Reign of X

"Reign of X" is a 2020 relaunch of the X-Men line of comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is the sequel to the "Dawn of X" publishing initiative and second phase of the Krakoan Age,[1] which culminated in the limited series "Inferno" and was followed by a sequel relaunch named "Destiny of X".[2]

Publication history

"Dawn of X" concluded with the crossover event X of Swords, which initiated a sequel relaunch titled "Reign of X" in December 2020.[1] This phase saw the line come together for the Hellfire Gala event, as well as Jonathan Hickman's departure from the line with the miniseries Inferno.[3] "Reign of X" concluded with the twin event series X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine, during which the majority of the line (aside from X-Men, New Mutants, and Sabretooth) was put on pause. X Lives and X Deaths then served as the foundation of a new relaunch titled "Destiny of X".[2]

When the issues were re-released in trade paperback collections in 2022, this phase was split and renamed into Reign of X and Trials of X.[4] IGN highlighted that "Reign of X showcases Krakoa at the height of its power and influence. Trials of X is about the new and growing threats to Krakoa, as storm clouds begin to gather on the horizon".[5]

Titles

Ongoing series

Limited series

One-shots

List of issues

Release order

  • 1) Hellions #7
  • 2) X-Factor #5
  • 3) S.W.O.R.D. #1
  • 4) Marauders #16
  • 5) New Mutants #14
  • 6) X-Force #15
  • 7) Excalibur #16
  • 8) X-Men #16
  • 9) Wolverine #8
  • 10) X-Factor #6
  • 11) Hellions #8
  • 12) Marauders #17
  • 13) S.W.O.R.D. #2
  • 14) Cable #7
  • 15) New Mutants #15
  • 16) X-Force #16
  • 17) Excalibur #17
  • 18) Wolverine #9
  • 19) X-Men #17
  • 20) X-Factor #7
  • 21) Hellions #9
  • 22) King in Black: Marauders #1
  • 23) Excalibur #18
  • 24) S.W.O.R.D. #3
  • 25) X-Force #17
  • 26) Cable #8
  • 27) Marauders #18
  • 28) New Mutants #16
  • 29) Wolverine #10
  • 30) X-Men #18
  • 31) Hellions #10
  • 32) Children of the Atom #1
  • 33) X-Factor #8
  • 34) S.W.O.R.D. #4
  • 35) X-Force #18
  • 36) Cable #9
  • 37) Excalibur #19
  • 38) X-Men #19
  • 39) Excalibur #20
  • 40) Marauders #19
  • 41) Children of the Atom #2
  • 42) Wolverine #11
  • 43) S.W.O.R.D. #5
  • 44) Way of X #1
  • 45) X-Force #19
  • 46) Cable #10
  • 47) New Mutants #17
  • 48) Hellions #11
  • 49) Marauders #20
  • 50) Children of the Atom #3
  • 51) X-Corp #1
  • 52) X-Factor #9
  • 53) Way of X #2
  • 54) Wolverine #12
  • 55) New Mutants #18
  • 56) X-Men #20
  • 57) Marauders #21
  • 58) X-Force #20
  • 59) Hellions #12
  • 60) Excalibur #21
  • 61) X-Men #21
  • 62) Children of the Atom #4
  • 63) Planet-Size X-Men #1
  • 64) New Mutants #19
  • 65) X-Corp #2
  • 66) Wolverine #13
  • 67) S.W.O.R.D. #6
  • 68) Way of X #3
  • 69) X-Factor #10
  • 70) Cable #11
  • 71) Children of the Atom #5
  • 72) Hellions #13
  • 73) X-Force #21
  • 74) X-Men #1
  • 75) Excalibur #22
  • 76) Way of X #4
  • 77) X-Corp #3
  • 78) Marauders #22
  • 79) New Mutants #20
  • 80) Cable #12
  • 81) S.W.O.R.D. #7
  • 82) Wolverine #14
  • 83) Hellions #14
  • 84) X-Men #2
  • 85) Children of the Atom #6
  • 86) X-Force #22
  • 87) Marauders #23
  • 88) Way of X #5
  • 89) X-Corp #4
  • 90) X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1
  • 91) Cable: Reloaded #1
  • 92) Wolverine #15
  • 93) Hellions #15
  • 94) New Mutants #21
  • 95) Excalibur #23
  • 96) X-Force #23
  • 97) Marauders #24
  • 98) X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #2
  • 99) X-Corp #5
  • 100) X-Men #3
  • 101) X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1
  • 102) Inferno #1
  • 103) S.W.O.R.D. #8
  • 104) Wolverine #16
  • 105) Excalibur #24
  • 106) Hellions #16
  • 107) New Mutants #22
  • 108) X-Force #24
  • 109) X-Men #4
  • 110) X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #3
  • 111) Inferno #2
  • 112) Marauders #25
  • 113) S.W.O.R.D. #9
  • 114) Wolverine #17
  • 115) Excalibur #25
  • 116) Hellions #17
  • 117) S.W.O.R.D. #10
  • 118) X-Force #25
  • 119) Wolverine #18
  • 120) X-Men #5
  • 121) Marauders #26
  • 122) New Mutants #23
  • 123) X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #4
  • 124) Hellions #18
  • 125) Inferno #3
  • 126) Excalibur #26
  • 127) X-Force #26
  • 128) S.W.O.R.D. #11
  • 129) Wolverine #19
  • 130) X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #5
  • 131) Inferno #4
  • 132) X-Men #6
  • 133) Marauders #27
  • 134) Devil's Reign: X-Men #1
  • 135) X Lives of Wolverine #1
  • 136) Marauders Annual #1
  • 137) X Deaths of Wolverine #1
  • 138) X-Men #7
  • 139) X Lives of Wolverine #2
  • 140) New Mutants #24
  • 141) Secret X-Men #1
  • 142) X Deaths of Wolverine #2
  • 143) X-Men #8
  • 144) X Lives of Wolverine #3
  • 145) X Deaths of Wolverine #3
  • 146) Devil's Reign: X-Men #2
  • 147) X-Men #9
  • 148) X Lives of Wolverine #4
  • 149) X Deaths of Wolverine #4
  • 150) X Lives of Wolverine #5
  • 151) Devil's Reign: X-Men #3
  • 152) X Deaths of Wolverine #5

