civil War #1. Captain America and SHIELD Agent Sharon Carter discover the Winter Soldier is really Steve's deceased ally, Bucky Barnes. Fury has known this for awhile, but was keeping the info from Steve. We shall see the Winter Soldier towards the end of the Civil War in his own one shot.
Secret War 1-5/The Pulse 6-9
In a flashback taking place before Avengers Disassembled, Nick Fury discovers the Prime Minister of Latveria, Lucia Von Bardas, has been backing super villains, making them acts of terrorism. He goes to the President with this information, but is dismissed. He forms of covert team of superheroes (Captain America, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Wolverine, the Black Widow, Luke Cage, and newcomer Daisy Johnson) to overthrow the government, apparently successful.
One year later (present day), Von Bardas (now a cyborg) returns and attacks Cage, putting him in a coma. She later brings a large group of cybernetic villains to New York, planning ot use them as a giant bomb to blow up the city. A large group of Marvel heroes stop them, saving the city.
Fury reveals what he did the past year, going as far to erase the memory of the heroes involved. Wolverine goes berserk and kills him, but it turns out to be a LMD (Life Model Decoy). The real Fury escaped during the battle and has now gone underground.
Maria Hill becomes the Acting Director of SHIELD. Daisy Johnson, given an ultra high level of security clearance, won't tell her anything about Fury. Hill takes Johnson off duty, where she'll stay until New Avengers #20.
Luke comes out of his coma, Fury appearing via hologram to apologize to him and Jessica Jones for the hurt he caused them.
New Avengers 1-6: Breakout
Electro is contacted by a mystery man to cause a blackout in New York City and thus free all the supervillains behind held on the prison the Raft. The total number of villains that escape is 42, which will be the same number of the project Reed Richards is working on in Civil War #2.
A new team of Avengers comes together to stop the escaping villains.
Captain America and Iron Man announce to Director Hill they are forming a new team of Avengers. She says no, but Captain America says he has the authority to do so. (There is actually a continuity error in this scene, Spider-Man asks "Where's Nick Fury?" when he was among the heroes assembled at the end of Secret War #5 when Fury gave his confession and announced he was going underground. But the massive delays of Secret War #5 very likely contributed to this.)
The New Avengers discover a rogue SHIELD faction in the Savage Land, stealing vibranium, as well as battling Sauron. Hill and SHIELD arrive to take them into custody (Hill mentioning the Director of Weapon X was very thankful to have Sauron captured). After they left, Iron Man tells the Avengers he has analyzed the data from the past few months and realizes someone in stockpiling super powered criminals.
Iron Man 1-6: Extremis
Iron Man gains new powers due to the Extremis techno-virus, his body now merged with his armor
Captain America 16-17
Nick Fury is now underground, Maria Hill in charge of SHIELD. Steve and Iron Man have formed the New Avengers, which has made him fall somewhat out of favor with SHIELD's new bosses.
Nick Fury is revealed to be helping the Winter Soldier track down an AIM terrorist cell
Amazing Spider-Man 515-524
A childhood friend of Spider-Man gets super powers and ends up burning down Spider-Man's apartment as well as Aunt May's house. The bond between Spider-Man and Iron Man begins here.
Iron Man invites Spider-Man's family to live at Stark Tower.
Spider-Man gets involved in stopping a Hydra plot to blow up New York City, battling a team of evil Avenger copies in the process. You just know Iron Man saw the Thor one and started taking notes.
New Avengers 7-10: The Sentry
Iron Man meets with the Illuminati. Reed Richards says the total number of villains that escaped from the Raft was 46 and not 42 (no idea what this way about...).
The Sentry joins the team, his Tower revealed to be hidden atop Stark Tower.
The Ilumanati meet again, Tony hiding the Savage Land incident from them.
House Of M 1-8
The Scarlet Witch alters reality at the urging of her brother Quicksilver. The world becomes a place where mutants are the majority and humans the minority. Many Marvel heroes are now living the life they always wanted, but some quickly realize things are amiss. Things are restored right at the end, but millions of mutants are left depowered in the process. Wanda vanishes, shown to be living in a remote village in Europe. The massive energy signature created by this process is shown hovering above the Earth
House Of M: The Day After
Cyclops opens the X-Mansion to all remaining mutants as a sanctuary.
The President of the United States declares a national emergency due to the confusion over the mutants being depowered, leading to the Office Of National Emergency (O*N*E) being activated, with the shady General Lazer in charge.
The new teams of X-Factor and New Excalibur are both formed to deal with the fallout of House of M.
Sentinel Squad O*N*E 1-5
O*N*E creates a Sentinel Squad program headed up by Dr. Valerie Cooper and James Rhodes. These are human piloted Sentinels designed partially by Tony Stark. A group of five are assigned to the X-Mansion to keep an eye on the arriving mutants
X-Men: The 198 1-5
More and more mutants arrive at the mansion, calling themselves the 198 (the estimated number of remaining mutants left after House Of M). They become increasingly unhappy with the situation, as General Lazer and O*N*E are making the place more of a detention area than a refuge. A mutant named Johnny Dee, who can control mutants, secretly forms an alliance with Lazer. This paves the way for the events in Civl War: X-Men 1-4.
Generation M 1-5
We meet reporter Sally Floyd, who is doing stories on depowered mutants. We also meet her nemesis New York Congressman Sykes, who is very much for registering mutants.
After escaping a mutant serial killer, she takes a job at the Daily Bugle.
Son Of M 1-6
In the wake of his connection to House Of M, Quicksilver (stripped of his powers at the end) has become very depressed. After a suicide attempt, his ex-wife Crystal takes him to stay with her on the Inhumans' base on the moon.
There, Pietro realizes he can use the Terrigen Crystals to restore his powers. He gains time travel powers instead, deciding to steal the crystals, return to Earth, and restore all of the mutants' powers.
He goes to Genosha and begins doing just so. However, the process overloads the mutants' powers and causes them to no longer be able to handle their powers. Magneto, also powerless as a result of House Of M, confronts Pietro.
The US government, who has been spying on Magneto, arrives in an attempt to steal the Terrigen Crystals Pietro has for their own purposes. The Inhumans also arrive on the scene, seeking the crystals. The government agents escape with them, Black Bolt calling for war against the humans. Quicksilver will show up later in X-Factor, opening a clinic to restore depowered mutants.
New Thunderbolts 12-14
Baron Zemo is revealed to be forcing the Purple Man to manipulate the Thunderbolts since they reformed, as Zemo wants them to be an optimal fighting unit for an upcoming battle he foresaw with the Moonstones. If they lose the battle, existance will be destroyed.
He comes to Homeland Security's Committee of Superhuman Affairs with this information, showing it to its leader Peter Gyrich. Gyrich believes him as well, enlisting the help of Carol Danvers and Dr. Hank Pym as per Zemo's request. The New Thunderbolts are contacted to attack and shame the New Avengers, which they do so. This serves as an ultimate test of their abilities, impressing Zemo.
