Here's a draft at a reading list; it's not 100% exhaustive, but it's close as far as TPBs reprinting the main continuity are concerned. Given how massive the main continuity is and how nebulous the placement within that continuity of mini-series and GNs can be, I've left those on their own for now. Likewise the volumes that essentialy reprint random issues.
There are three competing forces at work in the creation of this list: whether to list books in the order the stories were originally published, whether to list books purely chronologically by order of occurrence, or whether to list books in the order in which they should be read (which, due to flashbacks, flashforwards, and time travel, may not necessarily be the same as either of the other two). Because a single collection may include stories set all over the timeline, but some sense of story order is important, I have not exclusively followed any one of those three approaches, but rather have tried to use the approach that seems appropriate for each situation and compromise when necessary. When in doubt, I used the order the stories were originally published as the default.
Note that anthologies or books that reprint crossovers between series may be listed in multiple places.
Main X-Men Continuity |
Uncanny X-Men and X-Men, vol. 2 were essentially a semimonthly series with two titles for a long time; thus, they are listed together. Since it involved a title change and a break from this "tight continuity," New X-Men is in its own category. New Mutants and X-Factor frequently crossed paths with Uncanny X-Men, but since they were largely separate, they are also in their own categories. |
Title | Reprinted from | Comments |
Essential Uncanny X-Men vol. 1 | UXM #1-21 | [B&W] |
Marvel Masterworks v. 3: Uncanny X-Men, vol. 1 | UXM #1-10 | |
Marvel Masterworks v. 7: Uncanny X-Men, vol. 2 | UXM #11-21 | |
Marvel Masterworks: Uncanny X-Men, vol. 3 | UXM #22-31 | [OOP] |
Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko | UXM #50-51, Captain America #110-111, 113, Tower of Shadows #1, Our Love Story #5 | |
X-Men Visionaries [2]: Neal Adams | UXM #56-63, 65 | |
[NOTE: UXM #67-93 were all reprints of various issues of UXM #1-66] |
Essential X-Men vol. 1 | Giant-Size X-Men #1, UXM #94-119 | [B&W] |
Marvel Masterworks v. 11: Uncanny X-Men | GSX #1, UXM #94-100 | [OOP] |
Marvel Masterworks v. 12: Uncanny X-Men | UXM #101-110 | [OOP] |
Marvel Masterworks v. 24: Uncanny X-Men | UXM #111-120 | [OOP] |
X-Men: The Movie | X-Men: The Movie, UXM #112-113, 171, MCP #72-75 | |
Essential X-Men vol. 2 | UXM #120-144 | [B&W] |
The Uncanny X-Men; a.k.a. The Dark Phoenix Saga; a.k.a. X-Men Legends v. 2: The Dark Phoenix Saga | UXM #129-137 | |
Days Of Future Past | UXM #141-142 | [OOP] |
Essential X-Men vol. 3 | UXM #145-161, Annuals #3-5 | [B&W] |
The Savage Land; a.k.a. X-Men/Spider-man: Savage Land | Marvel Fanfare #1-4 | [OOP] |
Essential X-Men vol. 4 | UXM #162-179, Annual #6 | [B&W] |
Marvel Graphic Novel #5: God Loves, Man Kills | | [GN] [OOP] |
Backpack Marvels: Target: Angel | UXM #167-173 | [B&W] |
From The Ashes | UXM #168-176 | |
Backpack Marvels: Dark Phoenix Returns | UXM #174-180 | [B&W] |
Asgardian Wars | X-Men/Alpha Flight #1-2, NM Special Edition #1, UXM Annual #9 | [OOP] |
Mutant Massacre | UXM #210-212, NM #46, X-Factor #9-11, Thor #373-374, Power Pack #27 | |
Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men | Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men #1-4 | [OOP] |
X-Men vs. The Avengers; a.k.a. X-Men/Avengers | X-Men vs. The Avengers #1-4 | [OOP] |
Fall of the Mutants | UXM #224-226, X-Factor #24-26, NM #59-61 | |
X-Men: Earthfall | UXM #232-234 | [OOP] |
Colossus: God's Country | MCP #10-17 | [OOP] |
Inferno | NM #71-73, UXM #239-243, X-Factor #36-39 | |
X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee | UXM #248, 256-258, 268-269, 273-277, 286, Classic X-Men #39, XM Annual #1 | [OOP] |
X-Men: Mutations | Amazing Adventures #11 & 17, X-Factor #15, 24-25, UXM #256-258 | [OOP] |
Days of Future Present | UXM Annual #14, Fantastic Four Annual #23, NM Annual #6, X-Factor Annual #5 | [OOP] |
X-Tinction Agenda | UXM #270-272, NM #95-97, X-Factor #60-62 | |
X-Men: Crossroads | UXM #273-277 | [OOP] |
In 1991, a new title, X-Men, vol. 2, was created, and the original X-Men were brought over into it and Uncanny X-Men from X-Factor. |
Mutant Genesis | XM #1-7 | |
The Coming Of Bishop | UXM #282-285, 287-288 | [OOP] |
X-Men And Ghost Rider: Brood Trouble In The Big Easy | XM #8-9 (partial) Ghost Rider, vol. 2 #26-27 | [OOP] |
X-Cutioner's Song | X-Factor #84-86, UXM #294-296, X-Force #16-18, XM #14-16 | |
Fatal Attractions | Excalibur #71, UXM #304, WOLV #75, X-Factor #92, X-Force #25, XM #25 | |
Avengers/X-Men: Blood Ties | Avengers #368-9, Avengers West Coast #101, XM #26, UXM #307 | [OOP] |
The Adventures Of Cyclops And Phoenix | The Adventures Of Cyclops And Phoenix #1-4 | [OOP] |
The Origin Of Generation X | X-Factor #106, X-Force #38, Excalibur #82, UXM #316-317, XM #36-37, WOLV #85, Cable #16, Generation X #1 | [OOP] |
Bishop: The Mountjoy Crisis | Bishop #1-4 | [OOP] |
Rogue | Rogue, vol. 1 #1-4 | [OOP] |
Legionquest | UXM #320-321, XM #40-41 | |
Dawn Of The Age Of Apocalypse | X-Men: Alpha #1, Cable #20, Age of the Apocalypse: The Chosen | [OOP] |
For four months in 1994, all of the X-Men series changed names and told stories about life in an alternate timeline wherein Professor Xavier had been killed before forming the X-Men. After four months, the series all switched back to their normal titles and told stories in the normal timeline. X-Men and Uncanny X-Men became Amazing X-Men and Astonishing X-Men. [See Age of Apocalypse under "Alternate Universes" for these alternate-timeline stories.] |
Twilight Of The Age Of Apocalypse | X-Men: Omega, X-Men Universe #1-2 | [OOP] |
Clandestine vs. X-Men | Clandestine #1-8, X-Men vs. Clandestine #1-2 | [OOP] |
Wolverine/Gambit: Victims | Wolverine/Gambit: Victims #1-4 | |
X-Men Visionaries: Joe Madureira | UXM #325-326, 329-330, 341-343 | [OOP] |
X-Men vs. Brood | UXM #232-234, X-Men/Brood: Day of Wrath #1-3 | [OOP] |
Onslaught v. 1: The Awakening | UXM #322 & 334, XM #53-54, WOLV #104, Onslaught: X-Men | [OOP] |
Onslaught v. 2: To the Victor... | X-Man #18-19, X-Force #57-58 | [OOP] |
Onslaught v. 3: Comrades in Arms | UXM #335, Avengers #401, Fantastic Four #415, XM #55 | [OOP] |
Onslaught v. 4: Eye of the Storm | Cable #34-35, Incredible Hulk vol. 1 #444-445 | [OOP] |
Onslaught v. 5: The Front Line | X-Factor #125, Amazing Spider-man #415, Green Goblin #12, Punisher #11, Spider-man #72 | [OOP] |
Onslaught v. 6: Pyrrhic Victory | Avengers #402, XM #56, UXM #336, Onslaught: Marvel Universe | [OOP] |
X-Men: Zero Tolerance | XM #65-69, WOLV #115-118, Cable #45-47 and X-Force #67-69 | [OOP] |
