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The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 2

Chris Claremont · Dave Cockrum · John Byrne · Paul Smith · John Romita Jr. · Marc Silvestri · Jim Lee

Story era 03 · Second Genesis and the Bronze Age

Claremont’s early X-Men develops the new team through Phoenix, Days of Future Past, God Loves, Man Kills and Wolverine’s first solo story.

UnownedReading status not recorded912 pages26 full issues

Book 2 of 3 in Claremont X-Men Phase 1 — Phoenix and the Brood · 0 of 3 owned · 2,816 pages in all

Setup & reading order

1 earlier book in this run comes first
About these books · 4 sources

Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.

The books

UnownedThe Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 2Claremont X-Men Phase 1 — Phoenix and the BroodChris Claremont · Dave Cockrum · John Byrne · Paul Smith · John Romita Jr. · Marc Silvestri · Jim Lee912 pp
This book

The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 2

Omnibus hardcover · 912 pages · Unowned

Book 2 of 3 · Second Genesis and the Bronze Age

Proteus, Dark Phoenix, and Days of Future Past form the first great Claremont peak.

Released 15 Oct 2024 · 912 pages · Stuart Immonen cover9781302959074Planned edition
X-Men (1963)#132–141
Uncanny X-Men (1981)#142–153
X-Men Annual#4–5
Avengers Annual (1967)#10
Phoenix: The Untold Story (1984)#1
Marvel Fanfare (1982) (partial — X-Men material)#1–4
Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) (partial — X-Men material)#26, #27
Marvel Team-Up (1972) (partial — Cry—Vengeance! Storm and Black Panther story)#100
Bizarre Adventures (1981) (partial — X-Men material)#27
Earth-616 PrimaryEarth-811 Contained story

Marvel Team-Up #100 contributes Storm and Black Panther’s “Cry—Vengeance!” here, while New Mutants Omnibus Vol. 1 includes the separate Karma debut; read both stories if following both books. X-Men #139–140 can be read here and skipped in Alpha Flight, while the Fanfare, Treasury and Bizarre Adventures selections are only the X-Men features.

Edition sources

Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.

Duplication · The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 2

These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.

Things to know

Collecting rule: The three volumes form a continuous sequence in numbered order.

  • The opening spans three large volumes.
  • Vol. 2 contains The Dark Phoenix Saga, so a standalone collection repeats those issues.