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X-Men Reading Order Guide – Era #2: Second Genesis

A reading order for stories starting with Giant-Size X-Men #1 in May 1975 and ending with Uncanny X-Men #142 in February 1981. A part of Crushing Krisis’s Collecting X-Men: A Definitive Guide. Last updated March 2021.

Era #1: Original X-Men  X-Men Reading Order Guide  Era #3: New Mutants

What does Era #2: Second Genesis include?

This era of the X-Men Reading Order is focused on the beginning of the Bronze Age run of X-Men, starting from the introduction of the second generation team in Giant-Size X-Men #1. That includes all of the team’s stories through Dark Phoenix Saga, Kitty Pryde joining the team, and Days of Future Past.Giant Size X-Men (1975) #1

X-titles released in this era:

  • Giant Size X-Men (1975) #1 & Uncanny X-Men (1963) #94-142 – see Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont
  • Angel and Iceman in Champions #1-17 and various Champions guest appearances – see The Champions for collection information
  • Captain Britain in Captain Britain, Vol. 1 (1976-77) #1-39, Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain (1977) #231-247, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #65-66 (but not the remainder of his early material – that’s in the next era!) – see Captain Britain for collection information
  • Sabretooth’s debut in Iron Fist #14 and a full-team appearance in #15 – see Iron Fist for collection information

Later X-titles set in this era:

  • Giant Size X-Men (1975) #3-4
  • Back-up stories in Classic X-Men (1986) #1-44
  • Uncanny X-Men: First Class (2009) Giant Size & #1-8

Notes:

  • X-Men (1963) is often colloquially referred to as Uncanny X-Men (1963) even though the title did not officially pick up the “Uncanny” adjective until issue #142. That is my convention on Crushing Comics, as it’s all one volume of the same ongoing series.
  • Each issue of the Classic X-Men (1986) reprint series included a back-up story. While some back-ups corresponded to the issue they reprinted (as with the back-up in Classic X-Men (1986) #3 fitting with UXM #95), many stories are set much earlier or later in continuity. I’ve noted them in their proper reading order here, partially to assist folks who picked up the Classic X-Men omnibus, but from an “ease of reading” standpoint I feel you should read them in batches (which I have also indicated below).
  • I treat any Wolverine story that is after he gains his Adamantium in the Weapon X program but before he joins the team as being effectively a Silver Age story that occurred in parallel to Silver Age X-Men, thus they appear in the prior era of the guide.
  • Beast joined The Avengers with Avengers (1963) #137 and is not tracked as an X-Man in this era, though he does make appearances in UXM.

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Era #2: Second Genesis Reading Order

  • From the Ashes
  • Where No X-Man Has Gone Before!
  • Magneto Triumphant
  • Arcade & Proteus
  • The Dark Phoenix Saga
  • Days of Future Past

This reading guide is unique in that it values continuity order for stories and characters but prioritizes an enjoyable read. Because retcon stories are placed by continuity regardless of when they are published, this reading order is full of story spoilers. Again, this is a full-spoilers reading order.

When the continuity order of two runs is concurrent or unclear, this guide follows two priorities:

  1. Recommend the biggest chunk of reading with the least amount of substantial story conflict. A minor crossover point like a phone call or a costume change isn’t enough of a reason to shuffle between two unrelated story arcs.
  2. Create the longest unbroken block of Uncanny X-Men and place it as early as possible in the order.

Generally, I’m not concerned with switching between single issues of different titles outside of a crossover. Minor appearances and cameos are selectively included. Full, unadulterated lists of character appearances can be found in the respective Reading Guide to each character (specifically, Wolverine).


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From the Ashes

The initial run of Uncanny X-Men stories from this era feature three of the most-significant X-Men stories of all time – the formation of the second generation team of X-Men, the first death of an X-Men, and Jean’s transformation into the Phoenix!Uncanny X-Men (1963) #101

Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #1
See Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont for collection information
This historic issue introduces Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Proudstar, as well as brings Wolverine and Banshee into the fold. As such, I think it should be the first thing you read in this era, even though a handful of stories precede it.

