Reddit reviews New X-Men Omnibus

Rick Remender's Uncanny X-Force Omnibus comes out at the end of this month. It's hard to express just how amazing and awesome his run on that title was! Definitely worth checking out!

Also, if you really enjoyed Morrison's Animal Man run I'd highly recommend checking out the New X-Men Omnibus. It's top-notch!

There are a few different places you can start:

If you HAVE to start from the beginning just read the first 24 issues, you can then skip over to Claremont's era

My recommendation would be to either start with Chris Claremont's 1st era (aka 70's) & 2nd era (aka 80's) on Uncanny X-Men or from 2001-ish (aka modern X-Men) time period onwards onwards. Either way just skip the 90s for now, you can alway go back to that later.

• Claremont's first era (70s): You can buy them HERE and HERE
  
  
• Claremont's second era (80's): You can buy them HERE and HERE
  
  If you want to start with Modern X-Men...
  
  
• ...you can start with Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men which you can buy HERE
  
  
• Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men start's right where Morrison's New X-Men leaves off and you can buy that HERE and HERE
  
  From there you can get caught up pretty easily if you follow this list in order:
  
  
• House of M (buy here)
  
• Messiah Complex (buy here)
  
• Second Coming(buy here)
  
• Schism (buy here)
  
• Avengers Vs X-Men (buy here)
  
  From there I would move on to the current All-New X-Men and Uncanny X-Men titles:
  
  
• Read all of All-New X-Men (pre Battle of the Atom Crossover) Buy here: VOL 1 & VOL 2 / VOL 3
  
• Read all of Uncanny X-Men (pre Battle of the Atom Crossover) Buy Here: VOL 1 / VOL 2
  
• Read Battle of the atom crossover (buy here)
  
• Catch up with All-New X-Men VOL 4 / TRIAL OF JEAN GREY / VOL 5
  
• Catch up with Uncanny X-Men VOL 3 / VOL 4
  
  Great, now you're all caught up!
  
  PS, the great thing about X-Men is there is a ton of content to explore aside from the main storyline!
  
  
• X-Statix (buy here)
  
• Uncanny X-Force (buy here)
  
• X-Factor (starts with these two: HERE and HERE)
  
• Cable & Deadpool (buy here)
  
• Wolverine & The X-Men (buy here)
  
• Ultimate X-Men (start HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE)
  
  
  ...and much more!
  
  Happy reading! :)

X-Men (1975 - 1981)
Giant Size X-Men #1
Uncanny X-Men #94 - #124
Uncanny X-Men Annual #3
Uncanny X-Men #125 - #138
Uncanny X-Men Annual #4
Uncanny X-Men #139 - #143
Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 1
Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 2
Maybe better ways to get this that are more cost effective but this is one option (goes for all the links in this post).

If you know you can't get into comics from the late 70's and early 80's because the writing style bothers you then I would look at either Grant Morrison's New X-Men or Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men.
X-Men (2001 - 2004)
New X-Men #114 - #117
New X-Men Annual 2001
New X-Men #118 - #154
New X-Men Omnibus

X-Men (2004 - 2006)
Astonishing X-Men #1 - #24
Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1
Astonishing X-Men Ultimate Collection 1
Astonishing X-Men Ultimate Collection 2

IMO the Claremont, Cockrum, and Byrne stuff is much better then the others and holds up to this day however it was written in a time when you did have to read the comics there are lots of words compared to a modern comic, this bothers some people.

If you want more Grant Morrison, I would say you go for his "New X-men" run. It was my first X-men book and doesn't really need any background knowledge.

You can also go back to the semi-recent past, when the X-Men more-or-less entered the contemporary era, at the beginning of what's essentially been one big story.

• Grant Morrison's NEW X-MEN One of the best X-runs of all time: the team takes on threat after threat, mostly new villains. Some of the most imaginative yet faithful X-Men comics you'll ever read. I really can't praise it highly enough. (Available as an omnibus, or in 3 big paperbacks: 1, 2, 3.)[Cast: Xavier, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Wolverine, Emma Frost]
  
  
• Joss Whedon's ASTONISHING X-MEN Following up Morrison's run, Whedon does a great run that's less ambitious than Morrison's run, but just as classic. Available in two big paperbacks: 1, 2.
  
