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Uncanny X-Men #94-280
X-Men 1991-1994
X-Men 1995-2001
During this era, the focus has shifted more to actual TPBs, so this is almost more of a reading list more than binding map. When I was deciding to bind, I discovered that it was actually more cost effective to buy the official versions. Also during this time, writing got more arc-centric and each series started developing its own tone to the point that mixing them together in big volumes just didn’t work out as well. Plus, there are several spans of time where Marvel went completely overboard with ads, without at least giving us the courtesy of putting them back to back for easy removal. The official Marvel releases are marked with (TPB) or (HC). Most X-Treme X-Men books in this list aren’t TPBs, though, because Marvel did a bad job of keeping that series in the proper order, especially with the side projects (minis and one-shots).
This list does contain complete maps for X-Treme X-Men, Morrison’s New X-Men and Excalibur (volume 2). It also includes the complete Austen run, and Claremont’s third run.
Some of the books could probably slide around.
Destiny Quest
X-Treme X-Men #1-4
Savage Land #1-4
(I originally wanted to separate both of these stories, and put Savage Land after New X-Men started, due to Beast and his physical appearance. But then I decided it wasn’ t worth the hassle. Marvel put XXM #1-9 together in one trade, which doesn’t work, because the Savage Land mini has to go between 4 and 5.)
E is For Extinction (TPB)
New X-Men #114-117
New X-Men Annual 2001
Poptopia (TPB)
UXM #394-399
The Godfather
XXM #5-9
XXM Annual 2001
(I got the XXM: Prisoner of Fire trade which reprinted the 2001 annual, ripped it apart, put the annual here in its proper place, and rebound the rest of the trade.)
Rocktopia
UXM Annual 2001
UXM #400-409
(The problem with the 2001 annuals is that they were done in the sideways “Marvelscope” format. Nifty idea, but bad for binding. The UXM annual was the only one not reprinted, so here we have to suffer with rotating the book throughout the issue. Since the artists never took advantage of using double paged spreads in this format, you don’t have to worry about splicing pictures in half. Of course, Marvel reprints the entire Casey run, including the annual, in one big TPB after I go to the trouble of binding it.)
Imperial (TPB)
New X-Men #118-126
Invasion
XXM #10-18
Hope (TPB)
UXM #410-415
New Worlds (TPB)
New X-Men #127-133
Dominant Species
UXM #416-420
(For some reason, the trade of this is ridiculously high priced now. So, I’m going to have to bind these.)
Schism
XXM #19
XXM: X-Pose #1-2
XXM #20-24
Holy War (TPB)
UXM #421-427
Mekanix
#1-6
(Another trade that’s hard to find. In fact, the mini itself is hard to find.)
Riot at Xavier’s
New X-Men #134-141
(At this point, I go away from Marvel’s trades. #139-141 continue from Riot, while #142-156 sort of keep up a continuous narrative.)
God Loves, Man Kills II (TPB)
XXM #25-30
The Draco
UXM #428-436
(Not the trade, because the Juggernaut 2-parter needed a place to go, in it’s proper place.)
Intifada
XXM #31-39
(I’d actually recommend the two trades for this one. After binding, I realized that 90% of the right hand pages were all ads.)
She Lies With Angels (TPB)
UXM #437-441
Planet X
New X-Men #142-156
(A lot of people probably don’t like putting two Austen issues here, but not only do they continue directly from the end of Morrison’s last issue, but where else can I put them?)
Prisoner of Fire
XXM #40-46
(As noted above, I actually took the trade apart and rebound with just these issues.)
Excalibur: Forging the Sword
UXM #442-443
Excalibur #1-7
Astonishing X-Men Volume 1 (HC)
Astonishing X-Men #1-12
Day of the Atom
X-Men #157-164
(The trade includes #165, which I prefered to have later on in the chronology.)
The End of History (TPB)
UXM #444-449
Excalibur: The Devil’s Own
Excalibur #8-14
The Cruelest Cut
UXM #450-454
X-Men #165
Golgotha (TPB)
X-Men #166-170
Phoenix Endsong (TPB)
#1-5
On Ice (TPB)
UXM #455-461
Wild at Heart
X-Men #171-175
Black Panther #8
X-Men #176
Black Panther #9
(I was trying to get the two trades for this, but one of them is hard to find. Unfortunately, these issues have a lot of ads.)
—House of M goes here—
House of M: Uncanny X-Men (TPB)
UXM #462-465
(I’m not including this arc in the actual House of M event, because it ties in very loosely and would disrupt the flow of that book.)
Decimation (TPB)
House of M: The Day After
X-Men #177-181
Deadly Genesis (HC)
#1-6
End of Greys (TPB)
UXM #466-471
Blood of Apocalypse
Apocalypse vs. Dracula #1-4
Cable and Deadpool #26-27
X-Men #182-187
The First Foursaken (TPB)
UXM #472-474
UXM Annual #1 (why did they start over with #1?)
Supernovas (TPB)
X-Men #188-193
X-Men Annual #1 (the second Annual #1)
X-Men #194-199
Rise and Fall of Shi’Ar Empire (HC)
UXM #475-486
Phoenix Warsong (TPB)
#1-5
Endangered Species (TPB)
X-Men: Endangered Species #1
back up stories from X-Men #200-204, UXM #488-491, X-Factor #21-24, and New X-Men #40-42
Blinded by the Light (TPB)
X-Men #200-204
The Extremists (TPB)
UXM #487-491
Astonishing X-Men Volume 2 (HC)
AXM #13-24
Giant Size AXM #1
Emperor Vulcan (TPB)
Emperor Vulcan #1-5
Continues: http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-men-–-the-messiah-era
Now that’s a lot of work! I was going to get an image for you but I have no clue what era you would prefer.
Yeah, they sort of snuck two or three eras in there for us. XXM #18 might be a good cover to use…it’s got Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, and someone else on it – a good representation of all of the teams.
Hello, I don’t see the various X-Men unlimited issues, aren’t they supposed to be part of the narrative? Thank you.