It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Marvel Omnibus fans – time for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot! This post explains every X-Men omnibus from 1963 to 2000 that does NOT exist – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.
To be very clear, this post only deals with books with “X-Men” in the title – and only through 2000! Books from 2001 will be in a post later today. Other X-Teams will be in one of my upcoming posts.
For the next two weeks, I’ll be covering Marvel’s entire publishing history by mapping missing omnibus volumes to fill in every gap in your Marvel oversize shelf! That’s all leading to the kickoff of the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot on Near Mint Condition on April 28, 2025.
Just counting omnibuses with the actual word “X-Men” in the title, we’ve had a staggering ten announced for 2025 or early 2026. But, see if you can spot the pattern in these books: X-Men: Blue & Gold – Mutant Genesis, X-Men: Onslaught Aftermath, Cosmic X-Men, X-Men by Marc Guggenheim All-New X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis, Uncanny X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis, X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Dawn of X Vol. 1, X-Men by Al Ewing, X-Men by Gerry Duggan, X-Men: Fall of The House of X / Rise of The Powers of X.
Plus, plus a reprint of the House of X / Powers of X oversize hardcover – a rare occurence! And, without X-Men in the name but still collecting X-Men issues is Phoenix: The Death And Rebirth of Jean Grey.
Look at all of those books one more time and then try to spot the theme.
If you said “only one those collect newly-oversized material from before the year 2000,” you get a free milkshake!
Well, it’s not actually free. You’re going to have to buy it yourself. But… it’s a milkshake!
Only X-Men: Onslaught Aftermath collects previously non-oversize pre-2000 material. X-Men: Blue & Gold – Mutant Genesis collects some 90s X-Men in an outstandingly well-mapped way. And, Phoenix: The Death And Rebirth of Jean Grey does collect some newly-oversized mid-00s material (though I’d still want to see it elsewhere). But, Marvel’s attention in this slate of books is mainly on the period from 2013-2024.
That means we still have some major books to pick off to fully collect the rest of the two flagship X-Men titles through the year 2000, after which the line relaunched with New X-Men (2001) and X-Treme X-Men (2001). Plus, there are still many recollections of existing oversize material we could wind up seeing – including more classic Uncanny X-Men Masterworks omnibuses, more line-wide omnibuses, and two more volumes of Blue & Gold!
If you’re not sure of what to vote for, stick around for a list of books vetted by a gang of the biggest mapping nerds on the internet with explanations from yours truly – keeper of the most-definitive guides to Marvel’s collected editions on the planet.
Or, if you don’t care about omnibuses, just use this post to learn about Marvel’s history and find some great comics to read!
This post would not be possible without the help of JM21, a major CK supporter for the past decade and a massive, massive X-Men fan! I have been mapping and re-mapping these books on my own for more than a decade, and JM21’s fresh perspective got me unstuck on several persistent mapping annoyances in the X-line. JM21 is also a supporter of the UK charity Men Walking & Talking, which helps to create safe space for men to discuss their mental health and wellness. If you love this post and have a bit of extra comics cash you can spare consider donating the Men Walking & Talking today!
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