Carol quits Homeland Security as a result of this, even though she knows it was necessary. She takes up the mantle of Ms. Marvel again.
New Avengers 11-15
The New Avengers track the Silver Samurai, one of the Raft escapees, to Japan. They are aided by Ronin, an ally of Daredevil's. In the process, they capture Madame Hydra instead, but double agent Spider-Woman lets her go. Captain America finds out. Spider-Woman tells Captain America about her past. (In the flashback, she is shown telling Hydra about the Godseye Satellite that will figure into the Hulk's book).
Nick Fury contacts the New Avengers via hologram, telling them to trust Jessica.
The New Avengers go public. They make a deal with J. Jonah Jameson, offering him exclusive stories if he lays off Spider-Man. He agrees, but quickly goes back on his word.
The Pulse 11-14
Jessica Jones quits her job at the Daily Bugle over the story Jameson wrote.
She gives birth to a baby girl WHO STILL DOESN'T HAVE A NAME!
Luke Cage asks Jessica to marry him, leading right into New Avengers Annual #1
Ares 1-5
The Japanese God of Evil Amatsu-Mikaboshi, inspired by the fall of Asgard as seen in Thor: Ragnarok, hopes to take over Olympus and spread his influence. Ares is called by Zeus to stop him, leading a successful attack upon the Mikaboshi. We will see Ares again post-Civil War with the Mighty Avengers.
The Sentry 1-8
Bob tries to deal with his mindstate, but isn't completely successful as will be seen later on in New Avengers #17.
Oddly enough, Nick Fury appears in this arc. This has to be an LMD as well, even though I'm sure this was more of a goof up than anything.
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 1-4, Marvel Knights Spider-Man 19-22, Amazing Spider-Man 525: The Other
Spider-Man goes through a rebirth process, appearing to die in the process. He comes out of this with new powers and abilities he never had before. The bond between him and Iron Man becomes even stronger through all of this. Tony is shown to be spying on Peter at the end (which will rear its head again months from now), as he gets to work on making the Iron Spider costume.
New Thunderbolts 17-18/ Thunderbolts 100
The new Swordsman, Andreas Strucker, has tracked down his father to a hidden base in Russia. Andreas has gone good, planning to kill his father for all the evil he has caused. Baron Strucker is inside a chemical vat, recuperating from injuries caused when his escape pod crashed. Zemo arrives and stops him, awakening the Baron. Zemo wants the Baron to work with him as part of his master plan, Strucker agreeing.
Photon's powers begin to go crazy, causing pockets of time and space to open up everywhere. Songbird looks into one of these pockets, seeing an image of Baron Zemo and Iron Man shaking hands underneath the seal of the President of the United States.
As Photon's powers now threaten to annihilate all of existance, Zemo reveals himself to the Thunderbolts and tells them of everything. He was the one who put Genis in a cocoon to save his life, planning on Genis helping the Thunderbolts become a stronger team. However, Zemo used the Moonstones wrong and now Genis is completely out of control and must be killed. Zemo is able to stop Genis, dismantling his body into numerous pieces and banishing each one to a different pocket of reality.
Amazing Spider-Man 529-531
The debut of Iron Spider. Iron Man hires Peter on full time as his assistant, going as far to call it as deep as a blood oath.
They go to Washington D.C. to attend the hearings on an upcoming Registration Act, hoping to talk the politicians out of it. The Titanium Man attacks the hearings, Peter stopping him. He questions the coincidence of it all, but Tony assures him that's all it was. Later, we see Tony did indeed hire the Titanium Man to attack and try to prove his point about the act not being needed.
New Avengers 16-20: The Collective
The mutant energy at the end of House of M hits Earth, hitting a man named Michael Pointer. He goes on a bloody rampage across the planet, heading for Genosha. In the process, he kills Alpha Flight.
The energy is revealed to be under the control of Xorn, who restores Magneto's powers. Magneto procedes to attack the Avengers. The President of the United States wants all of Genosha destroyed, even though the Avengers are still on the island trying to stop Xorn. Director Hill of SHIELD refuses, secretly letting Iron Man hear this entire conversation.
The New Avengers make Hill bring in Daisy Johnson to help them take down Magneto, while the Sentry destroys Xorn.
As Magneto is being taken away on a helicopter, it explodes and he vanishes
New Avengers Annual #1
The new Black Widow, last seen getting incinerated in the first arc of New Avengers by Sauron, has now been given the powers of the Adaptoid by Hydra. The Sentry is able to subdue her, Hydra killing her before she can talk. Iron Man is very angry towards Spider-Woman due to her involvement with Hydra, setting the stage for New Avengers #23.
Luke Cage and Jessica Jones marry.
Fantastic Four 533-535
The government has enlisted the Hulk to diffuse a Gamma Bomb that Hydra has planted in Las Vegas. He is able to stop it from destroying the city, but in the process is irridiated with Gamma radiation which turns him into a savage Grey Hulk. The FF are able to stop him. In the process, Reed is given the idea of sending the Hulk offworld, based off a stray comment the Thing makes.
New Avengers: The Illuminati
After the Hulk's rampage in Las Vegas, the Illuminati vote to send him offworld in a ship. Namor refuses to go along with this and leaves. They arrange to have the Hulk go into space and stop the rogue Godseye Satellite that Tony helped design. They send a LMD Nick Fury to go talk to Banner, as that's the only person he would trust.
Tony goes on to discuss the upcoming Registration Act with the rest of the team, saying they should come out in support of it, giving an eerily accurate speech on what will happen in the upcoming future. Reed Richards agrees, but no one else does.
Fantastic Four 536-537
Thor's hammer crashes in Oklahoma. A squad of Doombots are trying to retrieve it, led by the real Dr. Doom, who was last seen in Hell. He reveals to the FF he escaped when Thor's hammer started tearing through the planes of reality, following it out of Hell. Doom is unable to lift the hammer, escaping afterwards.
A man with the initials DB is seen buying a ticket to Oklahoma
Amazing Fantasy (vol. 2) 15
We meet Amadeus Cho, a/k/a Mastermind Excello. He is considered the 7th smartest person on Earth due to a superhuman ability of his to read data from thin air. He is on the run from mysterious forces who killed his entire family, while at the same time dodging another organization who claims to want to help him.
He is somewhere in the desert, eating at a roadside cafe. The people trying to kill him track him there, launching a missile at him from a helicopter. Bruce Banner, also in the cafe (and I presume making his way up to Alaska), becomes the Hulk and stops the missile. He helps Cho escape, Cho gaining deep admiration for the Hulk as a result. Cho will surface again during Civil War.
The Incredible Hulk 88-91
Bruce Banner is now living in isolated Alaska, keeping himself far away from most civilization. The LMD Fury contacts him about the Godseye satellite, Banner agreeing to go destory it. He does, but as he's boarding the return ship it starts heading off into outer space. An explanation from the Illuminati starts playing on the screen as he starts screaming. (at the end, the LMD reports the success to Iron Man. Hell of an LMD too, he's even drinking booze....)
