Every Missing X-Men Team Omnibus, Mapped – X-Force, X-Factor, New Mutants, & more! | 13th Annual Tigereyes Most-Wanted Marvel Omnibus Poll

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Marvel Omnibus fans – time for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot! This post explains every X-Men Team omnibus that does NOT exist (other X-Men themselves) – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.

For the next two weeks, I’ll be covering Marvel’s entire publishing history by mapping missing omnibus volumes to fill in every gap in your Marvel oversize shelf! That’s all leading to the kickoff of the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot on Near Mint Condition on April 28, 2025.

What teams are we talking about? I’m so glad you asked! This post covers Excalibur, Exiles, Generation X, New Mutants, New X-Men – Academy X, Weapon X, X-Factor, X-Force, and all of Krakoa’s non-flagship team books.

If you’re not sure of what to vote for, stick around for a list of books vetted by a gang of the biggest mapping nerds on the internet with explanations from yours truly – keeper of the most-definitive guides to Marvel’s collected editions on the planet.

Or, if you don’t care about omnibuses, just use this post to learn about Marvel’s history and find some great comics to read!

Some of the mapping and research in this post was conducted by JM21, a major CK supporter and a massive, massive X-Men fan! JM21 is also a supporter of the UK charity Men Walking & Talking, which helps to create safe space for men to discuss their mental health and wellness. If you love this post and have a bit of extra comics cash you can spare consider donating the Men Walking & Talking today!

This post covers the following speculated omnibus volumes:

• Excalibur & Captain Britain Omnibus Mapping
  • Excalibur Vol. 4 (1996 – 2001) [AKA by Ben Raab]
  • X-Men: Uncanny X-Men – Reloaded Chris Claremont (2004 – 2006)
  • Excalibur & New Excalibur by Chris Claremont (2005 – 2007) [AKA Excalibur Vol. 5]
  • Captain Britain & MI13 by Paul Cornell (2007 – 2014)
• Exiles Omnibus Mapping
  • Exiles Vol. 1 (2001 – 2004)
  • Exiles Vol. 2 (2004 – 2007)
• Generation X Omnibus Mapping
  • Generation X Vol. 1 (1994 – 1997)
  • Generation X Vol. 2 (1997 – 2001)
• New Mutants & Academy X Omnibus Mapping
  • New Mutants Vol. 4 (1989 – 1991) [AKA by Rob Liefeld or Cable & the New Mutants]
  • New X-Men: Academy X by DeFilippis & Weir (2003 – 2005) [includes New Mutants (2003)]
  • New X-Men: Academy X by Kyle & Yost (2005 – 2008) [includes X-Infernus]
  • New Mutants by Wells, Abnett, & Lanning (2009 – 2012) [entire 2009 series]
• X-Factor Omnibus Mapping
  • X-Factor: The Original X-Men Vol. 3 (1990 – 1991)
  • X-Factor: Havok’s X-Factor by J. M. DeMatteis (1993 – 1995) [could also start from PAD]
  • X-Factor: Havok’s X-Factor by Howard Mackie (1995 – 1998) [collects to the end of the volume]
• X-Force Omnibus Mapping
  • X-Force Vol. 4 / Cable & X-Force Vol. 2 (1995 – 1997) [AKA by Jeph Loeb & John Francis Moore]
  • X-Force Vol. 5 – Road Trip (1997 – 2001) [fits prior to X-Statix]
  • Deadpool & X-Force: Baddest Blood by Rob Liefeld (2004 – 2025) [collects all Liefield limited series from 2004-2025]
  • X-Force by Kyle & Yost (2008 – 2010) [includes Messiah War & Necrosha]
  • Cable & X-Force by Dennis Hopeless & Si Spurrier (2012 – 2015)
  • X-Force: Storm & Uncanny X-Force by Sam Humphries & Greg Pak (2013 – 2015) [includes Storm (2014)]
  • X-Force & Domino by Ed Brisson & Gail Simone (2018) [includes Extermination, X-Force (2018), & Simone’s Domino]
• Other X-Teams & Anthologies of Multiple Titles (2000 – 2019)
  • X-Men: Revolution – Counter X (2000 – 2001) [X-Force, X-Man, & Gen X]
  • NYX by Quesada & Liu (2003 – 2008)
  • X-Men: ResurrXion – Weapon X & Weapon H by Greg Pak (2017 – 2019) [includes Hulkverines]
  • X-Men: RessurXion Companion (2017 – 2018) [Astonishing by Soule, Red, Black, Gen X, X-23, & Cable]
  • X-Men: Uncanny X-Men & The New Mutants by Matthew Rosenberg (2018 – 2019) [New Mutants, Multiple Man, Astonishing, Uncanny]
• X-Men – Age of Krakoa Team Omnibuses
  • X-Men: Age of Krakoa – X-Force by Benjamin Percy (2019 – 2024)
  • X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Captain Britain & Excalibur by Tini Howard (2019 – 2023)
  • X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Marauders by Duggan & Orlando (2019 – 2023)
  • X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Mister Sinister & The Hellions (2019 & on) [includes Fallen Angels]
  • X-Men: Age of Krakoa – New Mutants (2019 – 2023) [includes Children of the Atom]
  • X-Men: Age of Krakoa – X-Factor by Leah Williams (2020 – 2023) [includes Trial of Magneto & X-Terminators]
  • X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Nightcrawler & Legion by Simon Spurrier (2021 – 2023) [AKA Way of X et al]
  • X-Men – Age of Krakoa – X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021 – 2024)