Sequential Classic X-Men: There are a number of Classic X-Men stories that are set prior to this era. Classic X-Men (1986) #41-42 prior to this era – they are part of Cyclops’ Origin. Classic X-Men (1986) #19 is a Magneto story set prior to the same time as UXM #1. Classic X-Men (1986) #16 is a Banshee story set prior to his debut.

Optional: If you have not read them already, read Uncanny Origins (1996) #8 (Nightcrawler), X-Men: Origins – Wolverine, and X-Men: Origins – Colossus directly after Giant Size X-Men. Then, read Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #3. All of these issues have elements that precede Giant-Size X-Men #1, but it makes the most sense to read that issue first!

Sequential Classic X-Men: Read Classic X-Men (1986) #1 after Giant Size X-Men – it expands scenes from the issue and adds a substantial epilogue. Read Classic X-Men (1986) #44 after Giant Size X-Men to see how Rogue’s life is moving in parallel with her future teammates.

Sequential Classic X-Men: before UXM #94, read Classic X-Men (1986) #5, 10, and 2. These all fit into the training-montage time period early in UXM #94 and. before the team heads out on their mission, and the only thing they will spoil is that the original X-Men (other than Cyclops) quit the team – which is already telegraphed by the final page of Giant Size.

Optional: Read Giant-Size Fantastic Four (1974) #4 and Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #4 before UXM #94 and after Classic X-Men backups. These also occur during the training montage.

Uncanny X-Men (1963) #94-103
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Issue #94 features the original X-Men departing and then a weeks-long Danger Room sequence, where other stories in this period before the team’s first mission can fit. There is a brief gap in action after #95 with Thunderbird’s death, and several weeks on either side of #97. Issues #98-101 occur in a rush. Jean becomes Phoenix in issue #101 and the team briefly breaks mid-issue while she convalesces, but they end the issue in Ireland in the middle of a confrontation that extends until #103. There is the briefest of implied breaks between #103-104 – perhaps a day?

Members of the X-Men make several other appearances in this period that you can intersperse with your reading, if you choose. They also appear in canonical retcon stories in Classic X-Men. However, skipping them will not take away from your chronological read! Click to expand a reading order of guest appearances and Classic X-Men.

After UXM #94 et al: Cyclops is in a deep background cameo in Thor #233 after the Giant-Size issues (still during #94) and 

Sequential Classic X-Men: after UXM #95, Classic X-Men #3

After UXM #96: Uncanny Origins (1996) #9 is Storm’s origin story, but it has a framing device that fits here.

Sequential Classic X-Men: after UXM #96 and Uncanny Origins #9, Classic X-Men #4

Sequential Classic X-Men: after UXM #97, Classic X-Men #6.

After UXM #97 and CX #6: Nightcrawler in Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #161-162, then Xavier cameos in Marvel Team-Up (1972) #51, then a number of the team appears in Marvel Holiday Special (1991).

Sequential Classic X-Men: before UXM #99, Classic X-Men #16. It’s actually the earliest Banshee and Black Tom story, which is set much earlier in continuity, but UXM #99 is Tom’s debut, so this is your last chance to read it before his introduction.

Sequential Classic X-Men: after UXM #99, Classic X-Men #7. This will introduce Emma Frost early and so you may wish to save it until after UXM #129, though it does not spoil anything about later stories. Part of this is set between Christmas and New Years, so it is necessarily more than a day after UXM #98.

Sequential Classic X-Men: after UXM #100, Classic X-Men #8.

Optional: The team is in Marvel Team-Up (1972) Annual 1 & #53 during UXM #101, followed by Marvel Tales #262 (2nd story). This occurs during a break in the action in #101, but necessarily has to be read after #101 since the team does return to Earth at the beginning of the issue.

Sequential Classic X-Men: during UXM #101 but after the Team-Up and Tales stories, Classic X-Men #9.