The Incredible Hulk 92-present
The Hulk's ship has a navigation error and crashes on a different planet than the Illuminati intended. Planet Hulk begins. Oh, this does not bode well for our heroes next year....
Iron Man 7-12: Execute Program
Iron Man takes down the Crimson Dynamo in a creative but brutal fashion. The rest of the New Avengers are not happy about this, Iron Man and Captain America having a staredown. Things only get worse when they're battling Gravitron aboard the Raft, Tony about to kill him when Steve tries to stop him. Tony endes up choking Steve to get him off.
Someone in Iron Man armor has been going around killing people related to the death of Tony's mentor, the evidence pointing to Tony himself.
Nick Fury (sigh....) is convinced Extremis has driven Tony mad, and Tony agrees to be incarcerated to prove his innocence. It turns out Tony is innocent, and the son of his mentor is behind it all. This leads Tony to realize how dangerous superheros can be, which leads right into Illuminati and Civil War #1
The MAJOR PROBLEM with this arc is Nick Fury's appearance, when it should have been Maria Hill. There is no way this was a LMD, but the actual thing. Severe continuity gaff....
Annihilation Prologue, 1-6
Annihilus, with a massive army from the Negative Zone, enters our universe and begins the "Annhiliation Wave", destroying all in his path. The Nova Corps are decimated, as is a majority of the Skrull Empire. These effects are felt in many other series, including Civil War Front Line (as the Negative Zone is largely empty, giving Reed Richards an ideal place to build the prison) and Uncanny X-Men (where the Skrull Empire has been scattered across the cosmos).
Union Jack 1-4
Note: this series takes place shortly after the 21st Century Blitz arc in Captain America and before Civil War #1.
Union Jack is recruited by MI5 to stop a R.A.I.D. terrorist plot. Of interest is the MI5's new liason from SHIELD, the Contessa Allegra Valentina De La Fontaine, who is being punished due to her connections to the underground Nick Fury.
Daredevil 76-87
Matt Murdock is arrested and sent to Ryker's Prison, which also houses the Kingpin and very soon Bullseye. Meanwhile, a new Daredevil has appeared in Hell's Kitchen, continuing the work of Daredevil and casting doubts on if Murdock is really Daredevil or not.
While in prison, Matt's best friend Foggy Nelson is killed by a prisoner acting on the orders on an unknown person. The Punisher becomes interested in Matt's plight and gets himself arrested so he can get sent to Ryker's as well.
A prison riot soon ensues, Matt and the Punisher escaping in the chaos. Matt's first priority is finding out who the fake Daredevil is, tracking him down. They battle, Matt soon finding out it is really Iron Fist. Matt tells him he is taking off to Europe to investigate who had Foggy killed, entrusting the Daredevil identity to him (as seen in the Civil War: Choosing Sides 1 shot).
Blade 1-4
Of interest is the first four issues of the series take place before Civil War, as Blade works with SHIELD in the first issue with no mention of Registration
Thunderbolts 102
Peter Gyrich discusses the upcoming Superhuman Registration Act with Baron Zemo, who is very interested in it and how it will pertain to his plans
Civil War 1
The New Warriors fight Nitro outside a school in Stamford, Connecticut. Nitro explodes, killing hundreds in the process.
Anti-superhero sentiment quickly spreads throughout the country, Johnny Storm getting beat into a coma outside a New York nightclub.
Captain America meets with Director Hill aboard the SHIELD Helicarrier, refusing to help her tracking down anti-regs. She has her soldiers fire on him, but he escapes. Iron Man says he will find him.
Civil War Frontline 1
Iron Man unmasks to the world, revealing he has been Tony Stark the entire time.
Speedball is found alive in a forest in upstate New York, having lost his powers in the explosion. SHIELD takes him into custody.
New Avengers 21
Captain America goes underground and teams up with the Falcon. They try to recruit Hank Pym, but he calls SHIELD on them. They narrowly escape
She-Hulk 8:
Thanks to Kid Zemo for the synopsis
Rage and Justice hire She-Hulk to help shut down a New Warriors hate site. Iron Man testifies in the trial, arguing for registration. Though She-Hulk embarrasses him on the stand, Tony gives her the location of the website's creator (who is revealed to be former Warrior Hindsight Lad) and the web site is shut down. Meanwhile, Captain America asks John Jameson about She-Hulk's loyalties in the upcoming war, but John refuses to answer.
Amazing Spider-Man 532
Iron Man asks Spider-Man to unmask at a press conference. After much soul searching and talking with his family, Peter agrees to do so.
Civil War 2
The Pro Registration law is passed at midnight.
Reed Richards works dilligently on a project called 42, which was the original number of escapees from the Raft in New Avengers.
Captain America's underground team rescues the Young Avengers from a SHIELD convoy.
It is revealed Nick Fury is helping out Captain America.
Spider-Man unmasks live on national TV at a press conference Iron Man set up for him.
New Avengers 22
Iron Man and Ms. Marvel try to get Luke Cage to register before the act becomes mandatory at midnight. Cage refuses, and ends up battling SHIELD. Captain America's team helps him escape and he joins up with them.
Cage sends Jessica and his daughter (WHO HAS NO NAME YET!) up to Canada where they'll be safe
Amazing Spider-Man 533
Reactions across the Marvel U is shown to Spider-Man unmasking. A hospitalized Eddie Brock is shown, along with Dr. Octopus and the Vulture.
Iron Man calls another press conference to announce he, Reed Richards, Hank Pym, and Spider-Man are forming a task force to hunt down all the anti-reg heroes. Peter is very angry having not been told about this in advance, but Tony calms him down
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 11-13
Peter resigns from his teaching job at Midtown High due to all the attention due to his unmasking
Runaways (vol. 2) 1-24
The entire series takes place before the events shown in Young Avengers/Runaways 1-4. Civil War is mentioned in issue #21, as a news reporter comments the heroes are too busy fighting amongst themselves to stop a monster destroying Los Angeles
Civil War Young Avengers/Runaways 1-4
Note: the entire series takes place before the Chemical Plant battle in Civil War #3
The Runaways are attacked by SHIELD agents, escaping while the whole thing is shown on live TV. The Young Avengers, defying Captain America, fly to California to help them. Director Hill has SHIELD release the Kree warrior Noh-Varr from the prison called The Cube to find them, as she considers children of the Pride to be very dangerous.
Noh-Varr captures Wiccan, Hulkling, Karolina, and Xavin for the Warden of the Cube to study. The rest of the teams break into the Cube and free their friends. In the process, they manage to take down Noh-Varr. The Vision learns of the tampering the Cube warden has done to him, removing it. The heroes escape, the Runaways declining to join the Anti-Reg battle. Noh-Varr goes on to take over the entire Cube, saying it is the capital city of the New Kree Empire.
Civil War Frontline 2
The fallout from Spider-Man's unmasking at the Daily Bugle.
