Uncanny X-Men
#1-#141
X-Men (1963) #1-141

#142-544
Uncanny X-Men #142-544
The series unofficially started calling itself “Uncanny X-Men” around #114, although the title was not officially changed until #142.

#545-564
Uncanny X-Men (2012) #1-20
The first UXM relaunch by Gillen (includes tie-ins to AvX).

#565-599
Uncanny X-Men (2013) #1-35
Brian Michael Bendis took over.

#600
Uncanny X-Men #600
The conclusion of Bendis’ run.

#601-619
Uncanny X-Men (2016) #1-19
Written by Cullen Bunn

#620-634
Uncanny X-Men (2019) #1-15
Returned after a two year hiatus.

#635-637
X-Men:  War of the Realms #1-3

#638-644
Uncanny X-Men (2019) #16-22

#645-665
X-Men #1-21
The first Krakoa era series by Jonathan Hickman.

#666-700
X-Men #1-35
The second Krakoa era series by Gerry Duggan.

#701-current
Uncanny X-Men #1-current
The “From the Ashes” relaunch series by Gail Simone.

X-Men (1991)
#1-113
X-Men (1991) #1-113

#114-156
New X-Men #114-156

#157-207
X-Men (1991) #157-207

#208-275
X-Men Legacy #208-275

#276-299
X-Men Legacy volume 2 #1-24

#300
X-Men Legacy #300

#301-current
X-Men (2024) #1-current
The “From the Ashes” relaunch series by Jed MacKay.

There were other series during this time also entitled “X-Men” that are not included in legacy numbering, nor should they be due to running concurrently.
The first was launched in 2010 alongside X-Men Legacy #238, ending 41 issues later in the same month as X-Men Legacy (volume 2) #6 (or #281 overall).
The second was launched in 2013 alongside X-Men Legacy (volume 2) #10 and ran for 26 issues, ending a year after X-Men Legacy #300 was published.
Meanwhile, the two series simply titled “X-Men” during the Krakoa era were included in the “Uncanny X-Men” numbering.

X-Factor
#1-149
X-Factor (1986) #1-149
X-Factor was cancelled and replaced by Mutant X at this point, which ran for 32 issues.  There was also an unrelated X-Factor 4-issue mini-series in 2002 that has never been included in legacy numbering.

#150-199
X-Factor (2006) #1-50
This is the series launched by Peter David following the Madrox mini-series.

#200-262
X-Factor (1986) #200-262
After #50 of the 2006 series, the numbering reverted to volume 1.

#263-282
All-New X-Factor #1-20
Peter David continued writing, but with a new cast and direction.

#283-292
X-Factor (2020) #1-10
The Krakoa era series.

#293-current
X-Factor (2024) #1-current
The “From the Ashes” relaunch series.

X-Force
#1-129
X-Force (1991) #1-129
The series was soft-rebooted with a new cast and premise in #116.  That case continued on in X-Statix, running for 26 issues.

#130-135
X-Force (2004) #1-6

#136-163
X-Force (2008) #1-28

#164-198
Uncanny X-Force (2010) #1-35

#199-215
Uncanny X-Force (2013) #1-17

#216-230
X-Force (2014) #1-15
All-New Marvel Now!

#231-240
X-Force (2019) #1-10

#241-290
X-Force (2020) #1-50
The Krakoa era series.

#291-current
X-Force (2024) #1-current
The “From the Ashes” relaunch series.

Wolverine
#1-189
Wolverine (1988) #1-189

#190-263
Wolverine (2003) #1-74

#264-279
Dark Wolverine #75-90 or Wolverine: Weapon X #1-16
After #74, Wolverine’s main series was taken over by his son and retitled to Dark Wolverine.  But also around the same time, Wolverine: Weapon X was launched, written by Jason Aaron, who also continued on as writer in the next Wolverine series (below).

#280-299
Wolverine (2010) #1-20

#300-317
Wolverine (1988) #300-317

#318-330
Wolverine (2013) #1-13

#331-342
Wolverine (2014) #1-12

#343-392
Wolverine (2020) #1-50
The Krakoa era series.

#393-current
Wolverine (2024) #1-current
The “From the Ashes” relaunch series.