Magneto: Rogue Nation | Magneto Rex #1-3, X-Men: Magneto War #1, XM #85-87, UXM #366 & #367 | [OOP] |
The Astonishing X-Men: Deathwish | XM #92 & 95, Astonishing X-Men, vol. 2 #1-3, UXM #375 | [OOP] |
When the entire X-Men line was reorganized, bringing us New X-Men and Xtreme-X-Men, Uncanny X-Men likewise started a "new direction," though not different enough from what came before to get a new name, new numbering, or a new category here. |
Uncanny X-Men: Poptopia | UXM #394-399 | |
Uncanny X-Men: Hope | UXM #410-415 | |
Uncanny X-Men: Dominant Species | UXM #416-420 | |
New Mutants/X-Force |
After many years of just Uncanny X-Men, Marvel decided to start a new series about the next generation of mutants, going to school at Xavier's in order to learn to cope in a world that hates & fears them. After issue 100, the series was retitled to X-Force, to reflect the character's change from students to a proactive mutant strike force. |
Title | Reprinted from | Comments |
Marvel Graphic Novel #4: New Mutants | | [GN] |
New Mutants: The Demon Bear Saga | NM #18-21 | [OOP] |
Asgardian Wars | X-Men/Alpha Flight #1-2, NM Special Edition #1, UXM Annual #9 | [OOP] |
Mutant Massacre | UXM #210-212, NM #46, X-Factor #9-11, Thor #373-374, Power Pack #27 | |
Fall of the Mutants | UXM #224-226, X-Factor #24-26, NM #59-61 | |
Inferno | NM #71-73, UXM #239-243, X-Factor #36-39 | |
Cable and the New Mutants | NM #86-91, 93-94 | [OOP] |
Days of Future Present | UXM Annual #14, Fantastic Four Annual #23, NM Annual #6, X-Factor Annual #5 | [OOP] |
X-Tinction Agenda | UXM #270-272, NM #95-97, X-Factor #60-62 | |
Cable: Second Genesis | NM #98-100, X-Force #1 | [OOP] |
X-Force/Spider-Man: Sabotage | X-Force #4, Spider-man #16, (et al.?) | [OOP] |
X-Cutioner's Song | X-Factor #84-86, UXM #294-296, X-Force #16-18, XM #14-16 | |
Fatal Attractions | Excalibur #71, UXM #304, WOLV #75, X-Factor #92, X-Force #25, XM #25 | |
The Origin Of Generation X | X-Factor #106, X-Force #38, Excalibur #82, UXM #316-317, XM #36-37, WOLV #85, Cable #16, Generation X #1 | [OOP] |
For four months in 1994, all of the X-Men series changed names and told stories about life in an alternate timeline wherein Professor Xavier had been killed before forming the X-Men. After four months, the series all switched back to their normal titles and told stories in the normal timeline. X-Force became Gambit and the X-Ternals. [See Age of Apocalypse under "Alternate Universes" for these alternate-timeline stories.] |
Onslaught v. 2: To the Victor... | X-Man #18-19, X-Force #57-58 | [OOP] |
X-Men: Zero Tolerance | XM #65-69, WOLV #115-118, Cable #45-47 and X-Force #67-69 | [OOP] |
X-Men: Road Trippin' | UXM #138, 244, 245, 323, Generation X #5, WOLV #78, X-Force #71 & 75, Marvel Treasury Edition #26 | [OOP] |
X-Factor |
In the mid-1980's, Marvel reunited the original X-Men--raising Jean Grey/Phoenix from the dead in the process--and gave them their own series. After issue #70, the "old" team was shifted over into Uncanny X-Men and X-Men, vol. 2, and new characters took their place in X-Factor. |
Phoenix Rising | Avengers #263, Fantastic Four #286, X-Factor, vol. 1 #1 | |
Rise Of Apocalypse | Rise of Apocalypse #1-4, X-Factor, vol. 1 #5-6 | [OOP] |
Mutant Massacre | UXM #210-212, NM #46, X-Factor #9-11, Thor #373-374, Power Pack #27 | |
X-Men: Mutations | Amazing Adventures #11 & 17, X-Factor #15, 24-25, UXM #256-258 | [OOP] |
