Unfortunately, Marvel ended the compendium trades after “Trials of X”, so I switched to a mix of individual series trades and single issues for the “Destiny of X” era and then single issues for “Fall of X” and beyond.

I heavily referenced the Way of X blog when putting the map together to determine best chronological order, and the “Arguments” section of that site will explain a lot of issue placements.  Some issue placements have been determined by how the issues were reprinted in the “… of X” trades to minimize “scan-and-print” efforts.

House of X/Powers of X (OHC)
House of X #1
Powers of X #1
House of X #2
Powers of X #2
Powers of X #3
House of X #3
House of X #4
Powers of X #4
House of X #5
Powers of X #5
House of X #6
Powers of X #6

Dawn of X volume 1
X-Men #1
Marauders #1
New Mutants #1-4, 6
Excalibur #1-3
X-Force #1
Fallen Angels #1-6
Marauders #2-3
New Mutants #8
X-Men #2-3
New Mutants #5, 7, 9-11
X-Force #2-3
Incoming #1 (4 page Mr. Sinister story)
X-Men/Fantastic Four #1-4

This volume contains issues from Dawn of X volumes 1-7 and 9-11, as well as the X-Men/Fantastic Four TPB.  There is a one page story from Marvel Comics #1000 featuring Apocalypse that I included, and used it as the back side of one of the text pages or covers that I needed to print out.  The reason that the New Mutants issues skip around is that the focus of the book was split – half of the team was in space in issues by Jonathan Hickman, while the other half was still on Earth in issues by Ed Brisson.

Dawn of X volume 2
X-Men #4
X-Force #4-5
X-Men #5
X-Force #6
X-Men #6
Wolverine #1 (Catacombs story)
Excalibur #4-6
Giant Size X-Men:  Magneto #1
Marauders #4
Cable #1
Marauders #5-8
X-Force #7-8
Giant Size X-Men:  Jean Grey/Emma Frost #1
Excalibur #7-8
X-Men #7-9
X-Force #9-10
X-Factor #1-3
Wolverine #1 (Flower Cartel story)
Wolverine #2-3

This volume contains issues from Dawn of X volumes 4-12 and 14-15.

Dawn of X volume 3
Wolverine #4-5
Cable #2-4
Hellions #1-4
Marauders #9-12
Giant Size X-Men:  Nightcrawler #1
New Mutants #12
Giant Size X-Men:  Fantomex #1
Giant Size X-Men:  Storm #1
X-Force #11-12, 15-16
X-Men #10
Empyre:  X-Men #1-4
X-Men #11
Excalibur #9-12
Free Comic Book Day 2020: X-Men #1

This volume contains issues from Dawn of X volumes 9-16, as well as using X-Force #15-16 from Reign of X volume 2.  The FCBD issue is not in any of the trades, so that is a rare single issue included in this set.

X of Swords (OHC)
X-Men #12
X of Swords:  Creation #1
X-Factor #4
Wolverine #6
X-Force #13
Marauders #13
Hellions #5
New Mutants #13
Cable #5
Excalibur #13
X-Men #13
X of Swords:  Stasis #1
X-Men #14
Marauders #14-15
Excalibur #14
Wolverine #7
X-Force #14
Hellions #6
Cable #6
X-Men #15
Excalibur #15
X of Swords:  Destruction #1

Reign of X volume 1
SWORD #1
Excalibur #16
Hellions #7-8
X-Factor #5
Cable #7-8
X-Men #16
New Mutants #15
X-Men #17
Marauders #16-17
Wolverine #8-10
Cable #9
Wolverine #11-12
X-Force #17-19
Children of the Atom #1-3
New Mutants #16-17

This volume contains issues from Reign of X volumes 1-4 and 6-9.

Reign of X volume 2
X-Men #18-19
New Mutants #18
Excalibur #17-20
X-Men #20
Hellions #9-10
SWORD #2-4
King in Black:  Marauders #1
Cable #10-12
SWORD #5
X-Factor #7-9
X-Corp #1
Marauders #18-19
Children of the Atom #4-5
Marauders #20
Way of X #1-2

This volume contains issues from Reign of X volume 4-6 and 8-11.

