The first of the ‘Annuals’ crossovers, and one of the best. It didn’t always hang together as well as it should have, but compared to a lot of the crossovers that followed it (especially the DC ones), it worked very well.
You can see where it fits into the larger timeline here.
| Prologues: | |
| X-Factor Annual #3 (backup story) [1] | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| The Punisher Annual #1 (backup story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| Silver Surfer Annual #1 (backup story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| New Mutants Annual #4 (backup story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22 (backup story) [2] | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| Fantastic Four Annual #21 (backup story) [2] | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| X-Men Annual #12 (backup story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| Web of Spider-Man Annual #4 (backup story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| West Coast Avengers Annual #3 (backup story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8 (backup story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| Avengers Annual #17 (backup story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| The War | |
| X-Factor Annual #3 (main story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| The Punisher Annual #1 (main story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| Silver Surfer Annual #1 (main story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| New Mutants Annual #4 (main story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| Fantastic Four Annual #21 (main story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22 (main story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| X-Men Annual #12 (main story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| Web of Spider-Man Annual #4 (main story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| West Coast Avengers Annual #3 (main story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8 (main story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| Avengers Annual #17 (main story) | Evolutionary War Omnibus |
| Epilogues | |
| Thor #406 [3] | Thor Epic Collection, vol.17: In Mortal Flesh |
| Thor #407 [3] | Thor Epic Collection, vol.17: In Mortal Flesh |
| Avengers West Coast Annual #4 [4] | Atlantis Attacks Omnibus |
Footnotes:
- All the prologues originally ran as back up features in the eleven annuals, retelling the prior history of the High Evolutionary.
- Note that these two stories occur in the opposite order to that of the main stories in each Annual.
- Reveals the fates of Hercules and the High Evolutionary after the events of this crossover.
- Features an agent of the High Evolutionary who never learned that the war was over.