Bugle reporter Sally Floyd interviews Firestar, who decides she is going to quit being a superhero.
SHIELD makes Norman Osborn, still in prison, an offer. Osborn is quite outraged at Peter's press conference, as he "breaks the rules" by talking about him.
Thunderbolts 103
The Thunderbolts have chosen the Pro Reg side, capturing anti-regs. Iron Man tasks them to capture and recruit super villains, which Zemo has secretly been doing anyways for his upcoming war against the Grandmaster.
X-Factor 8-9
After helping New Warrior Aegis escaped from SHIELD, Jamie Madrox announces X-Factor is going to be anti-reg, and not neutral like most of the mutants and especially X-Men are.
Civil War Frontline 3
Sally interviews a whole group of anti-reg heroes.
Thunderclap, an anti-reg, accidently kills pro-reg hero Bantam during a battle.
Speedball adjusts to life in prison. He has a strange cellmate named Hickey, a man who never talks and has glowing eyes.
The first Atlantean Sleeper Agent is shown, masquerading as a New York City fish shop owner.
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SHIELD captures all the anti-reg heroes Sally was interviewing.
Ben is accosted in an alley by the Green Goblin, who he knows is Osborn.
In prison, Speedball's powers make a surprise return when he gets stabbed in the leg by a fellow inmate. This is only for a brief moment, and they haven't returned since.
More Atlantean Sleeper Agents are seen, masquerading as fireman.
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Zemo aids Reed Richards and Hank Pym in building a super prison for all the anti regs. Dr. Octopus is among the villains shown that the Thunderbolts have captured.
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Captain America tries to recruit Ms. Marvel, but she refuses. Ms. Marvel and Wonder Man are dispatched to track down Arana and get her to register. They are successful, Arana very excited at the prospect of getting training to become a better hero.
Arachne was working with them, but is secretly helping anti-regs heroes escape. She tries to help her boyfriend the Shroud escape as well (they were trying to get her daughter out of the country), but Carol and Simon capture him. Arachne remains on the run.
Carol and Simon track her to her parents' house, capturing her in front of her daughter. Arana witnesses the whole thing, horrified at the situation.
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Just as Osborn is about to attack Ben, he goes into a strange fit of convulsions, collapsing. Ben escapes to the Bugle, where he wants Jameson to print the truth, that Osborn is out of prison.
Jameson refuses, and fires Ben in the process.
As Sally is walking down the street, a stranger walks up behind her and tells her she is following the wrong story and that she is being followed by SHIELD agents. He holds a "gun" to her back so she won't turn around and look at him, but when he leaves she sees it was only a banana.
Sally is later arrested by SHIELD for refusing to give up her contacts.
Speedball is taken to a prison located in the Negative Zone. Due to the events of Annihilation, a very large part of the Negative Zone is now uninhabited.
SHIELD contacts Wonder Man, wanting him to investigate the Sleeper Agents. When he informs them he is busy, they threaten him with blackmail due to his tax records. He tells them he didn't sign on for a draft, but is told in the fine print of the Pro Reg act that is exactly what he signed up for.
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Zemo goes to Captain America's hidden base, offering him his assistance as Zemo is playing both sides of the Civil War. He gives Steve a key that will allow him to escape the super prison being built if, or rather when, Steve gets captured. He also tells Steve on his upcoming war with the Grandmaster, telling him there will come a time when both pro and anti reg forces will have to unite to assist him.
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The new incarnation of the Heroes For Hire are pro reg, working for the government to bring down criminals and not necessarily heroes. Misty agrees to work with Iron Man on the condition there will be no needless bloodshed.
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SHIELD captures Spider-Woman. Iron Man has told Director Hill all abot Jessica's double agent status. Hydra helps Jessica escape, but she turns on them and runs. She goes to one of Nick Fury's safehouses looking for him, but finds Captain America's team instead. She joins up.
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The Thing sees on TV the transport with the anti-regs captured in Civil War #4 wil be going through Yancy Street. He goes to see to the Yancy Street Gang, trying to talk some sense into them, as he knows they will cause trouble.
"DB" reaches Thor's hammer in Oklahoma, lifting it and vanishing in a trail of light.
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Reed Richards, on behalf of the President, asks the Black Panther for help. T'Challa declines.
Iron Man meets with Emma Frost, trying to get the X-Men's support but she turns him down. It is revealed they had a past relationship, as Wolverine will bring up in the Vendetta arc of his book. As he is leaving, he is approached by Bishop. This leads into Civil War X-Men #1.
Nick Fury has set up secret identities for Captain America's team.
Johnny Storm comes out of his coma.
Captain America's team goes to stop a fire at a chemical plant, which turns out to be an ambush Iron Man set up. Iron Man wants to talk, but Steve attacks him with an electro-scrambler that cripples Tony. The two sides battle, SHIELD calling in Thor to turn the tide.
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Note: This takes place after T'Challa's appearance in Civil War #3, but before the battle at the chemical plant
The Black Panther sets up a meeting between Captain America and Iron Man during his wedding, hoping they can talk out their differences. It fails, both men leaving. Dr. Doom contacts T'Challa, hinting at a future partnership in the face of the changing world climate thanks to the Civil War.
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Note: Takes place before the huge battle at the end of Civil War #3.
Deadpool has become a bounty hunter for the pro reg side, while Cable has sided with Captain America. Deadpool attacks Captain America's team at their base.
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Domino and Shatterstar attack the X-Mansion, offering freedom to any members of the 198 Mutants that want to leave the watchful eye of O*N*E. About half leave, escaping in a ship. Bishop and Cyclops have a difference of opinion about going after them, Cyclops wants to do it himself, Bishop wants to get help from the government to try to ease relations. They have a very tense stare down, Bishop leaving.
Bishop meets with Iron Man to track them down, recruiting Sabra and Micromax to help him along with the O*N*E Sentinel Squad (led by General Lazer). Cyclops forms his own team to find the escaped 198 mutants first, consisting of the original X-Men (save Jean Grey, of course).
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Thor kills Goliath in the course of the battle. With Sue Storm's help, Captain America' team escapes to their hideout. Afterwards, Nighthawk, Cable, and Stature walk out, being watched by a mysterious masked man.
Thor is revealed to be a clone created by the Pro Reg side, from the DNA in Thor's hair that Iron Man had.
At Goliath's funeral, Reed Richards begins to doubt Spider-Man's loyalty to their side.
Sue and Johnny Storm leave to go to Captain America's team.
Tony reveals he has formed a new Thunderbolts team composed of vicious supervillains. All have nanobots in them which he will be controlling (just like the Green Goblin).
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Amadeus Cho, a super intelligent 16 year old who can read data from anything, investigates the Hulk's disappearance. As Reed Richards is studying the clone Thor's body at the end of Civil War #4, Cho calls him using a phone Reed and Bruce Banner set up. This enables Cho to get Reed's voice imprint, hacking into Reed's secure files. He learns everything the Illuminati did, hacking into the satellite they used to find a planet for the Hulk.
