This is the third time I try to understand the reading order that works best but every time I watch this video I get more and more confused. I feel so stupid it makes me mad.
Just read whatever series you like. I don't read them all. You don't need to. X-Men is the main one. If you only read one, it's that one. Every now and then, try a new one and if you like it, stick with it. If you don't, don't bother.
@@HistoryBluff137 and how the hell im gonna all the interconnecting context which happens all the time. your answer is always the most generic answer any new comic reader like me finds on the internet first
@@jayeshjaiswal5631 Because that's how it is, you start reading the comic that you want to, and branch out as much as you like, you have no reason to force yourself to adhere to a strict reading order, most people who do that stop reading comics in a month
This is a great and comprehensive video. Well done and thank you. It's really disappointing they're going to discontinue the anthologies without Fall of X. I don't want to have to chase a dozen different titles to finish out this era. The anthologies were perfect, as you say, for the reader who wants the full experience. There's been a few decisions in Marvel's history since the 90s that have made me walk away entirely as a reader for several years. This may be one of them. We'll see.
@@greendaleforever cheap graphic novels has most of the paperbacks for really good prices!! i was able to buy the entire dawn of x individual series tpb era and all of the following events for under $200!
The post-hoxpox era of X-men in collected edition has been such a disaster. Thank you for trying to make it all make sense Omar. I tapped out trying to keep up (even any singles) like 3 years ago. My vote for how to collect it all (if Marvel needs an idea) would be boxsets of the anthologies. Or if they are set on discontinuing those versions, you can put multiple volumes together into standard sized hardcovers like they did with the infinity saga, civil war, secret wars etc. Those boxsets were awesome. Looks like it could be broken up into three boxsets. 1) Hoxpox-Dawn-x of swords 2) reign-inferno-trials-lives/deaths 3) sins of sinister-fall-etc. I bet if the fans felt they had a guarantee that their collection could be complete, they would preorder the heck out of a boxset treatment. As opposed to omniboo that may or may not ever see certain series, or more specifically, not see them for years and years. Roll out 3 boxsets over the course of 1.5-2 years, I bet people will show up for that.
I have been collecting the Krakoa era in the Anthology format. I also buy the event books in OHC format to round out the run. I try not to have any gaps if I can. I am thoroughly enjoying this new X-Men status quo. I’ll be sorry to see it go whenever Marvel reboots.
That is a massive amount of books. I read a lot of these series when it started but the only stuff I really enjoyed was the books written by Hickman. I dropped everything else within the first six issues or less.
Dude! Was just thinking about wanting to know the reading order regarding Krakoa today!!! As a new collector so happy to have your channel around! Keep up the great work!!
HoxPox is what got me into X-men and comics in general. I followed all the series religiously until Lives / Deaths of wolverine and then there were so many series spinning-out it was hard to keep track and I fell off. Really hoping we get a bunch of omnibus' covering this era so I can finish off all the series I missed, mapping them would be a nightmare unless you just have EVERYTHING in release order.
@VGBoffin Appreciate the response. I have a question. I'm a hardcover/TBP reader, after X of Swords/Dawn of X (ch11 onwards); do I read the Reign of X volumes before reading Inferno?
@@bestblerd5042 it’s a grim and surreal look into incarceration. It’s definitely like a more “cerebral” superhero book but it was probably my favorite comic of 2022
Thank fuck this exists. I got the House of X / Powers of X hardcover some years back but despite loving it, I got distracted and didn't stick with it. Now I'm back to continue the journey and HOLY ASS THERE'S SO MUCH! I've mostly been reading manga the past couple years, and this shit makes me miss the simplicity of it all :p
A comprehensive video, Omar!!! Such detail! I fear that with the discontinued news, we have to find any format to collect this complex era. Make Mine X-Men!!!
Whew! What a ride. Omar, thank you for these videos. These are so much fun to watch. I love how you cover everything and where it takes place. I collect in the ohc format. No exceptions. So I have House Of X/Powers Of X, X Of Swords, X-Men By Hickman Omni, Inferno, Hellions, and I'm collecting Percy's X-force. I did have the Hellfire Gala ohc but I ended up selling it because I hated it. I got the volume 1's of Excalibur and Marauders but sold them too as they weren't my cup of tea. I'm on the fence about getting Percy's Wolverine. I'm gonna wait until I read volume 2 of his X-force to make up my mind. As for series I would like to see collected in ohc, all of Al Ewing's stuff. He is the most underrated writer for the past 10 years. I'd be tempted to get Gillen's Immortal X-men as well. Everything else looks bland. I'm all for the anthology series. I think it's a shame they aren't continuing those through Fall of X since it should be the last stretch, right? The reason anthologies aren't for me is I like a singular vision to my stories. That's why I love following creators as supposed to "era's." You get bounced around from stories you like, to ones you may not. And let's be honest, some of lower titles don't have the strongest creative teams, so their stories aren't as engaging. Again, to each their own and I think it's so cool that Marvel is putting this era of collected editions in a few different ways. Thanks again! P. S. I see that DM cover of Secret Warriors on your shelf. Take care and peace everyone.
