"Destiny of X" is a 2022 relaunch of the X-Men line of comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is the sequel to "Reign of X" following the end of the dual miniseries X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine.[1] It was the third phase of the Krakoan Age, and the first following the departure of Jonathan Hickman at the end of "Reign of X.” "Destiny of X" included the crossover events A.X.E.: Judgment Day and Sins of Sinister. A sequel, "Fall of X," was launched in August 2023.
Publication history
The previous phase Reign of X concluded with X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine (January – March 2022) which led into Destiny of X.[2][3][4]
This phase included the crossover event A.X.E.: Judgment Day (July – November 2022) which focused on humanity's discovery of the mutant resurrection protocols and the subsequent conflict between the Avengers, the X-Men and the Eternals. This event was written by Kieron Gillen with art by Valerio Schiti.[5] X-Men Red by writer Al Ewing, with art by Stefano Caselli, focuses on the terraformed Mars now known as Arakko which serves as the home to millions of mutants freed during the X of Swords crossover.[6][7][8] The Marauders series was relaunched with writer Steve Orlando, artist Eleonora Carlini, and colorist Matt Milla as the new creative team.[9][10][11] Screen Rant commented that in the first volume the Marauders were "tasked with protecting the interests of the Hellfire Trading Company's black-market and rescuing mutant refugees feeling from unfriendly nations, returning them to safety on Krakoa. Now that most of the world's mutants have been relocated to Krakoa from dangerous territories, and X-Force taking on more responsibility with retrieving stolen Hellfire goods, Pryde is repositioning her Marauders team as a mutant Search and Rescue squad".[10] Additionally, Gilleon began writing the Immortal X-Men series with artist Lucas Werneck which focused on the Quiet Council of Krakoa;[12][13] this series built plot points for the Sins of Sinister event (January – April 2023), which concluded the phase.[14][15]
In May 2024, X-Men group editor Jordan D. White commented that the anthology collection "format was shelved" and there would not be compiled trade paperbacks for Destiny of X or Fall of X.[16]
Titles
Prelude series
Ongoing series
Limited series
One-shots
List of issues
Release order
- 1) X Lives of Wolverine #1
- 2) Marauders Annual #1
- 3) X Deaths of Wolverine #1
- 4) Sabretooth #1
- 5) X Lives of Wolverine #2
- 6) X Deaths of Wolverine #2
- 7) X Lives of Wolverine #3
- 8) X Deaths of Wolverine #3
- 9) Sabretooth #2
- 10) X Lives of Wolverine #4
- 11) X Deaths of Wolverine #4
- 12) X Lives of Wolverine #5
- 13) X Deaths of Wolverine #5
- 14) Immortal X-Men #1
- 15) Marauders #1
- 16) X-Force #27
- 17) X-Force Annual #1
- 18) X-Men Red #1
- 19) X-Men #10
- 20) Wolverine #20
- 21) Knights of X #1
- 22) Sabretooth #3
- 23) Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird #1
- 24) Marauders #2
- 25) FCBD Avengers/X-Men 2022 #1
- 26) X-Men #11
- 27) Immortal X-Men #2
- 28) New Mutants #25
- 29) Wolverine #21
- 30) X-Force #28
- 31) X-Men Red #2
- 32) Legion of X #1
- 33) Knights of X #2
- 34) Legion of X #2
- 35) Marauders #3
- 36) Wolverine #22
- 37) X-Men Red #3
- 38) Immortal X-Men #3
- 39) Knights of X #3
- 40) New Mutants #26
- 41) X-Men #12
- 42) Sabretooth #4
- 43) X-Force #29
- 44) X-Men Red #4
- 45) Legion of X #3
- 46) Sabretooth #5
- 47) X-Men: Hellfire Gala #1
- 48) Immortal X-Men #4
- 49) Marauders #4
- 50) New Mutants #27
- 51) Wolverine #23
- 52) Knights of X #4
- 53) Immortal X-Men #5
- 54) Legion of X #4
- 55) X-Men Red #5
- 56) New Mutants #28
- 57) X-Force #30
