Once every year, thousands of Marvel collectors from around the world gather together online to watch Near Mint Condition and vote on their most-wanted omnibus titles. That time approaches – time for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 14th Annual Secret Ballot! This post explains every non-flagship X-Men team omnibus map for story material from 2001 to 2019 that has not yet been collected comprehensively in omnibus.
What’s a non-flagship X-Men team? That means books like Excalibur, New Mutants, Generation X, Academy X, X-Factor, X-Force, and more!
As one of the organizers of the poll, I work closely with Tigereyes and a team of Mapping Minties to be sure Marvel’s entire publishing history has been mapped, with every issue fitting somewhere into an omnibus volume to fill your oversize Marvel shelf. Then, we’ll kick off the poll on Near Mint Condition on March 22, 2026.
While Marvel has been spreading the omnibus love around every era of Flagship X-Men in 2026, when it comes to supporting X-Teams they have been laser focused on one thing: Completing existing lines!
In 2026 we’re getting Excalibur Vol. 4, which completes Excalibur (1988) in omnibus; New Mutants Vol. 4, which completes New Mutants (1983) in omnibus; and X-Factor: The Original X-Men Vol. 2-3, which completes the first half of X-Factor (1986) in omnibus.
That creates a fascinating cadence when it comes to Marvel’s omnibus release schedule, because we have the opportunity to kick off new lines of collection!
Will Marvel simply move forward chronologically to the next-oldest material to continue collecting X-Factor (1986) and X-Force (1991), while also kicking off Generation X (1994)?
Or, will this be a chance for Marvel to briefly shift their focus from the mid-90s to some other hotly-requested material, like Exiles (2001), New X-Men: Academy X (2004), and X-Force (2008) – all of which are perennial favorites on the Tigereyes poll.
Read this post and others in the series for a list of titles and omnibus mappings created by a group of the biggest collected edition enthusiasts on the internet. Every map is informed by Crushing Krisis comic guides and over a decade of polling data as explained by yours truly – keeper of the most-definitive guides to Marvel’s collected editions on the planet.
That includes Guide to Captain Britain, Guide to Excalibur, Guide to Exiles, Guide to New Mutants & Young X-Men, Guide to Weapon X, Guide to X-Factor, Guide to X-Force, Guide to X-Statix
Even if you don’t own a single omnibus, you can use this post to learn about Marvel’s history of material and find great comics to read physically or digitally!
This post covers the following speculated omnibus volumes:
- Excalibur & Captain Britain Omnibus Mapping
- X-Men: Uncanny X-Men – Reloaded by Chris Claremont (2004 – 2006) [could include Excalibur (2004)]
- X-Men: Excalibur & New Excalibur by Chris Claremont (2005 – 2007) [AKA Excalibur Vol. 5]
- Captain Britain & MI13 by Paul Cornell (2007 – 2014) [could include Revolutionary War (2014)]
- Exiles Omnibus Mapping
- Exiles Vol. 1 (2001 – 2004)
- Exiles: New Exiles by Chris Claremont (2007 – 2009) [AKA Exiles Vol. 3]
- New Mutants & Academy X Omnibus Mapping
- X-Men: Generation X Vol. 1 (1994 – 1997)
- X-Men: New X-Men: Academy X by DeFilippis & Weir (2003 – 2005) [includes New Mutants (2003)]
- X-Men: New X-Men: Academy X by Kyle & Yost (2005 – 2008) [includes Childhood’s End, X-Infernus]
- X-Men: New Mutants by Wells, Abnett, & Lanning (2009 – 2012) [entire 2009 series]
- X-Men: Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen Companion (2011 – 2012) [includes Gen Hope, Schism, X-Club, Not a Hero]
- X-Factor Omnibus Mapping
- X-Factor: Havok’s X-Factor by J. M. DeMatteis (1991 – 1995) [follows Original X-Men Vol. 3; could double-dip PAD]
- X-Force Omnibus Mapping
- X-Force Vol. 4 / Cable & X-Force Vol. 2 (1995 – 1997) [AKA by Jeph Loeb & John Francis Moore]
- Deadpool & X-Force: Baddest Blood by Rob Liefeld (2004 – 2025) [Liefeld limited series, including X-Force (2004)]