Woah, crazy timing! I literally just starting reading this era today! Did a search for the best reading order literally 20 minutes before you uploaded this. Thank you so much for this Omar!
Discontinuing the anthologies is so stupid, why? If they didn't sell it would be one thing but apparently the reason is that the stories are no longer as connected as they used to be? So what? Why not let us readers decide what we want?
Thank you so much for this video Omar! I have not started reading this era of X-Men but I have been collecting the hardcovers for when the moment comes. I still have hope that Marvel releases some OHC for the rest of titles that we don't have in hardcover format
I really reaaaallllyyy hope then when the omnie comes out for these titles, they map it perfectly and collect absolutely EVERYTHING! For everyone reading Hox-Pox in single issues when they came out, it was a bit of a thing to read them in order. It's a bummer that the anthology books you're discribing here look that they are a great read with all those titles in one book, but i refuse to collect yet another format, next to singles, OHC and omnie, enough is enough, y'know what i'm sayin' It's a sad thing when you are reading OHC's that usually collect a great deal of content, but you're still missing out on issues from certain titles, hence the omnie mapping will be an amazing future adition to the collection, hoping they indeed collect everything in reading order.
I really tried to work out a good reading order for this era, but in the end I came to the conclusion that most of the books standalone pretty well, and usually read better that way (at least through to _Inferno,_ it gets a bit messier for some of the books when _Judgment Day_ hits). e.g. _Excalibur_ #1-12 > _X of Swords_ > _Excalibur_ #16-26 > _Knights of X_ > _Captain Britain_ is a pretty clean throughline. _Wolverine_ and _X-Force_ are basically the same book though and should be read together (if you can figure out the timeline between them, which is not always clear). _Cable_ in particular, I would recommend reading in one chunk. Read #5-6 as part of _X of Swords,_ but then read #1-4 and #7-12 in one chunk after the crossover (think of the early issues as a flashback, if chronology is especially important to you). It's a single story, and doesn't have enough of a connection to what's going on elsewhere on Krakoa to benefit from switching back and forth or being put on the backburner for an extended period while you catch up with a bunch of other books. The ending does have a significant impact on _SWORD_ though, so make sure to read _Cable_ before that. Oh, and avoid _Fallen Angels_ like the plague. It's awful.
So disappointed they aren't doing the anthologies any more! This means I'll have to get X-Men, Immortal X-Men, X-Men: Red, Wolverine ect. all separate wow, thanks for the heads up because I'm enjoying this X-Men era a lot.
Oh goddammit, still watching and I just heard the anthology news. I've been collecting these since omnidog said they were going out of print. Goddammit Jess....
legion xmen legacy may be one of the best comic runs of all time that nobody talks about should be up there with frank millers daredevil and claremont xmen
Nooo! Love the anthologies, so disappointing. This is really helpful, thanks Omar. Would love a list of what series trades to pick up to transition from an anthology collector with the least double dipping from Trials onwards!
Fingers crossed that they do a Krakoa Era Companion Omnibus that has all the missing oversized hardcover series and events like 4X, Way of X, Fallen Angels, and Trial of Magneto… still holding out a lil hope we eventually get the New Mutants and SWORD series’ in oversized hardcover too
I was super into the krakoa era when it started but I started falling behind around the first hellfire gala and eventually I would stop buying comics. I want to get caught up but it seems like such a monumental task to read all of these series but I feel like this video has helped a bit.
I'd say skip anything by Benjamin Percy as are the ones that feel like such a chore, X-Force and Wolverine, they became total snoozefests. Hellions, Legion of X, Way of X, SWORD which became XMen RED were the new-ish series that popped out after a while that are the best after Hickman left.
@@JTR_3 I actually enjoyed x-force and wolverine. Ultimately I said I would go all in on this era when it started so I plan on continuing reading everything when I go back to catch up. I also own basically every reign of x issue already so I’ll just finish reading what I have and move on to destiny of x.
It sucks about the Anthology titles, I collected the Anthology and the Hardcovers for the missing stories. Having never been the biggest X-fan, I don't know that I'll be buying anymore of the X-books, once the Anthology books end.
Really would be fun to get SWORD, New Mutants and X-Factor as OHCs or even Omnis. Dawn of X and so on Omnis sound messy to me though the idea of a Companion Omni with the minis and short lived like FF/X-Men and Fallen Angels sounds good to me.
