Part 02 | Second Genesis to Secret Wars [1975 to 1984]

These next few volumes contain a lot of Classic X-Men stories and pages, interspersed with the normal X-Men issues. The Classic X-Men issues were published in the late 80s and usually contained more pages, which expanded the events of the original stories. They also contained secondary stories (back-ups) that usually fit between the X-Men issues (sometimes they fit in the middle). Most of them are included here.

Vol. 01 - Second Genesis

[As a prelude, I include some origin stories of the characters that will be recruited in Giant-Size X-Men #1. The stories are incomplete as the rest of the issues retell what occurs in the GSXM issue.]

Uncanny Origins #8 (p. 1-17) (Nightcrawler)

Uncanny Origins #9 (p. 1-18) (Storm)

X-Men Origins: Colossus (p. 1-24) (Colossus)

X-Men Gold (3rd story) (Banshee & Sunfire)

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Classic X-Men #1 (1st story)
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (chapter 1)
Giant-Size X-Men #3
Giant-Size X-Men #1 (chapter 2-4)
Classic X-Men #1 (back-up)
Avengers #137 (Beast pages only) (Beast joins the Avengers)
X-Men #94 (chapter 1)
Giant-Size X-Men #4
Classic X-Men #2 (back-up)
X-Men #94 (chapter 2)
X-Men #95
Classic X-Men #3 (back-up)
X-Men #96
Classic X-Men #4 (back-up)

Vol. 02 - Rise of the Phoenix
Classic X-Men #14 (back-up)
X-Men #97
Classic X-Men #5-6 (back-ups)
Amazing Spider-Man #161-162

Marvel Holiday Special 1991 (1st story) (optional)
X-Men #98-99
Classic X-Men #7 (back-up)
X-Men #100
Classic X-Men #8 (back-up)
X-Men #101 (p. 1-9)
Marvel Team-Up Annual #1 (1976)
Marvel Team-Up #53 (X-Men pages only)
Marvel Tales #262 (back-up)
Classic X-Men #9-10 (back-ups) (optional)
X-Men #101 (p. 10-20)
X-Men #102-103
Iron Fist #11 (Hospital pages only)
X-Men #104-108
Captain America Annual #4 (1977)
Super-Villain Team-Up #14
Champions #16-17
Iron Fist #14-15
X-Men #109-110
Classic X-Men #18 (back-up)

Classic X-Men #27 (back-up)

Girl Comics v2 #1 (6th story)

Vol. 03 - The Odyssey

Classic X-Men #17 (back-up)
Marvel Team-Up #69-70
X-Men #111-113
Uncanny X-Men #114 (p. 1-12)
Classic X-Men #12 (back-up)
Uncanny X-Men #114 (p. 13-21)
Uncanny X-Men #115
Uncanny X-Men #116 (p. 1-16)
Classic X-Men #22 (back-up)
Uncanny X-Men #116 (last page)
Uncanny X-Men #117
Classic X-Men #24 (back-up)
Uncanny X-Men #118-121
Power Man and Iron Fist #56-57
Incredible Hulk Annual #7 (1978)



Vol. 04 - Reality Check
Uncanny X-Men #122-124
Classic X-Men #29 (back-up)
Uncanny X-Men Annual #3 (1979)
Bizarre Adventures #27 (Nightcrawler story)
Uncanny X-Men #125
Uncanny X-Men #126 (p. 1-14)
Classic X-Men #32 (back-up)
Uncanny X-Men #126 (p. 15-17)
Uncanny X-Men #127 (p. 1-4)
Classic X-Men #33 (back-up)
Uncanny X-Men #127 (p. 5-17)
Uncanny X-Men #128

Vol. 05 - Dark Phoenix Saga

Uncanny X-Men #129-131
Classic X-Men #36 (back-up)
Uncanny X-Men #132-137
Classic X-Men #43 (back-up)
Breaking into Comics: The Marvel Way #1 (2nd story) (optional)

Vol. 06 - Days of Future Past
Uncanny X-Men #138
Uncanny X-Men Annual #4 (1980)
Marvel Two-in-One #68
Marvel Team-Up #100
Uncanny X-Men #139-143



Vol. 07 - Days of Future Past: Doomsday (optional)

[This volume is entirely comprised of continuity inserts that expand on the DoFP timeline, depicting events that led to the state shown in UXM #141-142. There are some discrepancies between these stories, but overall, they made an effort to fit them together.]

