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zuckyd1 · 1/05/2020 12:22 pm

This is a list of all the saga-type comics that Marvel has published. If you know of any I missed or spot any mistakes, please let me know.

All-New Wolverine Saga (also includes sagas for X-23, X-Force, Daken) (portions reprinted in Daken: Dark Wolverine #1, X-23 (2010) #1, Uncanny X-Force: The Apocalypse Solution tpb, Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender Complete Collection Vol 1 tpb, Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender Omnibus, X-23: The Killing Dream tpb, Wolverine By Jason Aaron Complete Collection vol 2 tpb, X-23 Omnibus Vol. 1)
Annihilation Saga (reprinted in Annihilation Conquest Vol. 1 hc/tpb)
Astonishing X-Men Saga
Black Panther (2009) #1
Black Widow (2010) #1 (reprinted in Black Widow: The Name of the Rose, Black Widow: Widowmaker)
Captain America v3 #12: Red Skull (reprinted in Captain America: Heroes Return—The Complete Collection Vol. 1, Gitcorp's Captain America: The Complete Collection DVD-ROM)
Captain America v3 #17: Korvac (reprinted in Captain America: Heroes Return—The Complete Collection Vol. 2, Gitcorp's Captain America: The Complete Collection DVD-ROM)
Captain America v3 #18: Cap’s Shield (reprinted in Captain America: Heroes Return—The Complete Collection Vol. 2, Gitcorp's Captain America: The Complete Collection DVD-ROM)
Captain Marvel (2000) #0: Rick Jones (reprinted in issue #1, Captain Marvel: First Contact, Captain Marvel: Genis-Vell by Peter David Omnibus)
Daredevil by Ed Brubaker Saga
Dark Reign: The Goblin Legacy (reprinted in Siege Prelude tpb)
Dark Wolverine #75 (originally released digitally; reprinted in Daken: Dark Wolverine—Punishment)
Deadpool (2008) #1
Eternals (1985) #1: "The Three Faces of Man!" (R in The Eternals: The Complete Saga Omnibus, Eternals: The Dreaming Celestial Saga)
Exiles Saga (digital only?)
Fear Itself: Fellowship of Fear #1
Franklin Richards Saga (digital only?)
Free Comic Book Day 2006: Ultimate Spider-Man (reprinted in an expanded version in Ultimate Spider-Man #100)
Free Comic Book Day 2018 (Amazing Spider-Man/Guardians of the Galaxy) #1: “Previously in Guardians of the Galaxy” (reprinted in Infinity Countdown tpb)
Generation Hope #1
Ghost Rider (2006) #28 (originally released digitally; reprinted in Ghost Rider: The War For Heaven Book 1)
Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1 (reprinted in Hawkeye & Mockingbird: Ghosts, Hawkeye: Avenging Archer, Hawkeye Modern Epic Collection: The Reunion)
Herc #1
Heroes For Hire (2011) #1
History of the Marvel Universe
Hulk (2008) #50: Red Hulk
The Hyborian Age (Savage Sword of Conan #7, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17; reprinted in Conan Saga #50-54 & 56, Savage Sword of Conan: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #1-2; partially reprinted in The Savage Sword of Kull #1)
Incredible Hercules #126 (reprinted in Incredible Hercules: The Complete Collection Vol. 2)
Incredible Hulk #393 (reprinted in Gitcorp's Incredible Hulk: The Complete Collection DVD-ROM)
Infinity Countdown Prime: “The Saga of the Infinity Stones” (reprinted in Infinity Countdown tpb, Infinity Wars tpb)
Invincible Iron Man #20
Iron Man 2.0 #1
The Life of Wolverine #1 (Sep 2024) (originally released digitally as Life of Wolverine Infinity Comic #1-10)
March on Ultimatum Saga (reprinted in Ultimatum Companion hc)
Marvel: Your Universe Saga
Marvel Saga: The Official History of the Marvel Universe #1-25 (reprinted in Essential Marvel Saga vol. 1 (#1-12) and vol. 2 (#13-25); #22 reprinted in Spider-Man: The Wedding Album Gallery Edition)
Mighty Thor Saga #1 (partially reprinted in Loki Modern Era Epic Collection: Journey Into Mystery)
Moon Knight Saga
Namor the First Mutant #1
New Mutants Forever #1
New Mutants Saga
Onslaught Unleashed #1 (reprinted in Onslaught Unleashed hc, Heroes Reborn: The Return Omnibus)
Planet Hulk Saga (originally released digitally; reprinted in Hulk: World War Hulk hc, Hulk: World War Hulk Omnibus)
Previously in Marvel Comics Recap Guide #1
Punisher (2009) #1
Runaways Saga
Saga of Squadron Supreme (reprinted in Squadron Supreme HC)
Scarlet Spider (2012) #1
Second Coming: Prepare #1: Phoenix Force (originally released digitally)
Secret Invasion Saga (reprinted in Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? tpb)
Secrets of the Uncanny X-Men: Legion Quest Saga 2, Age of Apocalypse Saga 2, Age of X Saga 2, X-Man Saga 2
Shadowland: Daughters of the Shadow #1 (reprinted in Shadowland: Street Heroes, Daredevil: Shadowland Omnibus)
Shadowland: Power Man #1 (reprinted in Shadowland: Power Man tpb, Daredevil: Shadowland Omnibus)
Skrull Kill Krew (2009) #1
Spider-Man: Grim Hunt—The Kraven Saga (reprinted in Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat #1)
Spider-Man Brand New Day Yearbook
Spider-Man Saga (1991) #1-4
Spider-Man Saga (2010) (also includes sagas for Black Cat, Jackpot, Kaine, Menace, Harry Osborn, Spider-Girl) (reprinted in Amazing Spider-Man: Origin of the Species hc/tpb)
Spider-Woman Saga (digital only?)
Thanos Sourcebook
Thunderbolts #150 (reprinted in Thunderbolts: Uncaged Omnibus)
Ultimate Spider-Man #100 (expanded version of Free Comic Book Day 2006) (reprinted in Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 3)
Ultimates Saga
War of Kings Saga (reprinted in Road to War of Kings tpb)
Wolverine Saga (1989) #1-4
Wolverine Saga (2009)
X-Factor Forever #1
X-Infernus Saga (digital only?) (reprinted in New X-Men: The Quest For Magik — The Complete Collection)
X-Men: Road to Onslaught #1 (reprinted in X-Men/Avengers: Onslaught Vol. 3)
Young Allies (2010) #1

