Armor Hunters: Reading Order
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Armor Hunters: Reading Order
Hello all. I started collecting Armor Hunters halfway through, and I've just been waiting to read the entire thing in one sitting. So now that the whole thing has been released (besides Aftermath), I was wondering what would be the best order to read them all in? I'm not necessarily looking for chronological order, or even the official order for that matter. I just want to gather a bunch of different opinions, and figure out which order would be best from there. Thanks guys! I'm getting so close to catching up completely!
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Re: Armor Hunters: Reading Order
There's a checklist in the back of the books.
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Re: Armor Hunters: Reading Order
Great question! I actually reread the saga by official checklist order and it was completely satisfying as a read that way
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Re: Armor Hunters: Reading Order
I've been reading according to the checklist order, and it doesn't seem like the best order. It seems like Armor Hunters: Bloodshot is way behind the rest of the books. And the story in each issue of Armor Hunters: Harbinger takes place prior to the issue of Armor Hunters before it on the checklist. It's not terribly confusing to read it in the checklist order, though.
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Have the same thing on my end, too.BugsySig wrote:greg wrote:Attached...You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.BugsySig wrote:greg wrote:Attached...You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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We all know who the first one voted off the island would be, Dunlow.lorddunlow wrote:We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.BugsySig wrote:greg wrote:Attached...You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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Sorry, punctuation error.BugsySig wrote:We all know who the first one voted off the island would be: Dunlow.lorddunlow wrote:We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.BugsySig wrote:greg wrote:Attached...You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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BugsySig wrote:Sorry, punctuation error.BugsySig wrote:We all know who the first one voted off the island would be: Dunlow.lorddunlow wrote:We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.BugsySig wrote:greg wrote:Attached...You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Fixed.
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Re: Armor Hunters: Reading Order
So I think it's safe to say that the prelude comes first, then the first month is pretty obvious with AH1, Unity 8, then X-O 26, and Aftermath obviously comes last. The only question is which order I should read the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th months. Someone said earlier that the AH: Harbinger issues usually happen before the main series, so I think I might do that. Any more info before I jump in?
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If I am not mistaken, the checklist in the early issues actually changed slightly in the later issues. I made a photocopy of the early checklist and when I compared it to one of the later issues, it did not match exactly. I still need to read the final issues or the September books, but I wonder if it makes sense to just read each title in order. For example, read Armor Hunters 1-4 and Aftermath, X-O Prelude issues and then the 4 AH issues of X-O, etc.
Someday I would like to bind all the complete story into a HC volume, but I want to make sure I have the correct reading order too.
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Someday I would like to bind all the complete story into a HC volume, but I want to make sure I have the correct reading order too.
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I've been thinking about this, and I've decided it would work best to read the main Armor Hunters series and X-O Manowar issues in chronological order, then the two miniseries separately in either order.
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What about reverse order? that would add a Memento-style psychological thriller element....
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Would you also read Unity straight through too?lorddunlow wrote:I've been thinking about this, and I've decided it would work best to read the main Armor Hunters series and X-O Manowar issues in chronological order, then the two miniseries separately in either order.
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Re: Armor Hunters: Reading Order
Good thread imho. I was reading release order up through the second month, but then i got busy and haven't kept up. Now i am ready to read the whole thing through, but not sure about the order. Would definitely be curious about opinions.
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Same here. I was playing catch up a few weekends ago on a lot of comics... Armor Hunters especially.SJS4 wrote:Good thread imho. I was reading release order up through the second month, but then i got busy and haven't kept up. Now i am ready to read the whole thing through, but not sure about the order. Would definitely be curious about opinions.
Because I read digital, it was a bit though for me going back and forth between the different titles. I agree with reading Armor Hunters & XO together and the others in any order.
I went through the Bloodshot straight through, then Harbinger.
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It has already been established that if marooned on an island, Dunlow would be the first eaten.BugsySig wrote:We all know who the first one voted off the island would be, Dunlow.lorddunlow wrote:We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.BugsySig wrote:greg wrote:Attached...You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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I'm not putting that in my mouth.jmatt wrote:It has already been established that if marooned on an island, Dunlow would be the first eaten.BugsySig wrote:We all know who the first one voted off the island would be, Dunlow.lorddunlow wrote:We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.BugsySig wrote:greg wrote:Attached...You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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Insert standand qoute from "the office" here.BugsySig wrote:I'm not putting that in my mouth.jmatt wrote:It has already been established that if marooned on an island, Dunlow would be the first eaten.BugsySig wrote:We all know who the first one voted off the island would be, Dunlow.lorddunlow wrote:We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.BugsySig wrote:greg wrote:Attached...You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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So....... not sure if anyone cares but I have to tell someone, and my friends are the worst kind of comic fans.