  
• Brian Bendis' Avengers Disassembled / House of M In his very first story on Avengers, Brian Bendis changes everything for the mutants of the Marvel Universe. I don't want to give much away, but this seriously affected every X-story that followed. That was and still is a HUGE deal. Part One: Avengers Disassembled , Part Two: House of M.
  
  
• Ed Brubaker & Matt Fraction's UNCANNY X-MEN The story moves into the main X-titles at this point, led by Brubaker and Fraction's UNCANNY. In a series of crossovers, the mutants deal with the fallout from the end of HOUSE OF M.
  
  
• Messiah Complex
  
• Fraction, V1. (Manifest Destiny)
  
• Fraction, V2. (Utopia / Nation X)
  
• Fraction, V3. (The Five Lights)
  
• Second Coming
  
  
• Jason Aaron & Kieron Gillen's REGENESIS Following the Second Coming crossover, Fraction steps down and Kieron Gillen takes over the monthly book, leading up to another big event for the X-Men.
  
  
• Breaking Point
  
• Fear Itself
  
• Schism
  
  From here on out, for the first time in a while, we have two main X-Books: Gillen's UNCANNY X-MEN and Aaron's WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN.
  
  
• Gillen's Uncanny, Vol. 1 Sinister
  
• Gillen's Uncanny, Vol. 2 Tabula Rasa
  
• Aaron's Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 1 Welcome to the X-Men
  
• Aaron's Wolverine and the X-Men, Vol. 2 Mutatis Mutandis
  
  And now, all the plotlines that have been bubbling up for almost a decade come together in the big finale...
  
  
• Avengers vs. X-Men
  
• Gillen's Uncanny, Vol. 3 AvX, Book One
  
• Gillen's Uncanny, Vol. 4 AvX, Book Two
  
• Aaron's WatXM, Vol. 3 AvX Book One
  
• Aaron's WatXM, Vol. 4 AvX Book Two
  
• AvX: Consequences
  
  With another new beginning, the X-Books enter the newest status quo: Marvel Now! Almost everything gets a new #1 and a new creative team. (These are the books I outlined in the previous reply.)
  

You're in luck. Judging by this, it sounds as if you haven't read one of the best story lines in superhero comics history, which centers on Jean Grey: The Phoenix Saga and The Dark Phoenix Saga

Things get a bit more jumbled after that, but your best bets are probably The Essential X-Factor, The Wedding of Cyclops & Phoenix, The Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix, and New X-Men.

Good luck!

Coming from a Marvel Cinematic background, I would recommend:

• The Ed Brubaker Captain America line, as this will most likely play heavily into the upcoming Winter Soldier film. The book continues well after the initial Winter Soldier storyline, and it's all really good.
  
  
• The Warren Ellis Iron Man: Extremis storyline, as this covered a decent amount of the major concept from Iron Man 3, as well as the origin from Iron Man
  
  In addition, since you've already read Whedon's Astonishing, I have to recommend Morrison's New X-Men, the storyline that Astonishing builds heavily from. Claremont's Dark Phoenix Saga is a great classic story, if you're unfamiliar.
  
  As for Wolverine, a recent favorite of many is Old Man Logan. This is a self-contained 'future' story, so it's not canonical, but it's good. The Claremont/Miller Wolverine is always a classic, and heavily influenced The Wolverine.

Astonishing X-Men is still an ongoing series. I'm assuming you've read Joss Weadon's run. Warren Ellis' run on the book is great too, and has awesome art by Simone Bianchi.

Also, if you enjoyed Astonishing X-Men, you probably would also enjoy Grant Morrison's New X-Men books, which were the predecessor to Astonishing X-Men.

They just recently re-released an Omnibus of his run. Here's a link to it on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/New-X-Men-Omnibus-Grant-Morrison/dp/0785165053/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344346561&sr=8-1&keywords=grant+morrison+x+men

Also, they sell trade paperbacks that are a little cheaper too.