Hellfire Gala:  Red Carpet Edition (OHC)
Marauders #21
Classic X-Men #7 backup story
X-Force #20
Hellions #12
Excalibur #21
X-Men #21
Planet-Size X-Men #1
X-Men Election Strips
X-Corp #2
New Mutants #19
Wolverine #13
SWORD #6
Way of X #3
X-Factor #10

The bulk of these issues were reprinted in Reign of X volumes 12-14.  Volumes 12 and 13 can be skipped for this project, and parts of 14 can be discarded.

As I got to this part of the project, circumstances at my preferred binder changed so I started planning for thinner volumes (averaging 20 issues per volume instead of 30).

Trials of X volume 1
Children of the Atom #6
Marauders #22
New Mutants #20-21
Trial of Magneto #1
SWORD #7
Cable Reloaded #1
X-Men #1
New Mutants #22-23
Marauders #23
Wolverine #14-16
Trial of Magneto #2-5

This volume contains issues from Reign of X TPB volume 14, as well as volumes 1-3 and 7 of Trials of X.  A lot of chronologies put Trial of Magneto #5 after Hellions #18, but due to where I placed a volume break, it made more sense to keep all of Trial of Magneto in a single book.

Trials of X volume 2
Hellions #13-18
Way of X #4-5
X-Men:  The Onslaught Revelation #1
New Mutants #24
SWORD #8
Marauders #24-25
X-Men Unlimited: Latitude #1
X-Men Unlimited: Green #1-2
X-Force #21-22
Wolverine #17-18
X-Men #2-3

This volume contains issues found in Trials of X volumes 3-7 and 9-10.  The X-Men Unlimited issues were not reprinted in the Trials of X TPBs.

Trials of X volume 3
X-Corp #3-5
SWORD #9-11
Excalibur #22-26
Death of Dr. Strange:  X-Men/Black Knight #1
X-Men #4-5
Marauders #26
X-Men #6-8
Devil’s Reign:  X-Men #1-3
X-Force #23-26
Wolverine #19

This volume contains issues from Trials of X volumes 3 and 5-12.  The Death of Dr. Strange one-shot was not reprinted in compendium format.

Inferno (OHC)
Inferno #1-4

X Lives and X Deaths of Wolverine (OHC)
X Lives of Wolverine #1
X Deaths of Wolverine #1
X Lives of Wolverine #2
X Deaths of Wolverine #2
X Lives of Wolverine #3
X Deaths of Wolverine #3
X Lives of Wolverine #4
X Deaths of Wolverine #4
X Lives of Wolverine #5
X Deaths of Wolverine #5

Secrets of X
Marauders #27
X-Force Annual #1
X-Force #27-29
Wolverine #20-23
Secret X-Men #1
Giant Size X-Men:  Thunderbird #1
X-Men #9

Secrets of X:  Sabretooth
Sabretooth #1-5
Sabretooth and the Exiles #1-5

X Lives/Death of Wolverine is supposed to be the cap of the Reign/Trials era and launch Destiny of X.  But there were still a few issues with some lingering threads, including the Sabretooth mini-series that chronicles events covering the entire Krakoa era.  These interlude volumes are for issues that fall between the cracks before Destiny of X.  Some of the issues were included in Trials of X Volumes 10-12, but many others came from single issues or other TPBs.

Destiny of X volume 1
Immortal X-Men #1-3
Legion of X #1-3
X-Men Red #1-3
Legion of X #4-5
Knights of X #1-5

Since Marvel cancelled the compendium trades, I switched to individual series TPBs to collect this era with a few single issues to round the project out.  It also helped that most of the series started getting a lot more self-contained, allowing for chunks of issues to be mapped together.

Destiny of X volume 2
Marvel Voices:  Pride (Somnus story)
Marauders Annual #1
Marauders #1-4
X-Men #10-12
Free Comic Book Day 2022:  Avengers/X-Men (third story – “Let’s Talk About Krakoa”)
X-Men:  Hellfire Gala #1
Amazing Spider-Man #9 (903)
X-Men Unlimited #50-55 (digital stories, reprinted in Hellfire Gala Immortal TPB)
X-Men Red #4
Marauders #5
Immortal X-Men #4
A.X.E. Eve of Judgment #1

The Voices story was included at the end of the Marauders TPB (although it takes place first), which is why I ended up including it here.  That story does share a story page with the final page of Marauders #5, which marks the only time I did scan-and-print on story pages in this project.

