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		<title>X-Men (2008-2011):  The Messiah Era</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bluedevil2002]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Messiah Complex to Schism]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Around this point, I was going to drop the monthly series and go for the trades.  Yeah&#8230;not a fan of the order that Marvel puts issues in, especially with X-Force and Messiah War.  I did get a few of the trades and splice them together &#8211; mainly the first two volumes of Cable, Messiah War, and the third X-Force trade.</p>
<p>Previous maps:<br />
<a href="http://comicbinding.com/mapping/marvel/uncanny-x-men-94-280">Uncanny X-Men #94-280</a><br />
<a href="http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-men-1991-1994">X-Men 1991-1994</a><br />
<a href="http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-men-1995-2000">X-Men 1995-2000</a><br />
<a href="http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-men-2001-2008">2001-2008</a></p>
<p><strong>Messiah Complex<br />
</strong>Messiah Complex #1<br />
UXM #492<br />
X-Factor #25<br />
New X-Men #44<br />
X-Men #205<br />
UXM #493<br />
X-Factor #26<br />
New X-Men #45<br />
X-Men #206<br />
UXM #494<br />
X-Factor #27<br />
New X-Men #46<br />
X-Men #207</p>
<p><strong>Divided We Stand (TPB)</strong><br />
DWS #1-2</p>
<p><strong>Uncanny X-Men:  Divided We Stand (TPB)</strong><br />
UXM #495-499</p>
<p><strong>X-Force:  Legacy of Vengeance</strong><br />
X-Force #1-11</p>
<p><strong>Ghost Boxes (TPB/HC)</strong><br />
AXM #25-30<br />
Ghosts Boxes #1-2</p>
<p><strong>UXM:  Manifest Destiny (HC)</strong><br />
X-Men:  FCBD<br />
UXM #500-503<br />
selected stories from Manifest Destiny #1-5</p>
<p><strong>X-Men Legacy:  Divided He Stands<br />
</strong>X-Men:  Legacy #208-216<br />
Wolverine:  Origins #28<br />
Original Sin #1<br />
X:L #217<br />
W:O #29<br />
X:L #218<br />
W:O #30<br />
X:L #219-225</p>
<p><strong>X-Men:  Manifest Destiny (HC)</strong><br />
selected stories from Manifest Destiny #1-5<br />
Wolverine: MD #1-4<br />
MD:  Nightcrawler</p>
<p><strong>Lovelorn (TPB)<br />
</strong>UXM #504-507<br />
UXM Annual #2</p>
<p>(Technically, Annual #2 goes between #505 and 506, but putting it at the end doesn&#8217;t screw up the story too much.)</p>
<p><strong>Cable:  Messiah Warrior</strong><br />
Cable #1-6<br />
King Sized Cable<br />
Cable #7-12</p>
<p><strong>Messiah War</strong><br />
X-Force #12-13<br />
Messiah War #1<br />
Cable #13<br />
X-Force #14<br />
Cable #14<br />
X-Force #15<br />
Cable #15<br />
X-Force #16<br />
X-Force #17-20<br />
The Life and Times of Lucas Bishop #1-3<br />
Messiah War:  Future History Sourcebook</p>
<p>(Future History is optional.  I included it because it was in the trade.)</p>
<p><strong>Sisterhood (TPB)</strong><br />
UXM #508-512</p>
<p><strong>Dark Avengers/X-Men:  Utopia (HC)<br />
</strong>Utopia<br />
UXM #513<br />
Dark Avengers #7<br />
UXM #514<br />
DA #8<br />
Exodus<br />
XM:L #226-227<br />
Dark X-Men:  Beginning #1-3<br />
Dark X-Men:  The Confession</p>
<p>(That&#8217;s not the exact order, but as noted, I got the official hardcover.  Also, New Mutants #1-5 and Astonishing X-Men #31-35 probably go somewhere in the midst of this.  But I&#8217;m planning on getting those in trades.)</p>
<p><strong>Nation X</strong><br />
X-Men: Legacy Annual #1<br />
X-Men: Legacy #228-230<br />
UXM #515-517<br />
Nation X #1 (all stories)<br />
Nation X #3 (first story)<br />
Necrosha:  The Gathering #1<br />
Necrosha X #1<br />
X-Force #21<br />
New Mutants #6-8<br />
X-Force #22-23<br />
X-Men: Legacy #231-233<br />
X-Force #24-25<br />
Nation X #3 (third story)<br />
UXM #518-519<br />
Nation X #2 (first two stories)<br />
New Mutants #9-10<br />
Nation X #3 (second story)<br />
Nation X #4 (second story)<br />
X-Men Legacy #234<br />
UXM #520-522<br />
Nation X #4 (first, third and fourth stories)<br />
Nation X #2 (third and fourth stories)<br />
Nation X #3 (fourth story)</p>
<p>(I had to combine Nation X and Necrosha X, because Necrosha took place in between Nation X issues.  Also, the Emplate arc from X-Men Legacy can stand on its own.  I included it here because the copy of the TPB I got from Amazon was slightly messed up.  Also, the Nation X limited series can probably be placed in various places.  The first story of #1 has to take place between UXM #517-518, though.  More than likely, when I finally get this bound, those Nation X anthology stories will move around.)</p>
