Marvel Cinematic Universe / Comics
Numerous comics have been published so far for the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Some of them have been translated into German by Panini . These comics can be divided into the categories Preludes , Adaptations , Inspired Comics and Sponsored Comics.
Preludes
| Comic (USA) | Contained in a German comic | Publication (USA) | Publication (Germany) | Chronological order |
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| Iron Man 2: Public Identity (1-3) | Marvel Movies: Iron Man | Part 1: April 28, 2010 Part 2: May 5, 2010 Part 3: May 12, 2010 |
February 21, 2012 | Between Iron Man and Iron Man 2 |
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Iron Man 2: Agents of SHIELD
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Part 1: April 23, 2010 Part 2: April 28, 2010 Part 3: May 5, 2010 |
February 21, 2012 | Between Iron Man and Iron Man 2 | |
| Captain America: First Vengeance (1-8) | Marvel Movies: Captain America & Thor | Part 1: February 6, 2011 Part 2: February 16, 2011 Part 3: March 2, 2011 Part 4: March 23, 2011 Part 5: June 8, 2011 Part 6: June 15, 2011 Part 7 + 8: June 29 2011 |
April 17, 2012 | Parallel to Captain America: The First Avenger with flashbacks |
| The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week (1-8) |
Marvel Movies: Avengers Marvel Movie Collection: Marvel's Avengers |
Part 1: February 5, 2012 Part 2: February 15, 2012 Part 3: February 22, 2012 Part 4: February 29, 2012 Part 5: March 7, 2012 Part 6: March 14, 2012 Part 7: March 21, 2012 Part 8: March 28, 2012 |
First published: May 22, 2012 New edition: July 16, 2019 |
Parallel to the films Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk , Thor and the beginning / ending scene of Captain America: The First Avenger |
| The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes (1-3) | Avengers: Black Widow: The Black Widow's Bite |
Part 1: May 2, 2012 Part 2: May 16, 2012 Part 3: June 6, 2012 |
September 13, 2012 | Before Marvel's The Avengers |
| Iron Man 3 Prelude (1-2) |
Marvel Movies: Iron Man 3 The story behind the Marvel Movie Collection: Iron Man 3 |
Part 1: January 2nd, 2013 Part 2: February 6th, 2013 |
First published: April 23, 2013 New edition: August 6, 2019 |
Before, during and after Marvel's The Avengers |
| Thor: The Dark World Prelude (1-2) | Marvel Movies: Thor 2 The story behind the movie |
Part 1: June 5, 2013 Part 2: July 10, 2013 |
22nd October, 2013 | Before, during and after Marvel's The Avengers |
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic | / | January 28, 2014 | never appeared in German | Before The Return of the First Avenger |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude (1-2) |
Marvel Movies: Guardians of the Galaxy The official background to the film Marvel Movie Collection: Guardians of the Galaxy |
Part 1: April 2nd, 2014 Part 2: May 28th, 2014 |
First published: August 12, 2014 New edition: August 20, 2019 |
Before Guardians of the Galaxy |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Prequel Infinite Comic | Marvel Movie Collection: Guardians of the Galaxy |
April 1, 2014 | 20th August 2019 | Before Guardians of the Galaxy |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude - This Scepter'd Isle |
Avengers: Age of Ultron The official background story of the Marvel Movie Collection: Avengers: Age of Ultron |
3rd February 2015 | First published: April 14, 2015 New edition: September 3, 2019 |
Before and during The Return of the First Avenger |
| Ant-Man Prelude (1-2) | Ant-Man The official background to the film |
Part 1: February 4th, 2015 Part 2: March 4th, 2015 |
July 7, 2015 | Between Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain Marvel |
| Ant-Man - Scott Lang: Small Time | / | March 3, 2015 | never appeared in German | Between Marvel's The Avengers and Iron Man 3 |
| Jessica Jones | / | October 7, 2015 | never appeared in German | Between Marvel's Daredevil (Season 1) and Marvel's Jessica Jones (Season 1) |
| Captain America: Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic |
The First Avenger: Civil War The official background to the film Marvel Movie Collection: The First Avenger: Civil War |
February 10, 2016 | First published: April 19, 2016 New edition: October 1, 2019 |
During and after The Return of the First Avenger |
| Doctor Strange Prelude (1-2) |
Doctor Strange The official background story of the Marvel Movie Collection: Doctor Strange |
Part 1: July 6, 2016 Part 2: August 24, 2016 |
First published: October 10, 2016 New edition: September 17, 2019 |
After Thor - The Dark Kingdom |
| Doctor Strange Prelude - The Zealot |
Doctor Strange The official background story of the Marvel Movie Collection: Doctor Strange |
