X-Men, The Age of Krakoa (2019 – 2024) – The Definitive Collecting Guide

Updated Feb 17, 2025. The definitive, chronological, and up-to-date guide on collecting X-Men Age of Krakoa, including X-Men flagship titles by Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Kieron Gillen, & Al Ewing, in comic books via omnibuses, hardcovers, and trade paperback graphic novels. A part of Crushing Krisis’s Crushing Comics. Last updated February 2025 with titles scheduled for release through September 2025.

Comics mega-star Jonathan Hickman took over the X-Men franchise as both a writer and “Head of X” in July 2019, and since then nothing has been the same.

That’s not the only reason 2019 was a historic year for the X-Men. As a film media property, the rights to X-Men returned to the Marvel fold when Disney acquired FOX in March of 2019.

Certainly, this change to the licensing of Marvel’s Merry Mutants had an effect on the potential for massive comic plots to return to the somewhat languishing X-line. By many accounts, Hickman and his massive pitch for a massive shift in status quo for the X-Men had been around for some time in the X-Office during All-New All Different Marvel and RessurXion.

Even knowing a major change was coming to the X-line couldn’t prepare readers for what Jonathan Hickman had in store. He launched his era with a pair of intertwined mini-series – House of X and Powers of X, widely abbreviated as HOX and POX or HOXPOX – both filled with major bombshells of plot. Hickman revised the history of several characters in a major way that will forever color re-reads of classic material, and he used that change to set up an utterly shocking set of present day circumstances for the mutant race.

From the conclusion of HOXPOX, Marvel launched an initial line of six ongoing comics – a flagship X-Men title from Hickman, and five supporting books.

Marauders by Gerry Duggan was the most integrated with elements introduced by HOXPOX. Excalibur by Tini Howard used a newly-available character to spin new continuity about mutant magic. New Mutants by both Hickman and Ed Brisson examined the younger generation of mutants as evangelists to stray members of the mutant race. X-Force by Benjamin Percy looked at the security of the new world of mutants, both internally and externally. Fallen Angels by Bryan Edward Hill was the one fizzled launch book – it tried to integrate Kwannon into the new status quo, but stumbled along the way.

After the initial wave of books, early 2020 brought a new wave of ongoings and mini-series – as well as a replacement for the canceled Fallen Angels with Hellions by Zeb Wells following Kwannon’s continuing adventures. Notable, X-Factor by Leah Williams addressed one of the core concepts of Hickman’s new status quo for mutants.

Marvel Comics, along with most other publishers, paused their physical releases starting in late March of 2020 due to the global pandemic. This pushed back the first major event of the Hickman era to begin in September. X of Swords was a massive 22-part direct crossover through all of the ongoing books in the line pulled together plot threads from Hickman’s flagship as well as Howard’s Excalibur. It addressed virtually no plots outside of that, though it would certainly have an effect on all of the books coming out of the event.

After X of Swords, a third wave of new books launched in late 2020 and 2021, including one directly out of the event – Al Ewing’s S.W.O.R.D.. That wave of books largely concluded at the end of 2021 alongside the end of Hickman’s time on Krakoa with Inferno (2021).

Then, after a poorly-received band-aid event (X Lives/Deaths of Wolverine) to give the line time to reorient without Hickman, 2022 saw the launch of additional flagships in Kieron Gillen’s Immortal X-Men (focused on the Quiet Council) and Al Ewing’s X-Men Red (focused on Storm on Mars). Just a few months into both titles, they converged for the tightly-coordinated linewide Avengers / X-Men / Eternals: Judgment Day event, which was more than 50% written by Gillen on his own!

The line continued its three-flagship era into 2023, adding a number of five-issue limited series alongside the long-running Ben Percy titles of X-Force (2019) and Wolverine (2020). Then, halfway through 2023, the Hellfire Gala significantly altered the line and sent it into the “Fall of X” – again spawning a number of short-running limited series. After the first six months of Fall of X, the line moved on to its six month finale with the tightly-coordinated Fall of the House of X / Rise of the Powers of X.

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20 key background stories to prepare for The Age of Krakoa
The Age of Krakoa in Oversize Hardcover
The Age of Krakoa
- House of X & Powers of X (July – Oct 2019)
- Dawn of X (Oct 2019 – Sep 2020)
  - Anthology Collections
- Event: X of Swords (Oct 2020 – Nov 2020)
- Reign of X (November 2020 – December 2021)
  - Anthology Collections
- Event: Inferno & X Lives/Deaths of Wolverine
- Destiny of X (Jan 2022 – Mar 2023)
- Event: Sins of Sinister (Jan 2023 – Apr 2023)
- Before the Fall (Jan 2023 – Jun 2023)
- Fall of X (Jun 2023 – Dec 2024
- Fall of the House of X / Rise of the House of X (Jan 2024 – Jul 2024)

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20 key background stories for The Age of Krakoa

You can start reading this era from House of X and Powers of X with no preparation whatsoever. The twin series are powerful even if you’ve never read an X-Men comic book before, and they do not rely on specific references to old continuity.

However, Jonathan Hickman makes many, many references to X-Men continuity in House of X and Power of X, and drafts from a cast of dozens upon dozens of X-Men characters.

If you want a crash course of a preparatory read before diving in to the insanity of House of X (and, especially, Powers of X), here is a list of the 20 issues or stories you ought to review for background on the characters and concepts he’s leaning on the most.

This list can be considered a spoilers purely by the stories it includes, so you have to click to see it just to be safe!

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The Age of Krakoa in oversize hardcover

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House of X / Powers of X
(2019 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302915704 / 2025 oversize hardcover, ISBN TBA / 2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302915711 / digital)
The Hickman Era starts here! This book collects the conjoined House of X and Powers of X series, which are meant to be read together as they are presented in this volume. Collects House of X (2019) #1-6 and Powers of X (2019) #1-6

X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Dawn of X Omnibus, Vol. 1
(2025 hardcover, ISBN 978-1302966362 / digital TBA)
Collects X-Men (2019) #1-7; X-Force (2019) #1-8; Marauders (2019) #1-8; Excalibur (2019) #1-8; Fallen Angels (2019) #1-6; New Mutants (2019) #1-7; Wolverine (2020) #2-3 (and material from #1); Giant-Sized X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost (2020) #1.

X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus (2022 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302929985 / digital)
Collects X-Men (2019) #1-11, 16-21; Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey And Emma Frost (2020) #1; Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler (2020) #1; Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto (2020) #1; Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex (2020) #1; Giant-Size X-Men: Storm (2020) #1; and material from Incoming (2019) #1.