(non-Marvel)
Star Wars Saga #1 (Marvel, 2020)
Transformers: Historia (IDW, 2018) 40 pg

not-quite sagas:
(includes content similar to what one might find in a saga, but told as a regular comic story)
Saga of the Sub-Mariner 12-issue miniseries
Saga of the Human Torch 4-issue miniseries
Saga of the High Evolutionary (back-up stories in the "Evolutionary Wars" annuals)
Saga of the Serpent Crown (back-up stories in the "Atlantis Attacks" annuals)
A History of Subterranea (back-up stories in the "Subterranean Wars" annuals)
untitled history of Kang (back-up stories in the "Citizen Kang" annuals)
History of the Black Panthers (back-up stories in Wakanda #1-5)

notes:
X-Men: Curse of the Mutants Saga, despite its name, is not in saga format.
The Marvel No-Prize Book (1982) shares some structural similarities with the later saga books. (An abridged version is included with The Marvel Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel.)
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #14 and 25 each contain 2-page quasi-sagas entitled "How to Follow Untold Tales of Spider-Man" (reprinted in Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus).

Last edited by zuckyd1 (11/10/2024 1:50 pm)

zuckyd1 · 1/05/2020 12:43 pm

Historical text from CxPulp

rplass
03-20-2014, 06:12 PM

At the end of Namor, The first Mutant #1, there is a Saga section. Don't know if that counts because it's not a whole entire comic.
Also there's the 12 issue Saga of the Sub-Mariner series.

zuckyd1
03-20-2014, 06:21 PM

rplass wrote:
At the end of Namor, The first Mutant #1, there is a Saga section. Don't know if that counts because it's not a whole entire comic.Most of the sagas on the list don't take up entire issues, so that definitely counts. Thanks!
Also there's the 12 issue Saga of the Sub-Mariner series.

I decided not to include that and Saga of the Human Torch because they aren't really in the saga format; they read like regular comics. Same with the Saga of the High Evolutionary and of the Serpent Crown. But if people think they belong I will add them.

Andy E. Nystrom
03-21-2014, 06:32 AM

Good list. Marvel Saga should be official History, not Official Handbook. Agreed with only listing those Sagas that are in the format of selected panels being reprinted with new captions, as opposed to the likes of Saga of the Human Torch, which are as you say simply a regular comic spanning a long period of time.

zuckyd1
03-26-2014, 08:59 AM

Added the reprinting of the Wolverine portion of All New Wolverine Saga in Wolverine By Jason Aaron Complete Collection vol 2 tpb.

zuckyd1
04-20-2014, 06:52 PM

Added Iron Man 2.0 #1. Revised the listings for All-New Wolverine Saga/Daken: Dark Wolverine #1 and Free Comic Book Day 2006/Ultimate Spider-Man #100.

zuckyd1
05-16-2014, 10:02 AM

CORRECTION: Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 does NOT reprint Astonishing X-Men Saga. (It only reprints the cover.)

zuckyd1
08-08-2014, 08:47 AM

Added the reprinting of the X-Force portion of All New Wolverine Saga in Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender Complete Collection Vol 1 tpb.

