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The Definitive X-Men Reading Order Guide – every issue of every title

The Definitive X-Men Reading Order (that’s also easy to follow!)

Giant-Size X-Men #1 from 1975, a key issue in the X-Men Reading Order!I’ve been an X-Men fan for over 30 years, but I’ve never found a perfect reading order for X-Men comic books – so I decided to build one myself!

I examined every X-Men title, issue, and major appearance published in their first 50 years and organized them into a single X-Men reading order.

My approach is a little different than other guides. I’ve tried to examine the X-Men’s entire history one story at a time – so you can read without switching comics mid-story. I don’t think inserting single issues between one another or even switching mid-issue makes for an ideal reading experience.

This X-Men reading order takes advantage of the breaks in stories created by Marvel’s collected editions wherever possible and was built by referencing release dates, chronology guides, and Marvel’s own Official Indexes.

The result? An easy-to-follow guide that threads all X-Men titles together like one massive crossover.

Is a comprehensive X-Men reading order more than you were looking for? For a trade reading order guide to any single X-Men title, like Uncanny X-Men or Wolverine, head to the Crushing Comics – Guide to Marvel Comics!

Or, try Instant X-Pert, which only include stories that were the highlights of the first 50 years of X-Men comics leading up to Avengers vs. X-Men.

How does the X-Men reading order work?

Click one of the Eras below based on the period you’re interested in or the dates your comics were originally released.

If you’re not sure where to start, each X-Men reading order era begins with a list of all the ongoing series released in that time period. Each era breaks down the primary X-Men narrative (usually contained in Uncanny X-Men) into digestible chunks divided by major storylines like “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “Avengers vs. X-Men.”

I am constantly updating these eras with notes from my own re-reading as well as improvements from commenters and patrons!

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The Eras of X-Men

Era #0: Before X-Men
Stories occurring prior or parallel to X-Men #1 in September 1963 – as well as “Origins” and “Before the X-Men” types of series.

Era #1: Original X-Men
Stories from X-Men #1 in September 1963 through (but not including) Giant-Size X-Men #1 in May 1975

Era #2: Second Genesis
Giant-Size X-Men #1 in May 1975 to Uncanny X-Men #140 in December 1981

Era #3: New Mutants
Uncanny X-Men #141 in January 1981 to Uncanny X-Men #198 in October 1985

Era #4: X-Factor
Uncanny X-Men #199 in November 1985 to Uncanny X-Men #243 in April 1989

Era #5: X-Tinction
Uncanny X-Men #244 in May 1989 to Uncanny X-Men #280 in September 1981

Era #6: Fatal Attractions
Uncanny X-Men #281 & X-Men, Vol. 2 #1 in October 1991 to Uncanny X-Men #307 in December 1993

Era #7: Onslaught
Uncanny X-Men #308 in January 1994 to Uncanny X-Men #337 in October 1996.

Era #8: Reassembled
Uncanny X-Men #338 in November 1996 to Uncanny X-Men #365 February 1999.

Era #9: Revolution
Uncanny X-Men #362 in December 1998 to Uncanny X-Men #393 in June 2001.

Era #10: New X-Men
Uncanny X-Men #394 and New X-Men #114 in July 2001 to Uncanny X-Men #443 in June 2004.

Era #11: The New Age
Uncanny X-Men #444 in July 2004 to Uncanny X-Men #465 in December 2005. This begins with the immediately post-Morrison period and concludes with House of M.

Era #12: Endangered Species
Uncanny X-Men #466 in January 2006 to Uncanny X-Men #491 in December 2007. It includes the events Decimation, Civil War, and World War Hulk.

Era #13: Manifest Destiny
Uncanny X-Men #495 in April 2008 to Uncanny X-Men #525 in August 2010, which spans Messiah Complex to Second Coming. It includes the events includes Secret Invasion, Dark Reign, and Siege.

Era #14: Breaking Points
Uncanny X-Men #526 in September 2010 to Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 2 #20 in October 2012, including all of Fear Itself and Avengers vs. X-Men.

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  1. Timothy Augello says

    October 28, 2016 at 4:19 am

    Hi. I’m interested in getting into the X-Men but I don’t know where to start. I’m a fan of Astonishing X-Men but not so much the 60s & 70s X-Men, the overly cheesy era. If anybody could make any suggestions that would be great. Thanks!