Excalibur by Tini Howard (2021 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302924843)
Collects the complete run of Excalibur (2019) #1-12 through X of Swords

Hellions by Zeb Wells (2022 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302933722 / digital)
Collects Hellions (2020) #1-18, including its chapters of X of Swords and the 2021 Hellfire Gala.

Marauders by Gerry Duggan, Vol. 1 (2021 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302929756 / digital)
Collects Marauders (2019) #1-12

Wolverine by Benjamin Percy, Vol. 1 (2022 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302933760 / digital)
Collects Wolverine (2020) #1-5 & 8-12. X of Swords fits in the middle of this volume.

X-Force by Benjamin Percy, Vol. 1 (2022 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302945077 / digital)
Collects X-Force (2019) #1-12

X of Swords (2021 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302927172 / digital)
Collects X of Swords (2020) Creation, Stasis, & Destruction, X-Men (2019) #12-15, Excalibur (2019) #(12?)13-15, Marauders (2019) #13-15, X-Force (2020) #13-14, New Mutants (2019) #13, Wolverine (2020) #6-7, Cable (2020) #5-6, Hellions (2020) #5-6, X-Factor (2020) #4

Excalibur by Tini Howard, Vol. 2 (2022 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302945183 / digital)
Collects the remainder of Tini Howard & Marcus To’s run on Excalibur (2019) #16-26

Hellions by Zeb Wells (2022 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302933722 / digital)
Collects Hellions (2020) #1-18, including its chapters of X of Swords and the 2021 Hellfire Gala.

Wolverine by Benjamin Percy, Vol. 1 (2022 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302933760 / digital)
Collects Wolverine (2020) #1-5 & 8-12. X of Swords fits in the middle of this volume.

Wolverine by Benjamin Percy, Vol. 2 (2023 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302949785)
Collects Wolverine (2020) #14-19 & 20-25. X Lives/Deaths fits in the middle of this volume.

X-Force by Benjamin Percy, Vol. 2 (2023 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302950026 / digital)
Collects X-Force #13-26 and Wolverine (2020) #13

X-Men: Hellfire Gala Red Carpet Edition (2021 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302931568 / digital)
Collects the 10-issue Hellfire Gala sequence, which is not quite a direct crossover. Logan has some key plot points in these issues that send him on a new mission in his next arc. Collects Marauders (2019) #21, X-Force (2019) #20, Hellions (2020) #12, Excalibur (2019) #21, X-Men (2019) #21, Planet-Size X-Men (2021) #1, New Mutants (2019) #19, X-Corp (2021) #2, Wolverine (2020) #13, S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #6, Way of X (2021) #3, X-Factor (2020) #10, and material from Classic X-Men (1986) #7 and Hellfire Gala Guide (2021) #1. This is entirely recollected (except for the guide and Classic X-Men) in X-Men: Hellfire Galas (2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302967253 / digital TBA)

Inferno (2022 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302932817 / 2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302932824 / digital)

X-Men by Gerry Duggan (2025 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302961435 / digital TBA)
Collects Planet-Size X-Men (20201) #1, X-Men (2021) #1-34 & Annual 2022; X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2022) #1 & (2023) #1; X-Men Unlimited: X-Men Green #1

X Lives of Wolverine (2022) #1-5 & X Deaths of Wolverine (2022) #1-5
(2022 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302931223 / 2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302931230 / digital)

Wolverine by Benjamin Percy, Vol. 2 (2023 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302949785)
Collects Wolverine (2020) #14-19 & 20-25. X Lives/Deaths fits in the middle of this volume.

House of X (2019) #1-6 & Powers of X (2019) #1-6

The present day events of House of X and Powers of X begin an unspecified amount of time after the conclusion of Age of X-Man as well as Uncanny X-Men (2019).

In the Marvel Universe, House of X and Powers of X begin several months of story time after War of the Realms, in which several X-Men characters died. Invaders (2019) is wrapping up in this period, and references it in issue #9. It is unclear when it occurs in relation to Absolute Carnage.

The official reading order of these series – which is the same as the order of their original release – is HOX1, POX1, HOX2, POX2-3, HOX3-4, POX4, HOX5, POX5, HOX6, POX6.

House of X (2019) #1 Director’s Cut included the full script of the issue, as well as B&W and unlettered artwork. It is not collected.

There is a single page of Hickman X-Men story in Marvel Comics (2019) #1000, which works as a prologue to Dawn of X (and, with it, X of Swords).

[Marvel Unlimited: House of X, Powers of X, Marvel Comics #1000]

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House of X / Powers of X
(2019 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302915704 / 2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302915711 / digital)
This book collects the conjoined House of X and Powers of X series, which are meant to be read together as they are presented in this volume. Collects House of X (2019) #1-6 and Powers of X (2019) #1-6.

House of X #2 (and, later, Powers of X #6) includes some major revelations about the continuity of one X-Men character in particular. Here’s a quick guide to what we learned (includes spoilers)

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House of X #2 reveals that Moira MacTaggert has been a mutant all along! Her power is that her death resets the timeline of the world back to her birth. Hickman takes us through every life save for the 6th in HOX2, although he later explains that one as well.

Life #1 – The “Normal” Life. Moira lives her first life unaware of her mutant powers. She marries young, has children (which explicitly do not include Proteus), becomes a school teacher, and dies a natural death at age 84.

Presumably mutants are out in the world struggling, being discriminated against, and ultimates are rounded up and decimated during her lifetime while she is blithely unaware.

Life #2 – The Plane Crash Life. Moira understands that something is different about her when she is reborn with full knowledge of her prior life – even in the womb! She lives a “life of the mind” and becomes a scientist. At age 15 she meets her Life #1 husband, but does not fall in love due to their “familiarity.”

Instead, a year later she enrolls at Oxford – where she recalls Xavier in passing, but never meets him. Xavier comes out as a mutant on national television in a scene that mirrors Cassandra Nova’s speech from New X-Men (2001) #116, which causes Moira to realize she is a mutant and to fly to meet him… only to die in a plane crash at age 44.

Life #3 – The Mutant Cure Life. Moira begins her life similarly to Life #2, but she seeks out and ultimately rejects Xavier at Oxford without ever revealing she is a mutant. She decides that “mutation is a cancer” and resolves to discovery a cure. She identifies the X-Gene at age 36, wins the Nobel Prize the next year, and discovers a cure at age 42.This draws the precognitive attention of Destiny, who not only sees the danger of a cure but also understands (and sees?!?!) Moira’s many lives. Destiny, Mystique, and Pyro break into Moira’s lab, destroy the cure, and kill her – with a warning to use her future 10 (or is it 11?) lives for the good of mutants.

Life #4 – The Baseline X-Men Life. Moira starts this life similar to prior lives, but at Oxford she both meets Xavier and reveals herself (and her knowledge) to him. They marry when she is age 25 and a decade later they establish the Xavier School for Gifted Children, which leads to the formation of the X-Men.

