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).

Volume 1
Amazing Fantasy #15-18
Amazing Spider-Man #1-6
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1-2
Amazing Spider-Man #7
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #3
Amazing Spider-Man #8
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #4
Amazing Spider-Man #9
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #5-7

Volume 2
Amazing Spider-Man #10
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #8-9
Amazing Spider-Man #11
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #10
Amazing Spider-Man #12
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #11-13
Amazing Spider-Man #13
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #14
Amazing Spider-Man #14
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #15-16
Amazing Spider-Man #15
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #17
Untold Tales of Spider-Man:  Strange Encounters

Volume 3
Amazing Spider-Man #16
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #18
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #19
Amazing Spider-Man #17
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #20-21
Amazing Spider-Man #18
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #22
Amazing Spider-Man #19-20
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #23
Untold Tales of Spider-Man ‘97
Amazing Spider-Man #21
Untold Tales of Spider-Man ’96
Amazing Spider-Man #22
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #24
Amazing Spider-Man #23
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #25

Volume 4
Amazing Spider-Man #24-28
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2
Amazing Spider-Man #29-37
Daredevil #16-17
Amazing Spider-Man #38

Volume 5
Amazing Spider-Man #39-41
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3
Amazing Spider-Man #42-50

Masterworks 6
Amazing Spider-Man #51-52
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #4
Amazing Spider-Man #53-61

Masterworks 7
Amazing Spider-Man #62
Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #1
Amazing Spider-Man #63-67
Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #2
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #5

Masterworks 8
Amazing Spider-Man #68-77

Masterworks 9
Amazing Spider-Man #78-87

Volume 10
Amazing Spider-Man #88-90
Death and Destiny #1-3
Amazing Spider-Man #91-99

Volume 11
Amazing Spider-Man #100-109
Marvel Team-Up #3-4

Masterworks 12
Amazing Spider-Man #110-120

Masterworks 13
Amazing Spider-Man #121-131

Volume 14
Amazing Spider-Man #132-133
Giant Size Super Heroes #1
Giant Size Spider-Man #1
Amazing Spider-Man #134-146
Giant Size Spider-Man #5
Amazing Spider-Man #147-150

Full commentary of the first 150 issues can be found here.

Spider-Man vs. Carrion
Spectacular Spider-Man #25-31

After using the first half of the Original Clone Saga TPB for the ASM #1-150 project, I used some of the leftovers here.

Spider-Man:  The Return of the Burglar (MPC HC)
Amazing Spider-Man #193-200

Marvel Masterworks:  The Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 4
Spectacular Spider-Man #43-45
Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #2
Spectacular Spider-Man #46-55

I got this volume to replace and expand the Spider-Man Visionaries: Roger Stern TPB.  The only issue missing from that TPB is Amazing Spider-Man #206.

Marvel Masterworks:  The Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 5
Spectacular Spider-Man #56-60
Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #3
Spectacular Spider-Man #61-66

This MMW volume concludes Roger Stern’s run on Spectacular Spider-Man.  The only other way to obtain those issues was in omnibus form.

Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut (MPC HC)
Amazing Spider-Man #224-230

Mark of the Tarantula (TPB)
Amazing Spider-Man #231-237
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16

The Hobgoblin Strikes!
Amazing Spider-Man #238-248
Spectacular Spider-Man #85
Amazing Spider-Man #249-251

The Alien Costume Saga
Amazing Spider-Man #252-261
Spectacular Spider-Man #98-99
Amazing Spider-Man #263
Spectacular Spider-Man #100
Web of Spider-Man #1

Silver and Gold
Amazing Spider-Man #265
Spectacular Spider-Man #103
Amazing Spider-Man #266-267
Web of Spider-Man #6
Amazing Spider-Man #268-272

The Death of Jean DeWolff (TPB)
Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110

Masks and Mayhem
Web of Spider-Man #11-12
Amazing Spider-Man #273
Spectacular Spider-Man #111
Amazing Spider-Man #274
Spectacular Spider-Man #112
Web of Spider-Man #13-15
Amazing Spider-Man #275-277
Spectacular Spider-Man #113
Amazing Spider-Man #278
Spectacular Spider-Man #115-118

Web of Intrigue
Web of Spider-Man #16-17
Amazing Spider-Man #279
Web of Spider-Man #18-20, 22
Web of Spider-Man #23 (pg 1-10)
Amazing Spider-Man #280-282
Spectacular Spider-Man #119
Amazing Spider-Man #283
Spectacular Spider-Man #121
Web of Spider-Man #23 (pg 11-end)
Web of Spider-Man #24

Gang War
Spectacular Spider-Man #122
Amazing Spider-Man #284-287
Spectacular Spider-Man #123
Amazing Spider-Man #288
Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1
Amazing Spider-Man #289 (pg 1-10)
Web of Spider-Man #29 (pg 1-5)
Amazing Spider-Man #289 (pg 11-14)
Web of Spider-Man #29 (pg 6-23)
Amazing Spider-Man #289 (pg 18-40) [page 18 will need to be copied]
Web of Spider-Man #30
Spectacular Spider-Man #128-129

Commentary on the Hobgoblin and Black Costume era – covering Amazing Spider-Man #239-289 – can be found here.