Reading order

Issues marked in bold are marked as red/important in the issue list found in the back of each comic.

  • 1) Hellions #7–11
  • 2) X-Factor #5–7
  • 3) S.W.O.R.D. #1
  • 4) Marauders #16
  • 5) New Mutants #14–18
  • 6) X-Force #15–19
  • 7) Excalibur #16–20
  • 8) X-Men #16
  • 9) Wolverine #8–10
  • 10) X-Factor #8
  • 11) Marauders #17
  • 12) S.W.O.R.D. #2–4
  • 13) Cable #7–10
  • 14) X-Men #17
  • 15) King in Black: Marauders #1
  • 16) Marauders #18–20
  • 17) X-Men #18–19
  • 18) Children of the Atom #1–3
  • 19) Wolverine #11–12
  • 20) S.W.O.R.D. #5
  • 21) Way of X #1–2
  • 22) X-Corp #1
  • 23) Marauders #21
  • 24) X-Force #20
  • 25) Hellions #12
  • 26) Excalibur #21
  • 27) X-Men #21
  • 28) Children of the Atom #4
  • 29) Planet-Size X-Men #1
  • 30) New Mutants #19
  • 31) X-Corp #2
  • 32) Wolverine #13
  • 33) S.W.O.R.D. #6
  • 34) Way of X #3
  • 35) X-Factor #10
  • 36) Cable #11
  • 37) Children of the Atom #5
  • 38) Hellions #13
  • 39) X-Force #21
  • 40) X-Men #1
  • 41) Excalibur #22
  • 42) Way of X #4
  • 43) X-Corp #3
  • 44) Marauders #22
  • 45) New Mutants #20
  • 46) Hellions #14
  • 47) X-Men #2
  • 48) Children of the Atom #6
  • 49) X-Force #22
  • 50) Marauders #23
  • 51) Way of X #5
  • 52) X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1
  • 53) X-Corp #4
  • 54) X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1
  • 55) Wolverine #15
  • 56) Hellions #15
  • 57) New Mutants #21
  • 58) Excalibur #23
  • 59) X-Force #23
  • 60) Marauders #24
  • 61) X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #2
  • 62) X-Corp #5
  • 63) X-Men #3
  • 64) Inferno #1
  • 65) S.W.O.R.D #8
  • 66) Wolverine #16

Collected editions

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