What would be the Marvel Universe without the Avengers? That is the storyline explored in Heroes Reborn, the last Marvel event written by Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness, which has no relation to the 1996–97 storyline of the same name.
In this Heroes Reborn from 2021, the Marvel Universe was altered so that the Avengers were never formed. Tony Stark never built an Iron Man armor. Thor is a hard-drinking atheist who despises hammers. Wakanda is dismissed as a myth. And Captain America was never found in the ice. So who is the biggest superhero team of this altered Marvel Universe? The Squadron Supreme of America.
But there is one man alive who seems to remember that the entire world has somehow been… reborn: Blade. And so begins his search for the cause behind this ominous shift in reality.
What to read before Heroes Reborn?
The event is pretty new reader-friendly, so you don’t have to read anything before if you want to.
But if you want, this event is actually an extension of Jason Aaron’s Avengers run, and the following is a list of his run in collected editions:
- Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 1: The Final Host
- Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 2: World Tour
- Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 3: War Of The Vampires
- Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 4: War of the Realms
- Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 5: Challenge Of The Ghost Riders
- Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 6: Star Brand Reborn: Starbrand Reborn
- Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 7: The Age Of Khonshu
- Avengers By Jason Aaron Vol. 8: Enter The Phoenix
To know more about Squadron Supreme, you can read the limited series from 1985 by Mark Gruenwald:
Heroes Reborn (2021) Reading Order
Heroes Reborn Reading Order: Collected Editions
- Heroes Reborn: America’s Mightiest Heroes
Collects Heroes Reborn (2021) #1-7, Heroes Return (2021) #1.
- Heroes Reborn: America’s Mightiest Heroes Companion Vol. 1
Collects Heroes Reborn: Hyperion & the Imperial Guard (2021) #1, Heroes Reborn: Peter Parker, the Amazing Shutterbug (2021) #1, Heroes Reborn: Magneto & the Mutant Force (2021) #1, Heroes Reborn: Young Squadron (2021) #1, Heroes Reborn: Siege Society (2021) #1. - Heroes Reborn: America’s Mightiest Heroes Companion Vol. 2
Collects Heroes Reborn: Squadron Savage (2021) #1, Heroes Reborn: Marvel Double Action (2021) #1, Heroes Reborn: American Knights (2021) #1, Heroes Reborn: Night-Gwen (2021) #1, Heroes Reborn: Weapon X & Final Flight (2021) #1.
Heroes Reborn Reading Order: Issue by Issue
- Heroes Reborn #1
- Heroes Reborn: Hyperion & the Imperial Guard #1
- Heroes Reborn: Peter Parker, The Amazing Shutterbug #1
- Heroes Reborn #2
- Heroes Reborn #3
- Heroes Reborn #4
- Heroes Reborn: Young Squadron #1
- Heroes Reborn: Siege Society #1
- Heroes Reborn: Magneto & the Mutant Force #1
- Heroes Reborn #5
- Heroes Reborn: American Knights #1
- Heroes Reborn: Marvel Double Action #1
- Heroes Reborn #6
- Heroes Reborn: Squadron Savage #1
- Heroes Reborn: Night-Gwen #1
- Heroes Reborn #7
- Heroes Reborn: Weapon X & Final Flight #1
- Heroes Return #1
After Heroes Reborn
Once the event concluded, the regular Avengers adventures resumed. Next came World War She-Hulk:
- Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 9: World War She-Hulk
Collects Avengers (2018) #46-50.
Last Updated on September 30, 2022.
