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No. 142 — Longer term

X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus

Jonathan Hickman · Leinil Francis Yu · Russell Dauterman · Mahmud Asrar

Story era 12 · King in Black and the Krakoan Age

Hickman’s X-Men and Giant-Size stories develop Krakoa’s flagship characters and the connections around its central events.

UnownedReading status not recorded704 pages22 full issues

One-book project: X-Men by Jonathan Hickman — Krakoa spine

Setup & reading order

Required setup for this book

These earlier stories explain events this book builds on. Reading checkpoints show where to switch books during a crossover.

  1. After X-Men (2019) #11 and the Giant-Size one-shots

    Pause the omnibus for X of Swords.

  2. Before X-Men (2019) #16

    Resume after X of Swords and finish #16–21 before Inferno.

Optional context & path

Path: The Krakoan era. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.

Useful background and earlier stops: House of X/Powers of X.

Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.

About these books · 4 sources

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

The books

This book

X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus

Omnibus hardcover · 704 pages · Unowned

Book 1 of 1 · King in Black and the Krakoan Age

Hickman’s flagship and Giant-Size connective tissue; pause after X-Men #11 for X of Swords, then resume at #16.

Required setup

House of X/Powers of XUnowned

See reading checkpoints
Released 29 Mar 2022 · 704 pages · Leinil Francis Yu cover9781302929985Planned edition
X-Men (2019)#1–11, #16–21
Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost (2020)#1
Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler (2020)#1
Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto (2020)#1
Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex (2020)#1
Giant-Size X-Men: Storm (2020)#1
Incoming! (2019) (partial — X-Men material)#1
Earth-616 Primary

Incoming! #1 contributes only the X-Men feature and does not replace the Krakoan launch in House of X / Powers of X. The gap from X-Men #11 to #16 is the X of Swords crossover in a separate book, so use that event to bridge the missing chapters.

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 · X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus

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

No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.