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X-Men Reading Order, Part. 5: Marvel NOW, All-New, All-Different Marvel & ResurrXion (2012-2019)

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This is Part #5 of our tentative to compile a comprehensive X-Men Reading Order using the collected editions – You can find the first part here (The Silver Age & Chris Claremont, 1963-91), the second part here (Age of Apocalypse & Onslaught, 1991-2001), the third part here (From the Grant Morrison era to Civil War), the fourth part that leads us to Avengers Vs. X-Men, and the sixth part here.

After “Avengers vs. X-Men” and the relaunch of the Marvel Universe known as Marvel Now!,  all X-Men titles were canceled with the exception of Astonishing X-Men and Wolverine and the X-Men. All-New X-Men was launched which featured the original five X-Men members who were brought to the present day by Beast and were made a separate team lead eventually by Kitty. Then, Astonishing X-Men was also canceled and, in its place, Amazing X-Men was launched.

This is a massive reading guide, so here is a menu to help you navigate. Some parts are under construction for now. I’ll keep updating this article regularly.

X-Men Reading Order: The Menu

The reading guide is a work in progress. It’s a major project, it will take time to complete it.

  1. X-Men: The Silver Age Reading Order (1963-70)
  2. The Chris Claremont X-Men Reading Order (1975-1991)
  3. ’90s X-Men Reading Order (1991-2001)
  4. The Modern Era Reading Order (2001-2004)
  5. X-Men ReLoad Reading Order (2004-2007)
  6. Messiah trilogy, Dark Reign, Schism, Avengers Vs X-Men Reading Order (2007–2015)
  7. X-Men: Marvel NOW Reading Order (2012-2015)
  8. All-New, All-Different Marvel X-Men Reading Order (2015-2017)
  9. ResurrXion Era Reading Order (2017-2020)
  10. The X-Men of Krakoa Reading Order: Dawn of X/Reign of X (2020-2021)
  11. The X-Men of Krakoa Reading Order: Destiny of X (2022-)

I. X-Men Marvel NOW Reading Order (2012-2015)

New series Alert! Uncanny Avengers centers on a superhero team composed of members of both the Avengers and X-Men that comes together following the conclusion of the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline. Within the Marvel Universe itself, the team is known as the Avengers Unity Squad. Also, there’s “A+X“, an anthology series featuring in each issue a different team-up of an Avenger and an X-Man.

New series Alert! Written by Brian Michael Bendis, All-New X-Men centers on the five original X-Men, brought from the past to the present to confront their future counterparts.

(optional) Event Alert! Age of Ultron: For years, the Marvel Universe has lived in fear that the artificial intelligence known as Ultron would one day evolve to fulfill its greatest desire: to wipe out all organic life and take over the Earth. That day has arrived! You can skip it, the reading order is here anyway.

Alert X-Event! Battle of the Atom: In a desperate bid to save Xavier’s dream, the Beast brought the original X-Men forward to the present. Now, with the timeline – and all of existence – in jeopardy from their presence, they must go back. But faced with the horror of what fate would have in store for them, young Cyclops and Marvel Girl are intent on staying and forging their own destiny.

Alert Event! Infinity/Inhumanity: First the Avengers event in which Thanos, the Mad Titan, unleashes his forces on Earth in the latest chapter of his endless quest for death (reading order here), then the Inhuman Event in which, after the Terrigen Bomb has revealed the Inhumans in mankind’s midst, individuals across the globe manifest uncanny new abilities, the Avengers, X-Men, Hulk, Spider-Man and more face a world forever altered (reading order here).

New Series! All-New X-Factor is a new iteration of the X-Factor superhero team written by Peter David, a return to the corporate-sponsored version of the team that was the initial concept when the first version of X-Factor debuted in 1986.

New Series! Amazing X-Men by Jason Aaron is a continuation of a storyline in Wolverine and the X-Men and sees a team of X-Men searching for deceased member Nightcrawler in the afterlife.

Alert Event! The story of “Original Sin” began when Uatu, the mysterious space god who’s been watching mankind from the moon for as long as we can remember … is found dead. But who shot the Watcher? For more information, go to the full Original Sin Reading Order, but the X-issues are in the next X-books:

Death of Wolverine! The man called Logan is no stranger to death. Now, at the end of a long and violent life, he faces his own date with the reaper – but you can be sure Wolverine will go out fighting! The impact of his demise will be felt far and wide – as X-23, Daken, Sabretooth, Mystique, and Lady Deathstrike continue to shape Logan’s legacy. But who are the latest subjects of the revamped Weapon X program? For more information, go to our Death of Wolverine Reading Order.

  • Death of Wolverine: The Complete Collection
    Collects Death of Wolverine #1–4; Death of Wolverine: The Weapon X Program #1–5; Death of Wolverine: Logan Legacy #1–7; Death of Wolverine: Deadpool & Captain America #1; Death of Wolverine: Life After Logan #1.
  • Death of Wolverine Companion
    Collects Wolverine & the X-Men (vol. 2) #10–11; Nightcrawler (vol. 4) #7; Wolverines #1–20.

Alert Event! AXIS: The Red Onslaught is broadcasting waves of telepathic hate across the globe – and Marvel’s greatest heroes have turned on their moral axis! What will the Avengers and X-Men find in the Red Skull’s bleak “re-education camps”? What is Tony Stark’s dark secret? And with the heroes “inverted” to evil, who will stand against them? How about an army of villains?! To know more about it, check out the Reading order.

Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex
Collects Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Alpha #1, Guardians of the Galaxy (2013) #24-25, Legendary Star-Lord #9-11, All-New X-Men #38-39, Guardians Team-Up #3, Nova (2013) #28, Cyclops (2014) #12, Captain Marvel (2014) #14, Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Omega #1.

