X-Men (2nd series)

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Series Details
X-Men (2nd series)
Publisher/Imprint: 
Marvel
Publication Date: 
October 1991 to December 2012
Issue Numbering: 
X-Men (2nd series) #1-113
New X-Men (1st series) #114-156
X-Men (2nd series) #157-207
X-Men Legacy (1st series) #208-275
Overview: 

Aside from spinoff series such as New Mutants and X-Factor, this is the first secondary X-Men title. As the established contemporary title, Uncanny X-Men, had begun as simply "X-Men," this title is X-Men (2nd series).

Title changed names several times during its run. Originally begun as just "X-Men," it changed to "New X-Men" with #114 (becoming the first series of that name). Title reverted back to simply "X-Men" with #157 and later changed with #208 to "X-Men Legacy" (the first series of that name) and remained with that name until its final issue, #275. The third series to be called X-Men began in 2010, two years before the cancellation of the series that was originally X-Men (2nd series).

Annuals / Specials: 

3 numbered annuals, followed by 6 annuals numbered by the years in which they were published (1995 to 2000). Beause the previous X-Men series had annuals, this series of annuals are considered by this site to be X-Men Annual (2nd series).

Special numbered issues include a Wizard Magazine #1/2, a #minus1 and a "point 1" issue (#260.1).

Years Published Name of Series Issue Numbering Brief Description
1963 to 1981 X-Men (1st series) #1-141 original series, became Uncanny X-Men with #142
1991 to 2012 X-Men (2nd series) #1-275 aka New X-Men (1st series), later X-Men: Legacy (1st series)
2010 to 2013 X-Men (3rd series) #1-41 Curse of the Mutants, Regenesis
2013 to 2015 X-Men (4th series) #1-26 "Marvel Now," all-female team
2019 to 2021 X-Men (5th series) #1-21 Krakoa era

Crossovers/Events/Major Stories:

#14-16 - X-Cutioner's Song
#25 - Fatal Attractions
#26 - Bloodties
#36-37 - Phalanyx Covenant
#40-41 - Legion Quest
#53-56 - Onslaught
#65-69 - Operation: Zero Tolerance
#82-84 - Hunt for Xavier
#85-87- Magneto War
#96-97 - the Twelve
#107 - Maximum Security

#114 - title becomes New X-Men (1st series)
#121 - 'Nuff Said
#135-138 - Riot at Xavier's
#146-150 - Planet X

#157 - title resumes name of X-Men 
#200-204 - Endangered Species
#205-207- Messiah Complex

#208 - title becomes X-Men: Legacy (1st series)
#226-227 - Utopia
#231-233 - Necrosha
#235-237 - Second Coming
#238 - Heroic Age
#245-249 - Age of X
#259-260.1 - Regenesis
#266-270 - Avengers vs. X-Men
 

Last Updated: 
4th September 2023 by Douglas Mangum