Volume 83: Regenesis Team Gold

Spinning directly out of X-MEN: SCHISM, the X-Men are split in two. Wolverine takes one half of the X-Men back to Westchester to start over again with a new school, a new student body and a lot of surprises up his sleeve. But when the new Hellfire Club decides they don’t like what the ol’ Canucklehead has started, and decide to burn the place to the ground, will the school even outlast its first day? Then, Rogue leads a squad of veteran X-Men charged with teaching – and safeguarding – the next generation of mutants. But that proves to be no easy task when new threats emerge every day at the school, from the interdimensional demons known as the N’Garai to an out-of-control Weapon Omega. And the deadliest enemy of all may be the near-omnipotent mutant called Exodus, who blames Wolverine and his team for the schism that split the X-Men in two, and he’ll do everything in his vast power to reunite the species – including removing anyone who stands in his way. Wolverine and Japan go way back. In the Land of the Rising Sun, he’s taken on the Yakuza and the Hand, overcome personal tragedies, and fought some of his fiercest battles. Now, he’ll have to do all those things – and more – all at once! As if that was not bad enough, Dr. Rot is back! Discover the secret behind Rot’s twisted family – and what Wolverine’s connection is. It’s Wolverine vs Dr. Rot for control of Wolverine’s brain, but can Wolverine destroy the last vestiges of Weapon X’s programming?

Volume 84: Regenesis Team Blue

In the wake of Schism, Cyclops leads a team of X-Men whose express purpose is to deal with extinction-level events. Meet the X-Men’s “Extinction Team”: Storm, Emma Frost, Magneto, Namor, Colossus, Danger, Magik and Hope. And the team’s formation hasn’t come a moment too soon, for longtime X-Men nemesis Mr. Sinister has brazenly taken possession of the massive alien Dreaming Celestial – an act of open hostility designed to put the X-Men in their place, but also an offensive that will draw the attention of the godlike Celestials themselves. Then the X-Men’s Science Team takes it upon themselves to make a gesture of goodwill on behalf of mutantkind and better the world … using SCIENCE. But just as construction of the X-Club’s state of the art space elevator nears completion, chaos erupts! Can Dr. Nemesis, Madison Jeffries, Kavita Rao and Danger clear the X-Men’s name before their experiment backfires? A nuclear explosion has ripped a small Montana town to shreds. Cyclops has no idea what his Extinction Team will find inside the 10-mile-wide geodesic dome that has risen up inside the blast zone, or who caused it. Psylocke and Magneto do, but they’re not telling. Can the X-Men solve the mystery of Tabula Rasa – and survive the experience? If they do, the worst of the worst galactic criminals are waiting for them, courtesy of an explosive jailbreak from S.W.O.R.D.’s orbiting prison. Will the combined might of the X-Men and Avengers be enough to bring them all in?

Volume 85: The Final Execution

After surviving the new Hellfire Club’s opening salvo, Wolverine and the X-Men face a crisis of a different kind: funding for the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. Wolverine’s only option to keep the school open is a trip across the universe to bet everything at an intergalactic casino. And a Brood-hunting monster has come from space to take out his target at the Jean Grey School, and he’ll kill anyone who gets in his way – which is just about everyone on the Logan-less campus. Plus: the new Hellfire Club wants another shot at destroying everything Wolverine has ever loved – and they’ve hired Sabretooth to make that a reality! X-Force exists to tackle the problems that ordinary X-Men can’t or won’t confront – with extreme prejudice. Picking up the pieces in the aftermath of the Dark Angel Saga Fantomex and Ultimaton must allow the world’s most powerful weapon to leave their care. Psylocke must say goodbye to the man she loves. And new friends must stand and make a suicide march. But is this the end of X-Force? The secret mutant hit squad has sacrificed much and has fallen to its lowest point as the killing begins to take its toll. Two members have left the team at a terrible time as a new, deadlier-than-ever Brotherhood of Mutants strike at X-Force’s heart. This is a Brotherhood like none before. Each member, each attack, has been designed specifically to hurt X-Force in the worst way possible…by a mastermind who knows all of X-Force’s weaknesses.