The Wedding
Amazing Spider-Man #290-292
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21
Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #7
Webspinners #1 (backup story)
Marvel Saga #22
Marvel Age #54 (selected material)

In my original version of this volume, I included the second story from Amazing Spider-Man Annual ’96 after the Spectacular Annual.  However, that issue was more difficult to find later on, and not worth the effort for tracking down.  Marvel Saga #22 is a summary of the Peter-MJ relationship, and Marvel Age #54 featured a few articles that were good supplemental features.

Kraven’s Last Hunt (TPB)
Web of Spider-Man #31
Amazing Spider-Man #293
Spectacular Spider-Man #131
Web of Spider-Man #32
Amazing Spider-Man #294
Spectacular Spider-Man #132

Loose Ends
Amazing Spider-Man #296-297
Spectacular Spider-Man #134-136
Web of Spider-Man #35-36
Spectacular Spider-Man #137
Web of Spider-Man #38
Amazing Spider-Man #298-300
Spectacular Spider-Man #138
Web of Spider-Man #39
Amazing Spider-Man #301-302
Web of Spider-Man #40-43

Webs (The Book Tour)
Spectacular Spider-Man #139
Amazing Spider-Man #303-306
Spectacular Spider-Man #140-142
Amazing Spider-Man #307-309
Spectacular Spider-Man #143
Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8
Web of Spider-Man #44
Incredible Hulk #349
Spectacular Spider-Man #144-145
Amazing Spider-Man #310

Inferno
Amazing Spider-Man #311
Spectacular Spider-Man #146
Web of Spider-Man #47
Amazing Spider-Man #312
Spectacular Spider-Man #147
Web of Spider-Man #48
Amazing Spider-Man #313
Spectacular Spider-Man #148
Web of Spider-Man #49
Amazing Spider-Man #314

The Inferno plot ends with SSM #148, but when I originally bound this book, I wasn’t planning a follow up, so I included Web #49 (a decent one-shot by Peter David) and ASM #314 (the last issue from the Visionaries TPB I used).

The Wolves of War
Spectacular Spider-Man #149
Web of Spider-Man #50
Amazing Spider-Man #315
Spectacular Spider-Man #150
Web of Spider-Man #51
Amazing Spider-Man #316-317
Spectacular Spider-Man #151
Web of Spider-Man #52
Spectacular Spider-Man #152
Web of Spider-Man #53
Spectacular Spider-Man #153
Web of Spider-Man #54
Spectacular Spider-Man #154
Web of Spider-Man #55
Spectacular Spider-Man #155
Web of Spider-Man #56
Spectacular Spider-Man #156
Web of Spider-Man #57
Spectacular Spider-Man #157
Web of Spider-Man #58
Spider-Man:  Parallel Lives

The Parallel Lives GN can be found at comic size in the Mary Jane/Spider-Man TPB.

Cosmic Adventures (Epic TPB)
Amazing Spider-Man #326
Spectacular Spider-Man #158
Web of Spider-Man #59
Amazing Spider-Man #327
Spectacular Spider-Man #159
Web of Spider-Man #60
Amazing Spider-Man #328
Spectacular Spider-Man #160
Web of Spider-Man #61
Amazing Spider-Man #329-333
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #24
Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #10
Web of Spider-Man Annual #6

Debt of Honor
Spectacular Spider-Man #161
Web of Spider-Man #62-63
Spectacular Spider-Man #162-164
Web of Spider-Man #64-65
Spectacular Spider-Man #165-167
Web of Spider-Man #66-70
Spectacular Spider-Man #168-172

The Sinister Six (MPC HC)
Amazing Spider-Man #334-339

The HC starts off with ASM Annual #1, which obviously takes place much earlier.

The Child Within
Spectacular Spider-Man #178-189

Ghosts of the Past
Spectacular Spider-Man #189 (backup)
Spider-Man #26
Web of Spider-Man #90
Amazing Spider-Man #365-367
Amazing Spider-Man #400 (backup)
Spider-Man Unlimited #11 (backup)

Sins of the Fathers
Spectacular Spider-Man #190-200

Maximum Carnage
Spider-Man Unlimited #1
Web of Spider-Man #101
Amazing Spider-Man #378
Spider-Man #35
Spectacular Spider-Man #201
Web of Spider-Man #102
Amazing Spider-Man #379
Spider-Man #36
Spectacular Spider-Man #202
Web of Spider-Man #103
Amazing Spider-Man #380
Spider-Man #37
Spectacular Spider-Man #203
Spider-Man Unlimited #2

The Mutant Agenda (TPB)
Mutant Agenda #1-3
Mutant Agenda #0 (featuring newspaper strips)
bonus:  Marvel Team-Up #90

Lifetheft
Amazing Spider-Man #381-388

The Clone Saga

Many Evil Returns
Spectacular Spider-Man #241
Hobgoblin Lives #1-3
Spectacular Spider-Man #242-253
Amazing Spider-Man #426-428
Spider-Man/Kingpin:  To the Death

Spiderhunt
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #88
Spectacular Spider-Man #254
Sensational Spider-Man #25
Amazing Spider-Man #432
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #89
Spectacular Spider-Man #255
Sensational Spider-Man #26
Amazing Spider-Man #433
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #90
Spectacular Spider-Man #256
Sensational Spider-Man #27-28
Amazing Spider-Man #434-435
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #91-92
Spectacular Spider-Man #257-261
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #94-95