- X-Force by Kyle & Yost (2008 – 2010) [includes Messiah War & Necrosha]
- X-Force & Cable by Dennis Hopeless & Si Spurrier (2012 – 2015) [includes X-Force (2014)]
- X-Force: Storm & Uncanny X-Force by Sam Humphries (2013 – 2015) [could include Storm (2014)]
- X-Force & Domino by Ed Brisson & Gail Simone (2018 – 2019) [includes Extermination, X-Force (2018), Cable, & Simone’s Domino]
- Other X-Teams & Anthologies of Multiple Titles (2000 – 2019)
- X-Men: NYX by Quesada & Liu (2003 – 2008) [NYX & No Way Home]
- X-Men: ResurrXion – Weapon X & Weapon H by Greg Pak (2017 – 2019) [includes Hulkverines]
- X-Men: ResurrXion Companion (2017 – 2018) [Astonishing by Soule, Red, Black, Gen X, Legion, X-23, & Cable]
- X-Men: X-Men by Matthew Rosenberg (2018 – 2019) [includes New Mutants, Multiple Man, Astonishing, Uncanny]
- X-Statix Vol. 2: The X-Cellent (2014 – 2024) [includes All-New Doop]
Remember: These titles and mappings are a suggestion of how Marvel could assemble these books. They are meant to make the books easy to find and to vote for. 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 mapping. Maps are presented as a proof of concept and to help you build your personal reading list.
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X-Teams: Excalibur & Captain Britain Omnibus Mapping
We’ve reached an amazing milestone in 2026: We have all of Excalibur (1988) collected across four omnibuses!
This makes it the first ongoing X-Men series from prior to 2001 with all of its material collected in omnibus. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that honor would go to Excalibur (1988), especially given how ignored the back quarter of the title has always been.
With all of the original run of Excalibur (and it’s 2001 follow-up mini-series) collected, we can knock out all of the remaining Excalibur books prior to Krakoa in just two omnibuses, with another omnibus to catch a Captain Britain series.
See Guide to Excalibur and Guide to Captain Britain for details.
X-Men: Uncanny X-Men – Reloaded Chris Claremont (2004 – 2006)
I’ve covered this book already in my post about X-Men Flagships from 2001 to 2019, but it serves a dual purpose: both collecting Chris Claremont’s 00s return to Uncanny X-Men (1963) and being the best chance to collect Excalibur (2004) in omnibus.
Why push to merge the somber run on Excalibur focused on Xavier and Magneto living on Genosha like it’s their private couple’s retreat into an otherwise adventurous X-Men book?
Because this run is essentially a prologue to House of M as entirely written by Claremont. No other X-Men title actually leads into House of M – it hits them entirely by surprise. Since Claremont’s actual House of M issues for Uncanny X-Men (1963) are in this book, it would make sense of all 14 issues of Excalibur (2004) to be here as well.
This run ends with Claremont departing Uncanny X-Men (1963) 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 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.
There are two sets of earlier material that could possibly fit here. First, Avengers (1998) #77-84, not by Claremont but the introduction Kelsey Shorr Leigh as Captain Britain. Second, Uncanny X-Men (1963) #462-465, which is House of M material which sets the scene for the launch of New Excalibur.
While this book could absolutely fit Excalibur (2004) #1-14, also by Claremont, that title focused on Xavier and Magneto isn’t a good 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) [could include Revolutionary War (2014)]
This would primarily collect all of Paul Cornell’s run on Britain’s mutants and magic, though that comes with a tricky caveat. This run starts with Wisdom MAX (2007), but 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 Revolutiony 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 eight Revolutionary War (2014) one-shots: Revolutionary War: Alpha, Dark Angel, Knights of Pendragon, Death’s Head II, Super Soldiers, Motormouth, Warheads, Omega
See X-Men Omnibus Mapping, 2019 – Present for Excalibur & Captain Britain in the Age of Krakoa and X-Men: From the Ashes.