Blue_Shield
09-13-2014, 09:20 AM

Nice. I didn't realize that there were this many made.

zuckyd1
03-25-2015, 03:09 PM

Added the reprinting of Hawkeye & Mockingbird Saga in Hawkeye: Avenging Archer tpb.

Historical Text from Capes (Optional)
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zuckyd1 · 1/05/2020 1:01 pm

Historical text from Facebook:

David A. Zuckerman
October 5, 2018

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2018 (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY) #1
“Previously in Guardians of the Galaxy”

INFINITY COUNTDOWN tpb
reprints “Previously in Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Saga of the Infinity Stones”

David A. Zuckerman
January 18, 2019

(non-Marvel)
TRANSFORMERS: HISTORIA (IDW, 2018) 40 pg

David A. Zuckerman
February 15, 2019

INFINITY WARS tpb
reprints “The Saga of the Infinity Stones”

David A. Zuckerman
February 20, 2019

GHOST RIDER: THE WAR FOR HEAVEN BOOK 1
reprints Ghost Rider Saga

David A. Zuckerman
June 20, 2019

NEW X-MEN: THE QUEST FOR MAGIK — THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
X-Infernus Saga R

David A. Zuckerman
December 7, 2019 at 3:23 PM

STAR WARS SAGA #1 (2020)

zuckyd1 · 1/05/2020 1:21 pm

Updated first post to include Facebook additions, as well as Infinity Countdown Prime.

zuckyd1 · 1/29/2020 5:51 pm

BLACK WIDOW: WIDOWMAKER
Black Widow Saga R

Andy E. Nystrom · 3/20/2020 10:52 am

Looks like the upcoming Dawn of X will be a Saga book or something similar: https://www.cbr.com/x-men-dawn-of-x-condenses-hickman-saga/

Andy E. Nystrom · 12/25/2020 2:52 pm

I keep meaning to mention a quasi-Sagas book that came out this year:

Previously in Marvel Comics Recap Guide #1 September 2020.
Kind of like the recap pages that you see at the start of some comics. While such recaps are probably normally beyond the scope of this thread, since the entire issue is recaps, it kind of reads like a Sagas book, albeit one that jumps from topic to topic.

zuckyd1 · 12/25/2020 3:36 pm

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
I keep meaning to mention a quasi-Sagas book that came out this year:

Previously in Marvel Comics Recap Guide #1 September 2020.
Kind of like the recap pages that you see at the start of some comics. While such recaps are probably normally beyond the scope of this thread, since the entire issue is recaps, it kind of reads like a Sagas book, albeit one that jumps from topic to topic.

Yeah I had considered adding that. I think you're right—the fact that it's an entire book probably makes it worth including.

zuckyd1 · 12/25/2020 3:40 pm

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
Looks like the upcoming Dawn of X will be a Saga book or something similar: https://www.cbr.com/x-men-dawn-of-x-condenses-hickman-saga/

It appears this was cancelled

zuckyd1 · 1/01/2021 3:57 pm

zuckyd1 wrote:
Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
I keep meaning to mention a quasi-Sagas book that came out this year:

Previously in Marvel Comics Recap Guide #1 September 2020.
Kind of like the recap pages that you see at the start of some comics. While such recaps are probably normally beyond the scope of this thread, since the entire issue is recaps, it kind of reads like a Sagas book, albeit one that jumps from topic to topic.
Yeah I had considered adding that. I think you're right—the fact that it's an entire book probably makes it worth including.

Added to the first post. I don't want to clutter that post with the contents of this volume, so I'll list them here. 1 page each.
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Avengers
Black Cat
Cable
Captain America
Captain Marvel
Daredevil
Deadpool
Dr. Strange Surgeon Supreme
Prelude to Empyre
Excalibur
Ghost Rider
Guardians of the Galaxy
Hellions
The Immortal Hulk
Marauders
Marvels X
Miles Morales: Spider-Man
Strange Academy
Star Wars
Star Wars Darth Vader
Spider-Woman
Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality
Thor
Venom
Wolverine
X-Force
X-Men
X-Men/Fantastic Four
The Immortal Hulk page has what could be considered capsule entries for the following characters: Bruce, Joe Fixit, Devil Hulk, Savage Hulk, The Green Scar

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/04/2021 10:08 am

Just a suggestion, but back in the Capes (Optional) days you had a small separate section below the main list for "not quite Saga books" such as the Marvel No-Prize Book. If you are up for restoring that section, it might be nice to see, as there probably isn't anywhere else we can capture that kind of info.

zuckyd1 · 1/05/2021 11:25 am

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
Just a suggestion, but back in the Capes (Optional) days you had a small separate section below the main list for "not quite Saga books" such as the Marvel No-Prize Book. If you are up for restoring that section, it might be nice to see, as there probably isn't anywhere else we can capture that kind of info.

