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"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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publisher	Marvel Comics
startmo	December
startyr	2020
endmo	March
endyr	2022
superhero	y
main char team	Excalibur Hellions Marauders New Mutants Secret X-Men S.W.O.R.D. X-Corp X-Factor X-Force X-Men
writers	Various
artists	Various
cat	Marvel Comics
sortkey	Reign Of X