Remember: These titles and mappings are a suggestion of how Marvel could assemble these books. They are meant to help you decide on your votes on the Tigereyes poll. Your vote on the poll is a vote in favor of Marvel creating a book with that title or covering that period, NOT an endorsement of a specific map. Maps are presented as a proof of concept and to help you build your personal reading list.

Want to check out all of the other voting options for the 2025 Tigereyes Poll? Check out my 2025 Tigereyes poll options overview page that explains the poll, how to vote, and every title that will appear – including links to all of the posts in this series.

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X-Teams: Excalibur & Captain Britain Omnibus Mapping

Excalibur Vol. 4 (1996 – 2001) [AKA by Ben Raab]

It’s only a matter of time before we get this final volume of Excalibur now that we have Volume 3 and this material has been completely covered in Epic Collection!

This would collect Excalibur (1988) #104-125 & -1; Colossus (1997) #1; Kitty Pryde: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1997) #1-3; New Mutants: Truth or Death (1997) #1-3; X-Men Unlimited (1993) #19; X-Men: True Friends (1999) #1-3; and Excalibur (2001) #1-4.

It could also include X-Men: Black Sun – Magik #1-4, which focuses on Excalibur characters and is currently orphaned.

X-Men: Uncanny X-Men – Reloaded Chris Claremont (2004 – 2006)

If there’s any omnibus in the 2000s era that I’m surprised we haven’t seen yet, it’s this one! An entire book of Chris Claremont writing Storm, Bishop, Rachel Summers, Emma Frost, & Betsy Braddock with Alan Davis and Chris Bachalo on art?! That is very easy to market.

This could continue the convention of collecting all of X-Men Unlimited (2004) along with the Uncanny X-Men line, but in this case I think it could be a better fit to include that non-Claremont material with an omnibus X-Men (1991). Instead, it would make a lot of sense to include Claremont’s Excalibur (2004) starring Xavier and Magneto here in full, which entirely a prelude to House of M (which happens during this book with an arc that, coincidentally, focuses on Captain Britain

This run ends with Claremont departing and Ed Brubaker continuing the plots of Deadly Genesis (2006) into “The Rise & Fall of the Shi’ar Empire.”

A vote for this volume is a vote for the some of the scant remaining in-continuity Chris Claremont X-Men team material yet to see oversize coverage!

This would collect Uncanny X-Men (1963) #444-474 & Annual 1/2006, Decimation: House of M – The Day After (2006) #1, and the Claremont-penned X-Men (1991) #165. This could easily pick up the entirety of Excalibur (2004) #1-14 by Claremont as a prelude to the House of M arc of Uncanny included here. Alternately, it could include all of X-Men Unlimited (2004) #1-14, which released alongside this run.

Excalibur & New Excalibur by Chris Claremont (2005 – 2007) [AKA Excalibur Vol. 5]

This would collect New Excalibur (2006) #1-24 and X-Men: Die by the Sword (2007) #1-5, mostly written by Claremont. It would also be likely to begin with Uncanny X-Men #462-465, which sets the scene for New Excalibur as part of the House of M crossover.

It should actually begin with Avengers (1998) #77-84 (the introduction Kelsey Shorr Leigh as Captain Britain). While it could optionally add Excalibur (2004) #1-14, that isn’t a content fit with this material and is better collected alongside Claremont’s Uncanny X-Men run from this period.

Captain Britain & MI13 by Paul Cornell (2007 – 2014)

This would primarily collect all of Paul Cornell’s run on Britain’s mutants and magic, though that comes with a tricky caveat. Marvel generally avoids collecting their MAX material alongside general Marvel series, as we’ve seen with Alias (2001) due to the difference in mature content.

Regardless of how that gets handled here, I think there’s also a weak argument to push ahead and collect all of Revolutionary War (2014) here, which revives all of the Marvel UK heroes of the early 1990s for a mini-event. It doesn’t totally go with this material, but this is a brief omnibus and War also has Captain Britain.

This would collect Wisdom MAX (2007) #1-6, Captain Britain & MI:13 (2008) #1-15 & Annual 1 and Women of Marvel: Spitfire (2010) #1 by Paul Cornell.