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  2. krisis says

    October 28, 2016 at 8:45 am

    Timothy, a lot of Astonishing fans would either hop backwards to the immediately preceding Grant Morrison New X-Men or move forward to the next chronological story, Messiah Complex.

    Of course, there are MANY prior jumping on points in Uncanny X-Men that come after the original Silver Age era you want to avoid; I’ve listed them here: https://www.crushingkrisis.com/definitive-guide-to-collecting-x-men-as-graphic-novels/where-to-start-reading-x-men-comic-books/#uxm

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    • Quinn says

      February 17, 2024 at 4:39 pm

      What about some one who has never read any X-Man comics? I am interested in that TPB that’s coming out this summer that you recommend reading Imortals first.The whole children of the valut and tge fall of X also intrest me.

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      • krisis says

        February 18, 2024 at 4:15 am

        I strongly believe that any comic can be someone’s first comic! You should read what looks cool to you. However, I will say that a lot of the Fall of X comics are the culmination of five years of plots, so you might feel like you’ve been tossed directly into the deep end with those! Immortal X-Men is definitely an x-pert level of x-comics – but, it’s also REALLY good.

        As I mentioned above, New X-Men and Astonishing X-Men are really great starting points, as is House of X / Powers of X from 2019.

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        • Quinn says

          February 20, 2024 at 9:59 pm

          Yeah, I am planing on staring with House of X/ Powers of X and maybe the Phonix saga tpb before that if I can get my hands on a copy.

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  3. Frank Conrad says

    November 4, 2016 at 1:37 pm

    Hi, first of all, great work! Your X-men Guide is fabulous. I wonder if you’ll continue your guide after Era #15, since 2016 marks a new beginning to the marvel comics. I hope so.

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    • krisis says

      December 3, 2016 at 10:29 pm

      Frank, I continue to debate if I’m going to continue the Reading Order. I have a lot of that next period mapped out, but it would take a TON of time to re-read it as I put it together and right now I’d love to spend that time on making new character guides. I may wind up making this a stretch goal for my Patreon campaign.

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  4. Mark says

    November 29, 2016 at 10:54 pm

    Hi, first of all great work on the site and the guide. I just started reading Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender and love it. Its just that I dont know where to go back to start. People recommended this but ive been seeing other recommendations.
    Grant Morrison’s New Xmen
    Joss Whedon’s Astonishing Xmen 1-12
    House of M and the House of M: Decimation
    Astonishing Xmen 13-24 and Giant Sized Astonishing Xmen 1
    Xmen: Deadly Genesis
    Xmen: Messiah Complex
    Xmen: Divided We Stand
    Xmen/Dark Avengers: Utopia
    Xmen Second Coming
    Xmen: Schism
    Avengers vs Xmen

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    • krisis says

      December 3, 2016 at 10:23 pm

      Mark, comics fans are crazy people who would tell you to read forward from X-Men #1 in 1963 if you have the time, and that includes me. I’ve got an article called “Where to Start Reading X-Men” that suggests start points across multiple series. That said, I don’t always think it’s worthwhile to cast back years and years to find a perfect start point when you’re enjoying current material – sometimes it’s best to hopskotch backward a chunk at a time. From that perspective, one major hop back from UXF is Messiah Complex.

      However, here’s the honest truth about Uncanny X-Force: It reads just fine on it’s own, but it doesn’t really hurt to have read X-Force, Vol. 3 (for background on Angel’s recent history) or the Weapon X arc of New X-Men (for background on Fantomex).

      I don’t really understand that list, as it’s a mix of single series and events and has at least one thing out of order. Happy to provide some clarification on a more specific question about how to use it.

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  5. Robert says

    December 23, 2016 at 7:12 pm

    Hi. I want to say thank you for this list. I have honestly read almost a great deal of comics and love having a good system for it. I do have to ask though. When will era 15 be ready? I’m pretty much reading up to date on new books but I have no clue what I’m missing from that missing era. I do so hope you finish that one. There’s a lot of books in there and don’t want to miss a single one. Thank you again for all your hard work. I can’t even imagine how you went about this.

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  6. Matt says

    December 27, 2016 at 8:00 am

    While I know it’s nowhere near as concise or aesthetically pleasing as your lists, I went ahead and compiled my own orders for what would be “15 – Yesterday’s X-Men” and what I would call “16 – All New All Different X-Men”, 16 is still very much a work in progress as it would be Secret Wars until now, which doesn’t leave room for much more than 10-11 months of comics.