(Did the X-Men form without her influence in prior lives? Possibly, given Xavier’s televised revelation in Life #2.)

This life plays out similarly to the X-Men we know, with familiar events like Giant-Size X-Men and the Phoenix Five. However, it is NOT the same as 616 – notably because it is missing both (definitely) Proteus and (very likely) Legion. Also, given a lack of Moira’s interference with Magneto and Xavier’s interference with Sinister, it’s hard to say what else would be different (though, Sinister himself would still exist, due to Apocalypse). However, here or in a subsequent life she does encounter Apocalypse, as she has knowledge of him in Life #9.

This ends in a situation that looks very similar to the future portion of Days of Future Past when Moira is age 55. This establishes that with Moira’s influence, mutants will see a violent end.

Life #5 – The Faraway Life. Moira has no patience in this life, and flies to America at age 13 to meet Xavier as early as possible. Instead of introducing a school, they found a “mutant nation” of Faraway when Moira is age 24 with the hope that this separate-but-equal approach to mutant lives will keep them safe.

It does not, and the world commits “mutant genocide” against Faraway when she is age 44.

One curious aspect to consider in this life is it is the earliest start to a Xavier-lead group of mutants and they are deliberately cloistered from the world, which may have avoided key stories like Dark Phoenix Saga.

Life #6 – The Longest Life. This is the life that runs through the “X^3” story in Powers of X #1-6, though that was originally hinted at being an extension of Life #9. In this life, Moira has somehow evaded the outright extinction of the mutant race along with Logan while trying to better understand humanity’s relationship with artificial intelligence. The two of them are eventually overtaken by the manufactured offshoot of humanity, homo novissima.

These eternal humans live long enough to attract the attention of a centuries-later version of The Phalanx, but in a moment of hesitation by one of their main curators Logan is able to kill Moira just before all of Earth (including, presumably, Moira) is permanently absorbed by the Phalanx singularity to live on eternally.

Life #7 – The Assassin Life. Moira decides to take mutant-hating matters into her own hands.

She joins the British Armed Forces at age 16, seemingly never meets Xavier, and undergoes a lifelong mission to assassinate anyone remotely associated with Sentinel technology – since they inspired the end of mutants in Lives #4 and 5 and presumably connected to the advent of homo novissima in Life #6. However she fails to fix things on her own when she is discovered at the Master Mold facility at age 49 and killed.

Life #8 – The Magneto Life. Moira decides to enlist help with her new “the ends justify the means” existence, so she rejects the kind-hearted Xavier at age 17 and joins with Magneto at age 24.

As we’ve experienced in Marvel 616, Magneto is rarely satisfied with acceptance – he sees mutant dominance as the only way to avoid a repeat of the holocaust of his youth. With Moira’s aid, he conquers America when she is age 27 and the next year establishes a “House of M.” He is later defeated by the world’s heroes when Moira is age 35, which leads to her death trying to escape prison at age 38.

Life #9 – The Apocalyptic Life. This is the life that plays out in the “X^2” timeline in Powers of X #1-3. With nowhere left to turn and running out of chances, Moira awakens Apocalypse when she is age 18, and within a few years he has slain both Xavier and Magneto, as well as “rescues” his original horsemen.

Given Xavier’s early death, it’s safe to imagine that the remainder of this life plays out similarly to the famous Age of Apocalypse (without Magneto’s X-Men) for quite some time. However, in the longer term, when Moira is age 50 when Nimrod comes online (this is roughly analogous to the time of Hope’s birth in 616 X-Men). This leads to a rise of a “man/machine ascendancy” on Earth by the time Moira is age 55. That, in turn, leads Apocalypse and Moira to take drastic measure – including an ultimately failed alliance with Sinister, who creates mutant chimeras in an attempt to create mutants powerful enough to defeat the man/machine ascendancy.

Ultimately, Krakoa falls when Moira is age 98 due to Sinister’s plotting. which is part of an intergalactic chain reaction of self-immolating chimera. Moira and Apocalypse are two of only 10 remaining mutants in Sol’s orbit, and they ultimately perish when Moira is age 123 when Apocalypse steals the knowledge of Nimrod’s creation and it is installed in Moira’s consciousness before she is killed to trigger a new life – as seen in POX 3.

Life #10 – The Marvel 616 Life. Life as we know it, but with newly retconned twists! Moira meets Xavier at age 17 and reveals her full history of lives to him, including her many failures. It almost breaks his brain. Together, they leverage Moira’s knowledge – particular from Lives #6 and 9 – to plot one last chance at mutant survival.

This leads them to bring characters like Magneto and Sinister into the fold, as well as the births of Proteus and Legion, as explained in the next section.

Powers of X contains a number of important flashback sequences to the history of X-Men and changes to continuity (or, at least, changes to how we understand it). Here’s a quick rundown of where they can be placed (includes spoilers):

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Per her timeline, Moira meets Xavier at age 17, consistent with many other lives. She gives him a full mental download of all of the knowledge of her nine prior lives, having decided that a partnership with him is the only way for mutants to survive. Notably, Xavier does not have perfect recall of these memories, per POX 6, though Moira does as part of her power.

Per journal entries in POX 6, Xavier comes up with the idea of [redacted – the major plot point of HOX 5-6] early in their relationship, which leads Moira to need a mutant who can “tweak primal matter” or “give reality as we know it a push.” Sound familiar?

Per what we know from X-Men continuity, Xavier goes off to experience his post-Oxford life, likely with some direction from Moira. This makes his initial meeting with Magneto and Gabrielle haller as seen in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #161 suspect. However, it is still possible he was unaware of Legion’s existence, since Moira kept him under her control.

Per her timeline, Moira marries Joe MacTaggert at age 25. While we never see a scene of this, the implication of her diary entries in POX 6 is that this partnership is driven purely by the need for genetic material that will create a reality-altering mutant in Proteus, who is born when she is age 31. It’s very likely that this is the only life in which Proteus is naturally born to Moira (though he may have been created in other prior lives).

Per X-Men continuity, Magneto is reduced to infancy partly under Xavier’s direction when Moira is around age 40 and Baby-neto is subsequently remanded to her care to be raised (and reprogrammed) as she saw fit. With our new HOXPOX knowledge, this is almost surely an event that Moira engineered.

Per X-Men continuity, the X-Men “kill” Proteus around Moira’s age 41-42. This makes him much younger than age 19-20, as originally seen in Claremont X-Men, unless Moira has aged him unnaturally.