It could add the 8 Revolutionary War (2014) oneshots: Revolutionary War: Alpha, Dark Angel, Knights of Pendragon, Death’s Head II, Super Soldiers, Motormouth, Warheads, Omega.

 

X-Teams: Exiles Omnibus Mapping

Exiles Vol. 1 (2001 – 2004)
Exiles Vol. 2 (2004 – 2007)

The main Exiles (2001) series ran for #100 issues, but from issue #90 onward was written by Chris Claremont and belongs in a third volume, directly below.

Volume 1 would collect Exiles (2001) #1-45 and X-Men Unlimited (1993) #41

Volume 2 would collect Exiles (2001) #46-89 & Annual 1, and possibly material from Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men – Age of Apocalypse (2005).

Exiles: New Exiles by Chris Claremont (2007 – 2009) [AKA Exiles Vol. 3]

This would collect Exiles (2001) #90-100, Exiles: Days of Then and Now (2008) #1, X-Men: Die by the Sword (2007) #1-5, New Exiles (2008) #0-18, Annual #1 and X-Men: Sword of the Braddocks (2009) #1, all by Chris Claremont.

For completeness, it would add Exiles (2019) #1-6, although not written by Claremont.

X-Teams: Generation X Omnibus Mapping

Generation X Vol. 1 (1994 – 1997)

This is a perennially popular poll option, appearing regularly since the 2nd Annual poll in 2014 and reaching as high as #12 in 2020! It has now placed at #21 for two years running, but with a few other big classic X-Men books crossed off the list in X-Tinction Agenda, X-Factor Vol. 2, and Blue & Gold Vol. 1 I could see this jumping back into the Top 20 this year.

This would collect the core of the Phalanx Covenant crossover that introduces these characters (Uncanny X-Men (1963) #316-318 & X-Men (1991) #36-37); Generation X (1994) #1-32, -1, Generation X Collectors Preview, Generation X Ashcan Edition, Annual ’95, Annual ’96, Annual ’97, & Generation X San Diego Preview #1; Wolverine (1988) #94; and material from Incredible Hulk Annual ’97, X-Men Unlimited (1993) #16, Marvel Team-Up (1997) #1, Daydreamers (1997) #1-3, Generation X Underground (1997) #1

Generation X Vol. 2 (1997 – 2001)

This would collect the back half of Generation X. Unfortunately, this portion of the run is much less flashy and beloved than the initial three years, though it has some lovely early Terry Dodson artwork.

This would collect Generation X (1994) #33-75, ½, Generation X/Dracula Annual ’98, Holiday Special (1998), Generation X Annual ’99; X-Men Unlimited (1993) #20 (and material from #30 & 34); X-Man (1995) #50, and New Warriors (1999) #5.

X-Teams: New Mutants & Academy X Omnibus Mapping

New Mutants Vol. 4 (1989 – 1991) [AKA by Rob Liefeld or Cable & the New Mutants]

We now have a New Mutants Vol. 3 Omnibus, long thought to be improbable if not impossible due to the fact nearly all of its material was already collected in the X-Men event line. However, it didn’t push far enough to collect the slim margin of remaining non-oversize New Mutants (1983) issues, which is why we need this book, and those issues weren’t in the X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda omnibus, either.

The question is how to make it long enough to be worth existing. It only needs to collect a slim nine main issues of the title, though it would need to add a pair of substantial annuals and a triple-length Summer Special.

I think the answer here is in Liefeld’s name and the importance of “X-Tinction Agenda” to the plot of New Mutants. It seems logical to collect all of “X-Tinction Agenda” here for while will be it’s second of a likely three omnibus appearances (it will also be in the classic Uncanny line, when it gets there). And, at that point, you might as well double-dip the start of the X-Force omnibus to pick up issues #98-100 – especially for the ability to have Deadpool’s debut here.

Some people might complain about that, but this would still have less double-dipped material than the last volume!!!

This would collect New Mutants (1983) #86-94, Annual 5-6, New Mutants Summer Special (1990), material from Marvel Comics Presents #71, 79, & 121, and “Days of Future Present” material that pairs with Annual 6 (X-Factor (1986) Annual 5 and Uncanny X-Men (1963) Annual 14), and all of X-Tinction Agenda (New Mutants (1983) #95-97, Uncanny X-Men (1963) #270-272 and X-Factor (1986) #60-62).

As a bonus, this could also collect the contemporaneous Wolverine: Rahne of Terra (1991) OGN, and maybe also the later Wolverine: Knight of Terra (1995) OGN and New Mutants: Truth or Death (1997) #1-3,

It could add New Mutants (1983) #98-100 & Annual 7 and the Kings of Pain crossover (material from New Warriors Annual 1, Uncanny X-Men Annual 15, X-Factor Annual 6), which double-dips the X-Force omnibus.