    That said, for anyone interested, my list for “15” is below. This goes from the end of “Era #15”, or the end of AvX, directly into Secret Wars.

    I wouldn’t recommend going into Secret Wars without reading Hickman’s ENTIRE Avengers and New Avengers runs leading in, but that’s a conversation for a different time and place…

    I cannot guarantee this is complete, it has been culled from a variety of sources, but the majority of the initial ordering came from http://comicbinding.com/mapping/complete-x-men-volumes-88-100-the-new-revolution with some heavy modifications by myself as warranted while reading.

    AoA – Extinction:
    Age of Apocalypse #1-13
    Astonishing X-Men #57-58 & Annual
    X-Treme X-Men #1-12
    Astonishing X-Men #59
    X-Termination #1
    Astonishing X-Men #60
    Age of Apocalypse #14
    X-Treme X-Men #13
    Astonishing X-Men #61
    X-Termination #2

    New Union:
    X-Men Legacy (2013) #1
    Uncanny Avengers (2012) #1-4
    A+X #2
    Cable and X-Force #1-5
    Gambit #1-8
    A+X #3
    Wolverine & X-Men #19-20
    X-Men LEgacy #2-6
    Wolverine & X-Men #21-23
    X-Men #40-41
    A+X #9
    All New X-Men (2013) #1-8
    Wolverine & X-Men #24
    X-Men Origins: Cyclops
    X-Men Origins: Jean Grey

    Let it Bleed:
    Uncanny X-Force #1-4
    A+X #1
    X-Men Legacy #7-9
    Cable and X-Force #6-9
    A+X #7
    Gambit #9-17
    Uncanny X-Force #5-9
    X-Men Legacy #10-12
    Uncanny X-Force #10-15
    X-Men Legacy #13-14
    A+X #10
    Astonishing X-Men #62-68
    X-Men Origins: Colossus
    Fantomex Max #1-4

    The New Revolution:
    X-Men (2013) #1-3
    Wolverine & X-Men #25-28
    Uncanny X-Men (2013) #1-3
    All New X-Men #9-11
    Uncanny X-Men #4
    A+X #11
    Uncanny X-Men #5-7
    Uncanny Avengers #5-6
    All New X-Men #12-14
    A+X #12
    Wolverine & X-Men #29-35
    Uncanny X-Men #8-11
    A+X #13, 17
    X-Men #4
    All New X-Men #15
    X-Men Origins: Beast
    X-Men Origins: Iceman

    Ragnarok Now:
    Cable and X-Force #10-14
    Uncanny Avengers #7-23
    All New X-Men Special #1
    A+X #14, 15, 11, 10
    Marvel Knights X-Men (2013) #1-5

    Wear the Grudge Like a Crown:
    X-Men Legacy #15-24
    Cable and X-Force #15-18
    Uncanny X-Force #16
    Cable and X-Force #19
    Uncanny X-Force #17
    X-Men Legacy #300
    Wolverine (2013) #1-13
    Origin II #1-5

    Battle of the Atom:
    X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1
    All New X-Men #16
    X-Men #5
    Uncanny X-Men #12
    Wolverine and the X-Men #36
    All New X-Men #17
    X-Men #6
    Uncanny X-Men #13
    Wolverine & X-Men #37
    X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2
    Wolverine & X-Men Annual #1
    A+X #4
    All New X-men #18
    Uncanny X-Men #14
    All New X-Men #19-21
    Uncanny X-Men #15-16
    Wolverine & X-Men #38-40
    Amazing X-Men (2014) #1-6
    Wolverine & X-Men #41-42
    Amazing X-Men #7
    A+X #5-6
    DOOP #1-5
    X-Men Origins: Nightcrawler
    A+X #16, 18
    X-Men Gold (2014)

    Trail of Jean Grey:
    Amazing X-Men Annual (2014) #1
    Magneto #1-4
    Uncanny X-Men #17
    All New X-Men #22
    Uncanny X-Men #18
    Guardians of the Galaxy #11
    All New X-Men #23
    Guardians of the Galaxy #12
    All New X-Men #24
    Guardians of the Galaxy #13
    X-Men: No More Humans (OGN)
    Uncanny X-Men #19-22
    X-Men #7-12
    Cyclops #1-6
    Uncanny X-Men Special (2014)
    X-Men 100th Anniversary (2014)

