Volume 1: X-Tenuating Circumstances

Beset from all sides by a growing roster of vicious foes, the New Mutants and their mysterious mentor Cable have no choice but to transform into a proactive, butt-kicking, take-no-prisoners mutant strike team! But can the new X-Force survive head-on clashes with Deadpool, the Morlocks, Stryfe and his Mutant Liberation Front, the Juggernaut and the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants? And when the Juggernaut and Black Tom take a building full of hostages, X-Force needs Spider-Man’s help to stop them!

You can insert Kings of Pain Annual event after New Mutants 100. New Mutants (1984) Annual 1, New Warriors (1991) Annual 1, Uncanny X-Men (1963) Annual 15 and X-Factor (1986) Annual 6.  I bound them in X-Men Volume 21 so I left it out of here.

Volume 2: Assault on Greymalkin

X-Cutioner’s Song, the X-Men story so big, it took four books to contain it! When Cyclops and Phoenix are kidnapped, and Cable seemingly assassinates Professor X, the X-Men, X-Factor and X-Force go to war…with each other! Witness epic battles around the globe and on the moon as Mr. Sinister’s subtle plan of vengeance on Apocalypse unfolds and major revelations are made about the true identities of Cable and Stryfe! Featuring blood, angst, sacrifice and great big guns as Marvel’s mutant families dance to the villains’ twisted tune!

With Cable thought dead and Xavier’s pacifist dream behind them, the members of X-Force are carving out their own aggressive destiny. Beginning with a trip to Cable’s space station, Graymalkin. But when S.H.I.E.L.D. and War Machine come looking for answers, things get explosive! The young mutants must grow up fast in battles against the Friends of Humanity and who or what is Reignfire?

Volume 3: Guns and Poses

After the Mutant Liberation Front are broken out of prison by the mysterious and maniacal Reignfire, Cable and Co. must deal with the MlF’s kidnapping of government liaison Peter Henry Gyrich. and just when things couldn’t get worse, the madcap Arcade makes his presence known, causing more murderous mayhem than you can believe!

The mighty mutants known as X-Force team up with one of the most popular teams of heroes to come out of the nineties the New Warriors! When the villainous Upstarts target former members of the New Mutants and Hellions for their latest hunt, the two teams find themselves in the crosshairs!

When the techno-organic Phalanx kidnap the X-Men and establish a foothold on Earth, X-Force must team with X-Factor and Excalibur to battle the aliens but who or what is Douglock? And how will X-Force react to fighting alongside what appears to be their late friend Doug Ramsey?

Volume 4: Under One Roof

A new era begins as Cable revamps his mutant strike team and relocates to the X-Mansion, where Cannonball ‘graduates’ to the X-Men, and Boomer becomes unhealthily attached to the murderous prisoner named Sabretooth! But when Cable’s wife, Aliya, returns from the future with a dire warning, he’ll be swept up in a time-traveling battle to save his younger self from his arch-nemesis Stryfe!

Meanwhile, X-Force is caught up in an unholy alliance between Sebastian Shaw and the horrifying Holocaust! As all hell breaks loose, the members of X-Force will target their own leaders, Cable and Domino – and that means things will get explosive! Threats lie in wait including the Blob, the Mimic, Selene, the Externals and S.H.I.E.L.D.! Boomer approaches Meltdown, there’s Risqué business for Warpath, and Siryn must enlist Deadpool’s help to regain her freedom! Then the shadow of Onslaught looms over Cable and X-Force as the subtle evil begins its rise X-Force X-Force tries to protect Cable’s “brother,” X-Man, from Onslaught, but Mister Sinister wants him too!

Volume 5: Destination Unknown

In the aftermath of the battle with Onslaught, Cable’s techno-virus is out of control, and his life hangs in the balance. Can he pull himself together in time to help Domino save their old “friends” Garrison Kane and Copycat from the maddening Psycho-Man? Elsewhere, X-Force must survive the madness of Mojoworld and unravel the mystery of Shatterstar’s true identity!

Then, Zero tolerance maximum action! As the U.S. government’s mutant-hunting Prime Sentinels target the villainous Mutant Liberation Front, X-Force is caught in the middle! What is their old friend Dani Moonstar doing with the MLF? And when the Sentinels capture half the team, can the ragtag remainder pull together to rescue them? Meanwhile, an old foe with an ax to grind targets Domino, and X-Force breaks away from Cable and hits the road! But their cross-country trip may prove fatal for Warpath, who’s in for a hellish time, with Stryfe!

