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 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

Volume 9: Rise of X-Factor

Who exactly is Longshot? And why is he on the run for his life? Find out as this hero from another dimension bounces around the Marvel Universe! Meanwhile, the X-Men and New Mutants are whisked away to Asgard to battle Loki and his minions in the all-time great “Asgardian Wars”. Then the day of reckoning arrives as an international tribunal tries Magneto for crimes against humanity. Will he be found guilty?

It’s all in the family for Cyclops and Madelyne as their son Nathan Charles Christopher Summers is born! However feeling out of place with his former team Cyclops challenges a depowered Storm for leadership of the X-Men! To make matters worse Jean Grey is found alive with a little help from the Avengers and Fantastic Four! Xavier’s original class is back but can they defeat Tower, Frenzy and the Alliance of Evil?

Volume 10: Getting Even

It’s back to class under a new schoolmaster: the master of magnetism, Magneto! The ex-terrorist has turned teacher to atone for his crimes, but even if the New Mutants and the X-Men trust him, the Avengers will be much tougher to convince!

Then the New Mutants face their own mortality as the Beyonder breaks their minds, bodies and spirits! Longshot stumbles into the Mansion for help but ends up bringing Mojo and his latest mad scheme! Psylocke and her brother Captain Britain make an appearance to help the de-aging X-Men! Plus: The deadly threats of Empath, Legion and Danielle Moonstar in a gunfight with Death herself?

At last, the tragic origin of Wolverine. After being taken hostage by an experimental Canadian military science outfit, Logan is transformed into Weapon X, an unstoppable killing machine with an indestructible Adamantium skeleton and razor-sharp claws. But Weapon X cannot be contained by his captors who are now trapped in their lab with the monster they have made and they will face his feral wrath!

Volume 11: Mutant Massacre

The first X-Men crossover event and still the most brutal! When Sabretooth and the lethal Marauders, Arclight, Riptide, Vertigo, Harpoon, Scalphunter and Scrambler attack the underground community of outcasts known as the Morlocks, the X-Men, X-Factor and New Mutants join forces to stop them with help from Thor, Daredevil and Power Pack! But the cost of victory is high as the X-Men are shattered, Thor is wounded and the Angel is changed forever!

Volume 12: Truth and Consequences

Extreme times call for extreme measures and the X-Men are willing to go to any lengths to save the life of their teammate Kitty Pryde. But are they willing to strike a deal with Doctor Doom? Meanwhile Angel contemplates a much bleaker fate! Meanwhile Psylocke, Longshot and Dazzler join the undermanned X-Men just in time to clash with the Avengers! When Magneto seeks to recover fragments of Asteroid M, the Avengers step in to investigate. Unsure of his intentions, they seek to bring him to trial before the World Court in Paris. Fortunately for Magneto, his teammates in the Uncanny X-Men step in to defend him no matter what the cost. These two teams face off and also have to deal with the Soviet Super Soldiers!

Volume 13: Fallen Angels

From the pages of X-Factor: Madrox and Siryn! From the pages of New Mutants: Sunspot and Warlock! From the pages of X-Force: the Vanisher and Boom-Boom! Mix these six unlikely allies with Devil Dinosaur, super-strong lobsters and some teenage runaways, and you’ve got the Fallen Angels! What wonders await these strange heroes of Beat Street in the paradise of Coconut Grove?!

Meet Bird-Brain, a bizarre creature who’s about to become the team’s feathered friend. The New Mutants face off against their rivals, the Hellions, to track Bird-Brain down but before the quest is done, one of them will switch sides! And there’s worse in store for the team as they trace Bird-Brain’s origins back to the freak-filled island of the Ani-Mator. Then it’s rematch you have been waiting for, X-Men vs Marauders round two! Unfortunately Storm is on her own journey of discovery with Naze which leads her on a path with the goal of killing Forge!

Volume 14: Fall of the Mutants

Three teams of mutants. Three tales of tragedy. Angel is dead, apparently by suicide. The Beast is slowly losing his amazing intellect. Iceman’s powers are out of control. Cyclops and Marvel Girl don’t know how to feel towards one another. And amidst all this, a new generation of troubled mutant teens desperately needs help… especially when they’re targeted by the villainous Right! As if that’s not enough, X-Factor faces the Horsemen of Apocalypse!  While as the New Mutants lose their innocence along with one of their own! Finally, the legendary X-Men make the ultimate sacrifice to stop the Adversary from plunging the world into darkness.  Witness as they charge headlong into death itself to protect a world that hates and fears them.

Next up: The Outback Era

 Volume 19: The Lower Depths

Banshee and Forge begin a quest for the missing X-Men but they’ll encounter more than they expected as the run into the Morlocks and Masque!  Will the X-Men be able to overcome Masque’s grotesque touch and save the Morlocks? Meanwhile Archangel finds himself stuck between Sabretooth and Caliban, Iceman and Opal go on a date and Beast run afoul of Mesmero! Finally, Storm finds herself in over her head and on the run from Nanny and the Orphan Maker! Will the mutant thief Gambit be able throw some luck her way? And just what exactly is brewing in Genosha?

 Volume 20: X-Tinction Agenda

Days of Future Present! A man from the future, desperately searching for the safety of his past, returns to those he once loved to save them from a future of tyranny and death. But in doing so he may have brought with him the greatest threat of all… the mutant killer Ahab. Then the X-Men, New Mutants and X-Factor are targeted for X-Tinction! To rescue a friend, the X-Men must invade the mutant-enslaving island nation of Genosha but the Genoshans’ memories are long, and their revenge will be terrifying! As the Magistrates strike, X-Factor and the New Mutants are drawn into the conflict…and soon discover old foe Cameron Hodge powered up and pulling the strings! The three X-teams are kidnapped, brainwashed, stripped of their powers, forced into combat and at least one among them will die! Can the powerless X-Men triumph over the military might of an entire nation?

 Volume 21: Muir Island Saga

The end of an era for the X-Men! When Apocalypse strikes, infecting Cyclops’ son Nathan with a deadly virus, Cyclops must make a bitter sacrifice! And the current X-Men return to Earth to find that Professor X’s old foe the Shadow King has risen and taken over Muir Island! It will take X-Factor and the X-Men’s combined strength to triumph…and what has Cable been up to with the New Mutants?

From here X-Factor spins off into it’s own series of binds

New Mutants becomes X-Force in it’s own series of binds! (Coming Soon)

And the X-Men continue on in Mutant Genesis

Volume 4: The Brood Saga

Beware the Brood! A vicious alien race intent on conquering the universe! Able to transform other species into their own kind, the Brood have infected each of the X-Men, and their metamorphoses will soon be complete. Now Wolverine, the only team member aware that the horrible transformation is about to occur, must enter a battle to save not only the lives of his teammates, but the universe itself! Xavier has believed the X-Men have the died. With the help of Moira he decides to recruit the next generation of Mutants. Cannonball. Sunspot. Moonstar. Karma. Rahne. Their training begins when they are targeted by Sentinels but something much more sinister is lurking in the dark. Something that will turn their greatest fear against them.

Volume 5: Debts and Obligations

The Uncanny X-Men. Magneto, Master of Magnetism. The bitterest of enemies for years. Now, they must join forces against a new adversary who threatens them all and the entire world besides in the name of God. The members of the Stryker Crusade are poised to cleanse the earth, no matter how much blood stains their hands. With Professor X as their enemy and Magneto as their ally, the X-Men undergo an apocalyptic ordeal ordained by a minister gone mad! Wolverine’s vacation from the X-Men is interrupted when he discovers that his beloved, Mariko Yashida, has been married off by her criminal father Lord Shingen! When Shingen humiliates Wolverine in front of Mariko, the hero loses heart, drowning his sorrows in beer, bar fights – and the arms of wild assassin Yukio. But when ninjas attack and betrayal strikes from a most unexpected source, can Wolverine reclaim his honor and rescue Mariko and himself from the trap Shingen has drawn around them both? Then Storm battles Callisto, leader of the outcast mutant Morlocks but why is Storm so unsettled, and what will she do to resolve her inner conflicts? Meanwhile, Rogue joins the X-Men, but how will the team react to the addition of their former foe?