I’ve been out of the loop since before this era & I’m just getting started and can’t wait to absorb all of it - the first thing that came to my mind when I heard the name Krakoa was the huge monster/mouth that was living in the yard of the school
Great as always Omar! I still hope we will see the Fall of X anthology, that's such an interesting way to read all the books. One question: when to read AXE? Thanks again for another amazing video
FYI, _X-Men Red_ is a direct continuation of _SWORD._ You should read: _SWORD_ #1-5 > the first "Hellfire Gala" (the TPB contains all the relevant issues: _Marauders_ #21, _X-Men_ #21, _Planet-Size X-Men_ #1, _SWORD_ #6) > "The Last Annihilation" ( _Guardians of the Galaxy_ #13-15, _SWORD_ #7, _GOTG_ #16, _Cable: Reloaded_ #1, _GOTG_ #17-18) > _SWORD_ #9-11 > _X-Men Red_ #1-10 > "Sins of Sinister" > _X-Men Red_ #11-present
Wonderful, Omar. Marvel does my head in sometimes. Rather than muck around with single series OHCs, and have to switch back and forth, why can't they simply release Omnibus' of the Krakoa era and make it easy to read for the fans who want the oversized format.
I am so disappointed with the cancelation of the of x series. Now I have an incomplete collection that will not be finished and because that was my focus getting the out of print books is going to be such a pain in the ass.
I really appreciate this! I also though would love to see a video of how you'd map the Krakoa era in omnis. I'm debating whether to wait for those or try to jump on now
Great rundown! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 sounds like the best way might be to do a combination of the 3 formats. We're midway through 2024, omnibuses are starting to come out now. You gonna an update soon?
After years of buying the OHCs, I finally read the whole thing up to Inferno. I enjoyed the ride a lot. However, while Hickman injected the line with so much incredible potential, I don't feel like it has been properly realized. Most series are enjoyable, but I don't think I have been blown away by any of them after House and Powers of X. I hope what comes after Inferno gets better, but for now I'm taking a break.
The Excalibur Vol. 1 & Marauders Vol. 1 HCs are so hard to get now 😢 I'm with Omar....love the anthology idea. Makes it so easy to know what the reading order is!
Wow, great video! Bad news about the anthologies though, it was my primary way of reading this era and actually keeping up with the content. Not sure if i'll be able to continue after Trials of X completes. I suppose I'll have to wait for Omnis and end up double dipping. But then should I complete Trials of X... Sigh.... Decisions.....
Well, finding out the anthology books are ending sucks. But I guess it's going to save me a lot of money. I was double dipping with the hardcovers. Now I'll just wait until hardcovers come out, and if they don't, then even more money saved. It's weird how Marvel just doesn't want my money lately.
Now that the Krakoa era is done, can you do an updated video? I ask because I'm in the middle of the Trials of X series and they stopped doing the ____ of X books, so now I will need to read them by series after Lives/Deaths of Wolverine. I know you did some stuff for after that, but obviously nothing was truly done at the time. Like is it better to do X-Men Red first or Immortal X-Men? Do I actually need to read Knights of X? Where does Hellions, New Mutants, X-Force, and whatever else there is fit in? How many volumes are there to the stand alone X-Men series? Is the second Hellfire Gala actually important? I ask because I found the first one to be a complete borefest.
Something I noticed across reddit and facebook groups is how many people have collected the Krakoa books in this format opposed to the Dawn of X, Reign of X etc format. I think that kinda tells me that shelf appeal is more important than convenience to a lot of folks. I collected it in the other format mainly because I didn't want to struggle with reading order. unfortunately, not enough people bought it to justify continuing this format.
I cannot over stress how sad I am over the cancelation of the "Y of X" line. I stopped buying single issues after inferno looking forward to collecting all of it in TPB
agreed. Thats how I started it. it makes everything so much easier. I personally think shelf appeal is the reason why more people went with the other format. the solid color covers look legit as fuck but reading convenience is much more important to me.
So I have a question. I'm currently reading this line in the anthology style. Where should I be picking up once I finish Trials of X vol 12? Can I just follow the book order that you listed for the series trades?
Thanks for this Omar Its a good era and i read them digitally (which I hate) but i will wait for a better collection. Half the anthologies are unavailable and its just too much to read. Even the Hickman omni didn't have x of swords. So hard to buy anything.
the beauty of the dawn/reign/trials trades was that it included one-shots and minis so you didn't have to run around asking what you were missing, as a completionist it was A GODSEND. kind of annoying as a trade reader, to read a bunch of issues of X-Men, hit the AXE event, go back, and read up on all the X-Men Red until you hit the Axe event, go back and read up on Immortal x-men til you hit AXE, etc... but i also get that looking on the shelf - if you asked me where colossus started being influenced by the writer, i see a sea of grey/white/black spines and it means little to me... each book and spine having it's own identity Does really help.
