Note: This is part of the X-Men Reading Order article.



Every story listed here features at least one of the core characters.

A core character is a past, present or future member of one of the X-Men teams, with some exceptions.

Some dates are taken as circa.





Circa 1900

Origin #1 (Wolverine)

Origin #2 (Wolverine)

Origin #3 (Wolverine)



Circa 1906

Origin #4 (Wolverine)

Origin #5 (Wolverine)

Origin #6 (Wolverine)



1907

Origin II #1 (Wolverine)

Origin II #2 (Wolverine & Sabretooth)

Origin II #3 (Wolverine & Sabretooth)

Origin II #4 (Wolverine & Sabretooth)

Origin II #5 (Wolverine & Sabretooth)



1918

Savage Wolverine #21

Savage Wolverine #22



1929

Savage Wolverine #20



Early 1930s

Wolverine: The Amazing Immortal Man & Other Bloody Tales #1 first story



1933

Savage Wolverine #14.NOW

Savage Wolverine #15

Savage Wolverine #16

Savage Wolverine #17



1935

X-Men: Magneto Testament #1



1939

X-Men: Magneto Testament #2



1942

Wolverine Vol 3 #32

X-Men: Magneto Testament #3

X-Men: Magneto Testament #4



1944

Wolverine Vol 2 #1000 fifth story



1945

X-Men: Magneto Testament #5

Wolverine Vol 2 #1000 first story



Early 1950s

Logan: Path of the Warlord #1 (Wolverine)



1958

Wolverine: Agent of Atlas #1

Wolverine: Agent of Atlas #2

Wolverine: Agent of Atlas #3



1959

Avengers 1959 #1 (Sabretooth)

Avengers 1959 #2 (Sabretooth)

Avengers 1959 #3 (Sabretooth)

Avengers 1959 #4 (Sabretooth)

Avengers 1959 #5 (Sabretooth)



1963

Savage Wolverine #18



Pre-Modern Era

X-Men Unlimited #40 second story (Sabretooth & Mystique)





Classic X-Men #16 second story (Banshee)

First X-Men #1 (Wolverine, Sabretooth, Professor X, Magneto)

First X-Men #2 (Wolverine, Sabretooth, Professor X, Magneto)

First X-Men #3 (Wolverine, Sabretooth, Professor X, Magneto)

First X-Men #4 (Wolverine, Sabretooth, Professor X, Magneto)

First X-Men #5 (Wolverine, Sabretooth, Professor X, Magneto)



Uncanny X-Men #428



Ororo: Before The Storm #1 (Storm)

Ororo: Before The Storm #2 (Storm)

Ororo: Before The Storm #3 (Storm)

Ororo: Before The Storm #4 (Storm)



Storm Vol 2 #1

Storm Vol 2 #2

Storm Vol 2 #3

Storm Vol 2 #4

Storm Vol 2 #5

Storm Vol 2 #6



Classic X-Men #15 second story (Hepzibah, fb Cyclops & Havok)

Classic X-Men #19 second story (Magneto)

Classic X-Men #41 second story (Cyclops)

Classic X-Men #42 second story (Cyclops, Professor X, Marvel Girl)



Before the Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm and Logan #1 (Wolverine)

Before the Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm and Logan #2 (Wolverine)

Before the Fantastic Four: Ben Grimm and Logan #3 (Wolverine)

Weapon X: First Class #1 second story (Sabretooth)



Logan: Shadow Society #1 (Wolverine, Sabretooth, Angel)



Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #72 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #73 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #74 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #75 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #76 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #77 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #78 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #79 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #80 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #81 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #82 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #83 (Wolverine)

Weapon X/Marvel Comics Presents #84 (Wolverine)

Weapon X: First Class #3 second story (Gambit)

Wolverine: Hunger #1

Angel: Revelations #1

Angel: Revelations #2

Angel: Revelations #3



X-Men #54 second story (Angel)

Angel: Revelations #4

Angel: Revelations #5



Modern Era - First Year

X-Men #38 second story (Professor X)

X-Men #39 second story (Professor X & Cyclops)

X-Men #40 second story (Professor X & Cyclops)

X-Men #41 second story (Professor X & Cyclops)

X-Men #42 second story (Professor X recruits Cyclops)

X-Men #44 second story

X-Men #45 second story

X-Men #46 second story (Iceman joins)

X-Men Origins: Iceman #1

Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration #1 first story (Angel, Professor X, Cyclops, Iceman, Wolverine, Storm)

X-Men #55 second story

X-Men #56 second story (Angel joins)

Wolverine/Marvel Comics Presents #93

Wolverine/Marvel Comics Presents #94

Wolverine/Marvel Comics Presents #95

Wolverine/Marvel Comics Presents #96

Wolverine/Marvel Comics Presents #97

Wolverine/Marvel Comics Presents #98

Magneto/Marvel Comics Presents Vol 2 #3

Wolverine/Cable: Guts and Glory #1

X-Men #49 second story

X-Men #50 second story

X-Men #51 second story

X-Men #52 second story

X-Men #53 second story (Beast joins)

X-Men Origins: Beast #1

X-Men #1 (Marvel Girl joins)

X-Men Origins: Jean Grey #1

X-Men #2

Rise of the Black Panther #5 (Storm)



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