X-Teams: Exiles Omnibus Mapping
Exiles is a curious X-Men property, because it is X-Men without the X-Men.
Yes, it still has mutant drama, but it is on a multiversal stage with little to no connection to mainline X-Men continuity in Marvel 616.
Tigereyes voters have kept this book ranked in the middle of the Top 60 since 2023 with no sign of it from Marvel. I thought 2026 might be our year with the hint of a space-faring Exiles team led by Charles Xavier as hinted at in Imperial War: Exiles (2025). Marvel loves to release an obscure omnibus timed to a minor mention or tie-in in a new series. However, the entire Imperial line fizzled, and our chances to get this book in 2026 along with it.
I think seeing Exiles in high demand on the poll is a good way to attempt to keep it visible to Marvel. As they run out of lengthy X-Men runs to sell across multiple omnis, sooner or later this is going to become and attractive option to them.
See Guide to Exiles for more details.
Exiles Vol. 1 (2001 – 2004)
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]
Despite us eliminating all of our “map ahead” volumes on the poll this year, we retained this one.
Why? First, because it can be marketed under Chris Claremont’s name, which is a boon to any book with “X” in the title.
Second, because Claremont makes the Exiles team a little bit more recognizably X-Men-flavored by anchoring it with our main-continuity Psylocke and tying it to some of his lore from the original Excalibur (1988).
In a world where the Excalibur omnibuses have been strong sellers, this might be the natural next book to issue along with the New Excalibur book from above.
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 could add Exiles (2018) #1-12, although that series was not written by Claremont.
X-Teams: New Mutants, Generation X, & Academy X Omnibus Mapping
Marvel is also wrapping up another supporting X-Men series from the 80s this year with New Mutants Vol. 4, a weird and slim book we’ve been speculating on since the 2023 poll that will capture a tiny slice of never-oversize New Mutants (1988) issues before double-dipping a lot of other material.
What does that mean for our classes of young X-Men? The next X-Men school book to collect is Generation X (1994), followed by the return to the Xavier School alongside Grant Morrison’s New X-Men (2001). See Guide to New Mutants & Young X-Men for more details.
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 #21-22 for three years running.
However, I have some real talk for Gen X fans (of which I am one): I don’t think we’re getting this book in 2027.
Why not?
First, because Marvel is trying to pace themselves. They’ve now completely collected all of the 1980s X-Men supporting titles in omnibus. They never release ALL BANGERS in any given year, because they need some hot sellers for future years.
Second, because I truly think we’ll get X-Men: Blue & Gold Vol. 4 before we get this book, since that will reprint the Phalanx Covenant.
And, finally, because the art quality of the issues in the Generation X Epic Collections have drawn the most complaints of possibly any other material in Epic Collection. I think Marvel will need to rescan or restore some of the issues to make this omnibus possible, which takes time and money.
But, who knows – I could be wrong!
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
Then, a second volume 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-Men: 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 Yearbook and mini-series this is actually a 30+ issue omnibus.
Ultimately, I would not be surprised if this was marketed under a “New Mutants” title for the benefit of fans of the 80s and 90s, as the first half of the book focuses on several cast members of the classic New Mutants (1983) team returning to the Xavier School to act as recruiters and mentors.
Of course, Strange Academy is also a hot property with the youth, so maybe Marvel would see putting “Academy” in the title of this book as a good things.
This would collect New Mutants (2003) #1-13, material from X-Men Unlimited (2003) #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.
X-Men: New X-Men: Academy X by Kyle & Yost (2005 – 2008) [includes Childhood’s End, 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.