The New Spin
Sensational Spider-Man #32
Amazing Spider-Man #440
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #96
Spectacular Spider-Man #262
Sensational Spider-Man #33
Amazing Spider-Man #441
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #97
Spectacular Spider-Man #263
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #98
Amazing Spider-Man #1 (442)
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #1 (99)
Amazing Spider-Man #2-3 (443-444)
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #3 (101)
Thor #8 (510)
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #2 (100)

Revenge of the Green Goblin (TPB)
Revenge of the Green Goblin #1-3
Amazing Spider-Man #25 (466)
Peter Parker, Spider-Man #25 (123)

Coming Home (TPB)
Amazing Spider-Man #30-35 (471-476)

Revelations (TPB)
Amazing Spider-Man #36-39 (477-480)

Until the Stars Turn Cold (TPB)
Amazing Spider-Man #40-45 (481-486)

The Life and Death of Spiders
Amazing Spider-Man #46-58 (487-499)
Amazing Spider-Man #500-508

Down Among the Dead Men
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1-12

Spectacular Spider-Man:  Diassembled (TPB)
Spectacular Spider-Man (volume 2) #15-20

Sins Past (TPB)
Amazing Spider-Man #509-514

Sins Remembered (TPB)
Spectacular Spider-Man (volume 2) #23-26

Skin Deep (TPB)
Amazing Spider-Man #515-518

New Avengers (TPB)
Amazing Spider-Man #519-524

The Other (TPB)
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19
Amazing Spider-Man #525
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #2
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #20
Amazing Spider-Man #526
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #21
Amazing Spider-Man #527
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #22
Amazing Spider-Man #528

Civil War
Amazing Spider-Man #529-531
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6-10
Amazing Spider-Man #532-533
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #11-13
Civil War #3 (pages 10-end)
Civil War #4 (pages 2-15)
Amazing Spider-Man #534-535
Civil War #5 (pages 4-7)
Amazing Spider-Man #536 (pages 1-6)
Civil War #5 (pages 8-18)
Amazing Spider-Man #536 (pages 7-18)
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #14-16
Amazing Spider-Man #536 (pages 19-23)
Amazing Spider-Man #537-538

The goal of this volume was to have a self-contained Spider-Man specific volume of Civil War that could be read as part of a complete Spider-Man readthrough.  I used just enough material from the main Civil War series to smooth out a few plot points.  Depending on what source you use for that material (original issues, Civil War Chronicles, TPBs, etc.) and willingness to scan and print, the exact page numbers could adjust slightly.  Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #5 was saved for an anthology project, as most of the issue is flashback or flashforward.

Back in Black
Amazing Spider-Man #538-542
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #17-19
Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #20-23
Sensational Spider-Man #38-40
Amazing Spider-Man #543-544
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24
Sensational Spider-Man #41
Amazing Spider-Man #545
Amazing Spider-Man:  FCBD 2007 (Swing Shift)

Amazing Spider-Man #538 was put into this volume due to not fitting into the main Civil War book I did.  When I went back later to make a Spider-Man:  Civil War volume, I doubled up on the issue.

Brand New Day:  Season 1 – Book 1
Swing Shift: Director’s Cut
Amazing Spider-Man #546 (backups)
Amazing Spider-Man #546-567
Amazing Spider-Man Extra #3 (story 3)
Amazing Spider-Man Extra #1

Brand New Day:  Season 1 – Book 2
Amazing Spider-Man #568-574
Secret Invasion: Amazing Spider-Man #1-3
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (35)
Amazing Spider-Man #575-582
Amazing Spider-Man Extra #2
Amazing Spider-Man #583-588
Amazing Spider-Man Extra #3 (stories 1-2 and sketches)

Brand New Day:  Season 2 – Book 1
Amazing Spider-Man #589-599
Dark Reign: Mr. Negative #1-3
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #36
Amazing Spider-Man #600 (main story and last story)
Amazing Spider-Man #601-610
Peter Parker #1-4
Amazing Spider-Man #611
Amazing Spider-Man #600 (backup features)
ASM Gauntlet Sketchbook

Brand New Day:  Season 2 – Book 2 – The Gauntlet
Amazing Spider-Man #612-629
Amazing Spider-Man #628 (backup)
American Son #1 (backup)
Amazing Spider-Man #629 (backup)
Amazing Spider-Man #630-633
Web of Spider-Man #7 (first story)
Grim Hunt: The Kraven Saga (main story)
Amazing Spider-Man #634-637
Amazing Spider-Man #634-637 (backups)
Grim Hunt: The Kraven Saga (back up features)

Brand New Day:  Season 2 – Book 3
Web of Spider-Man #8-10
Peter Parker #5
Web of Spider-Man #9-11 (backups)
American Son #1-4
Amazing Spider-Man #638-641
Web of Spider-Man #11-12
Amazing Spider-Man #642-647
Spidey Sunday Spectacular

Big Time
Amazing Spider-Man #648-651
ASM #652-653 (Looter backups)
Amazing Spider-Man #652-654
Amazing Spider-Man #654.1
Amazing Spider-Man #655-660
ASM #658-660 (Ghost Rider backups)
Amazing Spider-Man: FCBD 2011
Amazing Spider-Man #661-664
ASM #663-664 (Infested backups)
ASM #663 (Thanks… backup)
Amazing Spider-Man #665
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #38
Deadpool Annual #1
Incredible Hulks Annual #1
ASM #661 (backup)

