X-Men — Age of Apocalypse
Scott Lobdell · Fabian Nicieza · Mark Waid
Story era 05 · The Gauntlet Years
Age of Apocalypse rebuilds the mutant world around an alternate history and follows the original event to its conclusion.
Setup & reading order
Optional context & path
Useful background and earlier stops: Claremont X-Men Phase 4 — Jim Lee Finale.
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
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Omnibus
Book 1 of 1 · The Gauntlet Years
The X-line is replaced by Earth-295 for the complete original 1995 event.
9781302970635Planned edition#320–321#40–41#20#1#1–4#1–4#1–4#1–4#1–4#1–4#1–4#1–4#1#1#2Edition 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 across this project
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.
Things to know
- The omnibus includes the Legion Quest lead-in and the complete original alternate-reality event. Earlier X-Men adds character history but is not a thirteen-book prerequisite.
- The later Companion material is not required for the original event.