He discovers the Hulk is not on this planet, vowing to find him. Reed tells Tony about this new situation, very worried.
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Cyclops calls Captain America, who is in the process of getting stitched up as seen in Civil War #4. Steve gives him the info on where Domino is hiding the 198, as Fury helped her find a hiding place. The team finds out this is an old government facility in the Nevada Desert. General Lazer and his O*N*E team have been tracking them the entire time, using mutant Johnny Dee and his mind control powers to take control of Cyclops. He has him start attacking Bishop, intending to kill him because he harbors anger towards Bishop being in charge and not him.
Cyclops and Bishop battle, the 198 joining the battle. Valerie Cooper and Col. Reyes figure out General Lazer is using Johnny Dee to control Cyclops. They break up the mind control, Cyclops and Bishop calling a cease fire. They attempt to arrest him, but he escapes. Inside the facility is a mass of WMDs, which he activates to go off and hopefully kill all the mutants inside. He is captured after activating them.
Cooper interrogates him for the codes to shut down the WMDs, but Johnny Dee uses his powers to kill him before he can do so. Cyclops and Bishop pool their powers to open the door to try to free the 198, Iron Man and Ms. Marvel showing up to help. They succeed in doing so.
In the wake of these events, O*N*E's powers are severely restricted. The Sentinels will remain at the X-Mansion, but mutants are now free to come and go as they please. Cooper offers Bishop a job at O*N*E, his days with the X-Men seemingly over for the time being.
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Robbie talks Ben into staying at the Bugle, despite being "fired".
Sally is interrogated by NSA Agent Eric Marshall about her meeting with the "Banana Man". Reed Richards is secretly watching this, instructing Marshall to offer her a deal.
Ben watches the super heroes battle at the chemical plant, witnessing Goliath's death. Afterwards, he interviews Iron Man. He brings up the deal Tony must have made with the Green Goblin, Tony walking away and pretending to ignore this.
Reed meets with Speedball in the Negative Zone Prison. He makes him a deal, he will arrange for Robbie to testify before Congress if Robbie will make some "concessions". During his transfer to Capitol Hill, Speedball is shot by a man in the crowd ala Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.
Wonder Man trails an Atlantean Sleeper Agent to a warehouse, finding it full of heavily armed Atlantean Soldiers
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Urich, attending the Speedball testimony, witnesses him get shot from the crowd.
Sally, still in custody, is visited by her nemesis from the Generation M mini series, New York Congressman Eugene Sykes. He has arranged for her to be freed, as he can't stand the violation of her Constitutional rights. He talks to her about his belief in the rightness of the Superhero Registration Act, capturing her attention.
At Osborn Industries Headquarters, Norman Osborn meets with a mystery man. The man has arranged for Osborn to be released from his cell as well as the current deal Osborn has from the government. Their conversation insinuates the man is a hero, who is betraying the people he's "spent a lifetime protecting". He says he is helping Osborn out of a combination of "anger, ambition, lack of patience, revenge, and control". He is also supplying Osborn with a serum that lets his overcome the nanite control the government has over him, giving them false readings they are working when in reality Osborn is in full control.
Speedball, bleeding to death, is rushed in an ambulence to the nearest hospital. His powers return again, going beserk. The ensuing chaos causes the ambulence driver to become distracted and slam into another car.
The warehouse the Atlanteans where hiding in has been destroyed. Authorities searching the site find an unconscious Wonder Man. Through flashbacks, we see the Green Goblin (completely invisible to the government thanks to the serum) blow up the building with pumpkin bombs.
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T'Challa and Storm go to see Dr. Doom in Latveria to discuss his offer. Dr. Doom talks about the Civil War, Planet Hulk, Namor's growing dissent towards the surface, and the upcoming Inhumans' war, saying he and T'Challa should form a partnership. T'Challa refuses.
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Note: This takes place after the battle at the Chemical Plant, but before Goliath's funeral
The Yancy Street Gang gives Captain America detailed information on the upcoming transport. This is a trap being setup by the Mad Thinker and the Puppetmaster, who plan to wipe out the heroes from both sides.
Puppet Master takes over a pilot of one of the jet escorts, firing missiles at the heroes. He also has a memeber of the gang try to set off a bomb, but the Thing uses a truck to supress the blast, realizing the Puppet Master is behind this. A member of the gang dies in this attack, Ben disgusted and announces he is leaving the country
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Note: Takes place after the battle at the Chemical Plant, but before Goliath's funeral
Iron Man tells his team they are moving the heroes captured to a more permanent facility, via transport. As they guard the transport, Tony reveals to Peter he knows about his Spider-Sense. Peter thinks to himself he never told Tony that.
As the convoy goes down Yancy Street, Captain America's team attacks. Peter and Captain America battle briefly before Cap goes to check on an explosion several blocks down
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Captain America team subdues Deadpool with an assist from Cable. They tie him up and leave to go on a mission (which is not the fire at the chemical plant, as it is shown in Civil War #3 they were at a diner and then went right to the plant).
Later, Cable returns to untie Deadpool and tells him Thor is back and killed a man during the battle in Civil War #4.
Cable and Deadpool teleport to the White House to see the President. Cable warns the President the 50 States Iniative will only lead to a true war across the country. The President orders Deadpool to take out Cable.
Cable and Deadpool battle, Cable teleporting them away to the Church Of One Humanity in Paris. The President calls a press conference, saying it was actually an LMD Cable was speaking to, designed to provoke him. Cable and Deadpool continue their battle, arguing over the Registration Act. Cable has been broadcasting the entire event, revealing the U.S. government hired Deadpool. The President calls another press conference, denying all of this. Needless to say, Deadpool is now out of a job.
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SHIELD Agent Sharon Carter meets with a SHIELD psychiatrist about the past couple of weeks. After the battle in Civil War 4, she had a secret rendevous with Captain America where they slept together. This was supposed to be a trap for SHIELD capekillers to capture him, but she led them to an empty location so they could have time alone. Afterwards they talked, Steve refusing to budge on his stance. She tells him she loves him.
At the end, it turns out the psychiatrist is really Dr. Faustus using an image inducer, and that he's working with the Red Skull. Faustus has used his mind control powers to make Sharon fall deeply in love with Steve as part of the Skull's as yet unknown plan.
The Winter Soldier, aided by Nick Fury transmitting via hologram, breaks into a secret SHIELD facility. There, he subdues a Fury LCD, injecting a nano virus into it that will let the real Fury control it at any time, as well as helping him to spy on SHIELD. Fury expresses his views to the Winter Soldier, VERY against the Superhero Registration Act, and doing everything he can to stop it and the Civil War.
Next, Fury has the Winter Soldier lure a group of SHIELD Cape Killers into a trap, knocking them out. He has the Soldier take some of their tech, so he can invent a device that will take them all out at once.
Meanwhile, the Red Skull meets with Dr. Doom in Latveria. He has made a deal with Doom to get an as yet unrevealed device from him that will help him in his plan against Captain America.