Volume 86: Fight the Future

Repercussions from the infighting among the X-Men’s old guard reach the tight-knit New Mutants: Cannonball, Sunspot, Magma, Cypher, Warlock, Karma and Dani Moonstar all must make life-defining choices in the wake of Schism. Who stays, and who leaves? Is there a third choice that could redeem the team? The New Mutants soon learn a terrible event has changed the course of their history – and the more they try to fix it, the worse it gets! The team thought they’d defeated their most unexpected foe – but they’ll soon learn that while you can change the future, you can never escape it! Then the Marauders return with a vengeance when Chimera leads the squad into battle against the X-Men! Karma discovers an unknown but incredibly powerful telepath is controlling their assailants, and Wolverine leads his team on an investigation that puts their minds and hearts to the ultimate test. When a new race of mutants is discovered, Storm’s team investigates – and learns the secret origin of the Proto-Mutants! But tensions are running high back on Utopia, as even though Storm’s team reports to Cyclops, she has her own very definite agenda! How long can Storm keep an increasingly frustrated Cyclops from taking control of her team … and will the X-Men’s infighting accidentally doom the Proto-Mutants to extinction?

Onward to AvX!

Volume 87: AoA X-Tinction

Return to the Age of Apocalypse, as the AOA X-Men make their final stand against the evil Weapon X – and lose! A new AOA super-hero team the X-Terminated must rise to take the fallen X-Men’s place – but what makes them so drastically different? Then, travel the multiverse with Dazzler, Captain Howlett, Kid Nightcrawler, and Emmeline Frost – lost between dimensions with no way home! Dazzler adjusts to dimension-hopping life as the ad hoc X-group targets…evil versions of Professor X?

Then the X-termination event begins! AOA Nightcrawler just wants to get home, and he’ll do whatever it takes to get there. With the fabric of reality at stake, Wolverine calls in a team to confront the doppelganger of their dead friend. But are they ready to do what’s necessary? Iceman is changed after his multi-dimensional ordeal. What aftershocks will this have in his life? And what is left of the Astonishing X-Men, the X-Treme X-Men and the Age of Apocalypse? Find out here!

This volume takes place after Avengers Vs X-Men.

Continues in the Bendis Era

Back to the Heroic Age

Back to Messiah Era

Volume 1: Lobdell/Bachalo Part 1

Phalanx Covenant:
Uncanny 316
X-Men 36
Uncanny 317
X-Men 37

(Be sure to grab the non-Deluxe versions of the Phalanx issues, so as to avoid the heavy cardstock covers, and the inner page paper is exactly the same in both.)

Uncanny 318 (“Moving Day”) (Generation X prelude)
Generation X 1–4
Generation Next 1–4 (Age of Apocalypse) (I say include it: Bachalo’s art throughout is just too good to skip, and it’s a good story.)
Generation X 5–9
Generation X Annual ’95 (Mondo joins the school)
Generation X 10–11
Generation X Collector’s Preview

Volume 2: Lobdell/Bachalo Part 2

Generation X: Overstreet Fan Edition (easily found in the X-Men: Rarities TPB)
Generation X 12–21
Generation X Annual ’96
Generation X 22–28
Generation X -1
Generation X 29–31

Volume 3: Hama/Dodson

Generation X Annual ’97
Generation X 32–41
Generation X ½
Generation X 42–47
Generation X Annual ’98
Generation X Holiday Special

Volume 4: Faerber/Dodson

Generation X 48–50
X-Man 50
Generation X 51–58
Generation X Annual ’99
Generation X 59–62
(this volume contains 4 double-sized issues so while the map looks small, it might be the thickest by a nose)

Volume 5: Ellis/Wood/Pugh

Generation X 63–75
Generation X Underground Special
X-Men Unlimited 30 (“Banshee’s Angels” — Underground Special sequel, and in full color!)
Gen 13/Generation X
Generation X/Gen 13 (sequel to the prior)
Generation Hex (Amalgam)

For completists, one could always add X-Force 42 after Generation X #3, and Wolverine 94 after #9, but I didn’t think they really added much. There’s also Marvel Team-Up #1 (1997) “Starring Generation X!”, but I thought it was only OK. I would put it right at the beginning of Vol. 3 if I had to, though.

FYI, if you’re one of those adverse to unnecessary annuals, the only ones that need to be included are Annuals ’95 and ’99. They’re both written by the then current writer, and are major parts of their storylines.

Volume 78: The Heroic Age

In the wake of Second Coming, the X-Men deal with the changes in their world. Friends have died, lives are changed-but is that a light on the horizon? The new world begins here!After suffering heavy damage during Bastion’s attack on mutantkind, the city of San Francisco is rebuilding. Hoping to aid in the reconstruction effort, Cyclops tasks a team of X-Men – including the newly arrived mutant messiah, Hope – to lend a hand. But when something goes terribly wrong, will the X-Men lose everything they fought for?

