Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen — Utopia to AvX
Kieron Gillen · Carlos Pacheco · Greg Land · Daniel Acuña
Story era 09 · Invasion, Dark Reign, Siege
Gillen follows the Extinction Team from the Utopia period through Avengers vs. X-Men and its consequences.
Setup & reading order
- After Uncanny X-Men (2011) #10
Read the Avengers vs. X-Men core in Bendis Avengers Phase 4, then resume Uncanny X-Men #11–20 and AVX: Consequences.
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.
Useful background and earlier stops: X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy · Bendis Avengers Phase 4 — Endgame and Avengers vs. X-Men.
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.
- r/OmnibusCollectors — Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen omnibus review (opens in a new tab)Readers
- AIPT — Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen Complete Collection Vol. 2 review (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Penguin Random House Comics — Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen Omnibus (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Grand Comics Database — Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen collected edition (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Uncanny X-Men by Kieron Gillen Omnibus
Book 1 of 1 · Invasion, Dark Reign, Siege
Gillen’s S.W.O.R.D. and Utopia stories follow the Messiah period, continue through Avengers vs. X-Men and end with AVX: Consequences.
See reading checkpoints9781302967055Planned edition#1–5#535–544, #534.1#1#1–20#1–5The Avengers vs. X-Men core event falls inside the second half of this book; the reading checkpoint marks the switch.
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.
No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.
Things to know
- The run follows Fraction’s Utopia status quo and is crossover-heavy.
- Uncanny X-Men (2011) #11–20 and AVX: Consequences intersect with Avengers vs. X-Men; broader event collections may repeat those issues.