Volume 69: Messiah CompleX
In the aftermath of House of M the future of mutants has never been bleaker. At the seeming end of their evolutionary cycle, a miracle arrives in the form of the first mutant birth since the events of M-Day. But from this source of hope comes a clash between mutants over who will control the child’s fate. It is a race for the future as the Purifiers, Mr. Sinister and the X-Men clash! The fight for the future begins here!
MESSIAH COMPLEX ONE SHOT (2007) |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 492 |
X-FACTOR (2006) 25 |
NEW X-MEN (2004) 44 |
X-MEN (1991) 205 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 493 |
X-FACTOR (2006) 26 |
NEW X-MEN (2004) 45 |
X-MEN (1991) 206 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 494 |
X-FACTOR (2006) 27 |
NEW X-MEN (2004) 46 |
X-MEN (1991) 207 |
CABLE (2008) 25 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 208 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 209 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 210 |
WOLVERINE (2003) 62 |
WOLVERINE (2003) 63 |
WOLVERINE (2003) 64 |
WOLVERINE (2003) 65 |
CABLE (2008) 1 |
CABLE (2008) 2 |
CABLE (2008) 3 |
CABLE (2008) 4 |
CABLE (2008) 5 |
KING SIZED CABLE SPECTACULAR (2008) |
LIFE AND TIMES OF LUCAS BISHOP (2008) 1 |
LIFE AND TIMES OF LUCAS BISHOP (2008) 2 |
LIFE AND TIMES OF LUCAS BISHOP (2008) 3 |
X-FACTOR: LAYLA MILLER ONE SHOT (2008) |
MESSIAH COMPLEX MUTANT FILES (2007) |
Volume 70: Divided We Stand
With the tragic ending of Messiah Complex the X-Men are no more! Lost more than ever the X-Men disband as Cyclops ponders the future of not only the X-Men but all of mutant kind! Will the Young X-Men be the new team to replace the X-Men? In these trying times one thing is certain. The last remaining mutants must be protected at all costs. In the darkness Cyclops puts together a team that must do what the X-Men never could. Actively and permanently remove threats to all mutant kind. Beware X-Force has returned and they have only one goal, to kill!
X-Men: Divided We Stand is a two issue mini series containing multiple stories. I have spliced up the issues stating which story to use in parenthesis.
X-FACTOR (2006) 28 |
X-MEN DIVIDED WE STAND (2008) 2 Beast |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 495 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 496 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 497 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 498 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 499 |
X-MEN DIVIDED WE STAND (2008) 2 Havok/Forge/Surge |
X-FORCE (2008) 1 |
X-FORCE (2008) 2 |
X-FORCE (2008) 3 |
X-FORCE (2008) 4 |
X-FORCE (2008) 5 |
X-FORCE (2008) 6 |
X-MEN DIVIDED WE STAND (2008) 1 Anole/Hellion/Nightcrawler |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 211 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 212 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 213 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 214 |
WOLVERINE KILLING MADE SIMPLE (2008) |
X-MEN DIVIDED WE STAND (2008) 1 Cannonball/Nehzno |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 1 |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 2 |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 3 |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 4 |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 5 |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 6 |
WOLVERINE MANIFEST DESTINY (2008) 1 |
WOLVERINE MANIFEST DESTINY (2008) 2 |
WOLVERINE MANIFEST DESTINY (2008) 3 |
WOLVERINE MANIFEST DESTINY (2008) 4 |
X-MEN WORLDS APART (2008) 1 |
X-MEN WORLDS APART (2008) 2 |
X-MEN WORLDS APART (2008) 3 |
X-MEN WORLDS APART (2008) 4 |
X-MEN DIVIDED WE STAND (2008) 2 Magik |
NYX NO WAY HOME (2006) 1 |
NYX NO WAY HOME (2006) 2 |
NYX NO WAY HOME (2006) 3 |
NYX NO WAY HOME (2006) 4 |
NYX NO WAY HOME (2006) 5 |
NYX NO WAY HOME (2006) 6 |
X-FORCE AIN’T NO DOG (2008) |
Optional volume to read next:
Volume 71: Manifest Destiny
Cyclops has decided to move the X-Men west. Founding a new home for all mutants in a place known for its tolerance: San Francisco. Shortly after their arrival, however, the X-Men find themselves knee deep with Magneto and the robotic Sentinels!
Plus Xavier revisits one of his biggest challenges and failures of his career: Logan. But the layers of lies hide one last, deadly secret which goes back to the days of the X-Men’s founding – and the Professor’s timing couldn’t possibly be worse!