Volume 6: New Deviants New Hellions

Still road tripping! As Sunspot and Meltdown get close X-Force attends the Exploding Colossal Man and find a whole lot of trouble, plus Karma! Then the truth of Bobby’s connection to the ruthless Reignfire is finally revealed but can they both survive? Then Moonstar runs afoul of the Deviants! And Domino battles…Shatterstar?!

Then the Hellions return! X-Force’s newest member, Jesse Bedlam, has finally found his long-lost brother. But the reunion won’t be what he expected! “King Bedlam” plans to awaken the deadly Armageddon Man, and the team backing him up includes some familiar faces! Can X-Force triumph against former friends and family to avert a nuclear nightmare? Plus: X-Force teams up with the Champions, Siryn is silenced, Domino faces the horror of Halloween Jack, and Rictor and Shatterstar return.

Volume 7: Bad Company

Like all mutants, X-Force must face a callous and deadly world but now they’ve been trained for it by Peter Wisdom, one of the most callous and deadly mutants of all! The proactive paranormal platoon faces a city transformed by Cold War mad science and a mutant druglord terrorist, but will their deadliest enemies be Wisdom’s long-lost allies? Featuring killer zombies, exploding buildings and international subterfuge in the form of Russian Warborgs sent to kill!

Volume 31: A Nation Rising

The X-Men have just averted the Age of Apocalypse, but the threat of Onslaught looms right around the corner – a villain so powerful he put the unstoppable Juggernaut into a coma! But before the X-Men can learn more about this shadowy foe, they must face Gene Nation, led by the vicious Marrow and help Magneto’s Acolytes battle Apocalypse’s son, Holocaust, who escaped the AoA into the Marvel Universe! Plus: How will the world react when the Legacy virus’ existence is made public? Can Rogue handle learning Gambit’s greatest secret? And did Sabretooth’s brain damage truly change his personality, or is he a time bomb waiting to go off? And what decades-old connection does Professor X have with the secretive Clan Destine? When Synraith returns, the two teams clash but all is not what it seems! Can the X-Men solve the mystery before Synraith’s victory is complete?

Volume 32: Quest for the Crimson Dawn

Gambit and Wolverine, two outlaw heroes have been drawn together by a string of brutal slayings that may mark the return of the 19th-century serial killer called Jack the Ripper! Is it merely coincidence that finds Remy and Logan in London, or does one of these enigmatic outsiders have an ulterior motive?

Sabretooth strikes! Taking advantage of Boom Boom’s kindness Sabretooth makes his escape and a longtime teammate pays the price! Out of options and hope Wolverine takes Archangel and quest for a mystical cure with help from none other than Dr. Strange the Sorcerer Supreme! Then the true powermonger behind the nation of Genosha stands revealed as Cable and Domino face the disturbing, despotic Sugar Man!

Volume 33: If Sins Be Forgiven

Onslaught is coming! But first, the X-Men must survive his herald, the punishing and powerful Post! Stolen from the Mansion in the middle of the middle of the night the X-Men must defeat Post while in their pajamas?

Some time ago the mad Mikhail Rasputin swept the Morlocks away into a harsh realm where time ran much faster than normal. There, the next generation of Morlock children came of age, hard and cold and bitter. They returned as a terrorist unit called Gene Nation, and Storm nearly had to slay their leader. Now adducted into Mikhail’s brutal dimension Storm must prevail against the living reminders of her failure to lead the Morlocks!

Then to save a trainful of commuters from Mr. Sinister’s explosive experiments Gambit, Bishop and Beast risk life and limb! As if that was not bad enough the X-Men have reached the end of the road to Onslaught but have all their trials been enough to prepare them for the mysterious villain’s imminent assault?

Volume 34: Onslaught Strikes

Everything changes for the Children of the Atom and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! Behold the psionic force of nature known as Onslaught! But what dread foe could terrify the unstoppable Juggernaut? A traitor from within the X-Men stands revealed as X-Factor battles Havok to save Beast, X-Force defends X-Man from the manipulative Mister Sinister! And Cable and Storm must reckon with Onslaught’s most incredible pawn of all: the Hulk! But can the X-Men, Avengers and Fantastic Four find a way to free Franklin Richards from the deadly Onslaught’s grasp? It may not matter as the evolving and all-powerful Onslaught assaults New York City with robotic Sentinels! With victory within Onslaughts grasp an army of Earth’s heroes amasses for one final strike.  The ultimate  battle that many know will be their last.  Who will make the ultimate sacrifice to save the planet? And when the dust settles, who will remain standing to fight another day?