<p><strong>Cable:  Homecoming<br />
</strong>Cable #16-20<br />
X-Men:  Hope<br />
Cable #21-25</p>
<p><strong>Second Coming</strong><br />
Second Coming:  Prepare (prelude story only)<br />
Second Coming #1<br />
UXM #523<br />
New Mutants #12<br />
Legacy #235<br />
X-Force #26<br />
UXM #524<br />
NM #13<br />
Legacy #236<br />
X-Force #27<br />
UXM #525<br />
NM #14<br />
Legacy #237<br />
X-Force #28<br />
Second Coming #2</p>
<p>(For the extra features in Second Coming:  Prepare, I will most likely include the cover previews at the back of Second Coming.  The Phoenix Force feature will go either at the end of Nation X or Homecoming.)</p>
<p>At this point, I seriously cut back on my X-Men collecting, so the next few volumes aren&#8217;t completely comprehensive.  For one thing, I dropped X-Men Legacy.</p>
<p><strong>The Heroic Age</strong><br />
Uncanny X-Men:  The Heroic Age #1<br />
UXM #526-534<br />
Generation Hope #1-5<br />
Deadpool and Cable #26</p>
<p>(I left the backup story for UXM #526 in place.)</p>
<p><strong>Escape from the Negative Zone (HC)</strong><br />
UXM Annual #3<br />
Super Soldier Annual #1<br />
Namor Annual #1</p>
<p><strong>Dark Angel Saga</strong><br />
Uncanny X-Force #1-4, 5.1, 5-18</p>
<p><strong>Hope and Fear</strong><br />
UXM #534.1<br />
Generation Hope #6-9<br />
UXM #535-543</p>
<p><strong>Schism</strong><br />
Schism #1-3<br />
Generation Hope #10-11<br />
Schism #4-5<br />
X-Men: Regenesis #1<br />
Generation Hope #12<br />
Uncanny X-Men #544</p>
<p>(Some of the Generation Hope issues could be spliced around Schism and Regenesis issues, but they also work unspliced, in a sort of flashback or replay capacity.  Although, if GH #12 didn&#8217;t share pages with the Regenesis excerpt, I would likely splice that issue.)</p>
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		<title>X-Men (2001-2008):  New and Astonishing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bluedevil2002]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mapping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marvel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood of Apocalypse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excalibur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Messiah Complex]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting with the launches of New X-Men and X-Treme X-Men, and running through Messiah Complex]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Continuing from these maps:<br />
<a href="http://comicbinding.com/mapping/marvel/uncanny-x-men-94-280">Uncanny X-Men #94-280</a><br />
<a href="http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-men-1991-1994">X-Men 1991-1994</a><br />
<a href="http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-men-1995-2000">X-Men 1995-2001</a></p>
<p>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&#8217;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&#8217;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).</p>
<p>This list does contain complete maps for X-Treme X-Men, Morrison&#8217;s New X-Men and Excalibur (volume 2).  It also includes the complete Austen run, and Claremont&#8217;s third run.</p>
<p>Some of the books could probably slide around.</p>
<p><strong>Destiny Quest<br />
</strong>X-Treme X-Men #1-4<br />
Savage Land #1-4</p>
<p>(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&#8217; t worth the hassle.  Marvel put XXM #1-9 together in one trade, which doesn&#8217;t work, because the Savage Land mini has to go between 4 and 5.)</p>
<p><strong>E is For Extinction (TPB)<br />
</strong>New X-Men #114-117<br />
New X-Men Annual 2001</p>
<p><strong>Poptopia (TPB)<br />
</strong>UXM #394-399</p>
<p><strong>The Godfather</strong><br />
XXM #5-9<br />
XXM Annual 2001</p>
<p>(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.)</p>
<p><strong>Rocktopia</strong><br />
UXM Annual 2001<br />
UXM #400-409</p>
<p>(The problem with the 2001 annuals is that they were done in the sideways &#8220;Marvelscope&#8221; 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&#8217;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.)</p>
