Chaos War was the fantastic culmination of eight awesome volumes of The Incredible Hercules, which are just about the most fun you can have reading comics. You really don’t need to read anything other than the main series, but the Ares, Dead Avengers and Incredible Hulks tie-ins are particularly good.
It fits into the larger timeline here.
| The Lead-Up: | |
| Heroic Age: Prince of Power #4 | Incredible Hercules: The New Prince of Power |
| Chaos War: Chaos King | Chaos War: X-Men |
| The Chaos War: | |
| Chaos War #1 | Chaos War |
| Chaos War #2 | Chaos War |
| Chaos War: Ares | Chaos War: Avengers |
| Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1 | Chaos War: Avengers |
| Chaos War: X-Men #1 | Chaos War: X-Men |
| Chaos War #3 | Chaos War |
| Chaos War: God Squad | Chaos War: X-Men |
| Incredible Hulks #618 | Chaos War: Incredible Hulks |
| Chaos War: Dead Avengers #2 | Chaos War: Avengers |
| Chaos War: Alpha Flight | Chaos War: X-Men |
| Chaos War: X-Men #2 | Chaos War: X-Men |
| Chaos War #4 | Chaos War |
| Incredible Hulks #619 | Chaos War: Incredible Hulks |
| Incredible Hulks #620 | Chaos War: Incredible Hulks |
| Chaos War: Thor #1 | Chaos War: Avengers |
| Chaos War: Thor #2 | Chaos War: Avengers |
| Chaos War: Dead Avengers #3 | Chaos War: Avengers |
| Chaos War #5 | Chaos War |
| Epilogues: | |
| Incredible Hulks #621 | Chaos War: Incredible Hulks |
| Incredible Hulks #622 | Chaos War: Incredible Hulks |
| Herc #1 [1] | Herc: The Complete Series Fear Itself: Herc  |
| Alpha Flight #0.1 [2] | Alpha Flight: The Complete Series |
Footnotes:
- Herc is Hercules’ new series spinning out of Chaos War.
- Alpha Flight picks up from the resurrection of the team in the pages of Chaos War.
