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).

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

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

MARVEL U Vol. 6 – Ronin – House of M

New Avengers 11-14

House of M 1-5

The Pulse: House of M

House of M 6-8

New Avengers 15

Amazing Spider-Man (ASM)  529-531

New Avengers 16-20

The Pulse 11-14

New Avengers Annual 1

Marvel U Vol. 7  Civil War Vol. 1

Civil War 1

Wolverine 42

Frontline 1

ASM 532

New Avengers 21

Civil War 2

ASM 533

Frontline 2

New Avengers 22

Wolverine 43-44

Frontline 3-4

Wolverine 45

Frontline 5

Civil War 3-4

Frontline 6-7

ASM 534

MARVEL U Vol. 8 – Civil War Vol. 2

New Avengers 23-24

Wolverine 46-47

Frontline 8

Wolverine 48

ASM 535

Civil War 5

Punisher War Journal 1

Frontline 9

ASM 536-537

Punisher War Journal 2

Civil War 6-7

Frontline 10

ASM 538

New Avengers 25

Frontline 11

Captain America 25

Civil War The Confession

Featured Writer: Larry Hama
Featured Artist: Marc Silvestri

Wolverine #31 September-90 Killing Zone
Wolverine #32 October-90 Terminal Trauma
Wolverine #33 November-90 Grave Undertakings
Wolverine #34 December-90 The Hunter In Darkness
Wolverine #35 January-91 Blood and Claws, Part 1
Wolverine #36 February-91 Blood and Claws, Part 2
Wolverine #37 March-91 Blood and Claws, Part 3
Wolverine #38 April-91 See Venice & Die!
Wolverine #39 May-91 Deconstruction
Wolverine #40 June-91 Reconstruction
Wolverine #41 July-91 Down In The Bottoms
Wolverine #42 July-91 Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Wolverine #43 August-91 Under The Skin
Wolverine #45 September-91 Claws Over Times Square
Wolverine #46 September-91 Home Is The Hunter…
Wolverine #48 November-91 Dreams of Gone
Wolverine #49 December-91 Remembrance Of Things Past
Wolverine #50 January-92 Dreams of Gone Part 3
Wolverine #51 February-92 Heartbreak Motel!
Wolverine #52 March-92 Citadel At the End of Time
Wolverine #53 April-92 The Chimerical Mystery Tour
Wolverine #55 June-92 30 Slashes Over Tokyo
Wolverine #56 July-92 We Got Cylla
Wolverine #57 July-92 Death In The Family

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

Single Volume Edition

My bind is a single volume but I’ve also mapped out a multi volume version that includes Wolverine, Deadpool and Weapon X: Days of Future now.  Take your pick of where ever you want to divide it.

Multi-Volume Edition