Following the beginning of Marvel’s Hickman era of X-Men in the Dawn of X and Reign of X, the X-Men line of comics will move into the Destiny of X, what is effectively the third part of life on Krakoa for the mutants.
Part 1: Dawn of X
Part 2: Reign of X
Part 4: Fall of X
The Destiny of X is a true changing of the guard for the X-Men, as Head of X Jonathan Hickman leaves the franchise following the events of Inferno
If you’re looking to get started with this era of X-Men, make sure to check out House of X / Powers of X
Collecting Krakoa
Collects: S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #1-11; X-Men Red (2022) #1-15, 16 (A story), 17-18; Storm & the Brotherhood of Mutants (2023) #1-3; Resurrection of Magneto (2023) #1-4; Cable Reloaded (2021) #1; X-Men: Before the Fall – Heralds of Apocalypse (2023) #1; Marvel’s Voices: X-Men (2023) #1 (The Man With No Shame)
X-Men: Age Of Krakoa By Kieron Gillen Omnibus
Collects: Immortal X-Men (2022) #1-18, Sins Of Sinister (2023) #1, Immoral X-Men (2023) #1-3, Sins Of Sinister: Dominion (2023), X-Men: Before The Fall – Sinister Four (2023) And X-Men: Forever (2024) #1-4
Collects: X-Men (2021) #7, The Secret X-Men (2022) #1, Sabretooth (2022) #1, Devil’s Reign: X-Men (2022) #1-2
Collects: Devil’s Reign: X-Men (2022) #3, X-Men (2021) #8, Sabretooth (2022) #2-3, Marauders Annual (2022) #1
The X Lives & Deaths Of Wolverine
Collects: The X Lives Of Wolverine #1–5, The X Deaths Of Wolverine #1–5.
X-Force by Benjamin Percy Vol. 5
Collects: X-Force (2019) #27-33.
Wolverine By Benjamin Percy Vol. 4
Collects: Wolverine (vol. 7) #20-25.
Collects: Sabretooth (2022) #1-5.
Collects: Sabretooth & the Exiles #1-5.
Immortal X-Men by Kieron Gillen Vol. 1
Collects: Immortal X-Men #1-5.
Collects: Legion Of X (2022) #1-5.
Collects: X-Men: Red (2022) #1-5.
Collects: Knights Of X (2022) #1-5.
Marauders By Steve Orlando Vol. 1
Collects: Marauders Annual (2022) #1, Marauders (2022) #1-6.
Collects: X-Men (2021) #7-12.
X-Men: Hellfire Gala – Immortal
Collects: X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1, Secret X-Men #1, X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #50-55, X-Men: Hellfire Gala Confessional Strips, Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #9, and material from Free Comic Book Day 2022: Avengers/X-Men.
Collects: The complete A.X.E.: Judgment Day event including all core issues and tie-ins.
Comic Book Herald’s Judgment Day reading order!
Collects: X-Men (2021) #13-18.
Collects: X-Men: Red (2022) #6-10.
New Mutants by Vita Ayala Vol. 4
Collects: New Mutants (2019) #29-33.
Legion of X by Simon Spurrier Vol. 2
Collects: Legion Of X (2022) #6-10 and X-Men: Before the Fall — Sons of X.
Marauders by Steve Orlando Vol. 2
Collects: Marauders (2022) #6-12, X-Men: Before the Fall – Mutant First Strike #1.
Collects: New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1-5.
New Mutants by Vita Ayala Vol. 3
Collects: New Mutants (2019) #25-28.
Collects: X-Terminators #1-5.
Collects: Dark Web #1, Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #15-18, Venom (2021) #14-15, Dark Web: X-Men #1-3, Dark Web: Ms. Marvel #1-2, and Dark Web Finale #1.
Collects: X-Men (2021) #19-24.
Immortal X-Men by Kieron Gillen Vol. 2
Collects: Immortal X-Men (2021) #7-10.
Destiny of X Comics
The follow up to Inferno begins in X Lives and X Deaths of Wolverine
X Lives & X Deaths of Wolverine Reading Order:
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
Ok, so realistically the first issue of the five issue Sabretooth miniseries by Victor Lavalle and Leonard Kirk can be read any time after X-Force #1 in the Dawn of X (or really just after House and Powers). That said, it’s published here after Inferno, and there are small details that may make reading it more in line with publication order a better fit.
By the time we get to issue #4, Sabretooth is caught up to X Lives / X Deaths of Wolverine in the timeline.