While this is technically a “map ahead,” because it starts in the middle of the New X-Men (2004) series, it is a perfect example of a book that can stand on its own without the preceding volume. Fans have a specific fervor for this run because of the brutality of the aftermath of House of M and its focus on characters like Laura Kinney and Magik.
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.
X-Men: 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 together as one series. 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.
X-Men: Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen Companion (2011 – 2012) [includes Gen Hope, Schism, X-Club, Not a Hero]
A vote for this book is to collect all of Generation Hope (2010), as well as much added context for Kieron Gillen’s run from other supporting mini-series not penned by him.
This would collect the story of Hope and her team of Five Lights from Generation Hope (2010) #1-17 and “Journey to the Negative Zone” (Uncanny X-Men (1963) Annual #1/2011, Namor: The First Mutant (2010) Annual #1, and Steve Rogers: Super Soldier (2010) Annual #1), unless that was included as the final material in Fraction Vol. 2.
This would also collect the context around Schism for Cyclops and his “Extermination Team” from X-Men: Prelude to Schism (2011) #1-4 (which can only fit in this book), X-Men: Schism (2011) #1-5 (which is by Aaron and currently only in his Wolverine omnibus line), X-Club (2011) #1-5, and Magneto: Not a Hero (2011) #1-4.
See the Anthology section below for New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018). See X-Men Omnibus Mapping, 2019 – Present for New Mutants & Young X-Men in the Age of Krakoa and X-Men: From the Ashes.
X-Teams: X-Factor Omnibus Mapping
We now have all of the “Original X-Men” years of X-Factor (1986) collected in three omnibuses, with the final volume out late this year.
However, that only represents half of the run of X-Factor (1986). With all of Marvel’s other supporting mutant series collected at least through the mid-90s, I think this book is about to become Marvel’s next hyper-focus for collecting in omnibus, along with X-Force (1991).
Once we have the likely two volumes it takes to complete X-Factor (1986), we will have all of X-Factor collected in omnibus until X-Factor (2020), with the one exception of the oddball and super-obscure X-Factor (2002) #1-4. See Guide to X-Factor for more details.
X-Factor: Havok’s X-Factor by J. M. DeMatteis (1991 – 1995) [follows Original X-Men Vol. 3; could double-dip 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 like Blue & Gold, I suspect this is actually the likely outcome. They are happy to double-dip material so people can build perfect, sequential bookshelves.
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 X-Factor (1986) #112-114 by John Francis Moore and and material from X-Men: Prime (1995) #1, but they are from the other side of Age of Apocalypse and I think they make more sense in the next volume.
With the completion of the X-Factor: The Original X-Men omnis, there’s a chance this recollects Peter David’s X-Factor (1988) #71-83, 87-92, & Annual #7-8. This would extend the single continuous line of X-Factor as a cohesive collection of Havok’s team. If this happened, Marvel might also include X-Men Legends (2021) #5-6 to fit between X-Factor #75-76.
Then, a second volume could collect X-Factor (1986) #112 (or 115) -149 & -1, material from X-Men: Prime (1995) #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) #1.
See X-Men Omnibus Mapping, 2019 – Present for X-Factor in the Age of Krakoa and X-Men: From the Ashes.
X-Teams: X-Force Omnibus Mapping
At this point, X-Force is actually the most under-collected of the various supporting X-Men teams, which is a wild statement since conventional wisdom is that it’s often the most popular non-flagship team.
Part of the problem is that mid-90s X-Force simply doesn’t have the level of fan nostalgia as material from a similar period like Excalibur (1988). We need two more omnibuses to finish it from where the line currently leaves off in 1995. Right now, that makes it third in line as “oldest X-Team material uncollected in omnibus,” behind X-Factor (1986) and Generation X (1994).
However, this doesn’t have the mapping complications of X-Factor (1986) or the scanning problems of Generation X (1994). In a way, I think it’s actually the easiest next 90s material from a supporting X-book. for Marvel to release.