Spider Island
Spider Island: Emergence of Evil (framing story only)
Spider Island: Deadly Foes (Jackal story)
Amazing Spider-Man: Infested
Amazing Spider-Man #666-667
Amazing Spider-Man #668 (pg 1-12)
Spider Island: Deadly Foes (Hobgoblin story)
Amazing Spider-Man #668 (pg 13-end) [starts with "Morning." caption]
Amazing Spider-Man #669-673

Flying Blind (TPB/HC)
Amazing Spider-Man #674-677
Daredevil (vol. 3) #8

Trouble on the Horizon (TPB/HC)
Amazing Spider-Man #678-679
Amazing Spider-Man #679.1
Amazing Spider-Man #680-681

End Times
Amazing Spider-Man #682-687
Avenging Spider-Man #8
Amazing Spider-Man #688-699
Amazing Spider-Man #699.1
Amazing Spider-Man #700 (including backups)
Amazing Spider-Man #692 (backup material)

Full commentary for this run can be found here.

Superior Spider-Man Volume 1 (TPB)
Superior Spider-Man #1-5 (701-705)

Superior Spider-Man Volume 2 (HC)
Superior Spider-Man #6-16 (706-716)

Superior Spider-Man Volume 3 (HC)
Superior Spider-Man #17-26 (717-726)
Superior Spider-Man Annual #1
Superior Spider-Man #27-29 (727-729)
Superior Spider-Man Annual #2
Superior Spider-Man #30-31 (730-731)

Spider-Verse
Amazing Spider-Man (volume 3) #1-6 (732-737)
FCBD: Guardians of the Galaxy 2014
Superior Spider-Man #32 (738)
Edge of Spider-Verse #1-5
Superior Spider-Man #33 (739)
Amazing Spider-Man (volume 3) #7 (740) – backup story
Amazing Spider-Man (volume 3) #7 (740) – lead story
Amazing Spider-Man (volume 3) #8 (741) – both stories
Spider-Verse Team-Up #1
Spider-Verse #1 – all stories
Spider-Verse Team-Up #2 – “Spider in the Dark” / second story
Amazing Spider-Man (volume 3) #9-11 (742-744)
Spider-Verse Team-Up #2 – “Too Many Spider-Men” / first story
Amazing Spider-Man (volume 3) #12 (745)
Scarlet Spiders #1-3
Amazing Spider-Man (volume 3) #13 (746)
Spider-Verse Team-Up #3 – “Bugged” / second story
Spider-Verse Team-Up #3 – “Too Many Spider-Men” / first story
Spider-Verse #2 – “It’s the Little Things”
Amazing Spider-Man (volume 3) #14-15 (747-748)
Amazing Spider-Man (volume 3) #16-18 (749-751)
Amazing Spider-Man (volume 3) Annual #1 (40)
Amazing Spider-Man:  Renew Your Vows #1-5 (Secret Wars tie-in mini-series – ASM legacy #752-756)

This volume was constructed completely from TPBs.  Originally, I bought the Spider-Verse hardcover when Amazon had it for something like 70% off on preorder, but disagreed with how Marvel laid the book out.  For the most part, they basically grouped issues together by series.  They did provide a “reading order” in the front, but even that is flawed.  If I wanted to read the series separately, I would have purchased the individual trades.  I used the TPB version of Spider-Verse and rearranged the issues and omitted a few that didn’t easily splice into the main narrative (mainly Spider-Woman and Spider-Man 2099 plus a few of the anthology stories).  I only use one story from Spider-Verse #2 and actually used the version reprinted in the Renew Your Vows TPB as it doesn’t share pages with another story.  While I had to print out a couple of covers to keep them with their actual issue, there were only two story pages that required a scan-and-print (the two stories in Spider-Verse Team-Up #2).

Worldwide
Amazing Spider-Man (volume 4) #1-15 (757-771)

The Clone Conspiracy
FCBD 2016: Captain America (“Up & About” story)
Amazing Spider-Man #19 (“King’s Ransom” story)
Amazing Spider-Man #16-19 (772-775)
Clone Conspiracy #1
Amazing Spider-Man #20 (776)
Clone Conspiracy #2
Amazing Spider-Man #21 (777)
Clone Conspiracy #1 (back up story)
Clone Conspiracy #3
Amazing Spider-Man #22 (778)
Clone Conspiracy #4 pg 1-8
Amazing Spider-Man #23 (779)
Clone Conspiracy #4 pg 9-end
Clone Conspiracy #5
Clone Conspiracy: Omega (first story – “Collateral Damage”)
Amazing Spider-Man #24 (780)
Clone Conspiracy: Omega (second story – “Give Us a Wink”)
Amazing Spider-Man #25 (Doc Ock back up story)
Clone Conspiracy: Omega (third story – “King’s Favor”)

The back-up story from Clone Conspiracy #1 is all flashback and can be placed in any number of places.  I didn’t like how it interrupted the flow of CC #1 -> ASM #20 -> CC #2, so I picked a spot where it made sense to pause and take a look back at Gwen Stacy.  I constructed this volume from the massive Clone Conspiracy trade and the Worldwide volume 4 TPB, and the only story page that I needed to copy was the first page of “King’s Favor”.