Then New Mutants who are still left are licking their wounds on a forced R & R trip. While they try and put themselves back together, others are looking to take them apart. A strange secretive military group has an agenda involving Illyana Rasputin. And they don’t want to give her a medal.  Finally, Wolverine promised Cyclops that X-Force would disband–he lied. A secret society has resurrected En Sabah Nur, putting into motion events that will turn this age of heroes into an Age of Apocalypse! To hold them back, Wolverine and Archangel bring together Fantomex, Deadpool and Psylocke to form The Uncanny X-Force! Stained by their history, they are the only ones capable of making the hard resolutions necessary. A band of likeminded friends and mercenaries set to one purpose, one big ugly task–kill Apocalypse by any means.

Volume 79: The Curse of the Mutants

A vampire bomb is set off in San Francisco’s Union Square where dozens are covered in blood. Soon everyone touched by the blood falls victim to a strange manufactured virus, including the X-Men’s own Jubilee! Xarus, son of Dracula, plots to create a new breed of vampires by using the X-Men?! However the X-Men fail to yield causing Xarus to bring an army of bloodsuckers to conquer Utopia! As the X-Men are confronted with this deadly vampire threat, Namor takes matters into his own hands on a mission that might bring down the entire might of the vampires on their heads…and destroy Atlantis in the process! Plus: Deadpool gets hired by a bunch of good Draculas to fight some bad Draculas – and no, they don’t sparkle! Wade takes on the rebel vampires in a hospital fight and even manages to rescue the girl! Wait, sorry, he shoots her in the leg!

Optional volumes to read next
Wolverine Goes to Hell

Volume 80: Age of X

It’s a new age for the X-Men. Cyclops and company have declared it a time to be heroes. But strange rumors have come to the attention of the X-Men, and Storm and her team are off to New York City to investigate. What do they find in the dank sewers beneath Manhattan? Only New York’s favorite wall-crawler has the answers.

There are innumerable and varying potential futures awaiting mankind. Between them exists only one constant, only one common thread: the rise of the Deathloks! Seeded in our present, they grow, a time virus spreading across all possibilities, infiltrating the fate of mankind and they have one main directive: Fantomex must die!

Then, in a world where the X-Men never existed, and mutantkind has been hunted to extinction, the few remaining mutants have banded together to make their last stand. They spend each day in their stronghold, Fortress X, beating back the anti-mutant forces that would see them wiped out. But when a conspiracy is discovered within Fortress X itself, could it be that mutantkind’s last bastion will crumble from the inside out? And when the dust settles, no one will be left unscathed.

Volume 81: Unfinished Business

Magneto is an X-Man. This may not be news to you, but only a handful in the Marvel Universe know that the poster boy for Fearing Mutants is now living just off the coast of one of the United State’s largest cities. How on Earth are the X-Men going to explain the presence of one of the world’s most infamous super villains? While Cyclops, Emma and Wolverine are off in Japan dealing with giant monsters, something dire happens that demands the X-Men’s attention. With their leaders away, should the X-Men deny their help? HELL NO! Storm, Colossus and Kitty Pryde join Beast and Agent Brand to take on the Brood. Are Storm and her crew up to the task? And what is Cyclops going to say when he learns of this?

Speaking of Cyclops, he is sick of unfinished business coming back to haunt the X-Men, so he’s tasking the New Mutants to finish it. Their first mission: Find X-Man. Nate Grey returned in DARK X-MEN, but ended up in the hands of Norman Osborn and H.A.M.M.E.R. With the Dark Reign at an end, where is X-Man? Plus Rogue and her team of X-Men are on an intergalactic search and rescue mission, hoping to pull their long lost teammates from the fray. But in what condition will they find Marvel Girl, Havok and Polaris? Find out here!

Volume 82: Dark Angel Saga/Schism

The X-Men are used to being feared. When Fear Itself finally reaches the West Coast, they’re going tobecome well acquainted with the emotion first hand. The unstoppable Juggernaut is marching step by step towards Utopia, and they have all the time in the world to realize how little they can do to stop him as an offer by the Serpent’s servant puts human and mutant at each others’ throats, one X-Man makes a selfless decision in an attempt to halt the Juggernaut’s rampage- but will there be any going back?