After UXM #103: Cyclops and Phoenix, who are not traveling with the rest of the team, are in Iron Fist (1975) #11

Sequential Classic X-Men: after UXM #103, Classic X-Men #11.

Optional: The Champions #1-15 & Marvel Vault: Gambit & The Champions (2011)
See The Champions for collection information
If you chose to follow Angel and Iceman to Champions, here you can catch up on Champions (1975) #1-15, which start very soon after UXM #94 as Beast is in Avengers #150-151 immediately after #94 and some of these Champions issues happen before that! You need to read the issues here because Magneto appears in UXM #104 prior to the next issues of Champions.

In full sequential order, your Angel and Iceman read should consist of: Champions (1975) #1-4, Ghost Rider Vol. 2 (1973) #17, Champions #5-6, Avengers (1963) #151, Champions #7, Marvel Vault: Gambit & The Champions (2011), Champions #8-10, Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #13, Champions #11-13, Ghost Rider (1973) #23, Champions (1975) #14-15, Godzilla (1977) #3, Iron Man (1968) Annual 4.

Optional: Captain Britain (1976) #1-14
See Captain Britain & Excalibur for collection information
If you chose to read Captain Britain, start here! Captain Britain begins after Marvel Preview #3 in 1975, as it shares some characters with that issue. Nick Fury appears in Captain Britain #15 sometime after Uncanny X-Men #98, which proceeds directly to #101. That means Captain Britain #1-14 occur at roughly the same time as Giant-Size X-Men through UXM #101.

Where No X-Men Has Gone Before

This brisk sequence of X-Men issues introduces the Shi’ar Empire, which sets up conflicts that will pay off 20 issues later in the Dark Phoenix Saga. More importantly, it’s one of the only places in this entire era where we have a fully-assembled, healthy, and relatively happy team that can accommodate inserted retcon stories prior to the Dark Phoenix Saga.Uncanny X-Men (1963) #107

Optional: Iron Fist (1975) #14
See Iron Fist for collection information
The debut of Sabretooth! This likely occurs at the same time as UXM #104, with the fast-paced action in UXM #105-108 happening in the break after this issue so that the team runs into Iron Fist (already returned to NYC) just before UXM #109.

Uncanny X-Men (1963) #104-110
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Issue #104 picks up about a day after #103 and makes reference to Jamie Madrox from Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4. The X-Men flee Magneto in the Blackbird at the end of the issue with a brief gap in action before #105, which ends with the team leaping into a portal to Shi’ar space. Issue #106 occurs in an instant (it is mostly flashback) and leads directly into #107-108. We see the team enter the mansion fresh from space in #109 for Wolverine’s confrontation with Guardian. That means there is no break in the action with Jean Grey active on the team and in her Phoenix costume until after #109, during the implied time of the rest of Moira MacTaggart’s stay with the team in New York before her last day in #110. Even more time passes after #110, leaving plenty of time for retcon stories that involve the entire team.

Sequential Classic X-Men: If you did not read them in the prior era, read Classic X-Men #14-15 between UXM #106-107. Note that #14 is set during UXM #65-97 and #15 shortly after Corsair leaves after for space – so, long before his debut in UXM #104! However, if you haven’t read them yet, they fit better here as part of the flashback action of UXM #106’s fill-in story.

Optional: After #108, you can read the debut of Deathbird in Ms. Marvel (1977) #9-10. However, please know this isn’t remotely a mutant or Shi’ar story – it’s mostly about Carol Danvers fighting MODOK underneath a shopping mall.

Iron Fist (1975) #15
See Iron Fist for collection information
This issue is effectively UXM #108.5, as it shows the team returning to their regular lives after their Shi’ar adventure. It is the one of the few guest appearances of this era that I would say is non-optional!

