X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy
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.
Setup & reading order
- 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
X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus
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 checkpoints9781302966737Planned edition#1#492–494, #523–525#25–27#44–46#205–207#1–3#1#13–15#14–16, #26–28#1#1–2#12–14#235–237#1#1–3#1X-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 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.
Show exact issues
X-Factor (2006) #25X-Factor (2006) #26X-Factor (2006) #27X-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
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.