X-Books and Storylines: A History of the X-Men
A living document (and still a work in progress); here is my list of notable X-Men stories and milestones, with liner notes.
- 1963: The X-Men (Original team Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, Marvel Girl / Jean Grey)
- (Magneto; Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch; Juggernaut; Boliver Trask creates the Sentinels / Master Mold)
- 1975: Giant-Size X-Men #1
- “Second Genesis” (Xavier hires the second team, Banshee, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, Sunfire, Thunderbird, to rescue the first team)
- 1981: becomes Uncanny X-Men (80’s: The New Mutants, X-Factor, & Excalibur released; Thunderbird dies)
- “The Dark Phoenix Saga”
- “Days of Future Past” (Future-Phoenix Rachel Summers returns to present, Nimrod follows)
- “God Loves, Man Kills” (Rev. William Stryker)
- “Mutant Massacre” (Mr. Sinister’s Marauders kill the Morlocks, rip off Angel’s wings)
- “Fall of the Mutants” (Apocalypse brainwashes Angel as Archangel, the Four Horsemen’s Death)
- “Inferno” (Mr. Sinister’s clone of Jean Grey, Madelyne Pryor, becomes Goblin Queen; Colossus’ sis Illyana becomes Darkchylde; demons invade NYC)
- “Days of Future Present” (Ahab travels back from future of “Days of Future Past“)
- 1991: X-Men, X-Force v.1 released
- “X-tinction Agenda” (Cameron Hodge uses mind-wiped mutants as slaves to kill the rest)
- “Muir Island Saga”
- “X-cutioner’s Song” (Stryfe tries to assassinate Xavier & frame Cable, intros Legacy Virus)
- “Fatal Attractions” (Magneto pulls Wolverine’s adamantium out; Xavier mind-wipes him)
- “Phalanx Covenant” (techno-organic aliens invade)
- 1994: Generation-X released
- “Age of Apocalypse” (alternate timeline)
- 1995: X-Man continues (end of X-Factor & Excalibur)
- “Onslaught” (“Fatal Attractions” aftermath creates the psionic villain Onslaught, takes many Marvel heroes with Doctor Doom’s help to destroy him)
(Master Mold and Nimrod merge to become Bastion) - “Operation: Zero Tolerance” (Bastion creates the Prime Sentinels, convinces gov’t to track down mutants)
- “Magneto War”
- “The Twelve” (Apocalypse merges with Cyclops)
- “Revolution”
- “Onslaught” (“Fatal Attractions” aftermath creates the psionic villain Onslaught, takes many Marvel heroes with Doctor Doom’s help to destroy him)
- 2001: X-Treme X-Men released (end of X-Man & Generation-X)
- “Dreams End” (Moira MacTaggart & Senator Kelly die)
- “Eve of Destruction” (Colossus dies, ends Legacy Virus)
- 2001: New X-Men v.1 released
- “E is for Extinction” (Xavier’s sister Cassandra Nova uses the Sentinels for mutant genocide in Genosha)
- “Planet X” (Return of Magneto, Jean Grey dies again)
- “Here Comes Tomorrow” (Cyclops re-opens the school with Emma Frost)
- 2004: Astonishing X-Men released (end of New X-Men v.1, v.2 with new mutant students released)
- “Gifted“, “Dangerous“, “Torn“, & “Unstoppable” (Joss Whedon’s run; return of Colossus, The Danger Room becomes sentient)
- “House of M” (results in “M-Day“: Scarlet Witch says “No more mutants”, dropping the mutant population to 198)
- “Decimation” (The Day After “M-Day“)
- 2006: New Excalibur, X-Factor v.2 released
- “Deadly Genesis” (Cyclops banishes Xavier)
- “Endangered Species” (Beast tries to cure mutants depowered by M-Day but fails)
- “Messiah Complex” (Hope, the first new mutant baby is born)
- 2008: X-Force v.3 released
- “Divided We Stand” (follow-up to “Messiah Complex“)
- “Manifest Destiny” (follow-up to “Divided We Stand“)
- “X-Infernus” (sequel to “Inferno“)
- “Messiah War” (part two of “Messiah Complex“)
- “Utopia” (Norman Osborne brings down the X-Men)
- “Nation X” (Aftermath of “Utopia”, return of Magneto)
- “Necrosha” (the Black Queen resurrects dead mutants, trying to become a goddess)
- “Second Coming” (part three of “Messiah Complex / Messiah War“; Nightcrawler dies)
- 2010: Uncanny X-Force released (end of X-Force v.3)
- “Curse of the Mutants”
- “Age of X”
- “Schism” (The team divides into two: Cyclops on west-coast and Wolverine in NY)
- 2011: Uncanny X-Men v.2, Age of Apocalypse released (end of Uncanny X-Men v.1)
- “Regenesis”
- “Fear Itself” (Marvel-wide)
- “X-Sanction”
- “Avengers vs X-Men”
- 2012: All-New X-Men, Uncanny Avengers will be released as part of Marvel NOW! (end of Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Force)
- Original X-Men return
To be continued!