September 7, 2016 | First published: October 10, 2016 New edition: September 17, 2019 |
Before Doctor Strange with retrospectives |
| Black Panther Prelude (1-2) |
Black Panther The official background to the film Marvel Movie Collection: Black Panther |
Part 1: October 18, 2017 Part 2: November 15, 2017 |
First published: February 6, 2018 New edition: November 12, 2019 |
After Iron Man |
| Avengers: Infinity War Prelude (1-2) |
Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War The official background story of the Marvel Movie Collection: Avenger's: Infinity War |
Part 1: January 24, 2018 Part 2: February 28, 2018 |
First published: April 17, 2018 New edition: November 26, 2019 |
Part 1: During and After The First Avenger: Civil War Part 2: Parallel to Thor: Decision Day with retrospectives |
| Captain Marvel Prelude | Captain Marvel The official story behind the film |
November 14, 2018 | 5th March 2019 | During and between the films Avengers: Age of Ultron , The First Avenger: Civil War, and Avengers: Infinity War |
| Black Widow Prelude (1-2) | Black Widow The official background to the film |
Part 1: January 15, 2020 Part 2: February 19, 2020 |
October 22, 2020 | Parallel to the end of The First Avenger: Civil War with recaps of Iron Man 2 , Marvel's The Avengers , The Return of the First Avenger , Avengers: Age of Ultron and The First Avenger: Civil War |
Adaptations
| Comic (USA) | Contained in a German comic | Publication (USA) | Publication (Germany) | Adaptation of: |
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| Iron Man: I am Iron Man! (1-2) | I am iron man | Part 1: January 27, 2010 Part 2: February 24, 2010 |
May 4, 2010 | Iron man |
| Iron Man 2 adaptation (1-2) |
Marvel Movies: Iron Man 3 The story behind the Marvel Movie Collection: Iron Man 3 |
Part 1: November 7, 2012 Part 2: December 5, 2012 |
First published: April 23, 2013 New edition: August 6, 2019 |
Iron man 2 |
| Thor adaptation (1-2) | Marvel Movies: Thor 2 The story behind the movie |
Part 1: January 16, 2013 Part 2: February 20, 2013 |
22nd October, 2013 | Thor |
| Captain America: The First Avenger Adaptation (1-2) | / | Part 1: November 6, 2013 Part 2: December 11, 2013 |
never appeared in German | Captain America: The First Avenger |
| The Avengers Adaptation (1-2) |
Avengers: Age of Ultron The official background story of the Marvel Movie Collection: Avengers: Age of Ultron |
Part 1: December 24, 2014 Part 2: January 7, 2015 |
First published: April 14, 2015 New edition: September 3, 2019 |
Marvel's The Avengers |
| Captain America: Civil War Prelude (1-4) |
The First Avenger: Civil War The official background to the film Marvel Movie Collection: The First Avenger: Civil War |
Part 1: December 16, 2015 Part 2: December 30, 2015 Part 3: January 6, 2016 Part 4: January 27, 2016 |
First published: April 19, 2016 New edition: October 1, 2019 |
Iron Man 3 The Return of the First Avenger |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude (1-2) | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 The official background to the film |
Part 1: January 4th, 2017 Part 2: February 1st, 2017 |
April 18, 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude (1-2) |
Spider-Man: Homecoming The official history of the Marvel Movie Collection: Spider-Man: Homecoming |
Part 1: March 1st, 2017 Part 2: April 5th, 2017 |
First published: July 4th, 2017 New edition: July 2nd, 2019 |
The First Avenger: Civil War (From Peter Parker's perspective) |
| Thor: Ragnarok Prelude (1-4) |
Thor: Decision Day The official background to the film Marvel Movie Collection: Thor: Decision Day |
Part 1: July 5, 2017 Part 2: July 19, 2017 Part 3: August 2, 2017 Part 4: August 16, 2017 |
First published: October 10, 2017 New edition: October 15, 2019 |
The incredible Hulk Thor - The Dark Kingdom |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude (1-2) | Ant-Man & the Wasp The official story behind the film |
Part 1: March 7, 2018 Part 2: April 4, 2018 |
17th July 2018 | Ant-Man |
| Avengers: Endgame Prelude (1-3) | Avengers: Endgame The official story behind the film |
Part 1: December 5, 2018 Part 2: January 9, 2019 Part 3: February 20, 2019 |
April 16, 2019 | Avengers: Infinity War |
| Spider-Man: Far From Home Prelude (1-2) | Spider-Man: Far From Home The official background to the film |
Part 1: March 27, 2019 Part 2: April 24, 2019 |
2nd July 2019 | Spider-Man: Homecoming |
Inspired
| Comic (USA) | Contained in a German comic | Publication (USA) | Publication (Germany) | Canon | Chronological order |
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| Iron Man: Fast Friends (1-2) | / | Part 1: September 17, 2008 Part 2: September 30, 2008 |