Legacy
Amazing Spider-Man #25 (781 – lead story only)
Amazing Spider-Man #26-28 (782-784)
Amazing Spider-Man #25 (781 – back up stories except Doc Ock)
Amazing Spider-Man #29-32 (785-788)
Amazing Spider-Man #789-791
Venom Inc Alpha
Amazing Spider-Man #792
Venom #159
Amazing Spider-Man #793
Venom #160
Venom Inc Omega
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #42
Amazing Spider-Man #794-801

Featured Writers: Chris Claremont, Bob Layton, Louise Simonson, John Byrne, Fabian Nicieza, Scott Lobdell
Featured Artists: Paul Smith, John Romita Jr, Walt Simonson, Marc Silvestri, Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Andy Kubert

Volume #1
Uncanny X-Men 164
Uncanny X-Men 165
Uncanny X-Men 166
Uncanny X-Men 167
Uncanny X-Men 168
Uncanny X-Men 169
Uncanny X-Men 170
Uncanny X-Men 171
Uncanny X-Men 174
Uncanny X-Men 175
Uncanny X-Men 176
Uncanny X-Men 177
Uncanny X-Men 178
Uncanny X-Men 179
Uncanny X-Men 183
Uncanny X-Men 192
Uncanny X-Men 193
Uncanny X-Men 197
Uncanny X-Men Annual 9
Uncanny X-Men 201
X-Factor 1

Volume #2
Uncanny X-Men 205
Uncanny X-Men 206
Uncanny X-Men 207
Uncanny X-Men 208
Uncanny X-Men 209
Uncanny X-Men Annual 10
X-Factor 8
X-Factor 9
Uncanny X-Men 210
Uncanny X-Men 211
X-Factor 10
Uncanny X-Men 212
X-Factor 11
Uncanny X-Men 213
Uncanny X-Men 214
Uncanny X-Men 215
Uncanny X-Men 216
X-Factor 12 – Technically some of these X-Factor issues should go before UXM 215/216, but I didn’t want to break up the arcs. The current ordering does have the scenes with Jean’s house getting destroyed out of order. I still prefer this order overall, but that’s just me.
X-Factor 13
X-Factor 14
X-Factor 15
Uncanny X-Men 217
Uncanny X-Men 218

Volume #3
Uncanny X-Men 219
Uncanny X-Men 220
Uncanny X-Men 221
Uncanny X-Men 222
Uncanny X-Men 223
Uncanny X-Men 224
Uncanny X-Men 225
Uncanny X-Men 226
Uncanny X-Men 227
X-Factor 24
X-Factor 25
X-Factor 26
Uncanny X-Men 229
Uncanny X-Men 230
Uncanny X-Men 231
Uncanny X-Men 232
Uncanny X-Men 233
Uncanny X-Men 234
Uncanny X-Men 235
Uncanny X-Men 236
Uncanny X-Men 237
Uncanny X-Men 238

Volume #4
Uncanny X-Men 239
Uncanny X-Men 240
X-Factor 36
Uncanny X-Men 241
X-Factor 37
Uncanny X-Men 242
X-Factor 38
Uncanny X-Men 243
X-Factor 39
Uncanny X-Men 244
Uncanny X-Men 245
Uncanny X-Men 246
Uncanny X-Men 247
Uncanny X-Men 248
Uncanny X-Men 249
Uncanny X-Men 250
Uncanny X-Men 251
Uncanny X-Men 252
Uncanny X-Men 253
Uncanny X-Men 254
Uncanny X-Men 255

Volume #5
Uncanny X-Men 256
Uncanny X-Men 257
Uncanny X-Men 258
Uncanny X-Men 259
Uncanny X-Men 260
Uncanny X-Men 261
Uncanny X-Men 262
Uncanny X-Men 263
Uncanny X-Men 264
Uncanny X-Men 265
Uncanny X-Men 266
Uncanny X-Men 267
Uncanny X-Men 268
Uncanny X-Men 269
Uncanny X-Men 270
New Mutants 95
X-Factor 60
Uncanny X-Men 271
New Mutants 96
X-Factor 61
Uncanny X-Men 272
New Mutants 97
X-Factor 62

Volume #6
Uncanny X-Men 273
Uncanny X-Men 274
Uncanny X-Men 275
Uncanny X-Men 276
Uncanny X-Men 277
X-Factor 63
X-Factor 64
X-Factor 65
X-Factor 66
X-Factor 67
X-Factor 68
Uncanny X-Men 278
Uncanny X-Men 279
X-Factor 69
Uncanny X-Men 280
X-Factor 70
Uncanny X-Men 281
Uncanny X-Men 282
Uncanny X-Men 283
Uncanny X-Men 284
Uncanny X-Men 285
Uncanny X-Men 286

Volume #7
X-Men 1
X-Men 2
X-Men 3
X-Men 4
X-Men 5
X-Men 6
X-Men 7
X-Men 8
X-Men 10
X-Men 11
X-Men 20
X-Men 21
X-Men 22
X-Men 23
X-Men 24
X-Men 27
Uncanny X-Men 308
X-Men 28
X-Men 29
X-Men 30
X-Men 31
X-Men 32

I’ll list the X-Factor volumes in this map, for chronological placement purposes, but for the full map of those books, go to this link:  X-Factor (original team)

Also, I am not binding New Mutants.  If I was, I would probably structure things differently, especially around UXM #167.