Sequential Classic X-Men: after UXM #109, Classic X-Men #28

Optional: After #110, Storm in the classic anti-smoking issue Spider-Man, Storm & Power-Man (1982)

Optional: Uncanny X-Men: First Class (2009) #1-8
See X-Men Ongoings for collection information
This run features the full team alongside an in-costume Phoenix, Lilandra, and Moira, which means it must take place entirely between the end of UXM #109 and the beginning of #111. Only issue #8 could be later. You can easily read the Giant-Size Special here as a prologue, though it is clearly meant to occur just after UXM #94.

Optional: Classic X-Men #1-19 (back-ups)
See X-Men Ongoings for collection information
If you are reading Classic X-Men backups in bulk rather than placing them in exact chronological order, read the stories from issues #1-19 here. All of these stories occur prior to UXM #111 and will not spoil any future stories. That said, issue #7 will introduce Emma Frost earlier than her debut, so you may wish to save it for just prior to UXM #129.

Optional: Captain Britain (1976) #15-26
See Captain Britain & Excalibur for collection information
We know that Captain Britain #15 occurs after UXM #101, and Captain America appears in Captain Britain #26 directly before his appearance in UXM #108. That means this run occurs entirely during UXM #101-107.

Optional: Captain Britain, Vol. 1 (1976-77) #27-39 & Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain (1977) #231-247
See Captain Britain & Excalibur for collection information
This run occurs entirely in the time of UXM #108-109, as Captain Britain’s next appearance (his first in the US!) must occur prior to UXM #111!

Optional: Marvel Team-Up (1972) #65-66
See Captain Britain & Excalibur or Spider-Man for collection information
This story introduces Captain Britain to America and is the debut of Arcade. While we won’t encounter Arcade until prior to UXM #222, Spider-Man’s continuity necessitates reading these issues here, since Marvel Team-Up #69-70 occurs around the same time as UXM #111.

Magneto Triumphant

Magneto comes back with a vengeance at the beginning of this period, making two critical guest appearances before making a grand return to Uncanny X-Men under Chris Claremont’s pen. The majority of the team is seemingly killed after their confrontation in UXM #112-113, which splinters the cast for the remainder of this period.Uncanny X-Men (1963) #112

Optional: Captain America (1968) Annual 4
See Magneto or Captain America for collection information
This Jack Kirby story is Magneto’s next appearance after UXM #104, and Captain American cameos in UXM #108 prior to appearing here. However, it is not directly referenced by Claremont when Magneto returns, so it is not essential.

Optional: Wolverine tussles with Hercules in Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #26 (5th story) prior to the back-up from Classic X-Men #18.

Sequential Classic X-Men: after UXM #109-110 and Captain America Annual 4, you can read Classic X-Men #12, 13, 18, 27, and 17.

Between Classic #27 and 17, Girl Comics Vol 2. #1 (6th story).

Marvel Team-Up (1972) #69
This functions as UXM 110.5. It is Havok and Polaris’s next story after his last appearance on Muir Island, plus it sets up the mystery of the missing X-Men and Beasts pursuit of them in #111. Havok and Polaris briefly cameo in a follow-up in #70, though they are no longer the featured team-up.

Optional: Super-Villain Team-Up (1975) #14 & Champions (1975) #16-17
See The Champions for collection information
These are Magneto’s next sequential appearances before UXM #111 and also the end of Champions.

Optional: The debut of Mystique as an active villain in Marvel Fanfare (1982) #60 (2nd story) and Ms. Marvel (1977) #16-18

Sometime in this period we glimpse Xavier and Scott in an otherwise non-continuity montage in Ghost Rider (1972) #34.

Uncanny X-Men (1963) #111-121
See Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont for collection information
When: The story in these issues rockets forward with hardly any gap in the action for most of the team, save for a brief time lapse between #117-118. However, a lot of time elapses for the team, including a week during UXM #114.

Optional: If you chose to read Namor, continue to Defenders #52-56 here.  See Guide to Namor for his full chronology. Namor is not tracked by this guide any further, as he heads into 15yrs of guest-starring roles.

Members of the X-Men make several other appearances in this period that you can intersperse with your reading, if you choose. They also appear in canonical retcon stories in Classic X-Men. However, skipping them will not take away from your chronological read! Click to expand a reading order of guest appearances.

Defenders #62-64 feature cameos from Havok and Polaris and can be read here.

A flashback scene in X-Men/Doom Annual ’98 is set during UXM #113

Sequential Classic X-Men: After UXM #113, Classic X-Men #19. It’s a pre-XM#1 Magneto story, but can be read as a flashback after his fight in UXM #113

Sequential Classic X-Men: After UXM #114, Classic X-Men #21. Really, this is set during the issue, extending the Savage Land action while we cut forward to a week later in New York.

Sequential Classic X-Men: After UXM #116, Classic X-Men #22. This is set towards the end of the issue.

Sequential Classic X-Men: After UXM #117, Classic X-Men #23.

After #121: Cyclops, Storm, and Nightcrawler make a brief appearance in Power Man & Iron Fist #57

Sequential Classic X-Men: After UXM #121 (and Power Man & Iron Fist #57), Classic X-Men #26 & 25

Optional: If you chose to follow Angel and Iceman to Champions, read Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #17-18 after you read all of Captain Britain. They occur prior to UXM #123. Then, continue to Incredible Hulk (1962) Annual 7 – the last issue for Angel before we next see him back in UXM.

Arcade & Proteus

Uncanny X-Men (1963) #126

The X-Men reassemble for a pair of legendary encounters prior to the dark Phoenix Saga – one against the pint-sized madman Arcade, the other against the deadly reality-warper Proteus. Meanwhile, Jean begins her slow decent into madness, fueled by Mastermind.

Uncanny X-Men (1963) #122-124, Annual 3, & 125-128
See Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont for collection information
The action in #122-128 includes a few gaps for other stories on either side of Annual 3 between #124-125. The book starts to accelerate towards the Dark Phoenix Saga beginning in #126-128 during the Proteus story by showing Mastermind’s interference with Jean’s psyche, which means there are relatively few chances for other appearances placed later than this run unless they directly tie to the stories in #129-136.

Optional: Classic X-Men #19-33 (back-ups)
See X-Men Ongoings for collection information
If you are reading Classic X-Men backups in bulk rather than placing them in exact chronological order, read the stories from issues #19-33 here. All of these stories occur prior to UXM #129 except for Classic X-Men #20, and they will not spoil any future stories.

Weirdly, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #90 is set before #89, and includes Beast – not an active X-Men in this period. Based on Spider-Man’s chronology, this likely occurs either during the first part of UXM #122 or just after #124.

Marvel Team-Up (1972) #89
Nightcrawler and Amanda Sefton star in this full issue – moreso than Spider-Man does – after UXM #124 and before Annual 3. This is written by Claremont, and part of the theme of UXM at this time of exploring the pre-X-Men lives of Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, and Colossus. Since Nightcrawler is the only character whose background is outside of UXM, you have to read this issue to get it.

Members of the X-Men make several other appearances in this period that you can intersperse with your reading, if you choose. They also appear in canonical retcon stories in Classic X-Men. However, skipping them will not take away from your chronological read! Click to expand a reading order of guest appearances.

Sequential Classic X-Men: After UXM #124 and before Annual 3, Classic X-Men #29-30

Sequential Classic X-Men: After Annual 3 and before UXM #25: Classic X-Men #31 & 40

Optional: Bizarre Adventures #27 (3rd story) after UXM #124 & Annual 3

Sequential Classic X-Men: After UXM #125, Classic X-Men #24. This is set during the period of UXM #117-118 for Jean, but it makes more sense for it to be revealed after scenes in UXM #122 and flashbacks in UXM #125.

Sequential Classic X-Men: After UXM #126, Classic X-Men #32. This story actually occurs about halfway through the issue.

Sequential Classic X-Men: After UXM #127, Classic X-Men #33. This story actually occurs after the first four pages of the issue

The Dark Phoenix Saga

After several years of build-up, the X-Men’s most famous story of all time finally arrives!Uncanny X-Men (1963) #135

Uncanny X-Men (1963) #129-138
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Issues #129-137 happens with hardly any gaps aside from the space within UXM #129 as the team returns to the mansion sans Banshee, who stays behind on Muir Island. The stories in #138-140 & Annual 4 occur in the following weeks.

Optional: Classic X-Men #34-44 (back-ups)
See X-Men Ongoings for collection information
If you are reading Classic X-Men backups in bulk rather than placing them in exact chronological order, read the stories from issues #34-44 here.

Members of the X-Men make several other appearances in this period that you can intersperse with your reading, if you choose. They also appear in canonical retcon stories in Classic X-Men. However, skipping them will not take away from your chronological read! Click to expand a reading order of guest appearances.

Sequential Classic X-Men: After #129, Classic X-Men #36, 35, 34, 39, & 20. Really, these stories occur during #129, but are best read after as flashbacks since they will spoil some of the action in #129.

If you skipped Classic X-Men #7 to avoid reading it too far ahead of Emma’s debut, read it here.

Sequential Classic X-Men: After #131, Classic X-Men #40

Before UXM #132: Dazzler absconds through time with Iron Man in the A-Story Iron Age (2011) #3, which can can placed here by Sebastian Shaw’s cameo prior to the action in UXM #132.

During #134: A back-up story in Iron Age (2011) #3 inserts a considerable amount of additional action into UXM #134 – as much as a Classic X-Men backup! Please note that this spoils an X-Man’s death from several decades in the future! (Flashbacks in Iron Age: Omega (2011) also fits here, but in a much more confusing way that will significantly interrupt the Dark Phoenix Saga.)

Sequential Classic X-Men: After #137, Classic X-Men #43

After #137:  Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way #1 (2nd story)

After #138: If you haven’t read Classic X-Men #41-42 in a sequential fashion (because they are set prior to Uncanny X-Men (1963) #1 in the prior era!), this is a good place for them.

After #138: Angel is somewhat active on the team in this period, and he’s in Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) #27 (3rd story)

Days of Future Past

The Dark Phoenix Saga seemed like an unbeatable climax to Chris Claremont’s first half-decade of X-Men, but he and John Byrne had another equally-enduring saga left between them with this grim, future-set story that recenters the mutant metaphor for the next run of the book.Uncanny X-Men (1963) #142

Uncanny X-Men (1963) Annual 4 & #139-140
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Optional: Between UXM #138-140, both Mystique and Deathbird are in Ms. Marvel (1977) #22. Deathbird is then in Avengers (1963) #189.

Sequential Classic X-Men: After UXM #140, Classic X-Men #37-38, which lead directly to Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #203 and Dazzler #1 in the next Reading Order Era.

Optional: Angel is the featured team-up in Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #68

Storm briefly cameos in Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #69; she is not the featured team-up.

Uncanny X-Men (1963) #141-142
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The classic Days of Future Past story, and the end of John Byrne’s run on the title.

Optional: If you chose to read Captain Britain, read his “Otherworld Saga” here in Hulk Comic (1979) #1 & 3-46, and Incredible Hulk Weekly (1980) #47-55 and #57-63. It was released at the same time as UXM #119-133, but it does not begin in continuity until after Avengers (1963) #226 per the participation of Black Knight – which places it significantly after Dazzler #1, which is in the next era.

Era #1: Original X-Men  X-Men Reading Order Guide  Era #3: New Mutants

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Comments

  1. Anon says

    June 16, 2017 at 5:33 pm

    I’ve just read Thor #233 but Cyclops is no where to be found. Have I missed something?

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    • krisis says

      June 17, 2017 at 11:09 am

      Hmm, this one is a mystery! Several official Marvel sources have this as one of Cyclops’s appearances after #94. I checked, and he is the DEEP BACKGROUND of the “Elsewhere around the country…” panel (look behind Quicksilver). Clearly, not a significant appearance ;)

      Reply
      • Anon says

        June 17, 2017 at 4:51 pm

        Wow, that is really easy to miss. Thank you for telling me where it was though.

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      • James says

        January 24, 2019 at 9:44 pm

        I can’t find quicksilver either. But I see a guy popping out behind the trolley. Is that who you talking about?

        Reply
  2. Anon says

    June 16, 2017 at 10:07 pm

    The Amazing Spider-Man #162 also contains Nightcrawler.

    Reply
    • krisis says

      November 13, 2018 at 3:35 am

      Thanks for this catch, it finally made it in for my 2018 revisions ;)

      Reply
  3. Anon says

    June 20, 2017 at 10:10 pm

    Is reading the Classic X-men series worth it? It seems to be just reprinted old issues. Do they add anything?

    Reply
    • Glen says

      March 15, 2018 at 1:05 pm

      I know this reply may be a bit late for you. But the first 44 Issues of Classic X-Men has a back up story. The first 24 issues the back up story is by Chris Claremont (and these are collected in the X-Men Vignettes TPBs). These are pretty good. The next 20 back up issues (until #44) are by Ann Nocenti. These ones are a bit more of a mixed bag.

      On top of that, the first 21 issues of Classic X-Men has extra panels (up to one or two pages worth) written by Chris Claremont added to the reprinted stories.

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      • Anon says

        June 29, 2018 at 1:34 pm

        Thanks

        Reply
  4. Glen says

    March 15, 2018 at 1:12 pm

    There is no Angel in Marvel Team-Up #68 and Storm in #69. #68 is a Swamp Thing issue and #69 is a Havok & Living Monolith issue (in fact it is the first part of a two parter that concludes in #70)

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    • krisis says

      October 11, 2018 at 8:58 am

      Thanks for this catch, I just fixed it (among MANY other edits).

      Reply
      • David says

        July 30, 2020 at 1:36 pm

        Those issue numbers are for Marvel Two In One, where Angel (and Toad) are featured in #68 just prior to Angel’s appearances in the Dark Phoenix story line. Storm appears briefly in MTIO 69 trying to clear the fog caused by the fabric of reality being disturbed when Vance Astro of Guardians Of The Galaxy encounters his younger self. That minor appearance could fit almost anywhere, but based on Angel in the previous issue, I’d slot it into the same time period just before Dark Phoenix. There is also a short Angel story in Treasury Edition 26 (and Wolverine in 27) that seem to missing here, those both fit in nicely around this same period as well)

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        • krisis says

          March 2, 2021 at 10:09 pm

          Thanks for the catches on Treasury! I added both of those in this pass. I need to look more deeply into the TIO issues.

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  5. David says

    July 30, 2020 at 12:54 pm

    There is a late 80’s or maybe early 90s UK Annual (Hardback book, slightly larger than a regular US comic) that reprints X-Men 139-140. Also included in that issue is an all-new story set DURING those issues, telling a tale of the X-Men who did not go to Canada vs the “Original X-Men”. It’s a nearly identical plot to X-Men 106, with the “old” X-Men trying to kick the “new” X-Men out of the mansion, but the plot is foiled when Wolverine returns and his senses identify the “old X-Men” as imposters. It is a PROSE story, but with several illustrations, and is inserted between the pages of the reprinted comics at appropriate places.

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    • krisis says

      March 2, 2021 at 10:05 pm

      That is fascinating! I wonder if that’s been reprinted anywhere else.

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  6. Dan says

    August 6, 2020 at 9:23 pm

    COVID got me going through my backlog and I finally got through the original X-Men run. Now that I’m moving towards the 1980s, this breakdown is AMAZING. So thank you. Two contradictions on this page.

    1a) Classic X-Men #7 – although this will introduce Emma Frost early and so you may wish to save it until after UXM #129
    1b) After UXM #127…Read Classic X-Men #7 here if you skipped it above.

    2a) After UXM #126, Classic X-Men #32.
    2b) After UXM #129, Classic X-Men #32.

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    • krisis says

      March 2, 2021 at 10:04 pm

      I’ve improved these, thanks!

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