The Evolutionary War Crossover Reading Order

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 Avengers/Doctor Strange: Rise Of The Darkhold
Fantastic Four Annual #21 (backup story) [2]	Evolutionary War Omnibus Fantastic Four Epic Collection, vol.18: The More Things Change…
X-Men Annual #12 (backup story)	Evolutionary War Omnibus Avengers/Doctor Strange: Rise Of The Darkhold
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 X-Factor Epic Collection, vol.3: Angel of Death X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus, vol.2 X-Men: Inferno Prologue Omnibus
The Punisher Annual #1 (main story)	Evolutionary War Omnibus Punisher Epic Collection, vol.3: Kingpin Rules
Silver Surfer Annual #1 (main story)	Evolutionary War Omnibus Silver Surfer Epic Collection, vol.4: Parable Silver Surfer: Return To The Spaceways Omnibus
New Mutants Annual #4 (main story)	Evolutionary War Omnibus New Mutants Epic Collection, vol.5: Sudden Death New Mutants Omnibus, vol.3 X-Men: Inferno Prologue
Fantastic Four Annual #21 (main story)	Evolutionary War Omnibus Fantastic Four Epic Collection, vol.18: The More Things Change…
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #22 (main story)	Evolutionary War Omnibus Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection, vol.18: Venom Marvel Firsts: the 1980s, vol.3
X-Men Annual #12 (main story)	Evolutionary War Omnibus Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men, vol.16 X-Babies Classic, vol.1 Marvel Universe by Arthur Adams Omnibus
Web of Spider-Man Annual #4 (main story)	Evolutionary War Omnibus Man-Thing By Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection, vol.3
West Coast Avengers Annual #3 (main story)	Evolutionary War Omnibus The Avengers: West Coast Avengers Omnibus, vol.2
The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8 (main story)	Evolutionary War Omnibus Spider-Man: Tombstone Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga
Avengers Annual #17 (main story)	Evolutionary War Omnibus Avengers Epic Collection, vol.18: Heavy Metal
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 Avengers West Coast Epic Collection, vol.4: Vision Quest The Avengers by John Byrne 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.