Per Moira’s timeline and a flashback in POX 3, Magneto is recruited by Xavier and Moira when she is age 43. They share a significant portion of Moira’s memories with him, though not all of them, along with a “long term” plan for survival. Due to the imagery of the flashback, this is just prior to or just after the historic Magneto confrontation in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #150 but prior to Rogue joining the team in #171 per X of Swords Handbook (2020). It also explains why Magneto is suddenly so magnanimous in the original Secret Wars, which is one of Hickman’s favorite (and most well-known) Marvel stories! Per journal notes from POX6, Moira “imprinted the idea of a stronghold on his mind.”

Per a journal entry in POX 6 as well as X-Men continuity, Apocalypse emerges from slumber without Moira’s intervention sometime leading up to X-Factor (1986) #5-6. Moira’s journal places this before Xavier and Magneto meet with Sinister (or, at least, before she finds out about it). Due to her knowledge of Apocalypse and alliance with Xavier and Magneto, Moira’s strategy is merely to avoid an “apocalypse event” and to keep “certain Omega-level mutants” out of his grasp. Speculatively, this could be a tickler for the catastrophe of Age of Apocalypse, which would have ruined all of Moira Life #10 plans when Legion rewrote reality such that Xavier died before forming the X-Men.

As seen in POX 4, unbeknownst to Moira, Xavier and Magneto reach out to Sinister – wh0, in turn, takes more interest in the mutant race and makes himself into a mutant. For Xavier and Magneto to be together here with Xavier but with Xavier not walking under his own power, this either needs to occur prior to the end of the Brood Saga (so, before UXM 167) or much, much later – around the time of the Muir Island Saga and before Deadly Genesis. Given our new understanding of X-Men continuity, it probably makes sense for this to occur when Xavier presumes the X-Men to be dead in space during the Brood Saga.

As seen in POX 5, Xavier reaches out to Forge prior to leaving Earth in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #200 to set up the backup system key to Hickman’s status quo. X-Men editorial is on the record saying that Forge is in the wrong costume here, so we cannot let that set the continuity of this scene. It is almost certainly set in Forge’s holographic apartment, as seen in the original Lifedeath in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #186. In fact, it almost certainly must occur before that story. (It certainly happens prior to Forge later living in Eagle Plaza after Uncanny #281.)

Per X-Men continuity, Moira reaches out for help containing Legion in New Mutants (1983) #26-28, who is Xavier’s secret son – another reality-warping mutant.

Per Moira’s timeline, she and Xavier have a break with Magneto when she is age 47. This is almost certainly the events of X-Men (1991) #1-3, which make a lot more sense in retrospect with the additional knowledge Magneto has of Moira’s plans. If you re-read this today, all of his dialogue makes even more sense with a full knowledge of HOXPOX.

Per Moira’s timeline and a journal entry in POX 6, Moira decides she has “become too active a force” and is placing her own plan for mutant survival at risk. Using a Shi’ar golem, she and Xavier fake her death in Dream’s End. However, the implication of the journal entry is that the Moira we saw die had been a golem created with Moira’s Cerebro back-up for some time prior to her death. Does this mean she never contracted the Legacy Virus, and that the Golem was infected deliberately? It’s hard to say.

As seen in POX 4, just a few months before HOXPOX Xavier brings Doug Ramsey to “broker a deal” with Krakoa to communicate with the island. This is likely after Doug’s period of internet addiction as seen in Charles Soules’ Daredevil. The X of Swords Handbook (2020) makes clear this was a required step in Xavier, Magneto, and Moira’s collective plans for the mutant race. This is also where we get the first hint of Krakoa’s ties to Apocalypse, which in turn connects to X of Swords.

As seen in POX5, Xavier and Magneto meet with Emma Frost at the Louvre to bring her on board with distribution of Krakoa’s products. That places us relatively close to present day, and is likely after Emma’s issue of X-Men Black from the end of 2018, if not also after her appearances in Uncanny X-Men (2019).

Unseen by us but implied, Xavier prioritizes the resurrection of several mutants he and Moira recruited, including Rahne and several other characters who died during the Uncanny X-Men (2019) run. This may or may not include Cyclops, who had lost an eye in that run but appears to be back to full optic blast power at the start of HOXPOX. We see many of these characters alive and well during HOXPOX and throughout the early Dawn of X with no further comment.

HOX1 + POX1, Mystique steals plans for the Orchis station per Xavier and Magneto’s instruction. Moira has decried that no precognitive mutants may survive into the Krakoan age, which means Mystique cannot have what she wants in exchange for her mission – for Destiny to be resurrected from death. (This also implies that Xavier or Magneto could have had a hand in setting up Blindfold’s death in Uncanny X-Men (2019) #11.)

Dawn of X (October 2019 – September 2020)

Dawn of X follows House of X and Powers of X, though there is not a specific indication of how much time has passed. All of the launch books start around the same time as each other.

In the Marvel Universe, this happens around the same time of Absolute Carnage and the end of Chip Zdarsky’s Invaders (2019).

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Dawn of X in anthology collections by order of release

To take advantage of the immediate hype following House of X and Powers of X, Marvel’s initial release the Dawn of X line of comics was in a “monthly anthology” format similar to how lines of Manga are collected. This series of 16 volumes collects the complete X-line between HOXPOX and X of Swords with the exception of X-Men/FF!

The first six volumes each collected the corresponding issue of each of the six launch titles – for example, Volume 2 collected all of the #2 issues. However, beginning with Volume 7 the collected issues became more irregularly distributed as the line expanded.

Please note that the contents listed in many versions of solicit text and listings on online marketplaces are wrong! This is due to a combination of factors, including Marvel’s 2020 pandemic break in publishing, the one year delay of release of Children of the Atom, and varying release schedules and issue formats. When I have personally confirmed the correct contents of a volume, I’ve noted that below.

Also, note that while these collections attempt to smooth the reading order of these issues, this is not necessarily the full story chronology reading order, but more of a “modified release order” version of a reading order.

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Dawn of X, Vol. 1 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302921569 / digital)
Collects X-Men (2019) #1, X-Force (2019) #1, Marauders (2019) #1, Excalibur (2019) #1, Fallen Angels (2019) #1, and New Mutants (2019) #1

Dawn of X, Vol. 2 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302921576 / digital)
Collects X-Men (2019) #2, X-Force (2020) #2, Marauders (2019) #2, Excalibur (2019) #2, Fallen Angels (2019) #2, and New Mutants (2019) #2

Dawn of X, Vol. 3 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302921583 / digital)
Collects X-Men (2019) #3, X-Force (2020) #3, Marauders (2019) #3, Excalibur (2019) #3, Fallen Angels (2019) #3, and New Mutants (2019) #3

Dawn of X, Vol. 4 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302921590 / digital)
Collects X-Men (2019) #4, X-Force (2020) #4, Marauders #4, Excalibur (2019) #4, Fallen Angels (2019) #4, and New Mutants (2019) #4

Dawn of X, Vol. 5 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302921606 / digital)
Collects X-Men (2019) #5, X-Force (2020) #5, Marauders (2019) #5, Excalibur (2019) #5, Fallen Angels (2019) #5, and New Mutants (2019) #5

Dawn of X, Vol. 6 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302921613 / digital)
Collects X-Men (2019) #6, X-Force (2020) #6, Marauders (2019) #6, Excalibur (2019) #6, Fallen Angels (2019) #6, and New Mutants (2019) #6

Dawn of X, Vol. 7 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302927608 / digital)
I have personally confirmed this in the book: Collects X-Men (2019) #7, New Mutants (2019) #7, Marauders (2019) #7, Excalibur (2019) #7-8, and material (the A-Story) from Wolverine (2020) #1.