Fall of the Mutants | UXM #224-226, X-Factor #24-26, NM #59-61 | |
Cyclops: Retribution | MCP #17-24 | [OOP] |
Inferno | NM #71-73, UXM #239-243, X-Factor #36-39 | |
Days of Future Present | UXM Annual #14, Fantastic Four Annual #23, NM Annual #6, X-Factor Annual #5 | [OOP] |
X-Tinction Agenda | UXM #270-272, NM #95-97, X-Factor #60-62 | |
X-Factor: Prisoner of Love | | [GN] [OOP] |
Wrath of Apocalypse | X-Factor #65-67 | [OOP] |
X-Cutioner's Song | X-Factor #84-86, UXM #294-296, X-Force #16-18, XM #14-16 | |
Fatal Attractions | Excalibur #71, UXM #304, WOLV #75, X-Factor #92, X-Force #25, XM #25 | |
The Very Best of Marvel Comics | UXM #303, X-Factor #101, WOLV #82, XM #30, Punisher #93 | [1994 version] [OOP] |
The Origin Of Generation X | X-Factor #106, X-Force #38, Excalibur #82, UXM #316-317, XM #36-37, WOLV #85, Cable #16, Generation X #1 | [OOP] |
For four months in 1994, all of the X-Men series changed names and told stories about life in an alternate timeline wherein Professor Xavier had been killed before forming the X-Men. After four months, the series all switched back to their normal titles and told stories in the normal timeline. X-Factor became Factor-X. [See Age of Apocalypse under "Alternate Universes" for these alternate-timeline stories.] |
Onslaught v. 5: The Front Line | X-Factor #125, Amazing Spider-man #415, Green Goblin #12, Punisher #11, Spider-man #72 | [OOP] |
Wolverine |
The man with the retractable "claws" and bad attitude is the best at what he does, and what he does is get lots of comics written featuring himself. One reason Wolverine has so many "graphic novels"--besides the character's strong popularity--is that for several years, Marvel published squarebound graphic novels instead of numbered "annuals" for the Wolverine series. |
Title | Reprinted from | Comments |
Wolverine: Origin | Origin #1-6 | |
Logan: Path of the Warlord | | [GN] [OOP] |
Logan: Shadow Society | | [GN] [OOP] |
Weapon X | MCP #72-84 | |
X-Men: The Movie | X-Men: The Movie, UXM #112-113, 171, MCP #72-75 | |
Incredible Hulk and Wolverine | Incredible Hulk #180-181, Marvel Treasury Edition #26 | [OOP] |
Wolverine/Nick Fury: The Scorpio Connection | | [GN] [HC] [OOP] |
Wolverine | Wolverine, vol. 1 #1-4 | |
Save the Tiger | MCP #1-10 | [OOP] |
Wolverine: Doombringer | | [GN] [OOP] |
Essential Wolverine vol. 1 | WOLV #1-23 | |
Wolverine Legends, vol. 2: Meltdown | Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown #1-4 | |
Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure | | [GN] [OOP] |
Essential Wolverine vol. 2 | WOLV #24-47 | |
Wolverine: Rhane of Terra | | [GN] [OOP] |
Wolverine: Bloodlust | | [GN] [OOP] |
Acts of Vengeance | MCP #64-71 | [OOP] |
Wolverine: Triumphs And Tragedies | UXM #109, 172-173, Wolverine, vol. 1 #4, WOLV #41-42, 75 | [OOP] |
Wolverine: Bloody Choices | | [GN] [OOP] |
Wolverine: Blood Hungry! | MCP #85-92 | [OOP] |
Essential Wolverine vol. 3 | WOLV #48-69 | |
Wolverine: Evilution | | [GN] [OOP] |
Fatal Attractions | Excalibur #71, UXM #304, WOLV #75, X-Factor #92, X-Force #25, XM #25 | |
X-Men Visionaries: Best of the Kuberts | UXM #279, Wolverine #77-78, XM #33 | [OOP] |
X-Men: Road Trippin' | UXM #138, 244, 245, 323, Generation X #5, WOLV #78, X-Force #71 & 75, Marvel Treasure #26 | [OOP] |
The Very Best of Marvel Comics | UXM #303, X-Factor #101, WOLV #82, XM #30, Punisher #93 | [1994 version] [OOP] |