Also, we still don’t have X-Force (2008) collected, which has ranked in the Top 60 of the poll every year since 2019 and has been in the Top 20 for four years running! Plus, no coverage of various X-Forces from the 2010s after Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender. See Guide to X-Force for more details.
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.
The next volume 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) [Liefeld limited series, including X-Force (2004)]
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]
With each year that goes by it gets more and more puzzling that Marvel has not made this run into an omnibus.
It has the X-Force name, Wolverine doing major violence (in a sweet new costume!), Laura Kinney in a supporting role, and glossy artwork that was a departure from Marvel’s house style in the late-00s.
Also, it tells a complete story, starting out being about defending the mutant race by any means necessary, but later getting into some deep mutant-on-mutant bullshit as the series big-bad turns out to be immortal energy vampire Selene.
It is a rare X-Men book from after 2000 I have re-read multiple times. In fact, I think I’ve read this almost as many times as Astonishing X-Men (2004) by Whedon, Cassaday, & Martin!
If I have one theory about why we’ve had to wait so long for this book, is that it really requires some awareness of House of M and Messiah Complex before it kicks off, and it dovetails from Necrosha directly into Second Coming. I suspect Marvel might have been waiting to get those stories out in omni before tackling this one.
Well.. GUESS WHAT. We got a House of M omnibus in 2023 and we’re getting a X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy omnibus this year. It’s time for X-Force by Kyle & Yost in 2027!
This would collect X-Force (2008) #1-25, Annual 1, and X-Force Sex & Violence (2010) #1-3, Cable (2008) #13-15, 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.
X-Force & Cable by Dennis Hopeless & Si Spurrier (2012 – 2015) [includes X-Force (2014)]
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 (2014). That is a complete accounting of all of his material from 2013 to 2015 .
Since Si Spurrier pens that X-Force (2014) run and it includes Doctor Nemesis, we could squeeze in Spurrier’s mad science squad X-Club (2011) here if it’s at risk at being abandoned by a companion to Gillen’s X-Men run. However, it’s tonally quite different than the rest of this material, and it doesn’t feature Cable.
This would collect Cable and X-Force (2012) #1-19, a crossover with Uncanny X-Force (2013) #16-17, X-Force (2014) #1-15, and material from X-Men Legacy (2008) #300.
It could optionally include X-Club (2011) #1-5, also by Spurrier.
X-Force: Storm & Uncanny X-Force by Sam Humphries (2013 – 2015) [could include Storm (2014)]
Each year I question if we’ve over-engineered some of these Marvel Now mappings to make them too specific, and I think I’m willing to concede that we can do away with this title unless it cracks the Top 200 this year.
To me, this is an ideal mapping. This Uncanny X-Force (2013) run has very little to do with the Cable & X-Force (2012) run except for their brief concluding crossover. And, while Psylocke continues to X-Force (2014), the books are tonally completely different.
For me, personally, I’d want to read Storm leading this team (her only time on an X-Force) and then continue to Greg Pak’s assertive, globally-minded version of Ororo in Storm (2014).
However, I am willing to concede that is a niche opinion from someone who knows this period very well and has a lot of affection for it. The more general consumer probably wants all of Marvel Now X-Force in one big book, and we should simply map it that way.
So, a vote for this book is not only a vote for Marvel to print it – it is a vote for us to keep it on the poll!
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 – 2019) [includes Extermination, X-Force (2018), Cable, & 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 across two series by Gail Simone in a period where Dominoe was appearing in both Weapon X (2017) and X-Force (2018). 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 (2018).
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!
This would collect Cable (2017) #1-5 & 150-159, Cable/Deadpool Annual (2018) #1, Domino (2018) #1-10 & Annual 1, Domino: Hotshots (2019) #1-5, Extermination (2018) #1-5, and X-Force (2018) #1-10.
This could also add X-Men: The Exterminated (2018) #1 and material from Uncanny X-Men (2018) Annual 1 and Merry X-Men Holiday Special (2018) #1.