Dawn of X, Vol. 8 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302927615 / digital)
I have personally confirmed this in the book: Marauders (2019) #8, Wolverine (2020) #2-3, X-Force (2019) #7-8, Giant Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost #1 (2020)

Dawn of X, Vol. 9 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302927660 / digital)
I have personally confirmed this in the book: Collects New Mutants (2019) #8, Marauders (2019) #9, Cable (2020) #1, X-Men (2019) #8-9, and X-Force (2019) #9

Dawn of X, Vol. 10 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302927677 / digital)
I have personally confirmed this in the book: X-Force (2019) #10, Excalibur (2019) #9, Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler (2020) #1, Hellions (2020) #1, New Mutants (2019) #9

Dawn of X, Vol. 11 (2021 Paperback, ISBN 978-1302927684 / digital)
I have personally confirmed this in the book: Collects New Mutants (2019) #10-11, Excalibur (2019) #10, Hellions (2020) #2-3, and material from Wolverine (2020) #1.

Dawn of X, Vol. 12 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302927691 / digital)
Collects Hellions (2020) #4, Marauders (2019) #10, X-Factor (2020) #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto (2020) #1, Cable (2020) #2. [The cover and contents page of this book does not credit Percy or Howard, so it doesn’t include X-Force, Wolverine, or Excalibur, as noted in some listings.]

Dawn of X, Vol. 13 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302927707 / digital)
Solicited to collect Cable (2020) #3-4, X-Men (2019) #10, Empyre: X-Men (2020) #1-2 [prior solicits included X-Force #11, but Percy is not credited for this volume. Neither is Reis, the artist on Giant-Size Fantomex]

Dawn of X, Vol. 14 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302927714 / digital)
Solicited to collect Empyre: X-Men (2020) #3-4, X-Men (2019) #11, Wolverine (2020) #4, X-Factor (2020) #2

Dawn of X, Vol. 15 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302927721 / digital)
Solicited to collect X-Factor (2020) #3, Wolverine (2020) #5, New Mutants (2019) #12, Marauders (2019) #11-12, Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex (2020) #1

Dawn of X, Vol. 16 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302927738 / digital)
Solicited to collect Excalibur (2019) #11-12, Giant-Size X-Men: Storm (2020), and X-Force (2020) #11-12. [This ultimately omitted X-Men #12, since it is collected with X of Swords]

Dawn of X, Wave One Titles

All of these titles continue below in Reign of X, with the exception of Fallen Angels.

as collected together in omnibus…

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X-Men (2019) #1-12 by Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, et al

This series is the Hickman X-Men “world building” series. The first 12 issues were entirely composed of 1- and 2-shot stories that set up plots that would be continued elsewhere or picked up much later. [Marvel Unlimited]

Issues #10-11 are also included in an Empyre omnibus. See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Empyre for more information.

Note that issue #12 is specifically a prelude to X of Swords and so it is collected along with X of Swords below rather than with these individual collections.

as recollected in oversize hardcover…

as recollected in paperback…

X-Men: Reign of X by Jonathan Hickman, Vol. 1
(2024 paperback, ISBN 978-1302958435 / digital)
Collects X-Men (2019) #1-9, Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost (2020) #1, and Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler (2020) #1

X-Men: Reign of X by Jonathan Hickman, Vol. 2
(2025 paperback, ISBN 978-1302958442 / digital)
Collects X-Men (2019) #10-12 & 16-21 (skipping X of Swords0, Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto (2020) #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex (2020) #1, and Giant-Size X-Men: Storm (2020) #1

as originally collected…

X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 1 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302919818 / digital)
A series of episodic adventures featuring Cyclops, Xavier, Apocalypse, and more! Collects X-Men (2019) #1-6.

X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 2 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302919825 / digital)
A series of 1- and 2-shot adventures, including a fight against the Brood and a tie-in to Empyre! Note that this does not collect issue #12, as it is contained in the X of Swords collection as a prelude. Collects X-Men (2019) #7-11.

Excalibur (2019) #1-12 by Tini Howard & Marcus To – See Guide to Excalibur

Excalibur is the home of mutant magic in Hickman X-Men. Tini Howard uses a cast of Betsy Braddock, Apocalypse, Rictor, Rogue, Gambit, and Jubilee to explore the connection between mutant powers and magic, including Otherworld and the Captain Britain Corp. [Marvel Unlimited]

Moreso than any other title in the line, this is the book that sets up the X of Swords event.

Fallen Angels (2019) #1-6 by Bryan Edward Hill & Szymon Kudranski – See Guide to Mister Sinister

Fallen Angels redefines Kwannon as she returns to her original body and searches for a place in a mutant society who knows her as Betsy Braddock’s imposter. It also expands on Sinister’s corner of Krakoa, though this would be a more prominent theme when it continued in Hellions in Wave 2. Wolverine/X-23 and Husk also co-star. [Marvel Unlimited]

Marauders (2019) #1-12 by Gerry Duggan et al

Marauders is anchored by Kate Pryde and Emma Frost and stars Iceman, Pyro, Storm, Bishop, Callisto, Sebastian Shaw, and more! Hickman himself is on-record saying that this is the book that initially tied most-tightly to the concepts introduced in HOXPOX, and at times it feels like the “main” X-Men away team of the period. [Marvel Unlimited]

in oversize hardcover…

by Gerry Duggan, Vol. 1 (2021 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302929756 / digital)
Collects Marauders (2019) #1-12

in paperback…

Marauders by Gerry Duggan Vol. 1 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302919948 / digital)
Collects Marauders (2019) #1-6

Marauders by Gerry Duggan Vol. 2 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302921477 / digital)
I have personally verified that this collects Marauders (2019) #7-12

New Mutants #1-12 by Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brisson, Rod Reis, Flaviano, et al – See Guide to New & Young X-Men

New Mutants tells the same story with two different casts and authors.