Apocalypse’s heir, Archangel, has picked up where his predecessor left off, amassing an army of En Sabah Nur’s greatest servants! The only hope X-Force have of saving Warren Worthington from the dark entity that inhabits his soul rests in a dimension where Apocalypse, and his technology, took over the world: the Age of Apocalypse! Plus: someone has wiped out a small town in Northern Montana and in its place a new alien landscape has grown. What is Tabula Rasa? And how does it’s coming reflect the end of the world as we know it?

It’s never been a more dangerous time to be a mutant. Even with their numbers at a record low, the world refuses to trust mutantkind. And after a mutant-triggered international incident, anti-mutant hatred hits new heights. Of course it’s at this moment, when the mutant race most needs to stand together, that a split begins that will tear apart the very foundation of the X-Men. A line will be drawn and each X-Man must choose a side and when the dust settles, the X-Men landscape will be irreparably changed.

Optional volumes to read next
Daken/X-23 

Continues in Regenesis…

Back to Messiah Era

Volume 1

Wolverine: The Origin (2001) 1-6
Marvel Comics Presents 72-84 (Weapon X)
Marvel Comics Presents 85-92 (Cyber)
Wolverine (1982 Limited Series) 1-4
Uncanny X-Men 172-173
Wolverine (1988) 1-16

Volume 2

Wolverine (1988) 17-43
Wolverine (1988)  45 & 46

Volume 3

Wolverine (1988)  44
Wolverine (1988)  47-57
Wolverine (1988)  60
Wolverine (1988)  58&59
Wolverine (1988)  61-65

Volume 4

Wolverine (1988)  66-74
X-Men (1991) 25
Wolverine (1988)  75 – 85
Cable (1993)  16
Wolverine (1988)  86-91

Volume 5

Wolverine (1988)  92-93
Uncanny X-Men  323 & 324
Wolverine (1988)  94-97
Wolverine Gambit: Victims (1995)  1-4
Wolverine (1988)  98-100
Uncanny X-Men  332
Wolverine (1988)  101- 105
Onslaught Marvel Universe
Wolverine (1988)  106-111
X-Men (1991)  62-64

Volume 6

Wolverine (1988)  112-114
Logan Path of the Warlord
X-Men (1991)  65
Wolverine (1988)  115-118
X-Men (1991)  70
Wolverine (1988)  119-122
X-Men (1991)  72
Wolverine (1988)  123-132

Volume 7

Wolverine (1988) 133-144
Incredible Hulk 8
————————  X-Men vs Apocalypse vol. 1——–
Wolverine (1988) 145
Cable (1993)  73- 75
Uncanny X-Men 376
Wolverine (1988) 146 & 147
Uncanny X-Men 377
Cable (1993)  76
X-Men (1991)  97
—————————————————————
Uncanny X-Men 379
X-Men (1991) 99
Wolverine (1988) 149
Unc x 380
Wolv 150-153
Wolverine Annual 1999
Wolverine (1988)  154&155

Volume 8

Wolverine (1988) 156-169
Wolverine Annual 2001 (1st story)
Wolverine (1988)  170-176
*removed weapon x bacjup 173*
*removed a good man 175*
Wolverine Annual 2001 (2nd Story)
Wolverine (1988)  177 & 178

Volume 9

Wolverine (1988) 179-185
Punisher (2001) 16 & 17
Wolverine (1988) 186-189
Wolverine (2003) 1-32

Volume 10

Wolverine (2003) 33-35
House of M 1-8
Decimation House of M: The Day After
Wolverine (2003) 36-49

Volume 11

Wolverine (2003) 50-65
Wolverine (2003) 73&74 (spliced together)
Wolverine (2003) 66-72
Giant-Size Old Man Logan

During this era, I start skipping some annuals and issues of X-Men Unlimited.  Most of them either aren’t good, or don’t fit in (or both).  I included the Wolverine series from #91-100, because #100 is a big issue, and the issues between that and AoA are all pretty much the lead up, and feature quite a bit of other X-Men.

Prime
X-Men:  Prime
Cable #21
UXM #322
X-Men #42-44
X-Force #44
Wolverine #91
UXM #323-324
Wolverine #92-93
UXM #325
X-Men ’95
Wolverine #94
X-Men #45
UXM ‘95

Evil Natures
UXM #326
X-Men #46-47
Wolverine #95
UXM #327
Wolverine #96
UXM #328
Sabretooth
X-Men #48
UXM #329-330

Cable/X-Man:  The Man in the Mirror
X-Man #5-7
Cable #22-25
X-Man #8-11
Cable #26-28
X-Man #12
Excalibur #95
Cable #29
X-Man #13
Cable #30
X-Man #14
Cable #31

(Since there are a few key moments in these issues during the lead up to Onslaught, I opted to go all the way up to the Cable/X-Man crossover, and put it in its own book.  Cable #21 had to go in the Prime volume, because it takes place before X-Force #44.  I’m not interested enough in X-Man to worry about getting the few issues between this book and Onslaught.)