Destiny of X volume 3:  Judgment Day
Free Comic Book Day 2022:  Avengers/X-Men (first story)
A.X.E.  Judgment Day #1
Immortal X-Men #5
X-Men Red #5
A.X.E.  Judgment Day #2
A.X.E.  Death to the Mutants #1
X-Men #13
A.X.E.  Judgment Day #3
X-Men #14
Amazing Spider-Man #10 (904)
Fantastic Four #47-48 (692-693)
A.X.E.  Death to the Mutants #2
Immortal X-Men #6
X-Men Red #6
A.X.E.  Judgment Day #4
X-Men Red #7
Legion of X #6
Marauders #6
A.X.E.  Judgment Day #5
Immortal X-Men #7
A.X.E.  Death to the Mutants #3
A.X.E. Starfox #1
A.X.E. Avengers #1
A.X.E. X-Men #1
A.X.E. Eternals #1
A.X.E.  Judgment Day #6
A.X.E.  Judgment Day Omega

Since this crossover occurred so early in the era, it didn’t make sense to break up “Destiny of X” and use an alternate title for the majority of the volumes in the era.  I also didn’t trust Marvel to map the omnibus to my liking.

Destiny of X volume 4
New Mutants #25-33
New Mutants:  Lethal Legion #1-5
X-Terminators #1-5

New Mutants #25-28 has to take place before Dark Web and X-Terminators #1-5 has to take place before X-Men #18.  Otherwise, there’s probably several options for how to map the issues after Judgment Day.

Destiny of X volume 5
X-Force #30-31
Wolverine #24-25
X-Force #32-33
X-Men Annual #1
X-Men #16-18
Dark Web #1
Dark Web:  X-Men #1-3
Dark Web:  Dawn #1

The X-Force and Wolverine issues are technically Judgment Day tie-ins, but they span the entire event.  I opted to group them together afterwards instead of spacing them out within the Judgment Day volume.  As I was putting the map together, I really liked the idea of a volume of side stories (being the New Mutants and X-Terminators issues in volume 4).  However, since those stories all needed to come before the X-Men and Dark Web issues, X-Force and Wolverine got pushed to volume 5.  None of the other tie-ins to Dark Web are required for the X-Men storyline.

Destiny of X volume 6
Captain Marvel #43-46
X-Men #19-21
Captain Marvel #47-49
Invincible Iron Man #1-6 (651-656)

These Iron Man issues are the beginning of Duggan’s run, which becomes part of Fall of X later on.

Destiny of X volume 7
Marauders #7-12
Betsy Braddock:  Captain Britain #1-5
Immortal X-Men #8
X-Men Red #8-10
Legion of X #7-10
Immortal X-Men #9-10

Sins of Sinister (OHC)
Sins of Sinister #1
Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1
Nightcrawlers #1
Immoral X-Men #1
Nightcrawlers #2
Immoral X-Men #2
Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #2
Immoral X-Men #3
Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #3
Nightcrawlers #3
Sins of Sinister:  Dominion #1

The Beast Agenda
Wolverine #26-27
X-Force #34-38
Wolverine #28-32
X-Force #39-42
Wolverine #33-35

Before the Fall
Immortal X-Men #11
Before the Fall:  Sons of X #1
X-Men Red #11-12
Before the Fall:  Heralds of Apocalypse #1
X-Men Red #13
Before the Fall:  Mutants First Strike #1
Bishop: War College #1-5
Rogue and Gambit #1-5
X-Men #22-23
Iron Man #7 (657)
Before the Fall:  Sinister Four #1
Immortal X-Men #12-13
X-Men #24

Starting with Fall of X, I switched to single issues for binding.

Fall of X volume 1
Free Comic Book Day 2023:  Uncanny Avengers (both stories)
Hellfire Gala:  Fall of X #1
X-Force #43
Iron Man #8-9 (658-659)
X-Men #25
Children of the Vault #1-4
Immortal X-Men #14-15
Jean Grey #1-2
Immortal X-Men #16
Jean Grey #3-4
Immortal X-Men #17-18

Fall of X volume 2
Alpha Flight #1-5
Uncanny Spider-Man #1-4
X-Men Blue:  Origins #1
Uncanny Spider-Man #5
Astonishing Iceman #1-5
Dark X-Men #1-5
Realm of X #1-4

X-Men Blue: Origins #1 actually takes place a few pages before the end of Uncanny Spider-Man #4, and could be easily spliced in (at least with single issues).  Look for the page in #4 with “AND THEY DO” in large letters.  Most of these issues are side adventures and don’t intersect with the main storyline too much, although the Alpha Flight mini does need to be read before X-Force #47.