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Misty is furious at Tony over Goliath's death, as he went against his word to her. They talk, she agrees to bring in Captain America to put a quick end to the Civil War. With the help of a Chinese mystic, they find the secret HQ Captain America is staying at. Before the Heroes can go capture him, they are called by a police detective to an apartment building. The police have undercovered a black market lab specializing in Skrull organs, which the Heroes and Reed Richards deduce are being sold to Anti-Reg heroes so they can hide their identities. (The Skrull Kill Krew is brought up during the conversation!)
Back at Cap's headquarters, he and Cage have been sent new info by Nick Fury. The info is about the new team of Thunderbolts Tony has formed, including their nano implants being used to control them. Misty and the Heroes arrive soon after to talk to Cap, but Paladin reveals himself as a SHIELD mole and attacks everyone. Using a neurotoxin gas, he paralyzes everyone and takes down Cap. He calls SHIELD for a pick up.
Captain America is taken into custody, but when he is unmasked they find an unconscious Paladin. A flashback shows Shang-Chi attacked Paladin, knocking him out and changing costumes with Captain America. He and Luke Cage leave before SHIELD arrives
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Note: The following events take place before Civil War #4
Reed continues losing himself in his work. He is helping transport Wildstreak to the Negative Zone Prison when Sue helps her escape. Reed and Sue argue about this and the Registration Act, Reed going as far to make a fist against Sue. She leaves the tower, causing much damage in her wake. The events in Civil War #4 happen after this.
Note: The following events take place after Civil War #4
Later, Ben enters the lab to tell Reed he's quitting the Fantastic Four and leaving the country. Iron Man takes Spider-Man to see the Negative Zone Prison via the portal in Reed's lab. After touring it, Peter and Reed talk while Tony "goes to the restroom" (in reality he leaves the room to spy on them). Peter and Reed talk about the act, as well as Reed's uncle who commited suicide over the HUAC Affair back in the 1950s.
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Note: Takes place a couple of nights at the maximum after Civil War #4. These following events take place parallel to Fantastic Four #540. I place Reed saying "Sue left" as taking place after Civil War #4 and not her leaving earlier in FF #540, even though CW #4 showed it raining as Sue left.... OOPS!
Peter is up late watching news on the TV, learning Stark Enterprises and Fantastic Four Inc. have been awarded massive no-bid contracts from the government. Peter goes to confront Tony about this, demanding to see the place they've been holding the heroes.
Tony takes Peter to the Reed's lab where the portal to the Negative Zone Prison is housesd, the two taking a tour. Peter is very disturbed by the prison, arguing with Tony over it. The conversation gets very ugly.
They return back to Earth, Peter talking with Reed about his uncle as seen in FF #540. Later that night, Peter gets Mary Jane and Aunt May together, telling them they're leaving the Stark Tower. Iron Man attacks him.
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The Sentry, unsure of what to do about the War, has taken refuge on the Moon. There he is met by the Inhumans, who take him to their sanctuary to talk after briefly attacking him.
Over dinner, he tells them about everything going on the surface world, covering the past couple years of Marvel history. They have psychics who have been reading his mind the entire time, discovering he once teamed up with them but used his powers to erase that from their memories when he removed the Sentry from history.
He is invited to stay the night over the objections of Gorgon, who is very distrustful of outsiders after the events of the Son Of M mini series. In the middle of the night, Crystal comes to him, drawn by an attraction she can't explain. He reveals they were lovers in the past, after she had a fight with Johnny Storm. As they kiss, Iron Man arrives and tells him it's time to go.
Iron Man gives the Sentry a big speech about the Civil War, and how he needs Bob at his side in case he dies during the conflict. The Sentry agrees to come with him, officially joining the side of the Pro-Regs.
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Note: Most of this story runs parallel to the events of Civil War, #47 taking place after New Avengers #24
Wolverine has decided to track down Nitro, the man behind the deaths in Stamford. He tracks him down to an isolated cabin, about to kill him when Nitro reveals he has a benefactor much bigger than him. Before Wolverine can find out who, Namor and a team of Atlantean Sleeper Agents attack and take Nitro away, intending to kill him for the death of Namorita.
Iron Man gives Wolverine a suit so he can go down to Atlantis and retrive Nitro, who is being interrogated. However, Nitro turns the tables and kills the person torturing him. Wolverine decides to leave Nitro to Namor, returning to the surface. Namor later tracks him down and gives him the results of the interrogation: Walter Declun, the CEO of Damage Control Inc is backing Nitro and giving him MGH to increase his powers.
Wolverine meets with Declun to get some information, but gets no answers. In the process, he plants a spy device given to him by Forge which he retrives later that night. Forge analyzes it, finding Damage Control has been war profiteering from Civil War, playing both sides to increase the damage and their money. Logan starts dismantling the corporation, one holding at a time.
Wolverine enters their new headquaters to cause more damage, attacked by a troop of Damage Control Mandroids. He learns they've also been salvaging technology during their clean up efforts for their own purposes. Atlanteans arrive to help him, but the Sentry and a team of SHIELD Capekillers arrive and capture everyone.
Wolverine escapes SHIELD custody, going after Declun. Declun takes a bottle of MGH, but Wolverine succeeds in killing him during the battle. Later, standing in the wreckage of Stamford, he tells this story to Miriam Sharpe.
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The Inhumans call T'Challa and Storm to their Moon base for help. Crystal and Medusa tell T'Challa about the events of the Son of M series, and how the U.S. military now has possession of Terrigen Crystals. T'Challa promises to look into it to see if he can prevent the war.
T'Challa and Storm meet with Namor in Atlantis. Namor tells them if the Reg Act goes through, America will not stop at its own borders and will extend its reach throughout the world. He says a global resistance is needed, with T'Challa as the leader. He also mentions he has been anticipating this for quite some time, having Sleeper Agents installed for years.
T'Challa agrees to this, the three requesting a meeting with the President of the United States. Iron Man monitors the situation, giving attack information to the Sentinel Squad.
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Kenny, a former Stark Enterprises employee who helped design the Capekiller armor, breaks into Stark Tower with his knowledge of the building. He injured Jarvis and completely incompacitates Tony in the process.
Kenny is angry at Stark for what he believes to be a "betrayl of their ideals", using the Capekiller armor on Captain America and other heroes. He plans to destroy Stark Tower, with everyone inside, using an antimatter bomb which he begins the detonator on.
Commander Hill, who became aware of the break-in, sneaks into the building and shoots Kenny dead. She also manages to use SHIELD tech to contain the explosion before it can destroy the entire tower. Afterwards, she is talking with Tony and reveals she really doesn't want the job, and thinks Stark himself would be a much better replacement.
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Ben meets up his friend Danny, his contact in the NYPD. Danny shows him the bombed out Atlantean Warehouse, telling him they have evidence that places the Green Goblin at the scene.
Sally meets with some informants at a diner. One, a man named Stevie, tells her down at the docks he heard a couple of men talking about her, one mentioning meeting her at the market. Nick Fury's name also came up.
