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MARVEL UNIVERSE: 1961 READING ORDER - Recommended & Essential Reading

The Marvel Universe reading order continues: Highlighting all the key moments, first appearances, crossovers and events in the ideal reading order. This time around, more Marvel Monsters are unleashed, the Skrulls arrive too early and the Fantastic Four make their debut!

As always, I'd like to thank the guys over at www.chronologyproject.com which I use as a basis and work out my own continuity. Those guys have done all the heavy lifting for me!

MCG note: These pages are subject to change and will be constantly updated and added to. If you feel a story has been missed or want to know where tale would sit in continuity, I'm more than happy to add these for you though they may or may not be recommended by me. This guide is aimed more at fans who need help with continuity rather than those already obsessed with it.
The birth of the Fantastic Four marks a new age of heroes in what is about to become the Marvel Universe. Of course their first foes are monster-based as that was still all the rage in 1961. Other slightly less familiar characters also make their debut this year, including Doctor Druid, Fin Fang Foom and It the Living Colossus, all just before the FF's very first appearance! 

Also, blink and you'll miss the first appearance of the alien Skrulls...
MCG NOTE - your guide to reading comics:

  • Issues in blue are worth reading and often play a part in the great Marvel tapestry.
  • Issues in grey are possibly of interest, stories of note that aren't essential or issues added by fan request or once-great tales that are no longer 'required reading'.

Tales of Suspense #13 (1961) 
First appearance of Elektro (sentient robot and would-be conqueror).
Tales of Suspense #14 (1961) 
First appearance of It the Living Colossus (statue brought to life).

 Tales of Suspense #15 (1961) 
First appearance of Goom (alien conqueror).

Strange Tales #83 (1961) 
First appearance of Grogg (alien dragon).

Journey into Mystery #68 (1961) 
First appearance of Spragg the Living Hill (alien).

Tales of Suspense #17 (1961) 
First appearance of Googam (alien son of Goom).

Amazing Adventures #1 (1961) 
First appearance of Doctor Druid (as Doctor Anthony Droom) and the Ancient One (as an unnamed Tibetan Lama); when Droom defeats Gorlion for the Tibetan Lama, he becomes the mystic Doctor Droom.

Amazing Adventures #2 (1961) First appearance of Manoo (alien law enforcement officer); Doctor Droom vs Atlanteans.

Tales of Suspense #20 (1961) First appearance of Bob O'Bryan; Bob takes control of It the Living Colossus.

Strange Tales #89 (1961) First appearance of Fin Fang Foom (alien dragon from Kakaranthara).

Marvel Universe #4-7 (1998-1999) 
Doctor Druid, Ulysses Bloodstone, Jake Curtis (Makkari) and Zawadi team up as the Monster Hunters to battle Kro of the Deviants when he unleashes the Monsters of Monster Isle.

Strange Tales #90 (1961) 
First appearance of Orrgo (reality-altering alien).
Fantastic Four #1 (1961) 
First appearance of the Fantastic Four (Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mister Fantastic & Thing), Mole Man and his monsters (Gigantus, Rock Monster Guardian (aka Ugu the Neolithic) and Tricephalus); the FF gain their powers and face the Mole Man's monsters.

Amazing Adult Fantasy #7 (1961) 
First appearance of Zankor; a later retcon reveals that Zankor was a Skrull, making this the first appearance of the Skrulls.
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