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.

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).

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