Quote Originally Posted by Raffi Ol D'Arcy View Post
I haven't yet read Secret Empire but I recently read Civil War II with the tie-ins and before that Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill. Standoff is kind of the starting point as to when Cap gets "corrupted" by Kobik. Also, the Captain America: Steve Rogers run by Nick Spencer seems kind of crucial as a lead-up to Secret Empire. Saying that, the Secret Empire event may have a decent recap of the events previous to it. Someone else may comment as to whether this is the case.
ah the curse of superhero comics strikes again!
I have zero interest in Civil War II but heard good things about Stand off. That said I don't really want to buy a whole bunch of books to understand what the hell is going on, I would rather just not buy any then.
Although Stand off is also written by Spencer.... (reading his Ant-man atm and it's great)

Thanks for the replies tho, hope someone can comment on how self contained Secret Empire is.