<p><strong>Imperial (TPB)</strong><br />
New X-Men #118-126</p>
<p><strong>Invasion</strong><br />
XXM #10-18</p>
<p><strong>Hope (TPB)</strong><br />
UXM #410-415</p>
<p><strong>New Worlds (TPB)</strong><br />
New X-Men #127-133</p>
<p><strong>Dominant Species</strong><br />
UXM #416-420</p>
<p>(For some reason, the trade of this is ridiculously high priced now.  So, I&#8217;m going to have to bind these.)</p>
<p><strong>Schism</strong><br />
XXM #19<br />
XXM:  X-Pose #1-2<br />
XXM #20-24</p>
<p><strong>Holy War (TPB)<br />
</strong>UXM #421-427</p>
<p><strong>Mekanix</strong><br />
#1-6</p>
<p>(Another trade that&#8217;s hard to find.  In fact, the mini itself is hard to find.)</p>
<p><strong>Riot at Xavier’s</strong><br />
New X-Men #134-141</p>
<p>(At this point, I go away from Marvel&#8217;s trades.  #139-141 continue from Riot, while #142-156 sort of keep up a continuous narrative.)</p>
<p><strong>God Loves, Man Kills II (TPB)</strong><br />
XXM #25-30</p>
<p><strong>The Draco</strong><br />
UXM #428-436</p>
<p>(Not the trade, because the Juggernaut 2-parter needed a place to go, in it&#8217;s proper place.)</p>
<p><strong>Intifada</strong><br />
XXM #31-39</p>
<p>(I&#8217;d actually recommend the two trades for this one.  After binding, I realized that 90% of the right hand pages were all ads.)</p>
<p><strong>She Lies With Angels (TPB)<br />
</strong>UXM #437-441</p>
<p><strong>Planet X</strong><br />
New X-Men #142-156</p>
<p>(A lot of people probably don&#8217;t like putting two Austen issues here, but not only do they continue directly from the end of Morrison&#8217;s last issue, but where else can I put them?)</p>
<p><strong>Prisoner of Fire<br />
</strong>XXM #40-46</p>
<p>(As noted above, I actually took the trade apart and rebound with just these issues.)</p>
<p><strong>Excalibur:  Forging the Sword</strong><br />
UXM #442-443<br />
Excalibur #1-7</p>
<p><strong>Astonishing X-Men Volume 1 (HC)</strong><br />
Astonishing X-Men #1-12</p>
<p><strong>Day of the Atom</strong><br />
X-Men #157-164</p>
<p>(The trade includes #165, which I prefered to have later on in the chronology.)</p>
<p><strong>The End of History (TPB)<br />
</strong>UXM #444-449</p>
<p><strong>Excalibur:  The Devil’s Own<br />
</strong>Excalibur #8-14</p>
<p><strong>The Cruelest Cut<br />
</strong>UXM #450-454<br />
X-Men #165</p>
<p><strong>Golgotha (TPB)</strong><br />
X-Men #166-170</p>
<p><strong>Phoenix Endsong (TPB)<br />
</strong>#1-5</p>
<p><strong>On Ice (TPB)<br />
</strong>UXM #455-461</p>
<p><strong>Wild at Heart<br />
</strong>X-Men #171-175<br />
Black Panther #8<br />
X-Men #176<br />
Black Panther #9</p>
<p>(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.)</p>
<p>&#8212;House of M goes here&#8212;</p>
<p><strong>House of M:  Uncanny X-Men (TPB)<br />
</strong>UXM #462-465</p>
<p>(I&#8217;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.)</p>
<p><strong>Decimation (TPB)<br />
</strong>House of M:  The Day After<br />
X-Men #177-181</p>
<p><strong>Deadly Genesis (HC)<br />
</strong>#1-6</p>
<p><strong>End of Greys (TPB)<br />
</strong>UXM #466-471</p>
<p><strong>Blood of Apocalypse<br />
</strong>Apocalypse vs. Dracula #1-4<br />
Cable and Deadpool #26-27<br />
X-Men #182-187</p>
<p><strong>The First Foursaken (TPB)<br />
</strong>UXM #472-474<br />
UXM Annual #1 (why did they start over with #1?)</p>
<p><strong>Supernovas (TPB)<br />
</strong>X-Men #188-193<br />
X-Men Annual #1 (the second Annual #1)<br />
X-Men #194-199</p>
<p><strong>Rise and Fall of Shi’Ar Empire (HC)<br />
</strong>UXM #475-486</p>
<p><strong>Phoenix Warsong (TPB)</strong><br />
#1-5</p>
<p><strong>Endangered Species (TPB)</strong><br />
X-Men:  Endangered Species #1<br />
back up stories from X-Men #200-204, UXM #488-491, X-Factor #21-24, and New X-Men #40-42</p>
<p><strong>Blinded by the Light (TPB)</strong><br />
X-Men #200-204</p>
<p><strong>The Extremists (TPB)<br />
</strong>UXM #487-491</p>
<p><strong>Astonishing X-Men Volume 2 (HC)</strong><br />
AXM #13-24<br />
Giant Size AXM #1</p>
<p><strong>Emperor Vulcan (TPB)<br />
</strong>Emperor Vulcan #1-5</p>
<p>Continues:  <a href="http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-men-–-the-messiah-era">http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-men-–-the-messiah-era</a></p>
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