Chronologically, you could argue this issue likely occurs even later into the Destiny of X, but it reads better in sequence with the rest of the mini, and to my knowledge isn’t referenced elsewhere.
Chronologically, Secret X-Men could be read any time after the Hellfire Gala.
Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird #1
Free Comic Book Day: A.X.E. Judgment Day (2022)
As you’d expect this is a prelude to Marvel’s Judgment Day event. The issue also offers a huge tease for 2022’s Hellfire Gala!
Free Comic Book Day: Spider-Man / Venom (2022)
As you probably wouldn’t expect, Zeb Wells is bringing his Hellions / X-Men skills to Amazing Spider-Man!
Nightcrawler asks Jen to represent Krakoa.
This is listed as a “Judgement Day” event tie-in but it’s not related at all. The remainder of this arc does continue into “Judgement Day” with clearer tie-ins (although it’s still very skippable as part of the event!).
Up Next: Judgment Day!
Technically, this issue references “eve of Judgment,” but it makes more sense after the event in my view.
Event Crossover: Dark Web
Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #1
Besty Braddock: Captain Britain #2
Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #3
Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #4
Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #5
Gerry Duggan’s “Iron Man” is borderline an X-book, and will clearly play a role in the build to Fall of X.
Next: Sins of Sinister
Then: Fall of X
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Hello! I am a huge fan of this reading order! I’ve been working through Destiny of X, but when I looked ahead at the Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X, I noticed that it didn’t seem complete. I was wondering if this reading order will be updated and completed. I have been greatly enjoying it and can’t thank you enough for all the amazing work you’ve done here! I am just excited to read more and complete this era, and I was wondering how to navigate those missing issues at the end of the reading guide. Thank you!
Yeah, and the less-complete ones also drop series that were started in the more-complete ones. Rogue & Gambit is a 5-issue series. The first 3 issues are on the reading order, then the last two just never show up.
It’s been three years since all these were posted and a year since your comment, so I guess they’ll never go through and fill them out.
I’m not sure if it’s just me, but on the Fall of X page, it stops at Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant 1. I thought maybe it just hadn’t been updated since then, but just recently seen the Fall of House X/Rise of Powers of X link posted below that. Tried viewing in Chrome for Android and Firefox/Edge for PC. Also, can’t comment on that page.
Great List – thanks.
Where does Deadpool 6 fit in ? It does have a DoX cover ?
Where does Rogue and Gambit 4 and Scarlet Witch Annual 1 fit in?
Will we be getting a trade reading order any time soon??
Why is Marauders #10 listed twice?
Shouldn’t Bishop War College 5 be placed after Sins ofSinister Dominion? Considering (trying not to spoil here) the whereabouts of a certain character?
Does anyone know the TPB order after Sabretooth: The Adversary?
Where would you put X-Men: Unforgiven and Invincible Iron Man #4?
Love this thanks – so you know the trade reading order? I get the individual series trades
Sorry, correct me if I am wrong but you seem to be missing xtreme x men #1
Oops sorry nevermind I just realized that isnt krakoa age
Also Marauders #10 is on here twice.
X-Terminators #5 as well
Couldn’t help but notice there is no X-Terminators #4 on this list. Anyone know where it happens to fit in?
Where does X-Men Annual 1 (2022) come in?
Anybody know if this ers will be released as multiple volumes, like Dawn, Reign, and Trials of X? I have all of the other ones so far and I wanted to collect the whole Krakoa era in this way.
This guide appears to be missing Immortal #8 and Legion of X #8
Where do Immortal X-Men 08, New Mutants 31, X-Force 34, X-Men 17, and X-Terminators 03 fall in the reading order?
Where does the new Gambit series fit into all this?!
Marauders #31?
I would assume Marauders Annual 1 should still be somewhere in the Reign of X reading order. Because Sebastian Shaw is still the Black King, which he shouldn’t be anymore by the end of Reign of X.
Where does X-Men Green #1 fit?
Is AXE Judgement day part of the Destiny of X storyline or its own seperate crossover ?
It’s going to seemingly impact the DoX, and you should at least read the main series to get the full DoX story I would imagine
You seem to be missing Sabretooth #5! I just put it in after #4, but let me know if anything is different
FCBD Spider-man/Venom isn’t actually a part of this reading order, right?
madelyne pryor is working with prowler in this book on an arc called “dark web”, it’s teased as x-men’s inferno meets spider-man’s clone saga. i doubt it will be related to the x-books too much.
Immortal X-Men #1 must take place after X-Force Annual #1 and X-Force #27 because the Quiet Council hearing with Beast and Sage has Magneto present.