Hickman himself reunites the original team of Dani Moonstar, Rahne, Sunspot, Karma, Doug, Magma, Magik, and Warlock alongside Chamber and Mando for an adventure into space to share the good news of Krakoa with their friend Cannonball.

Meanwhile, on Earth Ed Brisson uses Armor, Glob Herman, and Boom Boom to spread the word to young mutants around the world – and, they’re eventually joined by Dani and Magik when Hickman’s arc is completed. [Marvel Unlimited]

X-Force (2019) #1-12 by Benjamin Percy & Joshua Cassara – See Guide to X-Force

X-Force is all about the security of the state of Krakoa, both in defending its borders and taking the fight to its enemies. The cast of Beast, Logan, Jean Grey, Quentin Quire, Domino, Sage, Forge, Colossus, and others form a combination FBI/CIA for Krakoa. The main plot of this book is intertwined with the concepts of both X-Men and Marauders, though it does not cross over with either title. [Marvel Unlimited]

FYI, this is sometimes labeled as a 2020 volume because, generally, Marvel books are dated two months ahead of their actual release date.

Dawn of X, Wave Two Titles

After the first arc of each of the six launch titles completed (and Fallen Angels ended), Marvel added an additional seven titles to the X-line. This includes X-Men / Fantastic Four and Juggernaut, neither of which was not reprinted in the Dawn of X trades, above. Also, while it is not part of the X-line, Gwenpool Strikes Back ends with a connection to the current Krakoan status quo.

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Cable (2020) #1-4 by Gerry Duggan & Phil Noto – See Guide to Cable

This book explores the still relatively-new Teen Cable and his place in a world his older self had a hand in creating. [Marvel Unlimited]

Empyre: X-Men (2020) #1-4

The aftermath of HOXPOX combines with the major events of Empyre to create a particular challenge for mutants based on their grim history. Some of the focus members of the cast include Monet, Angel, Madrox, and Magik, though many other characters appear. [Marvel Unlimited]

This is the likely the last chronological X-Men story prior to Excalibur #12, X-Men #12, and X of Swords.

This series will also be included in a forthcoming Empyre omnibus. See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Empyre for more information.

Empyre: X-Men (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302925758 / digital)
Each current X-Men writer joins the fray in this jam-mini-series with multiple authors and characters from multiple books. Collects Empyre: X-Men (2020) #1-4.

Giant-Size X-Men (2020) [various] by Jonathan Hickman et al

A series of Giant Size X-Men one-shot explored a meta-narrative about Storm while also seeding future plots for several characters – most of all, Magneto – with a plot point that would become significant in Marauders after X of Swords.

Around the same time these issues were released, Marvel also released a special edition of Giant-Size X-Men: Tribute To Wein & Cockrum (2020) #1. This was an exact copy of the plot and script of the original Giant-Size X-Men (less a few offensive words), but with a different artist drawing every page or spread. This issue was not collected alongside these new Giant-Size issues. [Marvel Unlimited: Jean & Emma, Nightcrawler, Magneto, Fantomex, Storm]

Giant-Size X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 1 (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302925833 / digital)
A series of semi-connected one-shot giant-size issues, all written by Hickman with the exception of “Nightcrawler” by Alan Davis. Collects Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost (2020) #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler (2020) #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto (2020) #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex (2020) #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Storm (2020) #1

Hellions (2020) #1-4 by Zeb Wells & Stephen Segovia – See Guide to Mister Sinister

Hellions continues Mister Sinister’s corner of Krakoa and his alliance with Kwannon as he forms a disposable suicide squad of Havok, Greycrow (AKA Scalphunter), Wild Child, Empath, Nanny, and Orphan Maker to clean up his old messes. [Marvel Unlimited]

Juggernaut (2020) #1-5 by Fabian Nicieza & Ron Garney

While Juggernaut is not explicitly a Krakoan comic, Juggernaut was least seen in Uncanny X-Men (2019) and the end of the series does connect with current X-Men continuity. However, it is a non-essential read if you are following the core story of Krakoa. It is not entirely clear on if this occurs before or after X of Swords. [Marvel Unlimited]

Juggernaut (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302924508 / digital)
Collects Juggernaut (2020) #1-5

X-Factor (2020) #1-3 by Leah Williams, David Baldeon, & Israel Silva – See Guide to X-Factor

X-Factor is absolutely central to Hickman’s new mutant metaphor! Leah Williams assembles an investigative team of Polaris, Northstar, Rachel Summers, Prodigy, Eye-Boy, and Daken to confirm mutant deaths and the circumstances surrounding them.

This book plays with several dangling plot threads of the X-Men universe, including the Mojoverse and characters we haven’t seen since Academy X and Peter David’s X-Factor. [Marvel Unlimited]

X-Men / Fantastic Four (2020) #1-4 by Chip Zdarsky and Terry & Rachel Dodson

Chip Zdarsky’s mini-series deals with the intersectionality of being a mutant. What happens when being a mutant is just part of your identity – and, what happens when your family objects? Kitty Pryde is a feature player here, alongside Logan, Rogue, and several others. [Marvel Unlimited]

X-Men / Fantastic Four (2020) #1 Director’s Cut included the full script of the issue, as well as B&W and unlettered artwork. It is not collected.

X-Men/Fantastic Four: 4X (2020 paperback, ISBN 978-1302920036 / digital)
Collects X-Men/Fantastic Four (2020) #1-4

Wolverine (2020) #1-5 by Benjamin Percy et al – See Guide to Wolverine

After over half a decade away, Wolverine returns to a new ongoing series! This series is tightly coordinated with X-Force, and it references and expands many of the plots from that title. [Marvel Unlimited]

Dawn of X, Other Appearances & References

Gwenpool Strikes Back #5 – This series ends with a strong connection to Krakoa; to say more would spoil it! See Guide to Gwenpool
Black Cat (2019) #9-10 – Felicia and Logan team up in Madripoor. See Guide to Black Cat
Savage Avengers (2019) #0 (framing sequence only) – Dr. Strange meets Magik on the beach of Krakoa. See Guide to Conan.
Deadpool (2019) #6 – Deadpool briefly visits Krakoa, encountering Storm, Wolverine, and other mutants. See Guide to Deadpool.
Empyre Aftermath: Avengers (2020) – This teases some future X-Men status quo, particular via S.W.O.R.D.. See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – Empyre
Strange Academy (2020) – Features Magik as a regular guest star. See Guide to Doctor Strange

Event: X of Swords (September 2020 – November 2020)

X of Swords begins after issue #12 of all of the five remaining Dawn of X launch titles.

In the Marvel Universe, it starts shortly after Empyre and concludes prior to King in Black.

Want to jump right from HOXPOX to X of Swords? I recommend you read X-Men (2019) #2 & 12 and Excalibur #1-2 & 12 for a quick crash course, but really all of Excalibur leads up to the status quo of this event.