    Tomorrow Never Learns:
    Wolverine & X-Men (2014) #1-9
    Wolverine (2014) #1-12
    Nightcrawler (2014) #1-6
    Amazing X-Men #8-13
    X-Men #13-17
    All New X-Factor #1-6
    X-Force 1-6
    Wolverine Annual (2014)
    X-Men #18-21
    All New X-Factor #7-14
    X-Force #7-15

    Last Will and Testament:
    All New X-Men #25-30
    Uncanny X-Men #23-31
    Uncanny X-Men Annual (2013)
    All New X-Men Annual (2013)
    All New X-Men #31-37

    Death of Wolverine:
    Storm (2014) #1-3
    Uncanny Avengers #24
    Death of Wolverine #1-4
    Nightcrawlers #7
    Death of Wolverine: Life After Logan
    Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #2
    Storm #4
    Wolverine & X-Men #10-11
    Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #3-4
    Storm #5-8
    Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #5-6
    Magneto #5-8
    X-Men: Magneto Testament #1-5

    The Logan Legacy:
    Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #1
    Death of Wolverine: The Weapon X Program #1-5
    Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #7
    Wolverines #1-20

    Axis:
    Magneto #9
    Uncanny Avengers #24
    Magneto #10
    Uncanny Avengers #25
    Avengers & X-Men Axis #1
    Axis: Revolutions #1
    Avengers & X-Men: Axis #2
    Magneto #11
    Avengers & X-Men: Axis #3
    Magneto #12
    All-New X-Factor #15
    All-New X-Factor #16
    Avengers & X-Men: Axis #4
    All-New X-Factor #17
    Amazing X-Men #14
    Axis #5
    Axis: Revolutions #2
    Axis: Revolutions #3
    Axis: Revolutions #4
    Wolverine & The X-Men #12
    Axis #7
    Axis #8
    Axis #9

    X-Men Final:
    Amazing X-Men #15-19
    Nightcrawler #8-12
    X-Men #22-26
    All New X-Factor #18-20
    Cyclops #7-11
    Storm #9-11

    Black Vortex:
    Black Vortex Alpha #1
    Guardians of the Galaxy #24
    Legendary Star-Lord #9
    All New X-Men #38-39
    Guardians Team Up #3
    Nova #28
    Legendary Star Lord #10
    Cyclops #12
    Captain Marvel #14
    Legendary Star Lord #11
    Black Vortex Omega #1

    Tidying Up:
    Magneto #13-17
    Uncanny Avengers (2015) #1-4

    NEXT: SECRET WARS 2015!!

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    • Gaetano says

      March 26, 2019 at 11:43 am

      Thank you!
      I have only one doubt about it: A+X #8 is not listed and I see #10 and #11 repeated a couple times…

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    • Edwin Johnson says

      July 2, 2023 at 6:25 pm

      Hello there. Is there a collected edition of Uncanny X-Men where Wolverine is crucified by the Reavers? Looking forward to read the full story arc.

      Reply
  7. Michael says

    July 18, 2017 at 1:13 pm

    I literally read this every day. Amazing works!

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  8. Jenners says

    September 21, 2017 at 5:27 pm

    I want to get into X-men comics. I have uncanny X-men all 544 issues for an ebook. What comes after that. Can someone please list me everything in order and include spin-offs and just everything in chronological order. I have been googling this all day and I can’t find a complete guide to start from the beginning and just read every single issue and spin-offs in chronological order. I’d really appreciate it.

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    • krisis says

      September 24, 2017 at 7:59 pm

      Jenners, it sounds as though you are in the right place – because I’ve looked for that exact thing in the past, and it’s how I wound up writing this guide! If you follow the Eras in this guide, it’s exactly what you describe: a complete guide to start from the beginning and read every single issue in chronological order. Let me know if you have specific questions!

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  9. Lance Pincock says

    January 28, 2018 at 6:15 pm

    Hey Peter! I was wondering when you plan on updating this guide to include the newer eras on X-Men. I’ve made my through Era #4 now and am looking to get some of the recently released TPB and OHC but I have no clue what I’m doing. No pressure, just wondering.

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  10. Chris says

    February 13, 2018 at 3:36 pm

    Hi Krisis. Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you taking the time yo make this guide. I’ve been watching your Crushing Comics series on Youtube. What a great idea foe a video series!! Thanks again!

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  11. Udoneedawthrmn says

    June 1, 2018 at 2:16 pm

    I’m planning to read all the X-Men and supportive titles I can get my hands on from 1963 to 2001. My only confuses went to read X-Men 2099. Please tell me when to read them and don’t say they can we were at anytime. I need to read him sometime and somebody has to tell me when. And Kudos on a great list it’s really got me back in X-Men.