New X-Men: Academy X by DeFilippis & Weir (2003 – 2005) [includes New Mutants (2003)]

This would collect the New Mutants and Academy X material from before House of M, which is pretty substantial! I think that people assume this is not much material because it only hits 15 issues of the actual New X-Men [Academy X] (2004) ongoing, but between the preceding New Mutants (2003) series and the accompanying Yeearbook and mini-series this is actually a 30+ issue omnibus.

This would collect New Mutants (2003) #1-13, material from X-Men Unlimited (20023) #42-43, New X-Men (2004) #1-15, New X-Men: Academy X Yearbook #1 (AKA New X-Men: Academy X Yearbook Special (2005) #1), and New X-Men: Hellions (2005) #1-4.

New X-Men: Academy X by Kyle & Yost (2005 – 2008) [includes X-Infernus]

This collects the entirety of Kyle & Yost’s “Childhood’s End” saga from New X-Men [Academy X] (2004), as well as all of the material reintroducing Illyana Rasputin.

This would collect New X-Men (2004) #16-39, 40-42 (A-Stories only; B-Stories were part of Endangered Species), & 43, X-Infernus (2008) #1-4 & Saga; and material from X-Men Unlimited (2004) #14 and X-Men: Divided We Stand (2008) #2.

It could add World War Hulk: X-Men (2007) #1-3 and possibly Young X-Men (2008) #1-12, though that is by Marc Guggenheim and now collected in his X-Men by Marc Guggenheim omnibus.

New Mutants by Wells, Abnett, & Lanning (2009 – 2012) [entire 2009 series]

I know there is a vocal contingent of voters who don’t want the two halves of this run collected. However, in terms of both omnibus size and consolidating votes, it makes sense to list it as one volume.

We’re assuming this obviously would skip over the “Second Coming” crossover issues, but there’s a chance it could collect all of Mike Carey’s Age of X, which crossed over with issues #22-24. However, it ultimately has very little to do with the continuing plot of this title and could easily be left to the X-Men Legacy omnibus line to collect.

This would collect New Mutants (2009) #1-11 & 15-21 by Zeb Wells and New Mutants (2009) #25-50 by Abnett & Lanning, along with Journey Into Mystery (2011) #632, the Exiled crossover (Exiled (2011) #1 and Journey Into Mystery (2011) #637-638), and material from Marvel Spotlight: New Mutants and X-Necrosha #1). It might include all of “Age of X” (Alpha (2010), New Mutants (2009) #22-24, X-Men Legacy (2008) #245-247, & Age of X: Universe (2011) #1-2).

Since fully half of this book is focused on Magik, you would not be wrong to want to include New X-Men (2004) #37-43 (A-Stories only from #40-42), X-Infernus (2008) #1-4 & Saga; and material from X-Men Unlimited (2004) #14 and X-Men: Divided We Stand (2008) #2.

See the Anthology section below for New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018).

X-Teams: X-Factor Omnibus Mapping

X-Factor: The Original X-Men Vol. 3 (1990 – 1991)

Now that we have the map of the recently-announced X-Factor: The Original X-Men Vol. 3, we know exactly what this book will contain!

Or… do we? Some folks might not want this to recollect the X-Factor issues contained in X-Men by Claremont & Lee Vol. 2, but it seems pretty obvious they will be double-dipped here just like things have been double-dipped in this line from “Fall of the Mutants” and “Inferno.”

What’s unclear is if this would collect the entirety of X-Tinction Agenda. I think it matters more for Uncanny X-Men (1963) and New Mutants (1983) than it does to X-Factor, so I wouldn’t be surprised if it is omitted.

This would collect X-Factor #51-70, Annual 5-6 , & Special AKA X-Factor: Prisoner of Love OGN (1990), possibly skipping #60-62 (part of X-Tinction Agenda). It would also collect material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #85-92, New Mutants (1983) Annual 7 (3rd story – Cyclops & Jean with Artie & Leech), and X-Force (1991) Annual 1 (2nd story – Artie & Leech), plus Muir Island Saga material in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #278-280 and potentially some crossover material from the “Days of Future Present” and “Kings of Pain” annuals.

X-Factor: Havok’s X-Factor by J. M. DeMatteis (1993 – 1995) [could also start from PAD]

The big question with this book is if it respects the boundaries existing X-Factor by Peter David Vol. 1.

I think the book works just fine regardless of if it does or doesn’t.

If it does collect around the PAD book, there are still more than 20 issues to collect here, and the book could extend slightly past Age of Apocalypse to add some length.

And, if it doesn’t collect around the PAD book, we’re only adding  another 22 issues, which still keeps this in the range of being a reasonable-sized omnibus. Based on Marvel’s strategies across other omnibus lines, I suspect this is actually the likely outcome.

A vote for this book is a vote for it to exist no matter which mapping you prefer.