The Road to Onslaught
X-Men #49
XMU #10
X-Men #50
UXM #331
X-Men #51-52
X-Men #53 (pg. 23 – the page with Joseph in Carolina)
Wolverine #97-100
UXM #332
Wolverine #101
Cable #32
UXM #333
X-Force #55
XMU #11
Cable #33

(I included that one page from X-Men #53 in the midst of X-Men #52, because it has to go before XMU #11.)

Onslaught
X-Men #53
UXM #334
X-Men #54
Onslaught: X-Men
UXM #335
X-Factor #125
Cable #34
Hulk #444
Avengers #401
Wolverine #104
Excalibur #100 (Xavier Protocol pages only)
FF #415
X-Man #18
X-Force #57
X-Men #55
UXM #336
Cable #35
X-Factor #126
ASM #415
Spider-Man #72
X-Man #19
FF #416
Hulk #445
Iron Man #332
Avengers #402
X-Men #56
Onslaught:  Marvel Universe

(I included the back up from FF #416 at the end of this book, for lack of a better place to put it.)

Onslaught Aftermath
Cable #36
UXM #337
X-Men #57
UXM #338
X-Men #58
UXM #339
X-Men #59
X-Men ’96
Onslaught:  Epilogue
X-Men:  The Road to Onslaught

(Amazing Spider-Man #416 can be included after UXM #337, if you’re so inclined.)

Death and Deceit
UXM #340
X-Factor #130
X-Men #60-61
XMU #14
X-Men ’97
Beast #1-3
UXM #341-345
X-Men #62-64

Operation:  Zero Tolerance
X-Men #65
UXM #346
Cable #45-47
X-Men #66
Wolverine #115
UXM #347 (3 pages with Callisto and Marrow)
X-Men #67-68
Wolverine #116-118
X-Men #69
UXM #347-350
X-Men #70

A House in Order
X-Men #71
UXM #351-352
XMU #18 (bu)
XMU #17
X-Men #72
UXM #353-354
X-Men #73
UXM #355
Cable/Machine Man ’98
Machine Man/Bastion ‘98
XMU #18

Life Lessons
X-Men #74-75
UXM #356-357
X-Men #76-78
UXM #358-359
UXM/FF ’98
X-Men #79
XMU #21

The Hunt for Xavier
UXM #360
X-Men #80
UXM #361
X-Men #81
UXM #362
X-Men #82
UXM #363
X-Men #83
UXM #364
X-Men #84
UXM #365
XMU #22
X-Men #1/2

Magneto War
X-Men #85
Magneto War #1
UXM #366
X-Men #86
UXM #367
X-Men #87
UXM #368
Magneto Rex #1-3
XMU #24 (back-up)

Warped Realities
X-Men #88
UXM #369
X-Men #89
UXM #370
X-Men #90
UXM #371
X-Men #91
X-Men ’99
XMU #23-24
X-51 #0

The Shattering
UXM #372
X-Men #92
Gambit #8-9
UXM #373-374
X-Men #93-94
AXM #1-3
UXM #375
X-Men #95
XMU #25
Wolverine #145
Cable #73-74

Apocalypse:  The Twelve
UXM #376
Cable #75
X-Men #96
Wolverine #146-147
UXM #377
Cable #76
UXM ’99
X-Men #97
UXM #378
Cable #77
Wolverine #148
XMU #26
X-Men #98

Mutants No More
Cable #78
UXM #379
X-Men #99
UXM #380
Gambit #10-15
XMU #27
XMU #25-26 (bu)

Black Sun
Black Sun #1-5

(This mini-series takes place sometime prior to X-Men #100, in the six month gap era. However, it just doesn’t seem right to put it in the same book as X-Men #100, and it also doesn’t fit well with the previous volume.)

Cable: Undying
Cable #79-86

(This and the next Cable volume aren’t vital to the overall X-Men chronology, but I really liked Robert Weinberg’s run, and was really irritated when Marvel decided to remove him from the book. I’m including those books here, just to show where they fall in the chronology. The entire run fits in two books, with one issue in the Dream’s End volume.)