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    • Mitchell says

      August 30, 2024 at 1:36 pm

      Is there more lists for comics past era 14?

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      • krisis says

        September 17, 2024 at 12:45 am

        Right now I have no plans to continue to further eras, but never say never!

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  12. James Kavanagh says

    June 1, 2018 at 2:34 pm

    I’m rereading my X-Men Comics based on this guide. The only thing I don’t knows when I read X-Men 2099. Please don’t say any time but give me an idea when I should read them. Thank you and great list!

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    • krisis says

      June 2, 2018 at 9:58 am

      X-Men 2099 has nothing to do with the main timeline of X-Men – it’s not even strongly connected to the future timelines of Cable, Rachel Summers, et al. Spider-Man 2099 is one of the only 2099 characters to spend significant story time in the main 616 Universe – and even that came much later in his existence as a character.

      Thus, it has no intersection with your X-Men reading at all! You could just intersperse it with your read in chunks based on its release dates (it began the same month as Fatal Attractions and ended during Onslaught, with the final 2099 story in
      2099: World of Tomorrow (1996) #8 out just before Operation: Zero Tolerance).

      There is a character who eventually turns up a few years later in X-Force #91-92, so you should finish all of your 2099 reading by then.

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  13. Spinna says

    July 18, 2018 at 7:22 am

    I was wondering when you were going to continue on to the next era. Era #15: Yesterday’s X-Men
    Thanks for this in depth guide. Looking forward to seeing more

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  14. Beifica says

    August 10, 2018 at 5:41 am

    I’m also looking forward to era #15!

    Best regards and keep up the awesome work!

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  15. Divyansh Bahuguna says

    May 12, 2019 at 4:16 am

    Hey,I want to start reading X-men and I am starting to read uncanny X-men(ISSUE #1) release in 2019.I wanted to know if I should read soem other comics before it or should directly jump into it. It will be helpful if you can also suggest some other X-men storylines which will be cool to read.

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  16. Dylan Talmadge says

    February 20, 2020 at 9:30 am

    Hi, I’ve recently started the House of M/No More Mutants Storyline and im currently reading deadly genesis, but i am tryung to find a “super guide” for the entire story even if its the tiniest tie in to this storyline i’ll read it.

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  17. Richard Scholtz says

    May 8, 2020 at 5:42 pm

    When are we getting eras 15-17?

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    • Beifica says

      June 2, 2020 at 1:57 pm

      Anxiously waiting for this as well

      Reply
  18. Wjes says

    February 18, 2021 at 7:00 pm

    Does this still get updated?

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    • krisis says

      March 1, 2021 at 4:55 pm

      Wjes, I’m always working to clarify and expand the reading order through 2012, but I don’t presently have plans to cover 2012-2019 with a reading order.

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  19. Gerard Faherty says

    May 6, 2021 at 11:23 am

    Do the ‘Classic X-men’ and ‘x-men first class’ collections (the modern stories telling unheard stories from the past in both cases, not classic as in old but the title of the book) detail where they fit in between old issues or are they just from general time periods? Say if I wanted to read then chronologically story wise

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    • krisis says

      June 2, 2021 at 5:42 pm

      Classic X-Men collections do, but First Class do not.

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  20. Duane says

    July 8, 2021 at 3:50 am

    Hi. This is exactly what i need. Ive currently just finished the Second Genesis era and will get to New Mutants as soon as I’ve located all the titles mentioned. Youve been a tremendous help.
    But its not complete 😢 when will it be updated?

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    • krisis says

      June 3, 2022 at 9:52 am

      Alas, I have very little interest in re-reading X-Men comics from 2013 and on, so this reading order stops at AvX.

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  21. John Doe says

    September 5, 2022 at 1:19 pm

    Will this guide ever get caught up?

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    • John Doe says

      September 5, 2022 at 1:19 pm

      Ah nevermind, just saw the comment where I guess it won’t. Bummer.

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      • krisis says

        September 5, 2022 at 4:37 pm

        John, I appreciate that you’re interested in this guide getting caught up to present! Right now my focus is on tightening and adding clarity to all of the existing reading order eras, which is a time-consuming process (as well as updating the 200+ guides on CK). While I would never say never to expanding this guide to new eras in the long-term, there are a lot of folks out there more passionate about post-2012 X-Men then I am who have worked to cover 2012 to present.