This would collect X-Factor (1986) #93-111 & Annual 9, Spider-Man & X-Factor: Shadowgame (1994) #1-4, and Phalanx Covenant crossover issues (Excalibur (1988) #82 & X-Force (1991) #38).

This could wrap up with issues #112-114 by John Francis Moore, but they are from the other side of Age of Apocalypse and I think they make more sense in the next volume.

There’s a chance this recollects #71-83, 87-92, & Annual 7-8, which extends the single continuous line of X-Factor. Marvel might also include X-Men Legends (2021) #5-6 to fit between X-Factor #75-76.

X-Factor: Havok’s X-Factor by Howard Mackie (1995 – 1998) [collects to the end of the volume]

This would be a chunky collection of the entire end-run of X-Factor, which starts a year prior to Onslaught and wraps up in 1998 with the transition to Havok’s solo alternate universe book Mutant X (1998).

This would collect X-Factor (1986) #112-149 & -1, Strong Guy Reborn (1997) #1, X-Men Unlimited (1993) #21 and likely also Marvel Fanfare (1996) #6, Sabretooth & Mystique (1996) #1-4, Sabretooth (1998) #1 (AKA “Back to Nature”), X.S.E. (1996) #1-4 and material from X-Men: Prime (1995)

Note that issues #112-114 are written by John Francis Moore, so they could be in the prior volume, but it makes sense for this to pick up cleanly after Age of Apocalypse.

X-Teams: X-Force Omnibus Mapping

X-Force Vol. 4 / Cable & X-Force Vol. 2 (1995 – 1997) [AKA by Jeph Loeb & John Francis Moore]

The real question of this book is whether it would continue the trend of comprehensively collecting Cable (1993) alongside X-Force until his break with the team. Jeph Loeb also wrote Cable (1993) #21-39, which collected with this X-Force run in paperback

This would collect X-Force (1991) #44-70 & -1, X-Force/Cable Annual 1995, & X-Force/Cable Annual 1996. It could add Cable (1993) #21-39, in which case it would also include X-Man (1994) #14 & 18-19 and Incredible Hulk (1968) #444.

X-Force (1991) #70 is where X-Force parts ways with Cable, so it becomes a logical end point for this volume.

X-Force Vol. 5 – Road Trip (1997 – 2001) [fits prior to X-Statix]

After X-Force parts ways with Cable they have a very straight-forward final run of issues. While, they do participate in the “Powerless” X-Men event and the “Counter X” linewide revamp, neither are direct crossovers. However, we could add Domino (1997), since she still appears with the team in this period.

This would collect X-Force (1991) #71-115, X-Force/Champions Annual ’98 (1998), X-Force Annual ’99 (1999), and material from “102 Rough Cut.” It might add Domino (1997) #1-3, at which point it could also reasonable extend to include Domino (2003) #1-4.

It could also add X-Force (2004) #1-6 and Shatterstar (2005) #1-4, though they are listed separately in a Rob Liefeld volume.

Deadpool & X-Force: Baddest Blood by Rob Liefeld (2004 – 2025) [collects all Liefield limited series from 2004-2025]

Rob Liefeld now has some bad blood with Marvel, claiming he’s all done with the company and with returning to his famous co-creation to write him with a complete lack of charm (since all of that charm came from his other co-creator, Fabian Nicieza).

That means it’s finally safe to collect all of Liefeld’s Deadpool into one place! Since 2013, he created a quintet of brief works all in loose continuity with each other – Deadpool: Bad Blood (2013) OGN (later re-issued as Deadpool: Bad Blood (2022) #1-4), Major X (2019) #1-6, Deadpool: Badder Blood (2023) #1-4, and Deadpool Team-Up (2024) #1-5.

That’s under 20 issues worth of content, which actually works in our favor! A brief book gives us a golden opportunity to also collect a pair of continuity-lite X-Force mini-series from an earlier Liefeld return to Marvel.

A vote for this book is a vote to wrangle all of Liefeld’s major post-2000 Marvel material into one book!

This would collect X-Force (2004) #1-6, X-Force: Shatterstar (2005) #1-4, Deadpool: Bad Blood (2013) OGN (later re-issued as Deadpool: Bad Blood (2022) #1-4), Major X (2019) #1-6, Deadpool: Badder Blood (2023) #1-4, and Deadpool Team-Up (2024) #1-5.

Since that is just 29 issues, you could argue for the inclusion of some of Liefeld’s earliest Deadpool and X-Force material to be repeated here from New Mutants (1983) #98-100 and X-Force (1991) #1-11 (and Spider-Man (1990) #16).

X-Force by Kyle & Yost (2008 – 2010) [includes Messiah War & Necrosha]

This was one of the top-voted options on last year’s poll and we have not tinkered with it at all!