Volume 35: Family Matters

With many of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes gone mutant prejudice is at an all-time high. Cannonball and Iceman infiltrate Graydon Creed’s anti-mutant presidential campaign, but will their investigation puts Iceman’s family in the crosshairs! And what happens when Creed is targeted for death? The X-Men take on the Brotherhood they’re being led by Cyclops’ brother, Havok?! And with the Fantastic Four presumed dead in Onslaught’s attack, can the X-Men help the orphaned Franklin Richards cope?

Volume 36: Dragon Moon Rising

A suitably uncanny battle between Cannonball and Gladiator sends one squad of X-Men on its latest intergalactic adventure. Can they free the Shi’ar from the deadly grip of the Phalanx and return to Earth in one piece? Meanwhile, There’s hellfire in Hong Kong as the Master of Kung Fu lends his deadly hands to the X-Men’s cause in battle with Sebastian Shaw and the Kingpin over a possible cure for the Legacy Virus!

Volume 37: Operation Zero Tolerance

A rogue government strike force, backed by powerful international forces and led by the mystery man known only as Bastion, has launched a massive strike against the X-Men. Jubilee and Professor X are already Bastion’s captives, and now Operation: Zero Tolerance and its insidious new Prime Sentinels have overrun the X-Mansion and imprisoned half the X-Men, leaving Iceman to fend for himself on the streets of New York! Cable and the X-Men must fight a war on many fronts but it’s a war they’re losing. Can even the arrival of Marrow, Maggott and Cecilia Reyes turn the tide? Or will this be the X-Men’s darkest hour? For years, they’ve loved each other from a safe distance. Now Rogue and Gambit will become closer than ever and it may shatter their lives permanently! For when Remy LeBeau’s past actions are revealed, he’ll be put on trial but who will serve as judge, jury and executioner?

Volume 38: Anatomy of a Monster

As an injured Cyclops heads to Alaska for some rest and recuperation with Jean will Marrow, Maggott, and Dr. Cecilia Reyes usher in a new golden era for the X-Men? It’s up to Wolverine to make sure they do! But with the roster split over the volatile Marrow’s presence, keeping the X-Men from fracturing won’t be easy. Meanwhile, Dr. Cecilia Reyes has her own fateful decision to make! Wolverine faces a life-draining encounter as Sauron attacks! Rogue’s powers lead her to a dramatic tipping point! Emotions run high with the Fantastic Four! An invasion from the demonic N’Garai dimension? Angel battles the Abomination! Joseph persecuted for Magneto’s crimes! Doctor Doom undertakes a quest through time to learn the secrets of Onslaught! Can the X-Men ever catch a break?

Volume 39: Man of Steal

Gambit’s back! Gambit plays his cards right and vaults into his own kinetically charged solo adventures! He’s a lover and a thief, but what else does ragin’ Cajun Remy LeBeau get up to when he isn’t hangin’ wit’ de X-Men? Would you believe raiding lost temples of Doom? And as Beast, Iceman and Angel join Cyclops and Jean for old times’ sake, will an uncanny adventure have them all feeling blue and questioning their future as X-Men? Speaking for future…Bishop and Deathbird are not only lost in space now they are seemingly thrown into an alternate future where the Earth is ruled by the Shi’ar?

Volume 39A: Cable the Hellfire Hunt

An action-packed era for the mutant out of time! When Cable saves reporter Irene Merryweather from the Hellfire Club, he learns of their plot to slay Apocalypse and seize his power! Cable can’t let that happen -and he can’t let Apocalypse return either. Can Irene help him save the world, or will she just paint another bull’s eye on her back? Then, Cable finds himself in Wakanda…can he and the Black Panther silence Klaw, Master of Sound? Domino returns -but there’s a price on her head! Can Cable rescue his mentor without his powers?

Volume 40: The Hunt For Xavier

Missing for months, Professor X seemingly returns and debuts an newer, even more different team of X-Men! But when this new group kidnaps Shadowcat, something seems off to the real X-Men. The truth will spark a globetrotting hunt for Charles Xavier, leading to a showdown with the re-formed but far from reformed Brotherhood of Evil Mutants…and revealing the menace of Cerebro! But for the Children of the Atom to survive, must Professor X die?