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        • ApollosSun says

          September 21, 2022 at 2:03 pm

          I was going to be sad about this update, but as I am just now embarking on this journey, there is a solid chance you get to updating it sooner than I get halfway through your content. Currently reading a lot of your recommendations to get prepared for the Claremont era. Thank you so much for the hard work, I would have dove in headfirst after only reading origins and first class, but there is so much I would have missed. You’re the real hero here!

          P.S. if anyone reads this, is Captain Britain worth reading? At this time that is one of the only things I plan to skip, other than the Super Spider-Man issues that fall in the early Claremont era and other crossovers of his.

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          • krisis says

            September 26, 2022 at 6:30 am

            You truly don’t need Captain Britain to enjoy X-Men. I’d say that there’s a fair bit of his later Moore/Davis material that Excalibur references pretty heavily, but there are many thousands of people who have never read all of it and still loved Excaibur (myself included).

  22. Sebastien says

    October 19, 2023 at 10:09 am

    First of all thank you for your great job !
    I haven’t been on your site for a while. Few years back I was very interested in your X-Men Reading order to support my project to list all original issues with their french counterpart when existing. I now have identified more 5000 entries .

    And I still hope you will go further than the Avengers vs X-Men event. I dream you go up to HoX/PoX
    May be one day ??

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  23. Chris says

    January 1, 2024 at 3:05 pm

    A single, easy to follow X-Men reading order?
    You’re most likely a madman but you just might have pulled it off!
    Thank you for the clarity on the ins and outs of the Morrison & Whedon eras 👍

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    • krisis says

      January 7, 2024 at 6:38 pm

      You’re very welcome! There are always improves to be made to the reading order, but I really try to make it more plain and more right than any order anywhere else online!

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      • Mike says

        March 27, 2024 at 4:51 pm

        This reading list is amazing. Can’t believe I didn’t find it sooner. I just recently discovered the massive amounts of comics ebooks that are available these days, so decided to get back to my X-Men reading obsession from the 90s. Re-reading favorite stories and catching up on side-stories I never knew existed before. Thanks to this guide.

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  24. Jacob Ballew says

    April 6, 2024 at 4:18 pm

    I can’t thank you enough for this reading guide! I’ve been using it since 2018. I’ve just read the Original Sin arc and as I’m looking ahead, I’m wondering if you will update the reading guide to include the post-Avengers vs X-men eras? If not, where can I find a reading guide for those eras? Once again, thank you and keep up the great work!

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    • Noam says

      August 4, 2024 at 5:48 pm

      bruh I was planning to read the page later cuz english ain’t my first language and I’m tired just noticed u got here the x men part already ignore that stupid question but do help me out with wolverine if possibe thanks

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      • krisis says

        August 9, 2024 at 4:00 am

        Wolverine is covered in each of these eras, but you can also visit my Wolverine guide for page that covers just his solo books!

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    • krisis says

      August 9, 2024 at 4:01 am

      Jacob, I don’t enjoy post-AvX X-Men, so it’s not a priority for me to create reading orders for that era. I’m probably more likely to spend time refining the existing order to make it easier to follow.

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  25. Dan says

    June 24, 2024 at 4:48 pm

    It’s 2024 and now I’m wondering how I’m going to continue reading since the site stopped in 2012 :/

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    • krisis says

      September 17, 2024 at 12:48 am

      Each of the individual title guides continue up to comics released this month! It’s only the integrated “all of mutantdom” reading order than ends in 2012. I find that trying to read everything in a specific order is less rewarding after this.

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  26. Deb says

    March 10, 2025 at 7:18 am

    Hi Krisis, as you have mentioned there is no plan to extend this reading order beyond era #14. Can you give me some suggestions as to how we should approach reading all of the X-Men related comics after this era. Also, if you have any plan to publish era #15 onwards would be great.

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  27. Noam says

    August 4, 2024 at 5:46 pm

    hey I really like wolverine so I wanted to start reading his comics and after that move on to x men and of course deadpool comics.
    I found it online and I am a bit confused about order of reading cuz there are so many wolverine comics. for now I started reading wolverine omnibus but after this one I have no idea what to read if you know the order of reading(not the omnibus cuz I don’t have money to get those bruh) I would be very happy
    also in the x men comics if you know where to start cuz I’m interested in reading the uncanny x men but I don’t know of there is something else I need to read before I get started
    this turned out longer than planned thanks tho

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