- 58) X-Men #13
- 59) Marauders #5
- 60) Knights of X #5
- 61) X-Force #31
- 62) X-Men #14
- 63) Immortal X-Men #6
- 64) Marauders #6
- 65) New Mutants #29
- 66) Wolverine #24
- 67) X-Men Red #6
- 68) Legion of X #5
- 69) New Mutants #30
- 70) X-Terminators #1
- 71) X-Men #15
- 72) A.X.E.: X-Men #1
- 73) Marauders #7
- 74) X-Men Red #7
- 75) Immortal X-Men #7
- 76) Legion of X #6
- 77) Wolverine #25
- 78) X-Force #32
- 79) X-Force #33
- 80) X-Men #16
- 81) New Mutants #31
- 82) Wolverine #26
- 83) X-Terminators #2
- 84) Deadpool #1
- 85) X-Men Red #8
- 86) Legion of X #7
- 87) Marauders #8
- 88) Sabretooth & the Exiles #1
- 89) Wolverine #27
- 90) Immortal X-Men #8
- 91) X-Force #34
- 92) X-Men #17
- 93) X-Terminators #3
- 94) Immortal X-Men #9
- 95) Marauders #9
- 96) New Mutants #32
- 97) X-Force #35
- 98) X-Men Red #9
- 99) Dark Web: X-Men #1
- 100) Deadpool #2
- 101) Legion of X #8
- 102) Sabretooth & the Exiles #2
- 103) Wolverine #28
- 104) X-Men Annual #1
- 105) Dark Web: X-Men #2
- 106) New Mutants #33
- 107) X-Terminators #4
- 108) Marauders #10
- 109) X-Force #36
- 110) X-Men Red #10
- 111) Legion of X #9
- 112) Wolverine #29
- 113) X-Men #18
- 114) Dark Web: X-Men #3
- 115) Deadpool #3
- 116) Immortal X-Men #10
- 117) Sabretooth & the Exiles #3
- 118) Sins of Sinister #1
- 119) X-Terminators #5
- 120) Legion of X #10
- 121) X-Force #37
- 122) Bishop: War College #1
- 123) Storm & The Brotherhood Of Mutants #1
- 124) Marauders #11
- 125) Nightcrawlers #1
- 126) Wolverine #30
- 127) X-Men #19
- 128) Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #1
- 129) Deadpool #4
- 130) Immoral X-Men #1
- 131) Sabretooth & the Exiles #4
- 132) Rogue & Gambit #1
- 133) X-Force #38
- 134) New Mutants Lethal Legion #1
- 135) Nightcrawlers #2
- 136) X-Men #20
- 137) Bishop: War College #2
- 138) Immoral X-Men #2
- 139) Wolverine #31
- 140) Marauders #12
- 141) Storm & The Brotherhood Of Mutants #2
- 142) Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #2
- 143) Deadpool #5
- 144) Sabretooth & the Exiles #5
- 145) X-Men: Unforgiven #1
- 146) Immoral X-Men #3
- 147) Rogue & Gambit #2
- 148) Wolverine #32
- 149) Storm & The Brotherhood Of Mutants #3
- 150) X-Men #21
- 151) Bishop: War College #3
- 152) New Mutants Lethal Legion #2
- 153) Nightcrawlers #3
- 154) X-Force #39
- 155) Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #3
- 156) Deadpool #6
- 157) Sins of Sinister: Dominion #1
- 158) Immortal X-Men #11
- 159) X-Men: Before the Fall – Sons of X #1
- 160) FCBD Avengers/X-Men 2023 #1
- 161) Rogue & Gambit #3
- 162) Wolverine #33
- 163) X-Men Red #11
- 164) X-Force #40
- 165) X-Men #22
- 166) Bishop: War College #4
- 167) New Mutants Lethal Legion #3
- 168) Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #4
- 169) Deadpool #7
- 170) Bishop: War College #5
- 171) Immortal X-Men #12
- 172) X-Men #23
- 173) X-Men: Before the Fall – Mutant First Strike #1
- 174) Rogue & Gambit #4
- 175) Wolverine #34
- 176) X-Men Red #12
- 177) Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #5
- 178) New Mutants Lethal Legion #4
- 179) X-Force #41
- 180) Deadpool #8
- 181) X-Men: Before the Fall – Heralds of Apocalypse #1
- 182) X-Men #24
- 183) X-Men: Before the Fall – Sinister Four #1
- 184) Immortal X-Men #13
- 185) Rogue & Gambit #5
- 186) X-Force #42
- 187) New Mutants Lethal Legion #5
- 188) X-Men Red #13
- 189) Deadpool #9
- 190) Wolverine #35
Reading order
Prelude Series
Destiny of X commences
Interlude (Avengers, X-Men, Eternals: Judgment Day)
Destiny of X resumes
Interlude (Dark Web)
Destiny of X resumes
Coda (Sins of Sinister)
- 1) X Lives of Wolverine #1
- 2) X Deaths of Wolverine #1
- 3) X Lives of Wolverine #2
- 4) X Deaths of Wolverine #2
- 5) X Lives of Wolverine #3