This would collect X-Force (2008) #1-25, Annual #1, and X-Force Sex & Violence (2010) #1-3, Cable (2008) #11-15, X-Force/Cable: Messiah War Prologue (2009) #1, material from X-Men: Future History – The Messiah War Sourcebook (2009) #1, X Necrosha [AKA Necrosha X] (2009) #1, and X Necrosha: The Gathering (2009) #1.

It could optionally include New Mutants (2009) #6-8 (Necrosha tie-in), Hulk (2008) #14-18 (X-Force arc).

The Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender omnibus fits here.

Cable & X-Force by Dennis Hopeless & Si Spurrier (2012 – 2015)

It seems logical to collect Cable’s complete Marvel Now thread into a single book, which would combine his initial Cable and X-Force (2012) run with his subsequent run leading a more-militarized X-Force. Since Si Spurrier pens that run and it includes Doctor Nemesis, we could squeeze in Spurriers mad science squad X-Club (2011) here if it’s at risk at being abandoned by collections of Gillen’s X-Men run (something I would not allow to happen!)

This would collect Cable and X-Force (2012) #1-19 and a crossover with Uncanny X-Force (2013) #16-17.

It would add X-Force (2014) #1-15. It could optionally include X-Club (2011) #1-5.

X-Force: Storm & Uncanny X-Force by Sam Humphries & Greg Pak (2013 – 2015) [includes Storm (2014)]

This was another one of those big-brained moments of realization as we mapped this year. Storm’s solo series has always been an odd outlier in the Marvel Now X-Men lineup. It was so good, but it’s not long enough to collect on its own and there’s not much solo material to combine it with other than the teen Cyclops solo. It often seemed like it would have to be in a Wolverine & The X-Men Companion book.

Suddenly, I realized… duh, we have these two X-Force runs that don’t really go together and Storm is the leader of one, after which she graduates to her solo series. THESE TWO SERIES GO TOGETHER.

This would collect Uncanny X-Force (2013) #1-17 and a crossover with Cable & X-Force (2012) #18-19.

It would add Greg Pak’s Storm (2014) #1-11 – which is where she heads directly after this run.

X-Force & Domino by Ed Brisson & Gail Simone (2018) [includes Extermination, X-Force (2018), & Simone’s Domino]

It’s a little difficult to decide how to resolve the puzzle of collecting the later period of ResurrXion. A lot of that has to do with Domino’s 15 issues by Gail Simone in a period where she was appearing in both Weapon X and X-Force. However, since the Weapon X book is longer and she was the actual leader of X-Force, her issues make more sense here.

Even though Extermination (2018) is mostly an event to end the story of All-New X-Men, we need it here because it’s by Ed Brisson and it also kicks off his X-Force.

If you argued that this should include all of Cable’s material from this period before he is replaced teen Cable in Extermination (2018), I’d completely agree with you – especially since Brisson wrote the first arc! We’ll almost certainly revise the title next year.

This would collect Extermination (2018) #1-5, X-Force (2018) #1-10, Domino (2018) #1-10 & Annual 1, Domino: Hotshots (2019) #1-5.

This could also add Cable (2017) #1-5 & 150-159, Cable/Deadpool Annual (2018) #1, X-Men: The Exterminated (2018) #1, and material from Uncanny X-Men (2018) Annual 1 and Merry X-Men Holiday Special (2018) #1.

X-Teams: Other X-Teams & Anthologies of Multiple Titles (2000 – 2019)

X-Men: Revolution – Counter X (2000 – 2001) [X-Force, X-Man, & Gen X]

This is not a title that anyone seriously wants now that Warren Ellis is no longer a desirable name to have on the spine of your comic collection, but Ellis supervised and co-wrote this “back to being edgy” reboot of all of the supporting X-books during Claremont’s Revolution period. They don’t particularly go together and all of hem would be collected in their own omnibuses, but people keep on voting for this so we’re loath to remove it.

If NO ONE votes for it this year, I’ll be very happy to cut it next year!

This would collect the final “Counter X” arcs of all three of these titles – X-Force (1991) #102-115 & 102 Rough Cut, Generation X (1994) #62-75, and X-Man (1995) #63-75 and X-Men Unlimited (1993) #31 (3rd story).

NYX by Quesada & Liu (2003 – 2008)

This would be a very brief omnibus collecting NYX (2003) #1-7 and NYX: No Way Home (2008) #1-6, since neither were collected along with X-23’s solo material. Due to the mature nature of this material, it could not be collected along with NYX (2024) #1-10.

X-Men: ResurrXion – Weapon X & Weapon H by Greg Pak (2017 – 2019) [includes Hulkverines]

Grek Pak quietly was one of the most central and consistent architects of the X-Men’s ResurrXion period, penning one of its longest-running titles and spinning it off into two more series focused on a Wolverine/Hulk hybrid.

This would collect Weapon X (2017) #1-27, Weapons of Mutant Destruction (2017) Alpha #1, Totally Awesome Hulk (2016) #19-22, and material from from X-Men Prime (2017). It would continue to Weapon H (2018) #1-12 and Hulkverines (2019) #1-3.