Revolution
X-Men #100-102
UXM #381-383
X-Men Unlimited #28 (main story)
X-Men #103
UXM #384
X-Men #104
UXM #385
X-Men 2000
X-Men #105
X-Men Forever #1-6
X-Men #106
UXM #386

There are several things I need to address with this volume.
1.) Yes, this is a big volume. I wanted to not include X-Men Forever and make that it’s own book, but it has to take place before X-Men #106, which is the end of the whole Neo thing that had started in #100. It didn’t make much sense splitting the Neo arc up. But for those really worried about size, this book is about the same thickness as the complete run of X-Men: Hidden Years, which many people do as a done in one.
2.) Cardstock covers on Forever. Kind of sucks, but I only included the front covers. I retyped the info from the back covers and printed it out. Really, the covers only cause issues with pages not laying down during those actual issues.
3.) Continuity is fudged a bit. Since Claremont and editorial were butting heads over pacing and scheduling (thanks to the first X-Men movie), some of the stories don’t really flow well. One point is X-Men Annual 2000. It has Rogue as team leader, although she didn’t officially get that position until X-Men #103, which goes directly into the crossover in UXM #384/X-Men #104/UXM #385. But then there were events in that arc that make certain bits of the annual not make sense. I do believe I asked Claremont on the X-Fan message boards years ago, and basically said something along the lines that the annual might as well fit in there. As for UXM #386, because the team starts #387 in the same place they ended #386, it makes sense to put it after the Neo conclusion in X-Men #106.
4.) X-Men Unlimited #27 is about Thunderbird III joining the X-Men. I’m including that in the Mutants No More volume that will go just prior to the books on this list to help increase the size of that volume.
5.) The backup story from XMU #28 is a Deadpool solo story, and should go into a Deadpool volume, not in a main X-Men volume.
6.) If my first two notes bother you, skip X-Men Forever. It will decrease the size of the book greatly, and eliminate the cardstock cover issue. Also, it can help the pacing, but as I think about it, XMF was a time travel story, so the characters were plucked out of time, and then returned.

Maximum Security
MS: Dangerous Planet
MS #1
UXM #387
Bishop #15
MS #2
X-Men #107
XMU #29 (main story)
Avengers #35
MS #3

More notes:
1.) I only did an X-Men-centric volume for this Marvel-wide crossover. I wasn’t interested in enough of the other characters and series at the time to bother with hunting them down. The only other series I was following regularly at the time was Fantastic Four, and it didn’t tie in.
2.) That said, I usually get any tie-ins written by the main writer, hence the Avengers issue.
3.) The editor’s notes at the beginning of several issues indicating reading order are not always right. I think X-Men #107 is the main culprit.
4.) The backup from XMU #29 was put into a much earlier volume, circa Uncanny #152-153.

Dream’s End
UXM #388
Cable #87
Bishop #16
X-Men #108
UXM #389
X-Men #109
UXM 2000
X-Men #390
X-Men #110
XMU #30 (all except the first story)

(The first story in XMU #30 is a Generation X story, which is why I skipped it.)

Cable: Dark Sisterhood
Cable #88-96

(For those purists about Cable and Weinberg’s run, this is the best place to break it, even if one issue ends up in a larger X-Men volume. As it turns out, I believe someone else ghost wrote large chunks of Cable #87. And the run still reads decently if you only read Cable and skip #87.)

Eve of Destruction
Search for Cyclops #1-4
UXM #391
X-Men #111
UXM #392
X-Men #112
UXM #393
X-Men #113

Gambit/Bishop: Sons of the Atom
Gambit #25
Gambit/Bishop Alpha
Gambit/Bishop #1-6

Continued:
2001-2008
Messiah Era

Previous maps:
Uncanny X-Men #94-280
X-Men 1991-1994
X-Men 1995-2000
2001-2008

Messiah Complex
Messiah Complex #1
UXM #492
X-Factor #25
New X-Men #44
X-Men #205
UXM #493
X-Factor #26
New X-Men #45
X-Men #206
UXM #494
X-Factor #27
New X-Men #46
X-Men #207