The first few volumes are constructed with issues of Classic X-Men.  If a Classic X-Men issue is listed in the map, I’m referring to the backup story.  I’ll refer to the main story by its proper issue number.  Page numbers from an issue of Uncanny (for when an issue is spliced) are referring to the pages in the Classic X-Men reprint, which might be different due to the additional material.

The early volumes were originally designed as standalone books.  Later on, I came up with an alternate map, seen at the bottom of this post.

Second Genesis
Classic X-Men #1 (pg 1-4)
Giant Size X-Men #1 (chap 1)
Giant Size X-Men #3
Giant Size X-Men #1 (chap 2-4)
Classic X-Men #1 (pg 19-32)
UXM #94 (chap 1) [includes all extra material from CXM #2]
Giant Size X-Men #4
Classic X-Men #2 (Storm/Jean)
UXM #94 (chap 2)
UXM #95
Classic X-Men #3 (Thunderbird’s funeral)
UXM #96
Classic X-Men #4 (Nightcrawler/Wolverine)
Classic X-Men #5 (Colossus)
Classic X-Men #10 (Wolverine vs. Sabretooth)
Classic X-Men #11 (Storm and the suicidal writer)
Classic X-Men #15 (Starjammers)

I used the Special Edition X-Men reprint for the Giant Size #1.  That way, I was able to use the brand new back up story in a future volume.  I also used the Giant Size #4 reprints for parts of #94, all of #95, and Classic X-Men #3.  Finally, I used What If? #9 and #23 to pad out the volume.

Phoenix Saga
CXM #14 (Lilandra)
UXM #97
CXM #6 (Jean Grey’s date night)
UXM #98-100
CXM #8 (origin of Phoenix)
UXM #101 (pg 1-9)
CXM #7 (Hellfire Club New Year’s)
CXM #9 (Nightcrawler in hospital)
UXM #101 (pg 10-20)
UXM #102-104
CXM #13 (Phoenix/Misty Knight)
UXM #105-108
CXM #12 (Magneto)

I probably should have moved the CXM #7 backup to a different place, possibly somewhere in the middle of UXM #99, but I’m not completely sure where that story would really work.

The Odyssey
UXM #109
CXM #26 (Wolverine’s bar story)
CXM #28 (costume party)
UXM #110
CXM #18 (Phoenix and Wolverine camping)
CXM #27 (Cyclops, Phoenix, Wolverine, and creatures)
CXM #17 (Mesmero)
UXM #111-113
UXM #114 (p. 1-12)
CXM #21 (Colossus in the Savage Land)
UXM #114 (p. 13-21)
UXM #115
UXM #116 (p. 1-17)
CXM #22 (Storm in the Savage Land)
UXM #116 (p. 18)
UXM #117
CXM #23 (Nightcrawler’s High Adventure)
CXM #24 (Phoenix’s Vacation)
UXM #118-121
CXM #25 (Wolverine hunting)
CXM #20 (Storm’s nightmare)

Reality Check
UXM #122-124
CXM #30 (Arcade)
CXM #29 (Colossus in Russia)
UXM Annual #3
UXM #125
CXM #31 (Xavier and Lilandra in space)
UXM #126
CXM #32 (Nightcrawler and Wolverine during the Proteus battle)
UXM #127 (p. 1-4)
CXM #33 (Havok and Polaris)
UXM #127 (p. 5-17)
UXM #128
CXM #34 (Hellfire Club)

The backups from Classic X-Men #18, 20, 25-28, and 30-34 were not written by Claremont.

Dark Phoenix
UXM #129-137

Days of Future Past
UXM #138
UXM Annual #4
UXM #139-143

For the previous two volumes, I just used the TPBs that Marvel made back around 2004 or so.  As a result, I don’t have a map for the CXM backups during that time.  But by this point, they were quickly sliding into filler material more than stories that could hold their own in X-Men canon. The backups ended as the series shifted to X-Men Classic.

Going Rogue
UXM #144
Spider-Woman #37-38
UXM #145-148
Avengers Annual #10
UXM #149-150
UXM Annual #5
Bizarre Adventures #27 (Phoenix story)

I goofed on my first attempt to bind this one.  I thought I did my research, and a lot of places list Avengers Annual #10 as taking place between UXM #149-150.  However, actually reading the stories proves that to be impossible.   Just look at Kitty Pryde’s costume that she debuts in #149…she’s still wearing it in #150, and the X-Men are on the same Blackbird flight.  But, rebinding gave me the option to include Spider-Woman #37 and #38  – which I got in reprint form when I picked up Giant Size Spider-Woman #1 for a New Avengers book - which feature Siryn, a plot point picked up on in #148.  Beware of the Avengers Annual #10 reprint that came with the Marvel Legends action figure; it cuts out 9 pages of story, most of it being Rogue’s plot.  In fact, the reprint reduces her down to about 4 panels.  Finally, the Bizarre Adventures story was reprinted in color in December 2017 in the True Believers: Phoenix – Bizarre Adventures one-shot.