The Origin Of Generation X | X-Factor #106, X-Force #38, Excalibur #82, UXM #316-317, XM #36-37, WOLV #85, Cable #16, Generation X #1 | [OOP] |
For four months in 1994, all of the X-Men series changed names and told stories about life in an alternate timeline wherein Professor Xavier had been killed before forming the X-Men. After four months, the series all switched back to their normal titles and told stories in the normal timeline. Wolverine became Weapon X. [See Age of Apocalypse under "Alternate Universes" for these alternate-timeline stories.] |
Wolverine: Knight of Terra | | [GN] [OOP] |
Wolverine/Gambit: Victims | Wolverine/Gambit: Victims #1-4 | |
Onslaught v. 1: The Awakening | UXM #322 & 334, XM #53-54, WOLV #104, Onslaught: X-Men | [OOP] |
X-Men: Zero Tolerance | XM #65-69, WOLV #115-118, Cable #45-47 and X-Force #67-69 | [OOP] |
Wolverine: Not Dead Yet | WOLV #119-122 | |
Wolverine: Blood Debt | WOLV #150-153 | |
Wolverine: The Best There Is | WOLV #159-161, 167-169 | |
Wolverine/Deadpool: Weapon X | WOLV #162-166, Deadpool #57-60 | |
Wolverine Legends, vol. 3: Law of the Jungle | WOLV #181-186 | |
Wolverine [vol. 2]: | WOLV #187?-? | [Forthcoming?] |
Anthology-style collections |
Since they are anthologies, the continuity of these books is generally all over the map. Where relevant, narrow enough of scope, or including issues not reprinted elsewhere, these may be duplicated above. |
Title | Reprinted from | Comments |
Son of Origins of Marvel Comics | UXM #1, XM #1, and other non-X-Men reprints | [1997 version] [OOP] |
Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics | UXM #117, 309, and other non-X-Men reprints | [1998 version] [OOP] |
Bring Back the Bad Guys | UXM #4, #161, and other non-X-Men reprints | [OOP] |
Marvel's Greatest Super Battles | UXM #212-213, and other non-X-Men reprints | [OOP] |
The Very Best of Marvel Comics | UXM #112-113, and other non-X-Men reprints | [1991-92 version] [OOP] |
The Very Best of Marvel Comics | UXM #303, X-Factor #101, WOLV #82, XM #30, Punisher #93 | [1994 version] [OOP] |
X-Men Famous Firsts | UXM #1, 50, 54, 244, 266, 283, NM #87, Avengers Annual #10 | [OOP] |
Greatest Battles Of The X-Men | XM #57-59, UXM #137, 141-142, 277 | [OOP] |
The Very Best Of The X-Men | UXM #35, 57-59, 66, 105, 107-108, 120-121, 190-191, UXM Annual #5, Fantastic Four #28 | [OOP] |
Wolverine: Triumphs And Tragedies | UXM #109, 172-173, Wolverine, vol. 1 #4, WOLV #41-42, 75 | [OOP] |
X-Men: Danger Room Battle Archives | UXM Annual #3, 10, 17, Incredible Hulk Annual #7, NM Annual #2 | [OOP] |
X-Men: Mutations | Amazing Adventures #11 & 17, X-Factor #15, 24-25, UXM #256-258 | [OOP] |
Spiderman and the Uncanny X-Men | UXM #27 (partial), 35, Amazing Spider-man #92, Marvel Team-Up Annual #1, Marvel Team-Up #150, Spectacular Spider-man #197-199, et al. | [OOP] |
X-Men Visionaries: Chris Claremont | UXM #114, 153, 186, 198, 268, Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #4, NM #45, Excalibur #16 | [OOP] |
X-Men Visionaries: Best of the Kuberts | UXM #279, Wolverine #77-78, XM #33 | [OOP] |
X-Men Alterniverse Visions | What If?, vol. 2 #40, 59, 62, 66, 69 | [OOP] |
X-Men Legends, vol. 3: Art Adams | NM Special Edition #1; XM Annuals #9-10, 12; Fantastic Four #347-349 | |
X-Men Vignettes | Classic X-Men #1-13 | [OOP] |
X-Men: Road Trippin' | UXM #138, 244, 245, 323, Generation X #5, WOLV #78, X-Force #71 & 75, Marvel Treasure #26 | [OOP] |