X-MEN PIXIES AND DEMONS DIR CUT (2008) |
ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 25 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 26 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN GHOSTBOXES (2008) 1 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN GHOSTBOXES (2008) 2 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 27 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 28 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 29 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 30 |
X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY (2008) 1 All Iceman/Boomer/Avalanche/Xian w/Cover |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 7 |
X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY (2008) 3 Graymalkin |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 8 |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 9 |
X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY (2008) 5 Dazzler w/Cover |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 500 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 501 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 502 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 503 |
CABLE (2008) 6 |
CABLE (2008) 7 |
CABLE (2008) 8 |
CABLE (2008) 9 |
CABLE (2008) 10 |
RUNAWAYS (2008) 10 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 215 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 216 |
WOLVERINE ORIGINS (2006) 28 Original Sin |
ORIGINAL SIN (2008) One Shot |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 217 |
WOLVERINE ORIGINS (2006) 29 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 218 |
WOLVERINE ORIGINS (2006) 30 |
X-MEN KINGBREAKER (2009) 1 |
X-MEN KINGBREAKER (2009) 2 |
X-MEN KINGBREAKER (2009) 3 |
X-MEN KINGBREAKER (2009) 4 |
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT UNCANNY 500 (2008) |
ASTONISHING X-MEN SKETCHBOOK SPECIAL (2008) Bianchi |
Secret Invasion then takes place
Vol 2 of Wolverine Origins Optional volumes to read next
Volume 72: Dark Reign
In the depths of his heartache over Kitty Pryde, Colossus goes looking for something, anything, to stop his pain…and finds a nightmare from the Old Country running rampant in the States. What’s their connection? Then, Rogue makes her return but while Xavier seeks her out, who is searching for him? Hunter becomes hunted and friend becomes foe, in a story that will change your favorite Southern Belle forever!
Plus Emma checks into a hotel you have to see to believe, while poor Scott sits idly by. Darkchylde returns to get her soul back, even if she has to conquer Earth in the process. Can the combined forces of the X-Men stop her rampage? They’ll have to fight through every demon in Limbo to try!
X-FORCE (2008) 7 |
X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY (2008) 4 Nightcrawler w/ Cover |
X-FORCE (2008) 8 |
X-FORCE (2008) 9 |
X-FORCE (2008) 10 |
X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY (2008) 2 Juggernaut/Emma Frost w/Cover |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 219 |
X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY (2008) 3 Colossus w/ Cover |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 504 |
SECRET INVASION DARK REIGN (2009) stop page 2 dream sequence/invite |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 505 |
SECRET INVASION DARK REIGN (2009) |
UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL (2009) 2 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 506 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 507 |
X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY (2008) 4 Mercury |
DARK REIGN THE CABAL (2009) |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 220 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 221 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 222 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 223 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 224 |
X-INFERNUS (2009) 1 |
X-INFERNUS (2009) 2 |
X-INFERNUS (2009) 3 |
X-INFERNUS (2009) 4 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 31 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 32 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 33 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 34 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) 35 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 508 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 509 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 510 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 511 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN XENOGENESIS (2010) 1 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN XENOGENESIS (2010) 2 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN/AMAZING SPIDER-MAN SKETCHBOOK (2009) Jiminez |
ASTONISHING X-MEN XENOGENESIS (2010) 3 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN XENOGENESIS (2010) 4 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN XENOGENESIS (2010) 5 |
X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY NIGHTCRAWLER (2009) |
BREAKING INTO COMICS MARVEL WAY (2010) 2 New Mutants |
NEW MUTANTS SAGA (2009) |
Volume 73: Messiah War
Cyclops has complete faith that his son, Cable, will do everything he can to protect the so-called mutant messiah – who he believes will save mutantkind. But he also knows what havoc former X-Man Lucas Bishop has wreaked in the nightmarish future. So now he’s sent his black ops team, the X-Force, on a risky, time-traveling mission to save Cable and the child, completely unaware that there’s something else waiting for them in the future. Something not even Bishop was counting on…and while X-Force battles in the future Beast and the X-Club travel into the past to try to reverse the affects of M Day!