The Marvel Fanfare arc (#1-4) with Spidey and the X-Men in the Savage Land, available in TPB, goes here.

Live Free or Die
UXM #151-153
X-Men Unlimited #29 (bu)
UXM #154-167
UXM Annual #6
Special Edition X-Men #1 (bu)
God Loves, Man Kills

Here’s where the Special Edition backup comes into play.  The XMU backup isn’t necessary, but if you’re binding all the way through, you need some place to put it.  This is a large volume, mainly because there is no way to break the story anywhere between #154 and 167.  Also, reprint hunters, beware of X-Men Archives featuring Legion #4, which reprints UXM #161.  It skips the last two pages of the story.  UXM Annual #6 is available in X-Men vs. Dracula #1.

From the Ashes
UXM #168-171
Wolverine #1-4
UXM #172-173
X-Men:  Gold #1 (50th Anniversary special, lead story only)
UXM #174-176

Strange Tales
UXM Annual #7
Marvel Team-Up #135 (Kitty Pryde and Spider-Man)
UXM #177-179
X-Men vs Micronauts #1-4
NM #14
UXM #180
NM #15-17

The New Mutants issues are included to complete the Kitty subplot from UXM #180.  Also, a volume break was placed here because Secret Wars takes place between UXM #180-181, and that seems to be a great place for a volume break.

The Past of Future Days
UXM #181-184
Marvel Fanfare #40 (second story)
UXM #185-191

I bought Marvel’s Premiere hardcover of Kitty Pryde and Wolverine and placed it between these volumes.  The events are alluded to a few times at the end of “The Past of Future Days”, but the mini has to take place before UXM #192, when Kitty and Wolverine return to the team.

Worlds of Adventure
UXM #192 (p. 1-21)
X-Men Annual #8
X-Men/Alpha Flight #1-2
UXM #192 (p. 21-23)
UXM #193-199
NM Special Edition #1
UXM Annual #9
UXM #200-201

Yes, I spliced UXM #192 in the middle of a page.   The caption “Columbia University, New York City, some months later…” is the split point.

—-X-Factor:  Phoenix Rising goes here.

Retribution
UXM #202-209

Mutant Massacre
X-Factor #8-9
UXM #210
NM Annual #2
UXM Annual #10
UXM #211
X-Factor #10
NM #46
Thor #373
Power Pack #27
Thor #374
UXM #212
X-Factor #11
DD #238
UXM #213
X-Factor #12-15

I’m not one of those that likes to keep X-Men and X-Factor separate during the Massacre.

Old Soldiers
UXM #214-219
FF vs. X-Men #1-4
X-Men vs. Avengers #1-4
X-Factor Annual #4 (bu – Doom vs. Magneto)

Fall of the Mutants
UXM Annual #11
UXM #220-227

It is not necessary to include any other Fall of the Mutants issues, because each of the three X-series had separate storylines for this “event.”

—-two X-Factor volumes go here:  Fall of the Mutants, and Kiss of Death

Down Under
UXM #228-234
UXM Annual #12
UXM #235-238

Annual #12 is part of the Evolutionary War.  I have the EW omnibus to read that story as a whole, but many of the annuals work well separated into their parent series.

Inferno
X-Factor #33
X-Terminators #1
X-Factor #34
X-Terminators #2
UXM #239
X-Factor #35-36
UXM #240
X-Terminators #3
NM #71
X-Terminators #4
NM #72
UXM #241
X-Factor #37
NM #73
UXM #242
X-Factor #38
UXM #243
X-Factor #39
X-Factor Annual #4 (Inferno aftermath backup)
X-Factor #40

This is the official Marvel HC that came out in 2009.  If binding, I would offer an alternative and move New Mutants #73 to before X-Factor #37, so that the direct continuation of X-Factor #37 to UXM #242 is intact.

—-X-Factor:  Judgement War takes place here

Siege Perilous
UXM #244
UXM Annual #13 (b/u)
UXM #245-269

The main story of UXM Annual #13 is part of Atlantis Attacks.  I’m saving that for it’s own bind and not worrying about trying to place those annuals in the context of their main series.   Originally, I was going to do this as two volumes, split somewhere around the Acts of Vengeance arc in #256-258, but for the sake of being cheap, just made one large book.

—-X-Factor:  The Raven Saga goes here.

Days of Future Present
Fantastic Four Annual #23
NM Annual #6
X-Factor Annual #5
UXM Annual #14

—-X-Factor:  Feeling Blue goes here.

X-Tinction Agenda
UXM #270
NM #95
X-Factor #60
UXM #271
NM #96
X-Factor #61
UXM #272
NM #97
X-Factor #62
UXM #273

Kings of Pain
NM #98-100
NM Annual #7
New Warriors Annual #1
UXM Annual #15
X-Factor Annual #6

—-X-Factor:  Endgame goes here.

Crossroads
UXM #274-279
X-Factor #69
UXM #280
X-Factor #70

I originally planned to make #273-277 it’s own volume called “Crossroads”, and then have the Muir Island Saga – the rest of the issues in this volume - be it’s own book.  But, in the interest of fewer volumes, I came up with this arrangement.  This also helps the continuity, since X-Factor and the New Mutants guest star in #273.