Next up:The Shattering/The Twelve

Volume 15: Welcome to Genosha

The X-Men are dead! At least that’s what the world thinks but Marvel’s mightiest mutants are secretly alive and well in the Australian Outback! Using their death as an advantage they can now secretly strike at their enemies. However, how long can they stay hidden when the Brood and the mutant-exploiting nation of Genosha come calling? X-Factor befriends Apocalypse’s Celestial ship and faces Infectia! But as all three teams fight the Evolutionary War, Limbo’s demons begin to pursue a sinister agenda – on Earth! A spark has been lit and if the X-Men aren’t careful, the flames will fan into an all-out inferno!

Volume 16: The Inferno

The X-Men’s world goes up in flames as the most incendiary mutant crossover of all begins! X-Factor, the New Mutants, the newly-minted X-Terminators and even Power Pack all feel the heat as the Machiavellian geneticist Mister Sinister and the demon lord N’astirh set their respective sights on Cyclops’ wife, Madelyne Pryor!

The New Mutants’ Illyana Rasputin may be lord of Limbo, but how long will that uneasy crown last when Limbo’s demon hordes invade New York? As demons rain down on New York City the X-Men battle Sinister’s Marauders while Madelyne strikes a pact to become…the Goblin Queen! Who threatens to cast a spell that will merge Earth and limbo permanently at the cost of the life of her own innocent son! And when Mister Sinister brings his own agenda into the mix, secrets are revealed that rock Cyclops to the core! The fate of everything hangs in the balance in this fiery epic! Strike the match…fan the flames…and light the Inferno!

Volume 17: Meltdown

An anthology of mutant misadventures! Star trippin’ with the Starjammers! Joined by Professor X and Lilandra, Corsair helms his team on a cosmic quest to find the fabled planet Phalkon. But usurping Shi’ar Empress Deathbird lies in wait, and she’s ready for WAR! Cyclops is joined by the sonic screaming Banshee, the fiery Morlock Callisto and the genetics expert Moira MacTaggert, together they are are all that stand between the evil Master Mold and his unholy goal of global genocide. Havok elects to spend some time alone in the Australian outback. There he meets a new friend, Leila, and must come to terms with if he can love again while fighting the ghost from his past: the Living Pharaoh!

When Colossus, the Russian-born X-Man, decides to take a vacation in America’s Heartland, he little expects to run into the Cold Warriors, a covert organization dedicated to keeping America pure. They are soon out to make him, and the family who has befriended him, into a red stain on the landscape. Finally, two friends. Two mutants. Two X-Men! Havok and Wolverine are ambushed by Russian terrorists while on leave in Mexico. The two find themselves caught in a deadly web of international intrigue and betrayal! Can Alex Summers and Logan thwart a plot to bring the Western world to its knees?

Volume 18: Fever Dream

When Nanny attacks the X-Men’s Australian base, tragedy strikes Storm! Now without their leader the Cyborg Reavers decide to take the X-Men by surprise! To make matters worse the X-Men are betrayed by one of their own. Will the traitor be their salvation or doom them to a fate worse than death? The X-Men are brought to their lowest point as the team slowly breaks apart. Who will rise to take their place? A new team forms on Muir Island but Legion’s secret will first of many tragedies a head for the fledgling team. Hela’s evil spell corrupts Mirage’s Valkyrie side, Doctor Strange lends a magical hand! But to cure Mirage completely, the New Mutants must travel to Asgard, home of the mighty Norse gods! The trouble is, Hela is scheming to murder Odin and conquer Asgard! Will a handful of mortal mutants be enough to defeat the Goddess of Death?

Next up: The Muir Island Saga

Magneto’s future, Wolverine’s past and the X-Men in between! As mutants escape persecution they call on a retired Magneto for protection. Will the Acolytes succeed in bringing back the Master of Magnetism? And just what would he do with a army behind him? The X-Men may be afraid to find out! Then the Hand revives an old enemy of Wolverine! Who is Omega Red and what does Sabretooth and the mysterious Maverick have to do with him? When new villains overthrow the Hellfire Club in a bloody coup, a freshly formed team of X-Men is caught in the middle! But their battle is interrupted when hundreds of escaped convicts arrive from the future pursued by the ruthless mutant policeman named Bishop! Raised since childhood on the legends of the X-Men, how will Bishop react to meeting his idols? What deadly portent of doom does he carry with him? And why does he quickly set his sights on Gambit? Meanwhile, the rest of the X-Men have their hands full as Colossus’s long-lost brother returns.

