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X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus

Ed Brubaker · Matt Fraction · Craig Kyle

Story era 08 · Wars on Every Front

The Messiah stories connect the consequences of M-Day to Hope’s role before Avengers vs. X-Men.

UnownedReading status not recorded1,160 pages43 full issues

One-book project: X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy

Setup & reading order

  1. After X-Men: Second Coming #2 and its aftermath

    Continue to Gillen’s S.W.O.R.D./Uncanny X-Men omnibus for the Utopia-to-AvX bridge.

Optional context & path

Path: X-Men: Messiah to Avengers vs. X-Men. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.

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

The books

UnownedX-Men: The Messiah Trilogy OmnibusEd Brubaker · Matt Fraction · Craig Kyle1,160 pp
This book

X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus

Omnibus hardcover · 1,160 pages · Unowned

Book 1 of 1 · Wars on Every Front

The first mutant birth since the Scarlet Witch’s decimation sets off a three-part fight over the child that stretches from a shattered X-Men to their rebuilt future.

See reading checkpoints
Released 21 Jul 2026 · 1,160 pages · David Finch cover9781302966737Planned edition
X-Men: Messiah Complex (2007)#1
Uncanny X-Men#492–494, #523–525
X-Factor (2006)#25–27
New X-Men (2004)#44–46
X-Men (1991)#205–207
X-Men: The Times and Life of Lucas Bishop (2009)#1–3
X-Force/Cable: Messiah War (2009)#1
Cable (2008)#13–15
X-Force (2008)#14–16, #26–28
Second Coming: Prepare#1
X-Men: Second Coming (2010)#1–2
New Mutants (2009)#12–14
X-Men Legacy (2008)#235–237
X-Men: Blind Science (2010)#1
X-Men: Hellbound (2010)#1–3
X-Men: Future History — The Messiah War Sourcebook#1
Earth-616 PrimaryEarth-80521 VisitedEarth-1191 Brief appearance

X-Factor (2006) #25–27 are also in Peter David’s second X-Factor omnibus. Read those chapters here for the wider Messiah sequence, then skip their second appearance in the team run.

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: The Messiah Trilogy 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.

X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus shares no full issues with Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender Omnibus. The two books share characters and eras but no full issues.

Connected stories

Consequences of M-Day The Messiah Trilogy follows mutant consequences of House of M without collecting House of M itself.

Connected project: Bendis Avengers Phase 1

Things to know
  • The large mutant crossover follows the consequences of M-Day and benefits from familiarity with the X-Men.