X-FORCE (2008) 11 |
X-FORCE SEX AND VIOLENCE (2010) 1 |
X-FORCE SEX AND VIOLENCE (2010) 2 |
X-FORCE SEX AND VIOLENCE (2010) 3 |
CABLE (2008) 11 |
CABLE (2008) 12 |
X-FORCE (2008) 12 |
X-FORCE (2008) 13 |
MESSIAH WAR (2009) One Shot |
CABLE (2008) 13 |
X-FORCE (2008) 14 |
CABLE (2008) 14 |
X-FORCE (2008) 15 |
CABLE (2008) 15 |
X-FORCE (2008) 16 No way to explain how X-23 gets kidnapped then hurt and shows up in Utopia okay then hurt again at the beginning of Necrosha |
X-FORCE (2008) 17 |
X-FORCE (2008) 18 (1/2) remove “Pennsylvania Airspace Now” page, then stop @ Wolvy “so you better hope she’s okay too.” |
X-MEN MESSIAH WAR SOURCEBOOK (2009) |
CABLE (2008) 16 |
CABLE (2008) 17 |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 10 |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 11 |
YOUNG X-MEN (2008) 12 |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 1 |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 2 |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 3 |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 4 |
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT NEW MUTANTS (2009) |
WOLVERINE (2003) 73 Spidey/Wolvy story only |
WOLVERINE (2003) 74 Spidey/Wolvy story only |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 1 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 2 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 3 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 4 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 5 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 225 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 512 |
Volume 74: Utopia
Who are the Dark X-Men? He has his own Avengers team and now Norman Osborn has his own X-Men team. The other shoe has finally dropped and Emma Frost has betrayed Cyclops and the rest of the X-Men. And that’s just one of the huge surprises in “UTOPIA”. Is that Namor? Cloak and Dagger? Professor X?! The thing that you aren’t ready for is that Osborn is right.
Emplate is back and he’s out for blood. More specifically, for mutant bone marrow. And with the X-Men still reeling from Utopia, he may have picked the perfect time to come calling.
UTOPIA ONE SHOT |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 226 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 227 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 513 |
DARK X-MEN THE BEGINNING 1 |
DARK AVENGERS 7 |
DARK X-MEN THE BEGINNING 2 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 514 |
DARK X-MEN THE BEGINNING 3 |
DARK AVENGERS 8 here is where we pretend X-23 some how escaped capture and shows up in Dark Avengers 8 then somehow gets captured again |
EXODUS |
X-MEN THE CONFESSION |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 5 |
DARK REIGN THE LIST X-MEN |
X-MEN LEGACY ANNUAL 1 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 228 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 229 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 230 |
DARK REIGN THE LIST WOLVERINE |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 515 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 516 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 517 |
DEADPOOL 15 |
DEADPOOL 16 |
DEADPOOL 17 |
DEADPOOL 18 |
X-MEN NATION X 1 Magneto/Wolverine |
X-FACTOR NATION X |
DARK X-MEN 1 |
DARK X-MEN 2 |
DARK X-MEN 3 |
DARK X-MEN 4 |
DARK X-MEN 5 |
X-MEN NATION X 2 Northstar/Gambit |
X-MEN NATION X 3 Cannonball |
X-MEN NATION X 4 Doop |
Volume 75: Necrosha
Selene’s Inner Circle stands revealed and her master plan has been set into motion. Watch as the resurrected dead lay siege to the X-Men’s headquarters and the fight to survive the Black Queen’s vengeance begins. But while Warpath and Wolverine realize what’s happening, they may be too late to stop it. Because Selene is already well on her way to achieving ultimate power half a world away. And the rest of the X-Men fight mutants back from the dead!
(Now here is where we pick up with X-23 being somehow “captured” again)
X-FORCE (2008) 18 (2/2) Left over pages Here is where we pick up with X-23 being somehow “captured” again |
X-FORCE (2008) 19 |
X-FORCE (2008) 20 |
X NECROSHA THE GATHERING (2009) Can be moved anywhere |
X NECROSHA (2009) |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 6 |
X-FORCE (2008) 21 |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 7 |
X-FORCE (2008) 22 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 231 |
X-FORCE (2008) 23 |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 8 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 232 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 233 |
X-FORCE (2008) 24 |
X-FORCE (2008) 25 |
X-MEN NATION X (2010) 3 Box |
X-FORCE ANNUAL (2008) 1 |
DAZZLER ONE SHOT (2010) |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 6 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 7 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 8 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 9 |
WOLVERINE ORIGINS (2006) 46 end Nightcrawler “Goodbye Logan”. Disgard rest. |
PSYLOCKE (2010) 1 |
PSYLOCKE (2010) 2 |
PSYLOCKE (2010) 3 |
PSYLOCKE (2010) 4 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 10 |
CABLE (2008) 18 |
CABLE (2008) 19 |
CABLE (2008) 20 |
Volume 76: Nation X
Cyclops has moved the X-Men from New York and created a home for mutants in San Francisco. He sent X-Force to the future to support his son Cable and even outwitted Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers. He even led the X-Men against the undead armies of Selene but now comes one of the most difficult tasks he has ever faced….handling the day to day duties of managing the sovereign nation island of Utopia.
Juggling the basic needs of food, water and shelter are stressful enough but when trouble threatens to consume Emma Frost from within Cyclops may be in for the fight of his life. To make matters worse Beast has caught wind of X-Force, his secret black ops squad. Plus Pixie’s mother pays Utopia a visit but when evil forces conspire to consume Pixie it spurns a family reunion you would not believe! And just wait until you find out which long time X-Men villain is her father! Meanwhile Cable and Hope inch closer and closer to the present.
X-MEN NATION X (2010) 1 Iceman/Colossus w/ Cover |
CABLE (2008) 21 Stop “approximately 7.9 years” |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 518 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 519 |
X-MEN NATION X (2010) 3 Armor w/Cover |
GIRL NAMED HOPE BACK UPS (2010) BU Dark X-Men 1, Psylocke 1, X-Force 22, X-Men Legacy 230 |
CABLE (2008) 21 |
NATION X (2010) 2 Jubilee/Quentin w/Cover |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 9 |
NATION X (2010) 3 Anole w/Cover |
S.W.O.R.D. (2010) 1 |
S.W.O.R.D. (2010) 2 |
S.W.O.R.D. (2010) 3 |
S.W.O.R.D. (2010) 4 |
S.W.O.R.D. (2010) 5 |
GIRL COMICS (2010) 3 Wolverine/Jubilee |
CABLE (2008) 22 |
CLOAK & DAGGER (2010) ONE SHOT can go anywhere after Utopia crossover |
X-MEN NATION X (2010) 4 Cuckoos |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 234 |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 10 |
X-MEN NATION X (2010) 4 Warpath w/Cover |
X-MEN PIXIE STRIKES BACK (2010) 1 |
X-MEN PIXIE STRIKES BACK (2010) 2 |
X-MEN PIXIE STRIKES BACK (2010) 3 |
X-MEN PIXIE STRIKES BACK (2010) 4 |
X-23 (2010) Women of Marvel One Shot |
CABLE (2008) 23 |
X-MEN NATION X (2010) 4 Storm |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 520 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 521 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 522 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 11 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 12 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 13 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 14 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 15 |
CABLE (2008) 24 |
Volume 77: Second Coming
The climax of four years of X-Men stories is the X-Event of 2010! What started in HOUSE OF M with the Decimation of mutantkind and erupted with the first new mutant birth in MESSIAH COMPLEX finishes here. In the epic crossover SECOND COMING, Cyclops’ faith pays off when Cable returns to the present with Hope, the girl he believes to be the mutant messiah. But will she be the savior or destroyer of mutantkind? We may never know, as she is the target of an initiative for mutant eradication unlike anything the X-Men have ever experienced. Many will be wounded. Several will die. Is Hope worth it?
X-MEN SECOND COMING (2010) 1 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 523 |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 12 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 235 |
X-FORCE (2008) 26 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 524 |
SECOND COMING PREPARE (2010) 1 (1/2) Stop “continued in Second Coming” |
X-MEN HELLBOUND (2010) 1 |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 13 |
X-MEN BLIND SCIENCE (2010) 1 Second Coming Revelations |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 236 |
X-FORCE (2008) 27 |
X-MEN HELLBOUND (2010) 2 |
X-MEN HELLBOUND (2010) 3 |
UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 525 |
NEW MUTANTS (2009) 14 |
X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 237 |
X-FORCE (2008) 28 |
X-MEN SECOND COMING (2010) 2 |
HEROIC AGE UNCANNY X-MEN (2010) 1 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X (2009) 16 |
CABLE & DEADPOOL (2004) 26 |
SECOND COMING PREPARE (2010) 1 (2/2) |
X-BABIES (2009) 1 (bound in vol 88.1) |
X-BABIES (2009) 2 |
X-BABIES (2009) 3 |
X-BABIES (2009) 4 |
X-MEN PHOENIX FORCE HANDBOOK (2010) 1 |
Continued in The Heroic Age
how is the modern x-men? is it an easy jumping on point?
I would say so but it does depend on your prior knowledge…like if you know your basic characters and power sets.
Any prerequisites are as follows:
A Must:
House of M
Good for background:
X-Men Blinded by the Light
Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men
X-Men PHD (all of these are post House of M):
New X-Men Childhood’s End vol 1-5
X-Factor (Recent Peter David series) vol 1-4
King Size Cable actually takes place after issue 6, and before 7.
Very true that’s what the writer had in mind. After reading the issues I dont think that pacing works for me.
Since the King Sized special ends with Bishop back in current times yes, it could go after Cable #6 leading to his appearance in current times in #7.
However it does break the pacing between #6 and #7. At the end of #6 Cable finds the mountain range in which he’ll settle in. We see him climbing them in #7.
Cable is also still on the run at the end of King Sized which I think leads better into Cable #6 where he is still running compared to Cable #7 which starts with him being settled in. Not to mention the big art change from the series into the King Sized Special.
It can work both ways so it’s up to personal preference but I prefer to keep the story focused on Cable and Hope over Bishop.
There’s also a Marvel Spotlight: Messiah Complex issue. It would go well at the end with the Mutant Files.