Fall of X volume 3
Ghost Rider/Wolverine:  Weapons of Vengeance – Alpha
Ghost Rider #17
Wolverine #36
Ghost Rider/Wolverine:  Weapons of Vengeance – Omega
X-Force #44-46
Wolverine #37-40
X-Force #47-50
Wolverine #41-50

I’m only including the main story from Wolverine #50 here.  The Larry Hama backup is from an earlier era, and the Percy backup will be included as an epilogue in the final volume.

Fall of X volume 4
Uncanny Avengers #1-5
X-Men #26
Iron Man #10-12 (660-662)
X-Men #27-29
X-Men Red #14-18
Cable #1-4

Twilight of X volume 1
Iron Man #13-14 (663-664)
X-Men #30
Fall of the House of X #1
X-Men #31
Avengers #12-13 (778-779)
Iron Man #15-16 (665-666)
Fall of the House of X #2
X-Men #32
Fall of the House of X #3
X-Men #33
Resurrection of Magneto #1-4
Iron Man #17-18 (667-668)

Technically, Avengers #12-13 are supposed to go in the middle of Iron Man #15, but it’s not a good splice.  I believe this order is best for pacing.  Also, the last few pages of Avengers #13 can be skipped as they take place after the entire event and lead into another Marvel event crossover.

Twilight of X volume 2
Rise of the Powers of X #1
Dead X-Men #1-2
Rise of the Powers of X #2
Dead X-Men #3
X-Men Forever #1
Rise of the Powers of X #3
Dead X-Men #4
Fall of the House of X #4
X-Men #34
Rise of the Powers of X #4
X-Men Forever #2-4
Fall of the House of X #5
Rise of the Powers of X #5
Iron Man #19-20 (669-670)
X-Men #35 (Uncanny X-Men #700 – main story only)
Wolverine #50 (back-up)

There are a few back-up features in Uncanny X-Men #700.  Some lead into the next era of X-Men and could be saved for the beginning of the next volume.

For those keeping count, we have 31 volumes in this map (25 custom volumes and 6 oversized hardcovers).

Warren Ellis’ run on Excalibur is fairly simple. Twenty-one issues of the main series, a 3 issue spin off mini, and 1 crossover issue, with no annuals or specials. There is a Starjammers mini that is supposed to spin out of one of the early arcs, but doesn’t actually involve Excalibur.

It can be difficult to place this run into a larger X-Men collection, since the first four issues are pre-Age of Apocalypse. I don’t recommend trying to force the X-Calibre series in between #86 and 87, as it obviously doesn’t contribute to the rest of the run.

I skipped the X-Men Prime material, since I had already bound that issue as part of my X-Men collection (and thus could not scan relevant pages), and did not want to buy a new copy for just a few pages. It wasn’t written by Ellis anyway.

For extras, I added scans of cards from the 1994 Marvel Masterpieces and 1995 and 1996 Fleer Ultra X-Men sets featuring the Excalibur characters that appear in this run. After taking out ads and back covers, I got a book that’s about an inch and a half thick.

If you care about that sort of thing, issues #83-86 each come in Deluxe (glossy) and regular (non-glossy) editions.

Featured Writers: Alan Moore, Jamie Delano, Chris Claremont
Featured Artist: Alan Davis

X-Men Archives: Featuring Captain Britain 1
X-Men Archives: Featuring Captain Britain 2
X-Men Archives: Featuring Captain Britain 3
X-Men Archives: Featuring Captain Britain 4
X-Men Archives: Featuring Captain Britain 5
X-Men Archives: Featuring Captain Britain 6
X-Men Archives: Featuring Captain Britain 7
Captain Britain v2 TPB
Uncanny X-Men Annual 11
Excalibur: The Sword is Drawn
Excalibur 1
Excalibur 2
Excalibur 3
Excalibur 4
Excalibur 5
Excalibur 6
Excalibur 7

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