It could add Domino (2018) #1-10 & Annual 1 and Domino: Hotshots (2019) #1-5, but I recommend that would fit better with X-Force (2018).

X-Men: RessurXion Companion (2017 – 2018) [Astonishing by Soule, Red, Black, Gen X, X-23, & Cable]

This volume is messy, but necessary. The messiness extends to us misspelling Marvel’s made up word “ResurrXion” in the poll title, which I can’t change now.

We basically have two major, anchoring, flagship runs that are too short for their own omnibuses in the first mega-arc of Astonishing X-Men (2017) by Charles Soule and all of X-Men Red (2018) by Tom Taylor.

However, we can’t collect the final arc of Astonishing X-Men (2017) here, because it’s part of Matthew Rosenberg’s overall X-Men saga and it needs to be collected with his work. But, we have the opposite problem with Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey (2017) which is by Rosenberg, but somewhat necessary (and fun!) to read before Taylor’s Red.

That gives us a smallish 28 to 33-issue omnibus here, to which I think we’d certainly add the villainous one-shots from X-Men Black (2018) #1-5.

That would leave a lot of supporting titles from ResurrXion stranded. Would this collect some of them? All of them? Or, would we also need a “X-Men – ResurrXion Solo” omnibus?

Our title leaves that to your imagination. A vote for this book is a vote to primarily deal with Astonishing, Red, and Black… and if it collects more than that, great!

This would primarily collect Astonishing X-Men (2017) #1-12 by Charles Soule (but not Matthew Rosenberg’s Astonishing X-Men (2017) #13-18), Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey (2017) #1-5, Astonishing X-Men (2017) Annual 1 (a lead-in to Red), X-Men Red (2018) #1-11 & Annual 1, & X-Men Black (2018) #1-5 (really, a series of villain one-shots for Magneto, Mojo, Mystique, Juggernaut, & Emma Frost)

That is 35 issues. To that, we could add some amount of the 67 remaining orphaned issues of this period from Generation X (2017) #1-9 & 85-87, Cable (2017) #1-5 & 150-159, Legion (2018) #1-5, X-23 (2018) #1-12, Iceman (2017) #1-11, and Mr. and Mrs. X (2018) #1-12.”

X-Men: Uncanny X-Men & The New Mutants by Matthew Rosenberg (2018 – 2019) [New Mutants, Multiple Man, Astonishing, Uncanny]

Matthew Rosenberg wrote an ambitious multi-title run of X-comics with themes that continued from title to title and that eventually culminated in a brutal, often joyless run of Uncanny X-Men (2018).

Little did we know at the time that “brutal and joyless” was on purpose, to set us up for the delight of Krakoa bringing everyone back to the family.

Does knowing about the existence of Krakoa excuse how cruelly this run treats many X-Men characters? I don’t know. It has so many sad endings for various X-Men that it really feels like the end of the line. Some people might really enjoy that, but others will find it upsetting since this book ends on a downer note without the foreknowledge of what Krakoa is about to bring.

A vote for this book is a vote to collect Matt Rosenberg’s entire entire multi-title X-Men epic into one place for the first time.

This would collect New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018) #1-5, Multiple Man (2018) #1-5, Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey (2017) #1-5, Astonishing X-Men (2017) #13-18 & Annual 1, Uncanny X-Men (2018) Annual 1 & #11-22, and War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men (2019) #1-3.

We could include Uncanny X-Men (2018) #1-10 here, which was co-written by Rosenberg with Kelly Thompson and Ed Brisson. However, it’s almost certainly required to introduce an Age of X-Man omnibus, so it’s up to you if you’d like to see it double-dipped.

X-Teams: X-Men – Age of Krakoa Team Omnibuses

X-Men: Age of Krakoa – X-Force by Benjamin Percy (2019 – 2024)

This is one of the most straight-forward Krakoa-era collections, since Benjamin Percy’s X-Force is the only Krakoa title that launched in 2019 and made it all the way to the close of the line in 2024! Plus, it had no direct crossovers!

This would collect X-Force (2019) #1-50 & Annual 1.

X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Captain Britain & Excalibur by Tini Howard (2019 – 2023)

Tini Howard amassed an impressive multi-year run on Betsy Braddock across across four years of Krakoa, racking up over 40 issues of her penning Betsy’s adventures as Captain Britain that tell the overarching plot of the conflict between Krakoa and Otherworld.

This would collect Excalibur (2019) #1-26, X-Corp (2021) #1-5, Knights of X (2022) #1-5, Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain (2023) #1-5, and The Secret X-Men (2022) #1. It may add some elements or additional issues from X of Swords

X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Marauders by Duggan & Orlando (2019 – 2023)

While Marauders never had the word “X-Men” in the title, during the first two years of Krakoa Gerry Duggan’s seafaring squad anchored by Kitty Pryde & Emma Frost was probably the book with the most recognizable X-Men squad acting as X-Men.