Do you remember what else was in that section?

Andy E. Nystrom · 1/05/2021 1:12 pm

Sorry, I know it wasn't the only thing in that sub-section but the only reference threads I had up to date masters saved for were the ones I maintain myself.

zuckyd1 · 1/08/2021 9:52 am

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
Just a suggestion, but back in the Capes (Optional) days you had a small separate section below the main list for "not quite Saga books" such as the Marvel No-Prize Book. If you are up for restoring that section, it might be nice to see, as there probably isn't anywhere else we can capture that kind of info.

added

zuckyd1 · 2/18/2021 9:22 am

CAPTAIN AMERICA:HEROES RETURN—THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 1
reprints the Red Skull saga from Captain America v3 #12

zuckyd1 · 4/15/2021 7:14 am

INCREDIBLE HERCULES: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 2
reprints the saga from Incredible Hercules #126

X-MEN/AVENGERS: ONSLAUGHT VOL. 3
reprints X-Men: Road to Onslaught #1

Andy E. Nystrom · 5/27/2021 4:59 pm

Another quasi-Saga:
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #14 and 25 (2 pages each): How to Follow Untold Tales of Spider-Man

All four pages included in Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus.

zuckyd1 · 5/28/2021 1:34 pm

Andy E. Nystrom wrote:
Another quasi-Saga:
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #14 and 25 (2 pages each): How to Follow Untold Tales of Spider-Man

All four pages included in Untold Tales of Spider-Man Omnibus.

I'm not sure that those really qualify as sagas, but I added them to the Notes section.

Andy E. Nystrom · 5/28/2021 5:32 pm

That's what I meant by the quasi part. Worth noting but not as real Sagas.

mal32 · 10/15/2021 1:04 am

About:
Ghost Rider (2006) #28 (reprinted in Ghost Rider: The War For Heaven Book 1):

Ghost Rider #28 (December 2008) reprints:
Ghost Rider Saga (May 2008) digital

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zuckyd1 · 10/15/2021 10:43 am

mal32 wrote:
About:
Ghost Rider (2006) #28 (reprinted in Ghost Rider: The War For Heaven Book 1)
Ghost Rider #28 (December 2008) reprints:
Ghost Rider Saga (May 2008) digital

A number of the sagas were first released digitally. I'll make a note of it.

mal32 · 10/16/2021 1:09 am

Dark Wolverine #75 reprints:
DARK WOLVERINE SAGA (2009)
that is reprinted also in:
Daken: Dark Wolverine TPB: Punishment (2017)

mal32 · 10/17/2021 9:38 am

Phoenix (Force) Saga (2010) is (not listed) reprinted in:
Second Coming: Prepare #1: Phoenix Force (listed)

RVcousin · 10/24/2021 10:16 am

Hello guys,
Secrets of the Uncanny X-Men has the following (2 pages each) :
Legion Quest Saga
Age of Apocalypse Saga
Age of X Saga
X-Man Saga

Thanks to mal32 for his help on this one

mal32 · 10/25/2021 1:00 am

RVcousin wrote:
Hello guys,
Secrets of the Uncanny X-Men has the following (2 pages each) :
Legion Quest Saga
Age of Apocalypse Saga
Age of X Saga
X-Man Saga

Thanks to mal32 for his help on this one

mal32 thanks Lonewolf36 for SECRETS OF THE UNCANNY X-MEN

zuckyd1 · 5/30/2022 1:27 pm

Updated all the new information.

The saga from Onslaught Unleashed is reprinted in HEROES REBORN: THE RETURN OMNIBUS.

zuckyd1 · 8/03/2022 8:10 am

CAPTAIN AMERICA: HEROES RETURN—THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 2
Korvac R
Cap’s Shield R

mal32 · 11/13/2022 11:01 am

WAKANDA (December 2022) #1 offers two things:
1) a Map of Wakanda, 1 page
2) a saga of all the known Black Panthers,16 pages

zuckyd1 · 11/13/2022 1:41 pm

mal32 wrote:
WAKANDA (December 2022) #1 offers two things:
2) a saga of all the known Black Panthers,16 pages

Although it recaps the history of the Black Panthers—similar to what a Saga might do—it's an actual comic story and thus not in Saga format.

Perhaps I'll create a new category—"not quite Sagas"—although that could get bloated rather easily.

zuckyd1 · 11/13/2022 1:51 pm

Added a "not-quite sagas" section. Feel free to suggest entries.