Introduction to Chronology of X

Part 22 | Cross Time Capers to Extermination [2018 to 2019]

Vol. 01 - Cross Time Capers
X-Men: Blue #16-20



Vol. 02 - Generation X: Survival of the Fittest
Generation X v2 #8-9
Generation X #85-87



Vol. 03 - Poison-X
X-Men: Blue Annual #1 (2018)
X-Men: Blue #21
Venom #162
X-Men: Blue #22
Venom #163



Vol. 04 - Cry Havok
X-Men: Blue #23-26
X-Men: Blue #27 (1st story)
X-Men: Blue #28



Vol. 05 - Venomized
Venomized #1-5
X-Men: Blue #29-30 (serves as an epilogue to Venomized)



Vol. 06 - Cruel and Unusual
[The Hunt for Wolverine one-shot is grouped with these issues, because it features mostly Gold team members. It also occurs around this point, in the chronology.]

X-Men: Gold v2 Annual #1 (2018)
X-Men: Gold v2 #21 (p. 1-8, 10, 13-end)
X-Men: Gold v2 #22-25
Hunt for Wolverine



Vol. 07 - Surviving the Experience
[Must occur after Hunt for Wolverine because of Magneto's status change here.]

X-Men: Blue #31-35



Vol. 08 - Cable: The Newer Mutants (optional)
[Including this just for nostalgia's sake. It doesn't impact anything on the X-Men side of things as far as I know.]

Cable #150-154



Vol. 09 - Cable: Past Fears (optional)
[Same as above. Plus, there's a character introduced here that will appear later on.]

Cable #155-158
Cable #159 (1st story)



Vol. 10 - All-New Wolverine: Old Woman Laura (optional)
All-New Wolverine #33-35



Vol. 11 - Multiple Man: It All Makes Sense in the End
[Fun story that explains how Madrox returned to life (well, sorta), after dying in Death of X.]

Multiple Man #1-5



Vol. 12 - Life of X
Astonishing X-Men v4 #1-6



Vol. 13 - A Man Called X
Astonishing X-Men v4 #7-12
Astonishing X-Men v4 Annual #1 (2018)



Vol. 14 - Old Man Logan: Scarlet Samurai (optional)
Old Man Logan v2 #31-35



Vol. 15 - Old Man Logan: To Kill For (optional)
Old Man Logan v2 #36-40



Vol. 16 - Rogue & Gambit: Ring of Fire
Rogue & Gambit #1-5



Vol. 17 - Til Death Do Us Part
X-Men: The Wedding Special (1st story)
X-Men: Gold v2 #26 (p. 1-15)
X-Men: The Wedding Special (2nd story)
X-Men: Gold v2 #26 (p. 16-20)
X-Men: Gold v2 #27 (1st story)
X-Men: Gold v2 #28-29
X-Men: The Wedding Special (3rd story)
X-Men: Gold v2 #30-32



Vol. 18 - Rogue & Gambit: Love and Marriage
[Including this to explain the absence of Rogue & Gambit in the following Gold arc.]

Mr. and Mrs. X #1-5



Vol. 19 - Godwar
X-Men: Gold v2 #33-36



Vol. 20 - Hunt for Wolverine
[These stories were clearly meant to occur shortly after the Hunt for Wolverine secondary story. However, due to several factors (namely, Psylocke's transformation), it is impossible to occur earlier. Therefore, I place them here, a bit after the weddings.]

Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor #1-4
Hunt for Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda #1-4
Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost #1-4
Hunt for Wolverine: Claws of a Killer #1-4
Hunt for Wolverine: Dead Ends (ignore Nightcrawler's beard...)



Vol. 21 - Wakanda Forever (optional)
Amazing Spider-Man: Wakanda Forever
X-Men: Wakanda Forever
Avengers: Wakanda Forever



Vol. 22 - Old Man Logan: The Hunter and The Hunted (optional)
Old Man Logan v2 #41-45



Vol. 23 - Weapon X: Russian Revolution
Weapon X v3 #15-21



Vol. 24 - Weapon X: Weapon X-Force
Weapon X v3 #22-27



Vol. 25 - Black & Blue
[Emma Frost's story is not included here because it occurs a bit later on.]

X-Men: Black - Magneto (1st story)
X-Men: Black - Mojo (1st story)
X-Men: Black - Mystique (1st story)
X-Men: Black - Juggernaut (1st story)
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X-Men: Black - Magneto (Apocalypse story)
X-Men: Black - Mojo (Apocalypse story)
X-Men: Black - Mystique (Apocalypse story)
X-Men: Black - Juggernaut (Apocalypse story)
X-Men: Black - Emma Frost (Apocalypse story)
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X-Men: Blue #36
Domino v3 Annual #1 (2019)



Vol. 26 - The Hate Machine
X-Men: Red #1-4
X-Men: Red #5 (1st story)
X-Men: Red #6-11



Vol. 27 - Guardians of the Galaxy: Infinity Quest (optional)
[This has nothing to do with X-Men. However, it's the prelude to Infinity Countdown + Infinity Wars, which, in turn, will lead into Wolverine: Infinity Watch. Still, all of these Infinity volumes are very very very optional.]

Guardians of the Galaxy #146-150



Vol. 28 - Infinity Countdown (optional)
[I will just include the essential issues.]

Infinity Countdown: Adam Warlock
Infinity Countdown: Prime
Infinity Countdown #1-4
Doctor Strange v5 #3 (mis-labeled as Infinity Wars tie-in)
Infinity Countdown #5



Vol. 29 - Infinity Wars (optional)
[I will just include the essential issues. That means no Infinity Warps stuff.]

Infinity Wars: Prime

Infinity Wars #1-6

Infinity Wars: ∞




Vol. 30 - Iceman: Amazing Friends
[As weird as it seems, Emma Frost's "transformation" in her Black issue occurs between her Iceman v4 appearances.]

Iceman v4 #1-2
X-Men: Black - Emma Frost (1st story)
Iceman v4 #3-5



Vol. 31 - X-23: Family Album (optional)
X-23 v4 #1-5



Vol. 32 - Major X (optional)
[Typical Liefeld 90s crap here. The present-day X-Men appear in the later issues, so I'm including it. Do yourself a favor and avoid this.]

Major X #0-6



Vol. 33 - Extermination
X-Men: Gold v2 #27 (2nd story)
X-Men: Blue #27 (2nd story)
X-Men: Red #5 (2nd story)
Astonishing X-Men v4 #13 (2nd story)
Cable #159 (2nd story)
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Extermination #1-5
X-Men: The Exterminated






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