Volume 6: Death Hunt

Mystique and the Brotherhood strike at the X-Men while Kitty is kidnapped by the Morlocks? Then learn the origin of Magik! Colossus’ 7-year-old sister Illyana Rasputin has been snatched away by Belasco, demon lord of Limbo! Though the X-Men rescue her what seems like seconds later, those seconds represent a years-long ordeal for Illyana. One that starts with losing a piece of her soul. As Illyana becomes more and more corrupted by dark magic she receives help from an unexpected ally. Will the terrors of Limbo completely corrupt her soul or will she be able to defeat Belasco? Can good triumph over evil when Illyana doesn’t know which one she is anymore?

Before the New Mutants can settle in with their new recruits they must try to rescue Kitty from the clutches of Emma Frost! It’s the New Mutants Vs the Hellions! Then things go from bad to worse as the Demon Bear that has haunted Moonstar’s dreams come to horrifying life! It took her parents and now has returned from Dani. As she lies on the brink of death the New Mutants must face their fears and prejudices and learn to work together. Meanwhile, Wolverine teaches Colossus some tough love with the help of Nightcrawler and the Juggernaut?! Rachel Summers arrives from the future but is hunted by Selene and Kitty gets in over her head in Japan. Finally, Rogue is public enemy number one and anti-mutant sentiment threatens the passage of a law that will strip every mutant in the United States of their rights.

 Volume 7: Life Death

It begins with Wolverine’s return to Japan, where the young Kitty Pryde has found herself in over her head with the yakuza and ends up face-to-face with the granddaddy of all ninjas, Ogun! The man in the dire mask is dead-set on remaking Chicago’s favorite mutant teen into an intangible assassin! But Ogun’s plans for Kitty’s future pale before the role he played in Wolverine’s past and the clawed Canadian vows to bring down his former teacher even if it means his death…or Kitty’s! It’s an adventure that will change both characters forever!

Meanwhile in America, the X-Men face the Hellfire Club and Kulan Gath turns all of Manhattan and all Marvel’s heroes into a barbarian horde. Can the X-Men, Avengers and Spider-Man restore the world? Then, in the All-New, All-Different X-Men 100th issue, a ghost from the team’s past confronts them on one of their most devastating moments. Bobby Drake, the X-Men’s coolest hero, gets the spotlight all to himself in a fun-filled, time-tripping adventure taking him from the safety of his parents’ home to a point in time decades before he was born. Family issues, alien beings, miniature time machines and a struggle against the deadly and enigmatic being known as Oblivion all play a part in a story illustrating just how powerful a force of nature Iceman can be on his own!

Volume 8: The Gift

Otherworldly wonder at the top of one world! In the Arctic Circle, the X-Men and Alpha Flight find a power that could save the world at the cost of destroying…what? But cost is no object when the power is revealed as a gift from Loki, who doesn’t like it when his gifts are returned! When the God of Lies loses his own prize, he decides one bad turn deserves another and sets his magic against the X-Men, only for the New Mutants to take the fall…and rise to Asgard! The X-Men ride to the rescue, but can even the mightiest mutants survive the multiple magics of myth?

As the All-New, All-Different X-Men celebrates their 100th issue, a ghost from the team’s past confronts them on one of their most devastating moments. Then with blade in hand, Nightcrawler swashbuckles his way through an other-dimensional solo adventure! Finally the time-tossed future Sentinel known as Nimrod strikes, the Power Pack meets Wolverine and the Juggernaut’s back in town!

Next up: Factor of X

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