- 6) X Deaths of Wolverine #3
- 7) X Lives of Wolverine #4
- 8) X Deaths of Wolverine #4
- 9) X Lives of Wolverine #5
- 10) X Deaths of Wolverine #5
- 1) Sabretooth #1–5
- 2) X-Force Annual #1
- 3) X-Force #27–29
- 4) Wolverine #20–23
- 5) New Mutants #25–28
- 6) X-Men #10
- 7) Immortal X-Men #1–3
- 8) Legion of X #1–5
- 9) X-Men: Red #1
- 10) Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird #1
- 11) X-Men: Red #2–3
- 12) Knights of X #1–5
- 13) Marauders Annual #1
- 14) New Mutants #29
- 15) Marauders #1–4
- 16) Free Comic Book Day 2022: Avengers/X-Men
- 17) X-Men #11–12
- 18) Marauders #5
- 19) X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2022 #1
- 20) Immortal X-Men #4
- 21) X-Men: Red #4
- 1) A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment #1
- 2) A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1
- 3) Immortal X-Men #5
- 4) X-Men: Red #5
- 5) A.X.E.: Judgment Day #2
- 6) A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants #1
- 7) X-Men #13
- 8) A.X.E.: Judgment Day #3
- 9) A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants #2
- 10) Immortal X-Men #6
- 11) X-Men #14
- 12) Marauders #6
- 13) Wolverine #24–25
- 14) Avengers #60
- 15) Fantastic Four #47–48
- 16) Amazing Spider-Man #10
- 17) X-Force #30–33
- 18) A.X.E.: Iron Fist #1
- 19) Captain Marvel #42
- 20) X-Men Red #6
- 21) A.X.E.: Judgment Day #4–5
- 22) X-Men Red #7
- 23) Legion of X #6
- 24) Immortal X-Men #7
- 25) A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants #3
- 26) A.X.E.: Starfox #1
- 27) A.X.E.: Avengers #1
- 28) A.X.E.: X-Men #1
- 29) A.X.E.: Eternals #1
- 30) A.X.E.: Judgment Day #6
- 31) A.X.E.: Judgment Day Omega #1
- 1) X-Men #15–17
- 2) Marauders #7–10
- 3) New Mutants #30–33
- 4) X-Men Annual #1
- 5) X-Terminators #1–3
- 6) X-Men #18
- 7) Wolverine #26–28
- 8) X-Men Red #8
- 9) X-Force #34–38
- 10) Rogue and Gambit #1–3
- 11) Deadpool #1–5
- 12) X-Men #19–21
- 13) Sabretooth and the Exiles #1–5
- 14) Wolverine #29
- 15) Legion of X #7–8
- 16) Immortal X-Men #8
- 17) X-Men Red #9
- 1) Free Comic Book Day 2022: Spider-Man/Venom #1
- 2) Venom #13
- 3) Amazing Spider-Man #14
- 4) Gold Goblin #1
- 5) Dark Web Alpha #1
- 6) Amazing Spider-Man #15
- 7) Mary Jane & Black Cat #1–2
- 8) Dark Web: X-Men #1
- 9) Gold Goblin #2
- 10) Dark Web: Ms. Marvel #1–2
- 11) Amazing Spider-Man #16
- 12) Venom #14
- 13) Dark Web: X-Men #2
- 14) Gold Goblin #3
- 15) Amazing Spider-Man #17
- 16) Venom #15
- 17) Dark Web: X-Men #3
- 18) Amazing Spider-Man #18
- 19) Venom #16
- 20) Dark Web Finale #1
- 1) X-Terminators #4–5
- 2) Marauders #11–12
- 3) New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1–5
- 4) Bishop: War College #1–5
- 5) Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #1–5
- 6) Wolverine #30–31
- 7) X-Force #39
- 8) Wolverine #32
- 9) Immortal X-Men #9
- 10) X-Men Red #10
- 11) Legion of X #8–10
- 12) Immortal X-Men #10
- 13) Deadpool #6–9
- 14) Rogue and Gambit #4–5
- 1) Sins of Sinister #1
- 2) Immoral X-Men #1
- 3) Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1
- 4) Nightcrawlers #1–2
- 5) Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #2
- 6) Immoral X-Men #2–3
- 7) Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #3
- 8) Nightcrawlers #3
- 9) Sins of Sinister: Dominion #1
- 10) Immortal X-Men #11
- 11) Before the Fall: Sons of X
- 12) X-Men Red #11–13
- 13) Before the Fall: The Heralds of Apocalypse
- 14) Wolverine #33–35
- 15) X-Force #40–42
- 16) X-Men #22–24
- 17) Before the Fall: Mutant First Strike
- 18) Before the Fall: The Four Sinisters
- 19) Immortal X-Men #12–13
Related material
Collected editions
The following collected editions were only released in French:
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