Category Archives: Essential X-Men Comics

Best Wolverine Stories of All Time

Wolverine is probably one of the most published superheroes in modern times. In addition to his numerous solo series, he is a prominent member on multiple X-Men teams as well as more recently the Avengers. With so many stories out there, we've decided to put together a definitive list of the best of the best. This list, like our other top 25 comics such as our popular X-Men and Batman lists, is based off of numerous lists out there, giving a weighting to each selection of the best Wolverine Read more [...]

Timeline of Events in X-Men Comics – 1963-2012

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Below you will find a listing of major events in X-Men. This list will help you get up to date on how the X-Men got where they are today and how they came to be. This list has been created in anticipation of the upcoming "All-New X-Men" series, which has a special focus on the evolution of the X-Men, as the original five X-Men are plucked from time to help deal with how their future went off the rails. SPOILER WARNING! Reading this list of events will spoil what happens in X-Men comics (which Read more [...]

Rogue and Gambit X-Men Comic Book Essentials

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Rogue and Gambit are, together, probably most favorite X-Men among readers. The latter is just a plain, fun character with a great power, while the former's story exemplifies the entire philosophy behind the X-Men. Together, their love is story is one that is enduring. This is most likely due to the nature of their relationship, as nothing could come of it since Rogue could not even touch Gambit without the risk of stealing his psyche and leaving him brain-dead. If you're just picking up Read more [...]

Best X-Men Stories of All Time

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Our recent Best Spider-Man Stories of All Time post was one of the most popular post here on the blog (you really should check it out if you haven't yet!), so doing the same for X-Men was an obvious choice. One thing we discover when we began compiling the ballots for the best X-Men stories of all time, is that there is way less consensus regarding which are the best X-Men arcs aside from the perennial top 2 (which you'll have to continue reading to find out). Though there were factions that agreed Read more [...]

List of Major Events in the X-Men Universe

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IMPORTANT: An updated version of this post is available here. As companion to my recently launched X-Men Read Order and Graphical X-Men Timeline, I decided to pick up essential issues and their related storylines from the X-Men Universe. This follows the read order scope, that is to say from Giant-Sized X-Men #1 to House of M. Timeline of events in the X-Men Universe Essential Issues of Major Events in the X-Men Universe Giant Sized X-Men #1 All-New X-Men debut to save the original X-Men team. Uncanny Read more [...]