Note that at this time it is unclear whether the original content from a Free Comic Book Day: X of Swords story will be included in the collection below. Also, the X of Swords Handbook (2020) with new Handbook of the Marvel Universe entries for current X-Men characters does not appear to be collected at this time. [Marvel Unlimited: Creation, Stasis, Destruction, Handbook]

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X of Swords (2021 oversize hardcover, ISBN 978-1302927172 / 2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302929978 / digital)
Collects (in reading order) the full 22 part X of Swords crossover, plus a single prelude issue from X-Men #12. I have confirmed this DOES NOT include the other prelude from Excalibur #12. Collects X of Swords (2020) Creation, Stasis, & Destruction, X-Men (2019) #12-15, Excalibur (2019) #13-15, Marauders (2019) #13-15, X-Force (2020) #13-14, New Mutants (2019) #13, Wolverine (2020) #6-7, Cable (2020) #5-6, Hellions (2020) #5-6, X-Factor (2020) #4

Reign of X (November 2020 – April 2022)

Reign of X immediate follows of X of Swords, starting less than a day later in some titles. In the Marvel Universe, this begins just prior to King in Black.

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Reign of X in anthology collections

Marvel continued its “monthly anthology” format after X of Swords. First, they covered the period between X of Swords and the end of the Hellfire Gala with 14 “Reign of X” volumes. Then, from the closing scenes of Hellfire Gala to the end of Inferno is collected as “Trials of X.”

At a glance, this seems like a peculiar choice, since there wasn’t a major break in the line after The Hellfire Gala. However, if Marvel had continued with their “Reign of X” numbering they would have stretched to more than 25 volumes – and Marvel isn’t interested in marketing (or maintaining) volume numbers that high!

Please note that the contents listed in many versions of solicit text and listings on online marketplaces are wrong! This is due to variance in the release schedules of individual issues. Also, note that while these collections attempt to smooth the reading order of these issues, this is not necessarily the full story chronology reading order, but more of a “modified release order” version of a reading order.

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Click to expand for a list of Reign of X Anthology collections

Reign of X, Vol. 1 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302931513 / digital)
Collects S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #1, X-Men (2019) #16, X-Factor (2020) #5, Hellions (2020) #7-8.

Reign of X, Vol. 2 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302931520 / digital)
Collects New Mutants (2019) #14, Marauders (2019) #16, Excalibur (2019) #16, X-Force (2019) #15, X-Force (2019) #16, X-Men (2019) #17

Reign of X, Vol. 3 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302931537 / digital)
Collects Marauders (2019) #17, New Mutants (2019) #15, Cable (2020) #7, Wolverine (2020) #8-9.

Reign of X, Vol. 4 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302931667 / digital)
Collects Wolverine (2020) #10, Excalibur (2019) #17, X-Factor (2020) #6, Cable (2020) #8, Children of the Atom (2021) #1.

Reign of X, Vol. 5 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302931728 / digital)
Collects Excalibur (2019) #18-19, S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #2-3, King in Black: Marauders (2021) #1.

Reign of X, Vol. 6 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302931858 / digital)
Collects S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #4, X-Men (2019) #18-19, Marauders (2019) #18-19, X-Force (2019) #17.

Reign of X, Vol. 7 (2021 paperback, ISBN 978-1302932039 / digital)
Collects X-Force (2019) #18-19, Children of the Atom (2021) #2, New Mutants (2019) #16-17, Cable (2020) #9.

Reign of X, Vol. 8 (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302933715 / digital)
Collects Cable (2020) #10, Children of the Atom (2021) #3, Excalibur (2019) #20, X-Men (2019) #20, Hellions (2020) #9-10.

Reign of X, Vol. 9 (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302933821 / digital)
Collects Hellions (2020) #11, Wolverine (2020) #11-12, New Mutants ( 2019) #18, S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #5, X-Factor (2020) #7.

Reign of X, Vol. 10 (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302933937 / digital)
Collects X-Factor (2020) #8-9, X-Corp (2021) #1, Marauders (2019) #20, Way of X (2021) #1.

Reign of X, Vol. 11 (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302934064 / 978-1302933821)
Collects Way of X (2021) #2, Cable (2020) #11-12, Children of the Atom (2021) #4-5.

Reign of X, Vol. 12 (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302945107 / digital)
Collects Marauders (2019) 21, X-Force (2019) 20, Hellions (2020) 12, Excalibur (2019) 21, X-Men (2019) 21

Reign of X, Vol. 13 (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302945107 / digital)
Collects Planet-Size X-Men #1, X-Corp #2, New Mutants (2019) #19, Wolverine (2020) #13 and S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #6.

Reign of X, Vol. 14 (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302945169 / digital)
Collects X-Factor (2020) #10, Way of X (2021) #3, Children of the Atom (2021) #6, Marauders (2019) #22, X-Men (2021) #1.

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Trials of X, Vol. 1 (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302949532 / digital)
Collects X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1-2, S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #7, New Mutants (2019) #20-21 and Marauders (2019) #23.

Trials of X, Vol. 2 (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302949549 / digital)
Collects Cable: Reloaded (2021) #1, X-Men: Trial of Magneto (2021) #3-5, and Wolverine (2020) #14.

Trials of X, Vol. 3 (2022 paperback, ISBN 978-1302949556 / digital)
Collects Wolverine (2020) #15-16, Excalibur (2019) #22, X-Men (2021) #2 And Hellions #13-14.

Trials of X, Vol. 4 (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302949563 / digital)
Collects Hellions #15, X-Force (2019) #21-22, S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #8, and Way of X #4-5.

Trials of X, Vol. 5 (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302949570 / digital)
Solicited to collect Collects X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation (2021) #1, X-Men (2021) #3, Excalibur (2019) #23, and X-Corp #3-4.

Trials of X, Vol. 6 (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302948405 / digital)
Solicited to collect X-Corp (2021) #5, Marauders (2019) #24-25, X-Force (2019) #23-24, and Excalibur (2019) #24.

Trials of X, Vol. 7 (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302948412 / digital)
Solicited to collects X-Men (2021) #4, New Mutants (2019) #22-23, and Wolverine (2020) #17-18.

Trials of X, Vol. 8 (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302948429 / digital)
Solicited to collect Excalibur (2019) #25, X-Men (2021) #5, X-Force (2019) #25-26, and S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #9.

Trials of X, Vol. 9 (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302948436 / digital)
Solicited to collect S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #10-11, Wolverine (2020) #19, Marauders (2019) #26, and Hellions (2020) #16-17.