Event Alert! This is the end of Marvel Now! And the conclusion is a Big Bang, with the 2015 Secret Wars: The interdimensional Incursions have eliminated each and every alternate universe one by one. And now the Marvel Universe and Ultimate Universe have collided…and been destroyed! Follow the full Secret Wars reading order here.

All-New, All-Different Marvel X-Men Reading Order (2015-2017)

Forget Marvel Now!, it’s time for the “All-New, All-Different Marvel.” For the X-Men, that means three new books: the second volume of All-New X-Men, the fourth volume of Uncanny X-Men, and Extraordinary X-Men. Also, X-23 became Wolverine and got a solo series, as Old Man Logan did. During this period, the mutants had to face major threats with the Terrigen cloud that circulated the world and appeared to be toxic to them (that leads to “Inhumans vs. X-Men”), and there’s also the return of Apocalypse.

All-New Wolverine is the first series to star Laura Kinney (formerly X-23) as the Wolverine. It’s the introduction of Gabby, Laura’s clone sisters, who become her companion during their adventures.

Starring members of the popular 1990s Fox Kids Saturday morning cartoon

Apocalypse Wars: The X-Men face the assault by Apocalypse and fight to survive on three different fronts: the past, present, and future! A full Reading order is coming soon.

The Event is also collected in one volume: X-Men: Apocalypse Wars (collecting All-New X-Men #9-11, Extraordinary X-Men #8-12, Uncanny X-Men #6-10)

Event Alert! It’s time for Civil War II. The X-Men played a really minor part in the event, but if you want to know more about it, a full reading order is here. The X-Titles connected to the war are there:

Event Alert! Inhumans Vs. X-Men! The story begins with the Inhumans’ power-granting Terrigen mists threatening the lives of every mutant on the planet, the X-Men have no choice but to declare war in order to save their future. If you want to know more about it, a full reading order is here. 

ResurrXion Era Reading Order (2017-2020)

In 2017, following Inhumans Vs. X-Men, Marvel Comics relaunched various comic book series related to the Inhumans and the X-Men franchises under the “ResurrXion” banner. New titles were launched: X-Men Blue, X-Men Gold, Weapon X, but also new volumes of Astonishing X-Men and Generation X, and new solo series for Cable, Jean Grey, and Iceman. Later, X-Men Red was added, then the Rogue & Gambit miniseries.

Astonishing X-Men is back (it’s volume 4). The series starts when a band of X-Men members find themselves reunited in London in order to face the threat of the Shadow King. The team includes Psylocke, Bishop, Angel, Gambit, Fantomex, Old Man Logan, Rogue, and Mystique (initially disguised as Beast)

Alert (optional) Event! Secret Empire: Captain America, Sentinel of Liberty, is living a lie! The Cosmic Cube has remade the world’s greatest hero into a secret true believer in the cause of Hydra, wholly dedicated to its mission of progress through authority and unity through adversity! Here is the full reading order.

Marvel Legacy

Marvel Legacy was kind of a relaunch following the conclusion of the Secret Empire and Generations storylines, but the X-titles were (surprisingly) not relaunched.

New Series! X-Men Red followed a new team of X-Men led by Jean Grey following her return in Phoenix Resurrection.

News Series! After the events of X-Men Gold #30 and the five-issue miniseries Rogue & Gambit, Mr. and Mrs. X revolves around the married life of Rogue and Gambit.

Continuity alert! The storyline Hunt For Wolverine is the follow-up to the Death of Wolverine, and is continued with Return of Wolverine. This is about how Wolverine returned from the dead following his death. See Hunt for Wolverine Reading Order for more information.

  • Hunt For Wolverine
    Collects Hunt For Wolverine #1, Hunt For Wolverine: Weapon Lost #1-4, Hunt For Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda #1-4, Hunt For Wolverine: Claws Of A Killer #1-4, Hunt For Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor #1-4, Hunt for Wolverine: Dead Ends #1, Where’s Wolverine pages and material from Marvel Legacy #1.

Alter Event! In Extermination, the original team of teen mutants brought together by Professor Charles Xavier many years ago has been shunted through time to find a world they barely recognized but we’re determined to help. Now, finding themselves targeted for death, the future of mutantkind ays squarely in the hands of its past.

  • Extermination
    Collects Extermination #1-5 and the Extermination stinger pages.
  • X-Men: Summers and Winter
    Collects X-Men: The Exterminated 1, Uncanny X-Men Annual 1, Merry X-Men Holiday Special 1

 

 

The ongoing titles X-Men Gold, X-Men Blue, and X-Men Red were closed, and Uncanny X-Men was relaunched instead.

Alert Event! There’s a War of Realms: Malekith, king of the Dark Elves, has been conquering the Ten Realms and now has his sights set on the last one: Earth. The X-Men are caught in the middle of it. The full reading order of the event is here (great stuff), but if you only want what’s about the X-Men, here is what’s essential:

  • War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men
    Collects War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #1–3; Uncanny X-Men (vol. 5) #17; War of the Realms: War Scrolls #2 (B- and C-stories only)

Alternate Reality Alert Event! The X-Men have helped make the world into a utopia where no one lives in fear and hatred is a thing of the past. All people are united under the banner of mutantkind, and all of mutantkind idolize the X-Men. When danger threatens the world, the Marvelous X-Men set things right for the good of all. And no one dares say otherwise. Take a look at the Age of X-Man Reading Order to know more about it.

Coming Next: The X-Men by Jonathan Hickman

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