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Doomsday #1-2

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Doomsday #3 (p. 1-11)

X-Men by Chris Claremont: Prelude to a Future Past (aka Uncanny X-Men #140.5)

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Doomsday #3 (p. 12-17) (The last three pages are a summary of Wolverine: DoFP, so I'm taking them out)

Wolverine: Days of Future Past #1-3

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Doomsday #4

Vol. 08 - Going Rogue
Uncanny X-Men #144
ROM #17-18 (optional)
Spider-Woman #37-38
Uncanny X-Men #145-148
Marvel Super-Heroes v2 11 (Ms. Marvel story)
Avengers Annual #10 (1981)
Uncanny X-Men #149-150
Uncanny X-Men Annual #5 (1981)
Bizarre Adventures #27 (Jean Grey story)



Vol. 09 - X-Men & Spider-Man: The Savage Land
Marvel Fanfare #1-4

Vol. 10 - Live Free or Die

[This volume marks the inclusion of the second team book - The New Mutants. Since this reading order is mostly focused on the X-teams, and not so much on their students, the New Mutants issues will only be included when their stories are relevant, are referenced, or complement the main X-Men books.]

Uncanny X-Men #151-152
Micronauts #37
Uncanny X-Men #153
X-Men Unlimited #29 (back-up) (optional)
Uncanny X-Men #154-166
Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (New Mutants: Renewal)
New Mutants #1-3
Uncanny X-Men #167

Marvel Team-Up #117-118 (optional)

Marvel Team-Up #124 (optional)
Uncanny X-Men Annual #6 (1982)
Special Edition X-Men #1 (back-up)
Vision & Scarlet Witch #4 (optional) (including this because this is where Magneto discovers he is the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch)



Vol. 11 - Contest of Champions (optional)
Contest of Champions #1-3



Vol. 12 - From the Ashes
Uncanny X-Men #168 (p. 1-21)
Wolverine #1 (p. 1-6)
Marvel Graphic Novel #5 (X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills)
X-Men / Alpha Flight v2 #1-2
X-Men Vs Hulk

X-Men: Gold v2 Annual #2 (2018)
Wolverine #1 (p. 7)
Uncanny X-Men #168 (p. 22)
Uncanny X-Men #169-171
Marvel Team-Up #135 (ignore Wolverine appearance) (optional)
Marvel Team-Up Annual #6 (1983)
Wolverine #1 (p. 8-end)
Wolverine #2-4
New Mutants #6 (pages with the reactions to Wolverine's wedding) (optional)
Uncanny X-Men #172
Uncanny X-Men #173 (p. 1-17)
X-Men Unlimited #39 (3rd story) (Storm gets her mohawk) (optional)
Uncanny X-Men #173 (p. 18-22)

Wolverine by Chris Claremont (optional)

Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #4 (1st story) (optional)

X-Men: Gold (1st story) (optional)

Marvel Fanfare #24 (2nd story) (optional)
Uncanny X-Men #174-175
Uncanny X-Men Annual #7 (1983)
Uncanny X-Men #176

Vol. 13 - Storm: Blowback
Storm v4 #1-5



Vol. 14 - Daredevil: Enemies (optional)
Daredevil #196-199
Moon Knight #35 



Vol. 15 - Strange Tales
Uncanny X-Men #177-179
New Mutants #13
X-Men & Micronauts #1-4 (optional)
Magik #1-4
New Mutants #14
Uncanny X-Men #180
New Mutants #15-16
Uncanny X-Men #182 (Emma Frost pages)
New Mutants #17

Vol. 16 - Secret Wars

Secret Wars #1-12

Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars #1 (1st story) (optional)

Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars #2-4 (optional)
What If? #114 (optional)

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