Danny tells Ben how the Pro-Reg side are using nanobots to control supervillains, and that Osborn's aren't working right. He tells him a theory he has on how arms dealers are using Osborn to create war with the Atlanteans and profit heavily from doing so
Stevie takes Sally down to the docks, revealing himself as Captain America
In the wake of the ambulance crash in which both paramedics died, Commander Hill interrogates She Hulk. She tells of a massive energy surge around Speedball that tore the ambulence off the roof and injured her in the process. Speedball was thrown clear through the hole, but unharmed. Meanwhile, the surge drained some of She Hulk's powers and left her temporarily blinded.
Hill thinks she is lying, that she's covering up a rescue attempt for Speedball. She holds her in custody as a result. Hill is debriefed, learning the man who shot Speedball was the father of one of the children that died in the school explosion. She also learns Speedball's cell mate Hickey has escaped from his cell. Hickey is shown masquerading as a janitor in the hospital.
Hill later meets with Reed Richards and CLOC, who are studying an unconscious Speedball. He has bullet fragments lodged in his spine as a result of the shooting, but will live. Richards details how Speedball's body is mutating, bioelectric surges erupting all over his body. They want to study this mutation, but Hill orders him put back in prison
The European superhero team SHE (Super Heroes of Europe) have been contacted to moderate a meeting between Atlantean officials and the US Government. The Atlantean ambassador, Govan, says the sleeper agents were merely missionaries sent to study human culture. Norman Osborn appears in the crowd and shoots at the delegation, who escape into the water. SHE take down Osborn, who says he was controlled into trying to kill them
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Captain America agrees to give Sally an interview. She walks out shortly into it, disagreeing with his point of view
Spider-Man helps Ben hack into Stark Industries online accounts, finding a massive increase in revenue right before the announcement of the Registration Act
At Avengers Tower, Reed and the Radioactive Man study a sample of Norman Osborn's blood, finding the nanites have been reprogrammed. Ms. Marvel arrives with a report Atlantean hostilities are on the rise, a US sub having gone missing. Tony walks in, telling Reed he knows of the traitor and has known since the beginning
Speedball is returned to the prison on the Raft, a riot breaking out. An inmate named Razorfist hurts him, his powers flaring up and killing everyone in the wing. The guards find him alone in his cell, Robbie telling them he wants to sign the Act
Norman is interrogated by cops about his role in the Atlantean attack. He is too afraid to say who helped him. An unknown man enters with a Presidental order for Norman to be turned over to US Government custody. Norman is now terrified, recognizing the man.
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Nighthawk and Stature officially join the Pro-Reg side.
In the aftermath of Amazing Spider-Man 535, Tony tries to talk sense into Peter about leaving. Peter refuses, escaping Stark Tower after a brief skirmish. He goes on the run in the sewers, being pursued by Jack-O-Lantern and The Jester. They subdue him but are both killed by the Punisher before they can take him into custody.
At Captain America's new HQ, the Anti-Reg side learns Cloak & Dagger have been captured, hampering their plan to break into the Baxter Building. Just then the Punisher arrives with a very injured Spider-Man, getting him medicial attention.
The Punisher reveals he is on the Anti-Reg side now, that he was the man in the black ski mask seen in the background. He also says he can sneak them into the Baxter Building. As Captain America thinks this over, Tigra is shown hiding in the room with a Stark Cell Phone.
Days later, Daredevil is shown being taken into SHIELD custody. As he's being readied for transport to the Negative Zone prison, Tony tells him about the 50 State Initative and offers him his own team. Daredevil ignores him. The troops escorting him give Tony a silver coin they found under Daredevil's tongue, which was meant for Tony. Daredevil tells him "....that's 31 pieces of silver you've got now, huh? Sleep well Judas." as he enters the portal to the Negative Zone.
Punisher War Journal 1
Note: These events take place prior to Civil War #5
SHIELD sends G.W. Bridge to apprehend the Punisher. The Stilt Man, now working for the government, tries to apprehend a criminal. The Punisher, thinking of the Stilt Man's past crimes, kills him.
After defeating a team of Capekillers Bridge sent to capture him, the Punisher begins tracking who outfitted the Stilt Man with his advanced armor. His trail leads him to the Terrible Tinkerer, who admits to helping Stilt Man but says a villain named Stuart Clarke (a/k/a Rampage) is outfitting more supervillains. The Punisher kills the Tinkerer, tracking down Clarke.
Clarke, who was one of the the escapees from the Raft during the New Avengers "Breakout" arc, thinks Tony Stark is behind everything, even thinking he hired Electro to cause the Breakout. He and the Punsher begin working together, Clarke (now the new Microchip) giving Frank a device that lets him track anything with Stark Tech in it.
Over the next few weeks, the Punisher monitors and tracks the heroes, discovering the locations of Captain America's safehouses. Towards the middle of Civil War #5, the Punisher gets a signal of some Stark Tech in the sewers. He follows it, walking into the battle of Spider-Man fighting members of the new Thunderbolts. The Punisher kills both of them, taking the injured Spider-Man to Captain America.
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Note: This part takes place right after Spider-Man's escape from Stark Tower as seen in Civil War #5
Peter crashes down to the street below, Tony following him. Tony tells him he's already registered and he doesn't need to run, but Peter webs his helmet up and escapes into the sewer.
Note: This part takes place after Civil War 5
Peter meets up with Mary Jane & Aunt May, who are hiding in a school. He reveals he has joined the Anti-Reg side, and will do whatever he can to oppose the Registration Act. Later on, he interrupts a live news broadcast to announce this. He details how heroes are being held without trial in the Negative Zone. Tony Stark, watching the broadcast, gives the order for his capture.
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Note: These events are parallel to Civil War #5
The U.S. Secretary of Defense Jack Kooning offers Tony command of SHIELD, Tony declining. Tony spends days in retreat with his friends discussing the rights and wrongs of Civil War.
Note: The following events take place after Civil War #5
Dr. Karim Najeeb (chairman of the World Islamic Peace Coalition and a former Taliban member) hires the Spymaster to apparently assassinate Tony for reasons unknown. Tony's bodyguard Happy Hogan stops the assassination attempt, but is gravely injured in the process.
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A terrorist plan to capture Spider-Man at Midtown High is foiled by Wolverine and the Punisher. They tell the terrorists the school is under protection 24/7 and to spread the word. The Beast, while still maintaining neutrality in Civil War, gives Peter an image projector so Peter can go back to work at the school with a secret identity again. Peter chooses the name Ben Reilly.
Government agents employ the Vulture to capture Spider-Man.
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T'Challa and Storm trying enlisting more help for their coalition. Captain Britain and the X-Men both decline. T'Challa and Storm then head to the White House for their meeting with the President. However, the President won't talk to them until Storm signs the Registration Act, as she is still an American citizen despite her marriage. They angrily leave as a near riot happens outside the White House.