Divided We Stand (TPB)
DWS #1-2

Uncanny X-Men:  Divided We Stand (TPB)
UXM #495-499

X-Force:  Legacy of Vengeance
X-Force #1-11

Ghost Boxes (TPB/HC)
AXM #25-30
Ghosts Boxes #1-2

UXM:  Manifest Destiny (HC)
X-Men:  FCBD
UXM #500-503
selected stories from Manifest Destiny #1-5

X-Men Legacy:  Divided He Stands
X-Men:  Legacy #208-216
Wolverine:  Origins #28
Original Sin #1
X:L #217
W:O #29
X:L #218
W:O #30
X:L #219-225

X-Men:  Manifest Destiny (HC)
selected stories from Manifest Destiny #1-5
Wolverine: MD #1-4
MD:  Nightcrawler

Lovelorn (TPB)
UXM #504-507
UXM Annual #2

(Technically, Annual #2 goes between #505 and 506, but putting it at the end doesn’t screw up the story too much.)

Cable:  Messiah Warrior
Cable #1-6
King Sized Cable
Cable #7-12

Messiah War
X-Force #12-13
Messiah War #1
Cable #13
X-Force #14
Cable #14
X-Force #15
Cable #15
X-Force #16
X-Force #17-20
The Life and Times of Lucas Bishop #1-3
Messiah War:  Future History Sourcebook

(Future History is optional.  I included it because it was in the trade.)

Sisterhood (TPB)
UXM #508-512

Dark Avengers/X-Men:  Utopia (HC)
Utopia
UXM #513
Dark Avengers #7
UXM #514
DA #8
Exodus
XM:L #226-227
Dark X-Men:  Beginning #1-3
Dark X-Men:  The Confession

(That’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’m planning on getting those in trades.)

Nation X
X-Men: Legacy Annual #1
X-Men: Legacy #228-230
UXM #515-517
Nation X #1 (all stories)
Nation X #3 (first story)
Necrosha:  The Gathering #1
Necrosha X #1
X-Force #21
New Mutants #6-8
X-Force #22-23
X-Men: Legacy #231-233
X-Force #24-25
Nation X #3 (third story)
UXM #518-519
Nation X #2 (first two stories)
New Mutants #9-10
Nation X #3 (second story)
Nation X #4 (second story)
X-Men Legacy #234
UXM #520-522
Nation X #4 (first, third and fourth stories)
Nation X #2 (third and fourth stories)
Nation X #3 (fourth story)

(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.)

Cable:  Homecoming
Cable #16-20
X-Men:  Hope
Cable #21-25

Second Coming
Second Coming:  Prepare (prelude story only)
Second Coming #1
UXM #523
New Mutants #12
Legacy #235
X-Force #26
UXM #524
NM #13
Legacy #236
X-Force #27
UXM #525
NM #14
Legacy #237
X-Force #28
Second Coming #2

(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.)

At this point, I seriously cut back on my X-Men collecting, so the next few volumes aren’t completely comprehensive.  For one thing, I dropped X-Men Legacy.

The Heroic Age
Uncanny X-Men:  The Heroic Age #1
UXM #526-534
Generation Hope #1-5
Deadpool and Cable #26

(I left the backup story for UXM #526 in place.)

Escape from the Negative Zone (HC)
UXM Annual #3
Super Soldier Annual #1
Namor Annual #1

Dark Angel Saga
Uncanny X-Force #1-4, 5.1, 5-18

Hope and Fear
UXM #534.1
Generation Hope #6-9
UXM #535-543

Schism
Schism #1-3
Generation Hope #10-11
Schism #4-5
X-Men: Regenesis #1
Generation Hope #12
Uncanny X-Men #544

(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’t share pages with the Regenesis excerpt, I would likely splice that issue.)

I feel that the X-Force and Cable issues can be grouped together without having to mix them with the other issues.  Uncanny X-Men 346 provides a brief interlude to the storyline.  The X-Men and Wolverine issues alternate with each other until the epilogue issue in Wolverine 118. The Generation X issues 29-31 don’t really need to be included, but I’ve included these here to bump up the volume size to 20 issues.

Generation X 27
X-Men 65
X-Force 67-69
Cable 45-47
Uncanny X-Men 346
Generation X 29
X-Men 66
Wolverine 115
X-Men 67
Wolverine 116
Generation X 30-31
X-Men 68
Wolverine 117
X-Men 69
Wolverine 118

X-Men: Deadly Genesis 1-6
Uncanny X-Men 475-486
What If?: Deadly Genesis 1
What If?: Rise and Fall of the Shi-Ar Empire 1

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