never appeared in German | Before and during Iron Man | |
| The Incredible Hulk: The Fury Files (1-2) | / | Part 1: October 9, 2008 Part 2: October 15, 2008 |
never appeared in German | Before Iron Man | |
| Nick Fury: Spies Like Us | / | December 3, 2008 | never appeared in German | Between Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain Marvel | |
| Captain America & Thor: Avengers! | Marvel Movies: Captain America & Thor | July 6, 2011 | April 17, 2012 | not Canon | / |
| The Avengers: The Avengers Initiative | Official Film Special: Marvel's The Avengers | May 2, 2012 | April 18, 2012 | Before Marvel's The Avengers with flashbacks |
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| Iron Man: The Coming of the Melter | / | 1st of May 2013 | never appeared in German | Before Iron Man 3 | |
| Thor: Crown of Fools | Thor - wolves of the north | October 30, 2013 | 20th June 2014 | Before Thor - The Dark Kingdom | |
| Captain America: Homecoming | / | March 26, 2014 | never appeared in German | Before The Return of the First Avenger | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy: Galaxy's Most Wanted | Guardians of the Galaxy 6: Inside the Lion's Den | 2nd July 2014 | 11th August 2015 | Before Guardians of the Galaxy | |
| Avengers: Operation HYDRA | My first comic: Avengers | April 22, 2015 | February 12, 2019 | Before Avengers: Age of Ultron | |
| Ant-Man: Larger Than Life | / | June 24, 2015 | never appeared in German | Between Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain Marvel | |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron Episode 0 | / | July 1, 2015 | never appeared in German | not Canon | / |
| Captain America: Road to War | / | April 20, 2016 | never appeared in German | Between Ant-Man and The First Avenger: Civil War | |
| Doctor Strange: Mystic Apprentice | Doctor Strange 5: The Talented Mr. Misery | October 26, 2016 | January 30, 2018 | While Doctor Strange | |
| Doctor Strange: Episode 0 | / | 22nd November 2016 | never appeared in German | Before Doctor Strange | |
| Spider-Man: Master Plan | Spider-Man Homecoming - The official magazine for the film | 5th July 2017 | July 13, 2017 | Before Spider-Man: Homecoming | |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming: School of Shock | / | 17th October 2017 | never appeared in German | After Spider-Man: Homecoming |
Sponsored Comics
All comics in this category were only published in English:
| Comic | publication | sponsor | Canon | Chronological order |
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| Iron Man: The Price of Doing Business | May 2, 2008 | SEGA | not Canon | / |
| Iron Man: Security Measures | September 30, 2008 | Walmart | During Iron Man | |
| Iron Man 2: Forewarned is Four-Armed! | October 5, 2008 | Daily Mirror | not Canon | / |
| The Incredible Hulk: The Big Picture | October 21, 2008 | Walmart | Before Iron Man | |
| Iron Man: Limited Edition | May 2010 | LG | Between Iron Man and Iron Man 2 | |
| Iron Man 2: Security Breach | April 1, 2010 | Target | Between Iron Man and Iron Man 2 | |
| Iron Man: Will Online Evils Prevail? | April 10, 2010 | Norton | Between Iron Man and Iron Man 2 | |
| Iron Man Royal Purple Custom Comic | November 30, 2010 | Royal Purple | Between Iron Man and Iron Man 2 | |
| Iron Man 2: Fist of Iron | February 1, 2011 | Audi | Between Iron Man and Iron Man 2 | |
| Thor, The Mighty Avenger (1-4) | May 1, 2011 | Burger King | Before Captain America: The First Avenger | |
| Captain America: Evil Lurks Everywhere | July 18, 2011 | Norton | After Captain America: The First Avenger | |
| The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII | April 10, 2012 | Colantotte | Before Marvel's The Avengers | |
| Agents of SHIELD: The Chase | July 24, 2014 | Lexus | Between Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (Season 1, Episode 12) and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (Season 1, Episode 13) |
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| The Avengers: Cutting Edge | May 31, 2015 | Gillette | not Canon | / |
| The Avengers: King of the Road | 17th April 2016 | Audi | not Canon | / |
| Guardians of the Galaxy: EcoSport Adventure | April 14, 2017 | ford | not Canon | / |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming: Fight or Flight | July 13, 2017 | Toys "R" Us | After Spider-Man: Homecoming | |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming: Morning Rush (1-2) | July 13, 2017 | Post foods | After Spider-Man: Homecoming | |
| Spider-Man: Far From Home - Got To Hand it To Him | June 28, 2019 |
Kellogg's Dollar General |
Before Avengers: Infinity War | |
| Spider-Man: Far From Home - Them's The Brakes | 1st July 2019 | Kellogg's | Before Avengers: Infinity War |