| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Salvador Larroca; inks: Salvador Larroca; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Ant-Man, Clint Barton, Bucky, Captain Marvel, Jean Grey, Hawkeye, Kraven the Hunter, Sergei Kravinoff, Scott Lang, Mar-Vell, Thor Odinson, Harry Osborn, Ben Parker, Phoenix |
| 1 | - | credits, title page | 1 | pencils: Gil Kane; inks: John Romita, Tony Mortellaro; colors: Chris Sotomayor; letters: Art Simek | Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy |
| 2 | Book of the Dead 2004 | illustration | 1 | pencils: David Finch; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Frank D'Armata | Captain America, Steve Rogers |
| 3 | Ancient One | character profile | 2 | script: Ronald Byrd; pencils: Carl Potts; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Ancient One |
| 4 | Ant-Man | character profile | 1 | script: Ronald Byrd; pencils: Olivier Coipel; inks: Andy Lanning; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Ant-Man, Scott Lang |
| 5 | Baron Zemo | character profile | 1 | script: Michael Hoskin; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Baron Zemo, Heinrich Zemo |
| 6 | Bloodstone | character profile | 2 | script: Jeff Christiansen; pencils: Tony Salmons; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Ulysses Bloodstone |
| 7 | Bucky | character profile | 1 | script: Ronald Byrd; pencils: Chris Bachalo; inks: Tim Townsend, Al Vey; colors: Brian Reber | Bucky Barnes, Bucky |
| 8 | Captain Marvel | character profile | 2 | script: Jeff Christiansen; pencils: Alex Ross; inks: Alex Ross; colors: Alex Ross | Captain Marvel, Mar-Vell |
| 9 | Changeling | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Bill Reinhold; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Changeling, Kevin Sidney |
| 10 | Fabian Cortez | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Derec Aucoin; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Fabian Cortez |
| 11 | Graydon Creed | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Joe Madureira; inks: Tim Townsend; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Graydon Creed |
| 12 | Cypher | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Jackson Guice, Mary Wilshire; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Cypher, Doug Ramsey |
| 13 | Destiny | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Paul Smith; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Irene Adler, Destiny |
| 14 | Destiny | character profile | 1 | script: Ronald Byrd; pencils: Javier Saltares; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Paul Destine, Destiny |
| 15 | Dorma | character profile | 1 | script: Ronald Byrd; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Dorma |
| 16 | Effigy | character profile | 1 | script: Ronald Byrd; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Al Milgrom; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Effigy, Velmax |
| 17 | Gilgamesh | character profile | 1 | script: Michael Hoskin; pencils: Larry Lieber; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Gilgamesh |
| 18 | Hawkeye | character profile | 1 | script: Michael Hoskin; pencils: David Finch; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Clint Barton, Hawkeye |
| 19 | Kraven the Hunter | character profile | 1 | script: Jonathan Couper-Smartt; pencils: John Romita Sr.; inks: John Romita Sr.; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Kraven the Hunter, Sergei Kravinoff |
| 20 | Moira MacTaggart | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Jackson Guice; inks: Kyle Baker; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Moira MacTaggert |
| 21 | Maggott | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Carlos Pacheco; inks: Art Thibert; colors: Liquid! | Japheth, Maggott |
| 22 | Magik | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Bret Blevins; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Magik, Illyana Rasputina |
| 23 | Microchip | character profile | 1 | script: Jeff Christiansen; pencils: Lewis LaRosa, Dougie Braithwaite; inks: Tom Palmer, Art Nichols; colors: Dean White, Chris Sotomayor | David Lieberman, Microchip |
| 24 | Mockingbird | character profile | 1 | script: Ronald Byrd; pencils: Mark Richards; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Mockingbird, Bobbi Morse |
| 25 | Nova | character profile | 1 | script: Michael Hoskin; pencils: Kevin Maguire; inks: Wade von Grawbadger; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Nova, Frankie Raye |
| 26 | Odin | character profile | 1 | script: Ronald Byrd; pencils: Greg Tocchini; inks: Jay Leisten; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Odin |
| 27 | Omega the Unknown | character profile | 1 | script: Ronald Byrd; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Omega the Unknown |
| 28 | Harry Osborn | character profile | 1 | script: Jonathan Couper-Smartt; pencils: Todd McFarlane; inks: Todd McFarlane; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Green Goblin, Harry Osborn |
| 29 | Ben Parker | character profile | 1 | script: Jonathan Couper-Smartt; pencils: Paul Ryan; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Ben Parker |
| 30 | Phoenix | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Phil Jimenez; inks: Andy Lanning; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Jean Grey, Phoenix |
| 31 | Pyro | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; colors: Chris Sotomayor | St. John Allerdyce, Pyro |
| 32 | Skin | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Chris Bachalo; inks: Mark Buckingham; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Angelo Espinosa, Skin |
| 33 | Captain George Stacy | character profile | 1 | script: Jonathan Couper-Smartt; pencils: John Romita, Don Heck; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Chris Sotomayor | George Stacy |
| 34 | Gwen Stacy | character profile | 1 | script: Jonathan Couper-Smartt; pencils: Tim Sale; inks: Tim Sale; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Gwen Stacy |
| 35 | Swordsman | character profile | 1 | script: Ronald Byrd; pencils: Mike Zeck; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Jacques Duquesne, Swordsman |
| 36 | Synch | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Chris Bachalo; inks: Mark Buckingham; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Synch, Everett Thomas |
| 37 | Thor | character profile | 1 | script: Michael Hoskin; pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Thor Odinson, Thor |
| 38 | Thunderbird | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | John Proudstar, Thunderbird |
| 39 | Thunderstrike | character profile | 1 | script: Michael Hoskin; pencils: Ron Frenz; inks: Al Milgrom; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Eric Masterson, Thunderstrike |
| 40 | U-Go Girl | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Mike Allred; inks: Mike Allred; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Edith Sawyer, U-Go Girl |
| 41 | Union Jack | character profile | 1 | script: Michael Hoskin; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | James Montgomery Falsworth, Union Jack |
| 42 | Vision | character profile | 1 | script: Ronald Byrd; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Vision |
| 43 | Whiplash / Blacklash | character profile | 1 | script: Ronald Byrd; pencils: Bob Layton; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Blacklash, Marco Scarlotti |
| 44 | X-Man | character profile | 1 | script: Eric J. Moreels; pencils: Ariel Olivetti; inks: Ariel Olivetti; colors: Ariel Olivetti | Nate Grey, X-Man |
| 45 | Yellowjacket | character profile | 1 | script: Michael Hoskin; pencils: Josef Rubinstein; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Chris Sotomayor | Rita DeMara, Yellowjacket |
| 46 | Bibliography | text article | 2 | script: Jeff Christiansen, Ronald Byrd, Michael Hoskin, Jonathan Couper-Smartt, Eric Moreels | |
| 47 | A Comprehensive Guide to the Marvel Universe's Dearly Departed | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | |