Stories occurring between Uncanny X-Men #366 in March 1999 to Uncanny X-Men #393 in June 2001. A part of Crushing Krisis’s Collecting X-Men: A Definitive Guide. Last updated January 2013.
Ongoing X-related titles in this era:
- Uncanny X-Men #366-393
- Wolverine, Vol. 2 #133-161
- X-Force #87-115
- X-Men, Vol. 2 #85-113
- Cable #64-92
- X-Men Unlimited #22-31
- Generation X #48-75 (ends)
- X-Man #48-75 (ends)
- Deadpool #26-53
- Mutant X #6-32 (ends)
- Gambit, Vol. 3 #1-25 (ends)
- Warlock #1-9 (ends)
- Bishop: The Last X-Man #1-16 (ends)
Notes:
- Wolverine actually ends this era at #163, but #1161 marks a cleaner story break.
- This era includes the events Magneto War, The Twelve, Ages of Apocalypse, Revolution, and Maximum Security.
- Mutant X stars Havok and does not exist in the main Marvel-616 Continuity.
Wolverine #133-139
When: Wolverine appears here after XMv2 #84 and the b-story in XMU #25 prior to his appearance in UXM #365.
Uncanny X-Men #366-367 + X-Men 85-87 + Magneto Rex #1-3
Collected in Magneto: Rogue Nation
When: Read as XMv2 #85, Magneto War #1, UXM #366, XM #86, UXM #367, XM #87, and Magneto Rex #1-3. XMU #23 & UXM #368 occur prior to Magneto Rex, but they were not collected in that order.
Gambit #1-5
When: Gambit appears in #1 from UXM #365 and in #2-3 from XM #85 before continuing from the Magneto War story, above. Many X-Men appear in #5 after appearing in XMU #23.
Deadpool #27 comes after UXM #367
X-Men Unlimited #23
Uncanny X-Men #368-371
X-Men #88-91
X-Men Annual 7/1999
When: Read as XMU #23, UXM #368 [Magneto Rex begins here], XMv2 #88, UXM #369, XMv2 #89, UXM #370, XMv2 #90, #371, XMv2 #91, XMv2 Ann7/99. Launches the M-Tech imprint of Warlock, X-51, and Deathlok.
Contest of Champions II
Wolverine/Punisher: Revelation
Cable #64-74
X-Man #48-? [Determine where this breaks X-Man, even though he doesn’t actual cross over
Warlock #1-9
Generation X #46-58
X-Force ?-#98
Uncanny X-Men #372-375 & X-Men #92-95
Collected as X-Men: The Shattering (ISBN 0785137335)
Also includes Astonishing X-Men (vol. 2) #1-3
(ISBN 0785137335)Gambit #6-10 & Ann99
When: Begins after XMv2 Ann7/99 and Contest of Champions. Ann99 comes after #7 #8-9 occur directly after XMv2 #92. #10 comes after UXM #375 & XMv2 #95.
Wolverine #140-145 & X-Men Unlimited #25
When: #145 occurs after Astonishing X-Men #1-3 and X-Men #95. XMU #25 occurs before #145.
Cable #72-74
When: From UXM #375
Apocalypse: The Twelve & Ages of Apocalypse
Uncanny X-Men #376-377, Wolverine #146-147, X-Men #96-97, & Cable #75-76: X-Men vs. Apocalypse Vol. 1: The Twelve (ISBN 078512263X)
(ISBN 078512263X)Uncanny X-Men #378 & Ann22/99, Wolverine #148, X-Men #98, Cable #77, X-Men Unlimited #26: X-Men vs. Apocalypse Vol. 2: Ages Of Apocalypse Also includes X-51 #8 & X-Men: The Search for Cyclops #1-4.
Also includes X-51 #8 & X-Men: The Search for Cyclops #1-4.After Apocalypse
X-Force #87-100 & Annual 7/1999: Annual 7/1999 occurs between #95-96
Generation X #59-62
Wolverine Ann99
When: This has been strandd by collections. It actually occurs on the heels of UXM Ann22/99.
Uncanny X-Men #379-380: X-Men: Powerless
Collects Uncanny X-Men #379-380, Cable #78, X-Force (1991) #101, Wolverine #149, and X-Men #99.
Gambit #11-19 & Ann00
When: Gambit’s first appearance after Powerless is #12
X-Men: Black Sun #1-4 & X-Men: Magic #1-5
When: This is Wolverine’s next appearance after Powerless
Wolverine #150-153: Wolverine: Blood Debt (ISBN 0785107859)
When: Wolverine’s next appearance after Black Sun.
(ISBN 0785107859)Iron Fist / Wolverine #1-4
When: Wolverine’s next appearance after Blood Debt. He does not return to X-Men until XMv2 #102.
Bishop: The Last X-Men #1-14
Not collected
When: This story emerges from XMv2 #92, but due to its time displaced nature does not need to be read immediately. However, #15 intersects the upcoming Maximum Security crossover, so the issues are best read here before the “six month gap.”
X-Men: Revolution (The Six-Month Gap)
X-Men Unlimited #27
+ X-Men #100-102
+ Uncanny X-Men #381-383
+ X-Men Unlimited #28
When: Read as listed. XMU #27 acts as a prologue to the Revolution six-month gap, although it can also be read prior to the Black Sun mini, above. Need to check if XMv2 #102 has a story break here or continues through #104.
Uncanny X-Men #384-386
+ X-Men #103-106 & Annual 00
When: Read as XMv2 #103, UXM #384, XMv2 #104, UXM #385, XM Ann00, XMv2 #105, UXM #386, XMv2 #106, XM Ann00
X-Men Forever #1-6
Not collected
Wolverine #154-158
Not collected
X-Force #102-109
Cable #79-84
Generation X #63-70
X-Man #63-70
Maximum Security
Uncanny X-Men #387: Avengers / X-Men: Maximum Security (ISBN 0785144994)
A massive paperback collecting Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet, #1-3, Captain America (1998) #36, Thor (1998) #30, Uncanny X-Men #387, Bishop: the Last X-Man #15, Iron Man (1998) #35, Avengers (1998) #35, Gambit (1999) #23, X-Men (1991) #107, and X-Men Unlimited (1993) #29.
(ISBN 0785144994)Wolverine Annual 00
Cable #85-86
Gambit #20-25
X-Men Legends, Vol. 4: Hated & Feared
Wolverine #159-161 (& 167-169)
Wolverine: The Best There Is (ISBN 0785110071)
(ISBN 0785110071)Uncanny X-Men #388-390, X-Men #108-110, Cable #87, Bishop #16
X-Men: Dream’s End (ISBN 078511551X)
Collects Uncanny X-Men #388-390, Cable #87, Bishop #16 and X-Men #108-110.
(ISBN 078511551X)Cable #88-92
Uncanny X-Men Annual 23/2000
X-Men Unlimited #30-31
Read as Cable #88, XM Ann23/00, Cable #89, XMU #30, Cable #90-92, XMU #31
Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom #1-6
When: Follows UXM #189. Begins with Gambit & Bishop:Alpha.
Excalibur Sword of Power #1-4 to 2001
When: Psylocke’s next appearance after UXM #389 and prior to XMv2 #109.
Brotherhood #1-9?
Wolverine #162-166
Wolverine/Deadpool: Weapon X out-of-print (ISBN 0785109181)
Wolverine #162 is Wolverine’s first appearance after XMU #30. Also collects Deadpool #57-60
out-of-print (ISBN 0785109181)X-Force #110-115
Generation X #71-75
X-Man #71-75
Wolverine #167-169 & Ann00
Occur after UXM #390 & XMU #30 but before UXM #392. Ann 00 occurs after #393
Uncanny X-Men #391-393 + X-Men, Vol. 2 #111-113
Collected in X-Men: Eve of Destruction (ISBN 0785115528)
Collects Uncanny X-Men #391-393 and X-Men #111-113.
(ISBN 0785115528)Cable #93-96
Read Anytime
Mutant X #6-32
Not collected
Era #8: Reassembled X-Men Reading Order Guide Era #10: New X-Men
Where does Magneto Rex fit into all of this? Thanks so much for this list, it has helped me in reading all of the X-related books!
I feel like x-men: black sun should come after x-men vol2 # 100… it’s a bit confusing to have a new character just appear and then find out his first appearance is actually later in this list.
Would it be worth listing x-men: the search for cyclops somewhere a little closer to uncanny x-men 391? Right now if you forgot about the search for cyclops he kind of just randomly shows up again in 391…
Yeah, personally, i also would be somewhat inclined to put “The Search For Cyclops” closer to “Uncanny X-Men” #391 – maybe after #386, continuing the Cable/Jean pairing from the previous few issues, but prior to ‘Maximum Security’?
Where would you place Magneto Dark Seduction miniseries? The X-Men: Eve of Destruction (2019 oversize hardcover) collects it as Magneto: Dark Seduction #1-4; Uncanny X-Men (1963) #390-393 & Annual 2000; X-Men (1991) #110-113; X-Men Forever (2001) #1-6; X-Men: Declassified #1; X-Men Unlimited (1993) #30-33; and X-Men: The Search For Cyclops #1-4 so I’ll follow this order but I’m not 100% sure
I’ve been reading X-Men each day and hit the start of the Revolution. I think X-Men Unlimited 28 might sit better before Uncanny 383. they’re in Moscow in both but have only just arrived in 28. There’s a gap between stories with 382 and 383 which should be easy enough to fit 28 in.
Thanks, Charlie!
I thought I would mention: In Marvel’s app, despite the kept numbering, X-Men ENDS with #113, and New X-Men, at 114, is counted as a newly launched title.
Thanks for this note!
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Both Uncanny X-Men and X-Men have a storied history of their indicia disagreeing with their title treatment and Marvel subsequently disagreeing with both. You’ll noticed Marvel sometimes labels Uncanny X-Men as “1981” since that’s when the indicia officially updated to Uncanny. To avoid confusion, I refer to all of the original volume as Uncanny (even before the adjective was added) and all of the non-Morrison part of the 1991 volume as X-Men (1991).
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Technically, I think Marvel *did remove* “New” from the title in the indicia of the book starting with #157, but I’d have to pull out my original copy to be sure of that and it is deep in the stacks! Comics.org treats from #157 forward as it’s own distinct 2004 volume.
Minor item, but I am reading through your list… Wolverine 159-161 should follow Dream’s End instead of preceding it. They refer to a big event from Dream’s End in those issues.
X-Man #50 should be read directly after Generation X #50 (together they make up a ‘War of the Mutants’ two-parter). Generation X #52 leads into X-Force #91.
X-Man #55 leads directly into Astonishing X-Men #1, but it would be fine to continue with #56-#58 before reading The Shattering. X-Man #59 and #60 tie into The Twelve and should be read after Cable #75
Ages of apocalypse the twelve vol 1 should be read
UXM 376
Cable 75
X-men 96
Wolverine 146
UXM 377
Cable 76
X men 97
Wolverine 147
Characters jump locations and sides too much to read any other way
Also bishop reappears in “the twelve” so bishop the last x man #1-9 are best read before the twelve vol 1
Thanks, Taylor! I will incorporate this the next time I update this order.
Thank you for putting this together—my years long intensive read of every x comic would not be possible without you haha. I’m never criticizing your order just trying to be helpful where I can!
Thank you so much for this. What a great guide.
Small point of order : the article lists black sun as being 4 issues long and X-Men: Magik as being 5, when in fact it’s the opposite. Also, Magik is misspelled as “Magic”.