Trials of X, Vol. 10 (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302948443 / digital)
Solicited to collect Hellions (2020) #18, Excalibur (2019) #26, Marauders (2019) #27, New Mutants (2019) #24, and X-Men (2021) #6.

Trials of X, Vol. 11 (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302948450 / digital)
Solicited to collect X-Men (2021) #7, The Secret X-Men (2022) #1, Sabretooth (2022) #1, and Devil’s Reign: X-Men (2022) #1-2.

Trials of X, Vol. 12 (2023 paperback, ISBN 978-1302948467 / digital)
Solicited to collect Devil’s Reign: X-Men (2022) #3, X-Men (2021) #8, Sabretooth (2022) #2-3, and Marauders (2022) Annual 1

Unfortunately, Marvel has indicated this line has been abandoned and will not continue past Volume 12.

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20 key background stories for The Age of Krakoa

The Age of Krakoa in oversize hardcover

House of X (2019) #1-6 & Powers of X (2019) #1-6

Dawn of X (October 2019 – September 2020)

Dawn of X in anthology collections by order of release

Dawn of X, Wave One Titles

X-Men (2019) #1-12 by Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, et al

Excalibur (2019) #1-12 by Tini Howard & Marcus To – See Guide to Excalibur

Fallen Angels (2019) #1-6 by Bryan Edward Hill & Szymon Kudranski – See Guide to Mister Sinister

Marauders (2019) #1-12 by Gerry Duggan et al

New Mutants #1-12 by Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brisson, Rod Reis, Flaviano, et al – See Guide to New & Young X-Men

X-Force (2019) #1-12 by Benjamin Percy & Joshua Cassara – See Guide to X-Force

Dawn of X, Wave Two Titles

Cable (2020) #1-4 by Gerry Duggan & Phil Noto – See Guide to Cable

Empyre: X-Men (2020) #1-4

Giant-Size X-Men (2020) [various] by Jonathan Hickman et al

Hellions (2020) #1-4 by Zeb Wells & Stephen Segovia – See Guide to Mister Sinister

Juggernaut (2020) #1-5 by Fabian Nicieza & Ron Garney

X-Factor (2020) #1-3 by Leah Williams, David Baldeon, & Israel Silva – See Guide to X-Factor

X-Men / Fantastic Four (2020) #1-4 by Chip Zdarsky and Terry & Rachel Dodson

Wolverine (2020) #1-5 by Benjamin Percy et al – See Guide to Wolverine

Dawn of X, Other Appearances & References

Event: X of Swords (September 2020 – November 2020)

Reign of X (November 2020 – April 2022)

Reign of X in anthology collections

Reign of X, Continuing X-Titles

X-Men (2019) #16-21 by Jonathan Hickman et al

Cable (2020) #6-12 by Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto – See Guide to Cable

Excalibur (2019) #16-26 by Tini Howard and Marcus To – See Guide to Excalibur

Hellions (2020) #7-18 by Zeb Wells and Stephen Segovia – See Guide to Mister Sinister

Marauders (2019) #16-27 & King in Black: Marauders (2021) #1 by Gerry Duggan et al

New Mutants (2019) #14-24 by Vita Ayala and Rod Reis – See Guide to New & Young X-Men

Wolverine (2020) #8-19 by Benjamin Percy et al – See Guide to Wolverine

X-Factor (2020) #5-10 by Leah Williams and David Baldeon – See Guide to X-Factor

X-Force (2020) #15-26 by Benjamin Percy and Joshua Cassara – See Guide to X-Force

Reign of X – New Titles

X-Men (2021) #1-9 by Gerry Duggan & Pepe Larraz

Children of the Atom (2021) by Vita Ayala et al – See Guide to New & Young X-Men

Devil’s Reign: X-Men (2022)

S.W.O.R.D. (2021) #1-11 [ongoing] by Al Ewing et al

Way of X (2021) #1-5 & X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation (2021) #1 by Simon Spurrier & Robert Quinn – See Guide to Legion

Wolverine: Black, White & Blood (2021) – See Guide to Wolverine

X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #1-6 (Sep – Oct 2021)

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto (2021) #1-5 by Leah Williams – See Guide to X-Factor

X-Corp (2021) #1-5 by Tini Howard et al

Reign of X, Other Appearances & References

Events: Inferno & X Lives/Deaths of Wolverine

Inferno (2021) #1-4 by Jonathan Hickman, Stefano Caselli, & Valerio Schiti

Destiny of X (April 2022 – March 2023)

Destiny of X Events

Death of Doctor Strange: X-Men/Black Knight (2021) #1 – See Guide to Doctor Strange

Hellfire Gala 2022

A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022) #1-6 & Omega – See Guide to Marvel Universe Events – A.X.E.: Judgment Day

Dark Web (2022)

Destiny of X, Continuing X-Titles

X-Men (2021) #7-21 by Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz, et al

New Mutants (2019) #25-33 – See Guide to New Mutants & Young X-Men

Wolverine (2020) #20-29 by Benjamin Percy et al – See Guide to Wolverine

X-Force (2020) #27-38 by Benjamin Percy – See Guide to X-Force

X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #7-79

Destiny of X Titles – New Titles

Deadpool (2022) #1-10 (Nov 2022 – Aug 2023) by Alyssa Wong Martin Coccolo Neeraj Menon – See Guide to Deadpool

Knights of X (2022) #1-5 (Apr 2022 – Aug 2022) by Tini Howard & Bob Quinn – See Guide to Excalibur

Legion of X (2022) #1-10 (May 2022 – Feb 2023) by Si Spurrier & Jan Bazaldua – See Guide to Legion

Immortal X-Men (2022) #1-10 by Kieron Gillen & Lucas Werneck

Marauders (2022) #1-10 by Steve Orlando & Eleonora Carlini

Midnight Suns (2022) #1-5 (Nov 2022 – Mar 2023)

Sabretooth (2022) #1-5 (Feb 2022 – July 2022) by Victor LaValle & Leonard Kirk – See Guide to Sabretooth

Sabretooth & the Exiles (2022) #1-5 (Nov 2022 – Mar 2023) by Victor LaValle, Leonard Kirk, & Rain Beredo – See Guide to Sabretooth

The Secret X-Men (2022) #1 (Feb 2022) by Tini Howard & Francesco Mobili

X-Men Red (2022) #1-10 (Apr 2022 – Jan 2023) by Al Ewing & Stefano Caselli

X-Men: Unforgiven (2023) #1

X-Terminators (2022) #1-5 (Sep 2022 – Jan 2023) by Leah Williams, Carlos Gómez, & Bryan Valenza

Event: Sins of Sinister (Jan – Apr 2023)

Before the Fall (January 2023 – June 2023)

Fall of X (June 2023 – December 2023)

The Hellfire Gala 2023

Ongoing Series

New Limited Series