Armor Hunters: Reading Order

TheFerg714 · Post by **TheFerg714** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:37 am

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!

slack · Post by **slack** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:08 am

There's a checklist in the back of the books.

greg · Post by **greg** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:34 am

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JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:52 am

Great question! I actually reread the saga by official checklist order and it was completely satisfying as a read that way

BugsySig · Post by **BugsySig** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:11 am

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Heath · Post by **Heath** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:49 am

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.

David_Cody · Post by **David_Cody** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:42 pm

BugsySig wrote:
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Have the same thing on my end, too.

lorddunlow · Post by **lorddunlow** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 4:45 pm

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We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.

BugsySig · Post by **BugsySig** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:03 pm

lorddunlow wrote:
BugsySig wrote:
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We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.

We all know who the first one voted off the island would be, Dunlow.

BugsySig · Post by **BugsySig** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:03 pm

BugsySig wrote:
lorddunlow wrote:
BugsySig wrote:
greg wrote:Attached...

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We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.
We all know who the first one voted off the island would be: Dunlow.

Sorry, punctuation error.

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lorddunlow · Post by **lorddunlow** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:09 pm

BugsySig wrote:
BugsySig wrote:
lorddunlow wrote:
BugsySig wrote:
greg wrote:Attached...

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We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.
We all know who the first one voted off the island would be: Dunlow.
Sorry, punctuation error.

Fixed.

TheFerg714 · Post by **TheFerg714** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:06 am

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?

mkb28 · Post by **mkb28** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 8:20 am

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.

Mkb28

lorddunlow · Post by **lorddunlow** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:03 am

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.

leonmallett · Post by **leonmallett** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:12 pm

What about reverse order? that would add a Memento-style psychological thriller element....

mkb28 · Post by **mkb28** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 1:19 pm

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.

Would you also read Unity straight through too?

thanks,

mkb28

SJS4 · Post by **SJS4** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 6:01 pm

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.

missjay · Post by **missjay** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 9:28 pm

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.

Same here. I was playing catch up a few weekends ago on a lot of comics... Armor Hunters especially.
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.

jmatt · Post by **jmatt** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 9:36 pm

BugsySig wrote:
lorddunlow wrote:
BugsySig wrote:
greg wrote:Attached...

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We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.
We all know who the first one voted off the island would be, Dunlow.

It has already been established that if marooned on an island, Dunlow would be the first eaten.

BugsySig · Post by **BugsySig** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:11 am

jmatt wrote:
BugsySig wrote:
lorddunlow wrote:
BugsySig wrote:
greg wrote:Attached...

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.
We all know who the first one voted off the island would be, Dunlow.
It has already been established that if marooned on an island, Dunlow would be the first eaten.

I'm not putting that in my mouth.

Aram · Post by **Aram** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:54 pm

BugsySig wrote:
jmatt wrote:
BugsySig wrote:
lorddunlow wrote:
BugsySig wrote:
greg wrote:Attached...

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

We voted you off, BugsySig. No hard feelings. Blame the Canadians.
We all know who the first one voted off the island would be, Dunlow.
It has already been established that if marooned on an island, Dunlow would be the first eaten.
I'm not putting that in my mouth.

Insert standand qoute from "the office" here.

grendeljd · Post by **grendeljd** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:52 pm

BugsySig wrote:I'm not putting that in my mouth.

I am putting that in the quotes thread.

TheFerg714 · Post by **TheFerg714** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 12:30 am

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?

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:03 pm

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?

This looks good to me at a glance... Has anyone done a full read like this?

iwantvaliant · Post by **iwantvaliant** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:45 pm

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?

Don't forget XO #28.
Other than that, that's the order I'd read them in.

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