Alternate mapping of early volumes:

When I decided to redo the early part of my collection, I tightened the map up a bit.  A lot of the Classic X-Men stories were removed when I used a trade of the Masterworks volume reprinting UXM #101-110.  Most of those stories weren’t extremely relevant, and the few that I kind of wish I could keep would have caused pacing problems anyway.  I also cut out as many non-Claremont backup stories as possible.

Second Genesis
Classic X-Men #1 (pg 1-4)
Giant Size X-Men #1 (chap 1)
Giant Size X-Men #3
Giant Size X-Men #1 (chap 2-4)
Classic X-Men #1 (pg 19-32)
UXM #94 (chap 1) [includes all extra material from CXM #2]
Classic X-Men #2 (Storm/Jean)
Giant Size X-Men #4
UXM #94 (chap 2)
UXM #95
Classic X-Men #3 (Thunderbird’s funeral)
UXM #96
Classic X-Men #4 (Nightcrawler/Wolverine)
Classic X-Men #5 (Colossus)
UXM #97
CXM #6 (Jean Grey’s date night)
UXM #98-100
CXM #8 (origin of Phoenix)
UXM #101-110

The Odyssey
CXM #17 (Mesmero)
UXM #111-113
UXM #114 (p. 1-12)
CXM #21 (Colossus in the Savage Land)
UXM #114 (p. 13-21)
UXM #115-117
CXM #23 (Nightcrawler’s High Adventure)
CXM #24 (Phoenix’s Vacation)
UXM #118-124
UXM Annual #3
CXM #29 (Colossus in Russia)

Proteus (Marvel Premiere Classic HC)
UXM #125-128
CXM #32-33, 36

This map rejoins with the Dark Phoenix Saga TPB above.

This ends the Claremont era, as next comes X-Men #1, which remixes the entire X-franchise.
The mapping continues:
X-Men 1991-1994
X-Men 1995-2001
2001-2008
Messiah Era

X-Factor:  Phoenix Rising
Avengers #263
Fantastic Four #286
X-Factor #1-4
X-Factor Annual #1
X-Factor #5-7

X-Men/X-Factor:  Mutant Massacre
X-Factor #8-9
UXM #210
New Mutants Annual #2
UXM Annual #10
UXM #211
X-Factor #10
New Mutants #46
Thor #373
Power Pack #27
Thor #374
UXM #212
X-Factor #11
Daredevil #238
UXM #213
X-Factor #12-15

The two annuals are included as part of my comprehensive X-Men project.  If you’re just doing X-Factor, you can skip them.

X-Factor:  Fall of the Mutants
X-Factor #16
Thor #377-378
X-Factor#17-20
Hulk #336-337
X-Factor Annual #2
X-Factor #21-26

For Thor #377, I only used two pages that showed Iceman being captured, and in Thor #378, I cut out any pages that didn’t tie directly into the plot with Iceman.  Some like to use all of #377-379, but that’s a bit overkill for an X-Factor book.

X-Factor:  Kiss of Death
X-Factor #27-29
X-Factor Annual #3
X-Factor #30-32

Inferno
X-Factor #33
X-Terminators #1
X-Factor #34
X-Terminators #2
UXM #239
X-Factor #35-36
UXM #240
X-Terminators #3
NM #71
X-Terminators #4
NM #72
UXM #241
X-Factor #37
NM #73
UXM #242
X-Factor #38
UXM #243
X-Factor #39
X-Factor Annual #4 (Inferno aftermath backup)
X-Factor #40

This is the official Marvel HC that came out in 2009.  If binding, I would offer an alternative and move New Mutants #73 to before X-Factor #37, so that the direct continuation of X-Factor #37 to UXM #242 is intact.  Also, the main story of Annual #4 goes in an Atlantis Attacks volume, which the Doom/Magneto backup goes in a volume with the X-Men vs Avengers mini-series.

X-Factor:  Judgement War
X-Factor #41-50

X-Factor:  The Raven Saga
X-Factor#51-58

I probably could have combined these into one volume.

Days of Future Present
Fantastic Four Annual #23
NM Annual #6
X-Factor Annual #5
UXM Annual #14

The NM Annual is listed as part 3, and X-Factor as part 2. As explained on the first page of the NM Annual, it was originally scheduled to be part 2, but it was running late, so they released X-Factor first. The proper reading order is what I have listed above, even though it looks like parts 1, 3, 2, 4.  Another alternative is getting the Days of Future Past OHC which contains this crossover along with the original arc and several other related and spin-off issues.

X-Factor:  Feeling Blue
X-Factor #59
Prisoner of Love
X-Factor Annual #5 (bu)
MCP #85-92 (Beast story)
Marvel Fanfare #50

A sort of catch-all book, but necessary, since #59 clearly takes place between Days of Future Present and X-Tinction Agenda, but doesn’t really fit well with either book.

X-Tinction Agenda
Uncanny X-Men #270
New Mutants #95
X-Factor #60
Uncanny X-Men #271
New Mutants #96
X-Factor #61
Uncanny X-Men #272
New Mutants #97
X-Factor #62
Uncanny X-Men #273

Kings of Pain
NM #98-100
NM Annual #7
New Warriors Annual #1
UXM Annual #15
X-Factor Annual #6

X-Factor:  Endgame
X-Factor #63-68

X-Men:  Crossroads
UXM #274-279
X-Factor #69
UXM #280
X-Factor #70