You can follow Chris Claremont’s alternate reality book X-Men Forever that picks up after X-Men (1991) 3!

Coming soon!

Volume 23: X-Cutioner’s Song

A shot is heard around the world…as Xavier lies dying his legacy struggles to survive. Cyclops, Jean, Cable and Xavier, four lives inexplicably intertwined fall prey to a mad man’s opus.  Epic battles break out around the world, and on the Moon, as major revelations spill blood and secrets as the mutant families dance to a villain’s twisted tune. As Apocalypse becomes the hunted, Sinister’s machinations begins the phrase of a chorus that may engulf all of mutantkind. And if you listen carefully you might hear the faint strings of music on the horizon.  The X-Cutioner’s Song has begun!

Volume 24: Fatal Attractions I

The X-Men travel to Russia for a family reunion with Colossus’ parents and his little sister Illyana, formerly the fan-favorite New Mutant known as Magik! But the villainous Soul Skinner is on the loose and the Russian government is prepared to stop him by any means necessary. Even if that means using a little girl and shattering a family. As Magneto’s Acolytes amp up their attacks on Homo sapiens everywhere, the X-teams join forces to put an end to their mad crusade against humanity once and for all. And as a mysterious disease begins creeping through the mutant community, claiming the lives of hated foe and dear friend alike, which X-Man will buckle under the strain? Plus: Betsy Braddock returns! But if Betsy’s back, then who is Psylocke? The X-Men head for Japan in search of answers, but find themselves at odds with the Silver Samurai! And Gambit and Rogue face a challenge of the heart.

Volume 25: Fatal Attractions II

The thrilling saga that commemorated the X-Men’s 30th Matters come to a head in the most shocking way possible, culminating in a devastating attack on Wolverine and a showdown between Professor X and Magneto that must be seen to be believed! Then the X-Men and Avengers head for Genosha where civil war has erupted and Exodus & Cortez have arrived to fan the flames! Can even the X-Men and Avengers combined bring peace to a nation at war and defeat two madmen?

Volume 26: Ceremonies and Revelations

Wedding bells are ringing for the most star-crossed super hero couple of all…Scott Summers and Jean Grey! But there’s a ton of action to go with the romance as the X-Men and Avengers must keep Magneto’s Acolytes from destroying Genosha, the mutant-killing Legacy Virus hits close to home, and Professor X decides to rehabilitate the monster known as Sabretooth! But love conquers all as Jean and Scott tie the knot at last before a mind-bending honeymoon to the far future!? Meanwhile powerful anti-mutant bigots have commandeered a familiar alien virus that may end all mutants once and for all! Plus, Omega Red and the Acolytes prove to Cable that no matter how many old enemies a hero has, there’s always room for new ones!

Volume 27: Phalanx Covenant

The Phalanx, a cold, vicious and unstoppable foe that absorbs all in its path has been unleashed against Mutantkind! But these creatures are far more than their creators bargained for and they plan to summon their parent race to overtake Earth! When the Phalanx captures the X-Men, the remaining X-teams must split into three groups. Banshee, Sabretooth and the White Queen attempt to save the next generation of mutants from the Phalanx’s clutches.  Members of X-Force, X-Factor and Excalibur attempt to prevent the Phalanx from contacting their home world and rescue Docklock.  Then finally Cyclops, Phoenix, Cable and Wolverine head into the heart of the Phalanx to rescue captured the X-Men!

Volume 28: Legion Quest

Then, it’s the dawning of a new day as Xavier’s School opens the doors to its Massachusetts Academy! Jubilee says goodbye to the X-Men as she joins the fledgling Generation X, along with the sullen Chamber, overachieving Husk, know-it-all M, good natured Sync, mischievous Skin and the mysterious Penance, but when the marrow sucking monster known as Emplate strikes, will any of the new students survive their baptism of fire?

Then, Mystique seeks revenge against Legion for killing Destiny. Unfortunately, he actions have awakened a once comatose Legion! Now his once-shattered psyche is finally united, with a singular purpose! To make up for all the misery he has visited on his father, Charles Xavier. And to do it, he plans to make Xavier’s dream a reality by travelling back in time to kill its greatest obstacle, Magneto! The X-Men scramble to stop him from altering history but, lost in the past, can they thwart Legion’s misguided mission before the entire Marvel Universe is wiped away?