This was effectively Krakoa’s “away team” prior to the launch of X-Men (2021). and having Emma on the cast meant it also had plenty of juicy Quiet Council content.

Steve Orlando’s decision to take Kitty’s team to space starting in 2022 made it much more of a supporting title (and, also, generally one of the least-enjoyed Krakoa books based on the crowds I hang with).

A vote for this book is to collect all of Marauders in one place across both of its runs, because if we don’t the Orlando run will be orphaned!

This book would collect Marauders (2019) #1-27, King in Black: Marauders (2021) #1, Devil’s Reign: X-Men (2022) #1-3, and Marauders (2022) #1-10 & Annual 1. It would would likely also include X-Men: Before the Fall (2023) Mutant First Strike #1, also by Orlando and featuring his team.

X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Mister Sinister & The Hellions (2019 & on) [includes Fallen Angels]

I think the best way to sneak Fallen Angels (2019) into a non-anthology omnibus is to make it a “Sinister” book that highlights his role in Hellions and some of his other major subplots that lead to the big finale of Krakoa.

This would collect Fallen Angels (2019) #1-6 and Hellions (2020) #1-18

It could add Immortal X-Men (2022) #8-10 & all of Sins of Sinister.

X-Men: Age of Krakoa – New Mutants (2019 – 2023) [includes Children of the Atom]

During Krakoa, New Mutants had several different authors – of them, only Hickman could merit an entire omnibus of his material and we have it already. Since the cast of the book continues across authors, it makes sense for the whole run to be in one book – alongside the other “youths” book Children of the Atom (2021) and an extension of New Mutants into New Mutants: Lethal Legion (2023).

This would collect New Mutants (2019) #1-33, Children of the Atom (2021) #1-6, and New Mutants: Lethal Legion (2023) #1-5, as well as selected Escapade material from Marvel Infinite Comics. You could make the argument to include Bishop: War College (2023) here as well, since it’s before Fall of X.

X-Men: Age of Krakoa – X-Factor by Leah Williams (2020 – 2023) [includes Trial of Magneto & X-Terminators]

The primary thrust of Leah Williams’ Krakoa work was X-Factor (2020) and its final arc in X-Men: The Trial of Magneto (2021). She returned the next year for X-Terminators (2022), which has no other logical home, so it fits best here in a creator omnibus.

This would collect X-Factor (2020) #1-10, X-Men: The Trial of Magneto (2021) #1-5, and X-Terminators (2022) #1-5. This could optionally collect other Leah Williams one-shot or anthology stories at Marvel from 2019 and onward.

X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Nightcrawler & Legion by Simon Spurrier (2021 – 2023) [AKA Way of X et al]

I always explain the final two years of Krakoa as a “four-legged” stool of plot. You have three legs of the stool from the obvious flagships of X-Men (2021) by Duggan, Immortal X-Men (2022) by Gillen, and X-Men Red (2022) by Ewing. And, a stool can stand with three legs! But, it was obvious due to publishing decisions in 2022 that there was actually a fourth leg of the main plot of Krakoa that simply didn’t have “X-Men” in its title.

Simon Spurrier’s run writing Nightcrawler as the soul of Krakoa’s X-Men became the default fourth flagship book of the line in 2022, when it had equal story weight to the other flagships thanks to its participation in “Day of Judgment,” it joining Gillen & Ewing in spinning off into “Sins of Sinister”, and it taking on one of the major plot-threads of Krakoa in developing Mystique’s story.

Also? This is a de fact sequel to Spurrier’s wildly popular run on X-Men Legacy (2013), which has its own omnibus! You need the sequel!

A vote for this book is a vote to collect all of Si Spurrier’s run on Krakoan X-Men into a single book.

This would collect X-Men (2019) #7 and all of Simon Spurrier’s Way of X (2021) #1-5, X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation (2021) #1, Legion of X (2022) #1-10, Nightcrawlers (2023) #1-3. X-Men: Before the Fall (2023) Son of X #1, Uncanny Spider-Man (2023) #1-5, and X-Men Blue (2023) Origins #1.

X-Men – Age of Krakoa – X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021 – 2024)

Starting from October 2021 and running through the end of the Krakoan era, Marvel ran a weekly digital comic called X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) that included some huge plot developments for its characters along the way!

Each digital issue could represent between 4-10 pages of a print comic depending on how it was laid out, so as a whole the run is absolutely omnibus-sized.

My fervent hope is that this material is collected alongside the Age of Krakoa anthology omnibus line once it reaches the period after the 2021 Hellfire Gala. However, even if it does, we’d still need this material recollected to fit alongside a bookshelf of creator-centric Krakoa collections.

This would collected X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #1-142.