One of the Sentinels guarding the White House is taken down in the riot, Jim Rhodes inside. He stops T'Challa and Iron Man from getting into a fight, T'Challa leaving after telling Tony he is not leaving the United States until the Civil War is settled
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Commander Hill assigns Sharon Carter to a task force dedicated to capturing Nick Fury.
Captain America, taking a break from the Civil War, continues tracking the Red Skull with Fury's help. He comes to an AIM base where the Skull was recently, Hydra arriving right after him and blowing up the base. A team of CapeKillers then arrive, Sharon using the tech Fury and the Winter Soldier acquired to deactive them. She flies Steve to safety, Steve wondering if Tony was behind Hydra attacking him.
The Skull meets with Arnim Zola, who was at the AIM base before Steve arrived. Skull learned Hydra was going to attack it and got him out of there, asking for assistance with his plan. He won't tell Zola how he knew of Hydra's plans...
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The Thing, after having his trust fund frozen by the government for leaving the United States, arrives in Paris France. He ends up joining the superhero group Les Heroes De Paris, who enlist him to battle a villain beneath the streets of Paris.
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T'Challa and Storm meet with Goliath's family at his gravesite. Afterwards, T'Challa goes to find Captain America's underground base, being followed by the Black Widow. T'Challa is aware of her, having his female bodyguards engage her while he continues his search. He finally finds Steve, agreeing to supply the Anti-Reg side with tech and help them get into the Negative Zone Prison
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A hooker outside of the motel where Peter is hiding realizes it's him, and calls a friend with this information. This info makes it all the way to the Kingpin, still in Ryker's Island, who orders a hit on Peter or anyone close to him. A hitman ends up outside of the motel with a sniper scope trained on Mary Jane and Aunt May.
Captain America, impressed by Peter's on-air speech, sends the Human Torch to arrange a meeting with him. Spider-Man and Captain America meet, Peter officially joining the Anti-Reg side. He walks with Captain America and a group of several others to the underground base, which leads right into the scene of the heroes planning their attack on 42 in Civil War 6.
Civil War 6
At a SHIELD training base in Arizona, Hill and Pym oversee the formation of the new Champions. This is part of the 50 States Initiative. Pym is led away by a SHIELD agent to check on one of the new heroes.
Reed installs a blocker in Clor's head to prevent another Goliath-type situation. Tony calls in, Reed informing him he spoke to the President and has gotten 12 Immunities for Anti-Reg heroes. Reed plans to use two of them for Sue and Johnny.
The Punisher infiltrates the Baxter Building, getting the info on the 42 Prison.
In Atlantis, Sue arrives to enlist Namor. He refuses to help.
The Punisher meets up with a group of Anti-Regs in the sewers of New York, heading back to Captain America's base (as seen towards the end of Amazing Spider-Man 537). They plan their attack on 42. Diamondback brings in Goldbug and Plunderer, who say supervillains want to help the cause. The Punisher shoots them both dead, Captain America becoming outraged. He beats up Frank and kicks him out.
Dr. Strange fasts at his sanctuary at the North Pole. The Watcher speaks with him, Strange refusing to take a side.
At the Ryker's Island gate to the 42 Prison, the Anti-Regs (with T'Challa and Storm having joined) attack, able to sneak in thanks to the Invisible Woman's powers. Iron Man and the Pro-Reg side (including the new Thunderbolts and Bishop) are ready, thanks to their mole. Steve informs him they knew of Tigra, and had their own mole in the Pro-Reg side. Yellowjacket reveals himself to be Hulkling, who was the SHIELD agent talking with Pym in Arizona. Hulkling uses Pym's codes to open all the cells in the 42 Prison, the freed heroes ready to join the battle.
Civil War Frontline 10
Note: the majority of this book takes place during the showdown between the heroes, putting it after Civil War 6 and during Civil War 7
Shortly before the showdown between the heroes, Ms. Marvel meets with Sally. She gives her the info on Osborn's reprogramming. Sally looks at the paper, having a revelation on what's really going on. She sets up a meeting with Ben, who is in the process of resigning from the Daily Bugle. He tells Jameson the story he has would never be printed by the Bugle, leaving to meet Sally.\
With the showdown in fully effect and ravaging downtown New York, Ben and Sally meet in the subway. They pass Typeface (who was freed along with all the other heroes at the end of Civil War 6), who is apparently killed by Venom. In the subway, they realize they have both the exact same conclusion as to the truth about the Civil War.
In the Maryland Prison, James Stricker (the man who shot Speedball) is taken to meet with Speedball. Robbie reveals he signed the Registration Act as long as Stricker was set free. Robbie leaves, Reed Richards trying to talk him out of the deal he's made with the government. Robbie ignores him, walking off
Robbie burns his Speedball costume, meeting with a man who has made him a new one. It's a black costume covered with spikes, both on the inside and out. The spikes on the inside are for all the people who died as a result of Stamford, as well as the men who found him in Civil War Frontline 1. The spikes symbolizing the children are larger, with the spike for Stricker's daughter right by his heart. Robbie dons the painful costume, now calling himself Penance. We will see him shortly in the new Thunderbolts book.
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Civil War: Choosing Sides
Mac Gargan, a/k/a Venom, is accosted at his home by a team of SHIELD Cape Killers led by Songbird and Radioactive Man of the Thunderbolts. He reveals he has just sold the rights to his story for fame and fortune, agreeing to join them so he can go 'legit'. This is a lead-in to the upcoming Thunderbolts #110, featuring the new team seen at the end of Civil War #4
The new Ant-Man watches the battle of Yancy Street between the pro and anti reg heroes. He helps a woman get to safety, leaving in the chaos. Iron Man and team find the woman, who tells them about the man who saved her. This alerts SHIELD to his prescence, who very much wants to find him and the suit he has stolen from them.
Taking place before Daredevil 89, Iron Fist (as Daredevil) escapes a trap the authorities have set for him. He goes back to his home, reflecting back on Matt Murdock trusting the costume to him while he heads to Europe.
U.S. Agent battles the Purple Man, who is heading to Canada aboard a stolen SHIELD hovercraft. The Purple Man subdues Walker, making him jump off the hovercraft in midair to make his escape. Because of this, he agrees to Tony Stark's orders for him to become the American liason to the new incarnation of Alpha Flight that is starting up in Canada, an offer he previously refused to do. This leads in to the upcoming Omega Flight #1.
Howard the Duck goes to a government office to register for the Superhero Act to keep himself out of trouble. There, he meets a SHIELD agent who has been assigned his casefile. The agent is furious at him for all the paperwork he makes him do, declaring that Howard the Duck officially no longer exists in the eyes of the goverment.
Eternals 1-5
Registration is a background topic of the series, with Iron Man appearing to tell Sersi she needs to reigster among other things.
Thunderbolts 106-108
The Grandmaster activates the Wellspring, a large source of energy that turns thousands of humans all over Earth into superhumans. This leads to near chaos all over the world, as all the Pro-Reg and Anti-Reg heroes are shown working side by side to quell the madness.
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