See X-Men Omnibus Mapping, 2019 – Present for X-Force in the Age of Krakoa and X-Men: From the Ashes.
X-Teams: Other X-Teams & Anthologies of Multiple Titles (2000 – 2019)
X-Men: NYX by Quesada & Liu (2003 – 2008) [NYX & No Way Home]
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 was quietly 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. See Guide to Weapon X for more details.
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 that would might better with X-Force (2018).
X-Men: RessurXion Companion (2017 – 2018) [Astonishing by Soule, Red, Black, Gen X, X-23, & Cable]
Here’s the skinny: X-Men ResurrXion was a status quo that ran from early 2017 to the launch of Krakoa in mid-2019. Despite lasting just a hair over two years, it was packed with X-Men comics – especially because many of them double-shipped.
So far, from this period we have collected just X-Men Gold (2017) and Jean Grey (2017). However, it’s clear that some other material in this period fits together well – X-Men Blue (2017) with Extermination (2018), Weapon X (2017) with Weapon H (2018), X-Force (2018) with Gail Simone’s pair of Domino series (and maybe also Cable (2017), and all of Matthew Rosenberg’s material other than perhaps Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey (2017) (which doesn’t fit in with the rest of his saga).
That leaves us with an uneven amount of remaining material to handle.
Those leftovers are primarily anchored by a blockbuster arc by Charles Soule on Astonishing X-Men (2017) that brought back Professor X, and Jean Grey’s return (by Matthew Rosenberg) and subsequent team in X-Men Red (2018) (by Tom Taylor) after 15 years away.
Those two runs make for a perfect omnibus together – the return of Profession X and Jean Grey! However, that book is still a somewhat slim at 30 issues. There is a host of other material from this period – 70 issues worth – that have no obvious home in an omnibus.
Rather than try to force those books into ambiguous maps, we’ve just combined them all into one “Companion” volume – and you can decide for yourself what you think it ought to contain versus what is better collected elsewhere. One specific run in there is X-23 (2018) #1-12, which would make a lot of sense with those 30 issues because Laura is in Jean’s X-Men Red squad around the same time as her run.
A vote for this book is primarily a vote to collect all of Astonishing X-Men (2017) and X-Men Red (2018) in one place, but there’s a lot more it could include!
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
It could also include some amount of 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, Iceman (2018) #1-5, Legion (2018) #1-5, Mr. and Mrs. X (2018) #1-12, & X-Men Black (2018) #1-5 (really, a series of villain one-shots for Magneto, Mojo, Mystique, Juggernaut, & Emma Frost).
X-Men: X-Men by Matthew Rosenberg (2018 – 2019) [includes 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.
See Guide to X-Men (2010 – 2019) for more details.
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) #13-17 & 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-Statix Vol. 2: The X-Cellent (2014 – 2024) [includes All-New Doop]
This is not a joke, a hoax, or a scam! We’ve done the math, and there are 16 issues of X-Statix-related content we can gather together for another omnibus, which just clears our minimum height requirement!
First, we have All-New Doop (2014) #1-5, which might get collected alongside Wolverine & The X-Men Vol. 2, but all Doop content belongs under the X-Statix header.
Then, we have Milligan & Allred returning to revive their favorite X-Statix line-up (thanks to Krakoa shenanigans) for “The X-Cellent.”
Weirdly despite all of The X-Cellent coming out during the Age of Krakoa, I’ve never once seen anyone argue that it should be included in Krakoa anthology omnibuses. Everyone seems to fully agree that it is its own thing as an extension of X-Statix and wouldn’t make any sense read alongside the major mutant dramas of that era. See Guide to X-Statix for more details.
This would collect All-New Doop (2014) #1-5, Giant-Size X-Statix (2019) #1, X-Cellent (2022) #1-5, The X-Cellent (2023) #1-5. It could also add any anthology stories focused on Doop.
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