I just read all of Armor Hunters in one sitting and it was fantastic! God, it was so damn good. It was so good that it makes me that I ever put up with Marvel events for so many years!
But that's beside the point.. I wanted to post what I think would be the ideal reading order. Or, at least, the order I'm going to read it in when I inevitably reread it. It's probably not the best order for people who haven't read it once, because the AH backups in X-O were a nice breather, and the slowly unraveling AH history was nice in context.
X-O Manowar 23-25 (Prelude)
X-O Manowar 26-27 (Armor Hunters/Primary/Malgam backup)
Armor Hunters 1
Unity 8
Armor Hunters 2
Unity 9
AH: Bloodshot 1
AH: Harbinger 1
Armor Hunters 3
Unity 10
AH: Bloodshot 2
AH: Harbinger 2
AH: Bloodshot 3
AH: Harbinger 3
Unity 11
Armor Hunters 4
X-O Manowar 29
AH: Aftermath
The only part I'm not 100% on is whether Bloodshot 3 or Harbinger 3 should come first.
What do you think?
I just read all of Armor Hunters in one sitting and it was fantastic! God, it was so damn good. It was so good that it makes me that I ever put up with Marvel events for so many years!
But that's beside the point.. I wanted to post what I think would be the ideal reading order. Or, at least, the order I'm going to read it in when I inevitably reread it. It's probably not the best order for people who haven't read it once, because the AH backups in X-O were a nice breather, and the slowly unraveling AH history was nice in context.
X-O Manowar 23-25 (Prelude)
X-O Manowar 26-27 (Armor Hunters/Primary/Malgam backup)
Armor Hunters 1
Unity 8
Armor Hunters 2
Unity 9
AH: Bloodshot 1
AH: Harbinger 1
Armor Hunters 3
Unity 10
AH: Bloodshot 2
AH: Harbinger 2
AH: Bloodshot 3
AH: Harbinger 3
Unity 11
Armor Hunters 4
X-O Manowar 29
AH: Aftermath
The only part I'm not 100% on is whether Bloodshot 3 or Harbinger 3 should come first.
What do you think?
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This looks good to me at a glance... Has anyone done a full read like this?TheFerg714 wrote:So....... not sure if anyone cares but I have to tell someone, and my friends are the worst kind of comic fans.
I just read all of Armor Hunters in one sitting and it was fantastic! God, it was so damn good. It was so good that it makes me that I ever put up with Marvel events for so many years!
But that's beside the point.. I wanted to post what I think would be the ideal reading order. Or, at least, the order I'm going to read it in when I inevitably reread it. It's probably not the best order for people who haven't read it once, because the AH backups in X-O were a nice breather, and the slowly unraveling AH history was nice in context.
X-O Manowar 23-25 (Prelude)
X-O Manowar 26-27 (Armor Hunters/Primary/Malgam backup)
Armor Hunters 1
Unity 8
Armor Hunters 2
Unity 9
AH: Bloodshot 1
AH: Harbinger 1
Armor Hunters 3
Unity 10
AH: Bloodshot 2
AH: Harbinger 2
AH: Bloodshot 3
AH: Harbinger 3
Unity 11
Armor Hunters 4
X-O Manowar 29
AH: Aftermath
The only part I'm not 100% on is whether Bloodshot 3 or Harbinger 3 should come first.
What do you think?
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Don't forget XO #28.TheFerg714 wrote:So....... not sure if anyone cares but I have to tell someone, and my friends are the worst kind of comic fans.
I just read all of Armor Hunters in one sitting and it was fantastic! God, it was so damn good. It was so good that it makes me that I ever put up with Marvel events for so many years!
But that's beside the point.. I wanted to post what I think would be the ideal reading order. Or, at least, the order I'm going to read it in when I inevitably reread it. It's probably not the best order for people who haven't read it once, because the AH backups in X-O were a nice breather, and the slowly unraveling AH history was nice in context.
X-O Manowar 23-25 (Prelude)
X-O Manowar 26-27 (Armor Hunters/Primary/Malgam backup)
Armor Hunters 1
Unity 8
Armor Hunters 2
Unity 9
AH: Bloodshot 1
AH: Harbinger 1
Armor Hunters 3
Unity 10
AH: Bloodshot 2
AH: Harbinger 2
AH: Bloodshot 3
AH: Harbinger 3
Unity 11
Armor Hunters 4
X-O Manowar 29
AH: Aftermath
The only part I'm not 100% on is whether Bloodshot 3 or Harbinger 3 should come first.
What do you think?
Other than that, that's the order I'd read them in.
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