If you're just getting into the Avengers for the first time and are interested in the classic (movie) line-up then I highly recommend Busiek & Perez's Avengers aka Avengers Assemble. For X-men I'd say Grant Morrison's New X-men followed by Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men is a great introduction to the team.

If you don't want quite so long of a read Marvel Now is the more recent jumping on point for new readers.

> I loved what I read of Astonishing X-Men but even it started off with a lot of missing information for a new reader. Why is Professor X not at school? Why is Emma Frost now on the X-men's side? I was able to roll with the punches on most of it but I wouldn't mind finding the previous books that cover stuff like this.

Grant Morrison's New X-Men is what came before. It covers why Emma is at the school and why Xavier isn't, as well as quite a few other things. Astonishing X-Men was one of my first X-Men books as well and I remember being very confused as to why there was no Jean Grey, and why there was such a small team.

wikipedia is pretty good for following the story arcs of major characters/series, but basically trying to 'complete' a Marvel or DC character/series is impossible.

The closest you can realistically aim for it to complete a creator's 'run' on a book because different creators will take a different approach with what they are working on, utilise different themes and interpret characters differently. For example: Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men. The easiest way to do this is, with Marvel at least, to buy an omnibus like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-X-Men-Omnibus-Grant-Morrison/dp/0785165053/

So Chris Claremont really defined the X-Men back in the 70's and the cartoon show completely drew from his run to write their shows. You can start at the beginning and see the interesting character dynamics. If you want something more modern that really informs where things are now, I'd say start with Morrison's run on New X-men. I am a big fan of Morrison's X-Men work and I genuinely think he kickstarted the X-Men back into an interesting conversation (If you like his work, I strongly encourage you to check out The Invisibles ). Before that was this weird, kind of wretched 90's period run by Scott Lobdell. Personally, I think most of the 90's runs were skippable (Except Age of Apocalypse which is cool af and cherished by most fans).

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Alright, OP. First thing first, check this service out. Marvel Unlimited

I started a month ago because of the marvel 75 unlimited deal (seriously if you're a casual noobie like me, this service is the shit).

This guide helped me out A LOT.

Here's my adventure into the vast unknown territory of comics:

I love the X-men so I started with:

• Morrison X-men (2000) and branched off to other interesting characters during the
  
  
• House of M (2006), which imo is the most entertaining crossover arc that featured the mutants.
  
  
• Whedon Astonishing X-men (2007-9?) is still my favorite X-men arc
  
  I skipped the Avengers** Disassembled and went straight into the
  
  
• New Avengers (2004) (Read this if you skipped the Disassembled like I did. And Spiderwoman is so hnng).
  
  
• Captain America (2006) if you're into freedom and crap (just kidding, it's really good)
  
  
  I couldn't get into Ironman and Thor (though the recent arc with the god slayer is amazing).
  
  
• Civil War
  
  ** Spiderman is a nopenopenope for me. I almost had a heart attack (arachnophobia is a bitch) when he turned into a spider during the beginning of the Avengers Dissembled(?).
  
  Anyway just pick a book and keep reading, OP. I was also overwhelmed with the massive amount of books like you are right now a month ago!

Ok, here are some great stuff from him (but seriously, read anything you can that's written by him if you like his writing):

All Star Superman - The best Superman story I ever read, it really captures what the character is all about.

Animal Man Omnibus

The Doom Patrol Omnibus

The Invisibles Omnibus

New X-men

Check these out:

• New X-Men by Grant Morrison Omnibus
  
• Wolverine by Jason Aaron Omnibus vol. 1
  
• Captain America by Ed Brubaker Omnibus vol. 1
  
• Invincible Iron Man by Matt Fraction Omnibus vol. 1
  
• Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Omnibus vol. 1

New X-men, Astonishing X-men, Matt Fraction's Uncanny X-men, Kieron Gillen's Uncanny X-men in that order and you should be good.

It's well worth it imho, his and whedons run are xmen at their very best

vol 1

omnibus

http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-X-Men-Omnibus-Marvel/dp/0785165053

Gateway into Modern X-Men.

If you're taking suggestions, New X-Men omnibus by Grant Morrison is always a good choice for a X-Men read.