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King in Black and the Krakoan Age

A living darkness swallows the sky while mutantkind builds its island nation and dares the world to object.

Era 12 · 33 books

  1. House of X/Powers of XXavier’s plan for mutantkind intertwines with a hidden history, laying the foundations of the Krakoan age.448 pp
  2. Hellions by Zeb WellsKrakoa’s most damaged mutants become a darkly comic rehabilitation team.512 pp
  3. X-Men by Jonathan Hickman OmnibusHickman’s flagship and Giant-Size connective tissue; pause after X-Men #11 for X of Swords, then resume at #16.704 pp
  4. X of SwordsX of Swords follows Hickman’s X-Men #11 and establishes Arakko’s role in Ewing’s later stories.720 pp
  5. Inferno by Jonathan HickmanMystique, Destiny, Moira, Xavier, and Magneto force Hickman’s Krakoan foundation into open crisis.224 pp
  6. Sabretooth: The AdversaryCreed’s imprisonment beneath Krakoa exposes the cruelty hidden under the mutant nation’s promise of paradise.152 pp
  7. Sabretooth & the ExilesThe Adversary’s escape leads into the Orchis prison story, before the fall of Krakoa at the Hellfire Gala.152 pp
  8. X-TerminatorsA self-contained Krakoa-era night out before the 2023 Gala collapse. The 2022 mini is distinct from the Inferno-era X-Terminators series.144 pp
  9. X-Men by Al Ewing OmnibusEwing carries mutant statecraft from S.W.O.R.D. to Arakko, Genesis War, and Magneto’s return.1,136 pp
  10. X-Men by Kieron Gillen: The Age of Krakoa OmnibusGillen anatomizes the Quiet Council, Sinister’s corrupted future, and Krakoa’s fall.840 pp
  11. Way of X OmnibusSpurrier follows Nightcrawler and Legion from Way of X through Krakoa’s fall, intersecting with the era’s wider events.↓ 13792 pp
  12. Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky Omnibus Vol. 1Murdock returns from a bad injury and immediately crosses a line he cannot uncross.704 pp
  13. Black Cat by Jed MacKay OmnibusFelicia Hardy runs her own crew of thieves through the symbiote crises battering the city.784 pp
  14. Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky Omnibus Vol. 2Fisk’s power grab over the city and the long aftermath it leaves for both Murdocks.↓ 13776 pp
  15. Thor by Cates & Klein OmnibusThor takes the throne of Asgard after the war for the Ten Realms and finds the crown heavier than the hammer.1,048 pp
  16. Shang-Chi by Gene Luen YangShang-Chi inherits the Five Weapons Society, confronts his family’s legacy and becomes master of the Ten Rings.↓ 13560 pp
  17. Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 1: RecursionWith the King in Black defeated, Dylan Brock inherits the symbiote and the hive’s buried history starts opening up.144 pp
  18. Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 2: DeviationVenom’s past and future keep colliding as Dylan learns what his inheritance really costs.112 pp
  19. Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 3: Dark WebThe Brocks get pulled into a hell-touched crossover with the Spider-books while the symbiote war grinds on.144 pp
  20. Mary Jane & Black Cat: Dark WebThe Dark Web invasion strands Mary Jane and Felicia in Limbo, where Belasco demands a heist in exchange for their escape.128 pp
  21. Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V Vol. 4: IlluminationAnswers about the codex and the symbiote throne finally surface, closing the run’s opening movement.112 pp
  22. Eternals by Kieron GillenGillen redefines Eternal society and its Celestial machinery immediately before A.X.E.: Judgment Day.384 pp
  23. A.X.E.: Judgment DayThe Eternals turn on mutantkind and a machine god puts the entire world on trial.240 pp
  24. A.X.E.: Judgment Day CompanionEve of Judgment, Death to the Mutants, Starfox and Omega develop the Eternals’ part in Judgment Day and its aftermath.224 pp
  25. X-Men: Hellfire Gala — Fall of XAfter Judgment Day and Immortal X-Men #13, Orchis turns the 2023 Gala into the catastrophe that begins Fall of X.↓ 13192 pp
  26. Moon Knight by Jed MacKay OmnibusMarc Spector protects the people of the night from a midnight mission, through the Devil’s Reign over Manhattan and beyond.848 pp
  27. Strange Academy OmnibusStrange Academy’s school story crosses the Death of Doctor Strange period while following its own student ensemble.↓ 13592 pp
  28. Defenders: Beyond the BeyondEwing and Rodríguez travel backward through Marvel’s successive cosmoses and then beyond the multiverse.272 pp
  29. Beta Ray Bill by Daniel Warren Johnson: Argent StarAfter Stormbreaker’s destruction, Bill crosses the cosmos to decide who he is without the weapon.128 pp
  30. Captain Marvel: Highest, Furthest, Fastest OmnibusThompson’s Captain Marvel #27–50 concludes here, and the book then carries Carol through the 2023 relaunch.↓ 131,072 pp
  31. Ms. Marvel by Saladin AhmedKamala’s post-Wilson family crisis and Stormranger phase move into the Outlawed restrictions on teen heroes.408 pp
  32. She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell OmnibusRowell’s Jennifer Walters stories take place after the Byrne and Slott periods, with other She-Hulk adventures between them.↓ 13624 pp
  33. EmpyreHulkling unites the Kree and Skrulls in an Avengers/FF cosmic crisis during early Krakoa and before King in Black.296 pp