Hi! Thank you so much for this video (it helped me when I was reading through my Krakoa purchases). I like the OHC format and we recently got vol. 3 of Wolverine and X-Force. We also got Sins of Sinister in omnibus format (and AXE). Can you help us with an updated reading order? I know that unfortunately OHC has gaps and we might need omnibus to be released to fill them.
I’m sooooo bummed about the anthologies. I actually sold my OHC to collect them that way… it was like a months comics in your mailbox and I liked reading them that way.
I am lazy so I would Love to see someone else definitively map the all the issues that come after the last trial of x trade through fall of X to give us a hypothetical of what fall of X books would have / could have looked like. Then I would take that information, buy up all the singles, and do my own custom binds.
when the Anthologies first dropped, it seemed messy, but it's definitely the best way to read the experience. the other formats require too many bookmarks. ;)
Ohhhh Omar you sure sounded like a cranky Gen Xer when you said you missed the mansion era 😂😂 also curious that you mentioned them looking at doing omnis for the era after Fall. Surely the whole Krakoa experience won't be gone gone after that.....right!?
I don't think there are any hard requirements like that. It's better if you are familiar with the characters, of course, but there's no stories or events leading up to it. The series use a lot of references to early stories and bring back characters and concepts from the early Claremont era, but it's OK if you don't know them.
This is the third time I try to understand the reading order that works best but every time I watch this video I get more and more confused. I feel so stupid it makes me mad.
it's really irradiating I thought they did away with this multi book spanning story
Just read whatever series you like. I don't read them all. You don't need to. X-Men is the main one. If you only read one, it's that one. Every now and then, try a new one and if you like it, stick with it. If you don't, don't bother.
@@HistoryBluff137 and how the hell im gonna all the interconnecting context which happens all the time. your answer is always the most generic answer any new comic reader like me finds on the internet first
@@HistoryBluff137that’s not how it work she’s here for a reason TO GET THE STORYLINE LIKE HELLO…?
@@jayeshjaiswal5631 Because that's how it is, you start reading the comic that you want to, and branch out as much as you like, you have no reason to force yourself to adhere to a strict reading order, most people who do that stop reading comics in a month
This is a great and comprehensive video. Well done and thank you. It's really disappointing they're going to discontinue the anthologies without Fall of X. I don't want to have to chase a dozen different titles to finish out this era. The anthologies were perfect, as you say, for the reader who wants the full experience. There's been a few decisions in Marvel's history since the 90s that have made me walk away entirely as a reader for several years. This may be one of them. We'll see.
This was tremendously helpful, Omar! I don’t think I quite understood how expansive the Krakoa era of X-Men has been. Sigh. Lol.
*expensive 😂
@@greendaleforever cheap graphic novels has most of the paperbacks for really good prices!! i was able to buy the entire dawn of x individual series tpb era and all of the following events for under $200!
The post-hoxpox era of X-men in collected edition has been such a disaster. Thank you for trying to make it all make sense Omar. I tapped out trying to keep up (even any singles) like 3 years ago.
My vote for how to collect it all (if Marvel needs an idea) would be boxsets of the anthologies. Or if they are set on discontinuing those versions, you can put multiple volumes together into standard sized hardcovers like they did with the infinity saga, civil war, secret wars etc. Those boxsets were awesome.
Looks like it could be broken up into three boxsets. 1) Hoxpox-Dawn-x of swords 2) reign-inferno-trials-lives/deaths 3) sins of sinister-fall-etc.
I bet if the fans felt they had a guarantee that their collection could be complete, they would preorder the heck out of a boxset treatment. As opposed to omniboo that may or may not ever see certain series, or more specifically, not see them for years and years.
Roll out 3 boxsets over the course of 1.5-2 years, I bet people will show up for that.
I have to say, it is really impressive how you keep tabs on these reading orders. It's not enough that you study the books, you must have a gift!
Jeez Marvel should be thanking you for the marketing!
I have been collecting the Krakoa era in the Anthology format. I also buy the event books in OHC format to round out the run. I try not to have any gaps if I can. I am thoroughly enjoying this new X-Men status quo. I’ll be sorry to see it go whenever Marvel reboots.
The best there is at what he does! Thank you so much Omar! You Rock! Sad to hear about the Anthologies.
nuff said
That is a massive amount of books. I read a lot of these series when it started but the only stuff I really enjoyed was the books written by Hickman. I dropped everything else within the first six issues or less.
HOLY CRAP OMAR. THIS IS UNREAL. Thank you so much you really are the comics king my friend 👑
Randomly suggested during a live chat and this man delivers! thank you Omar
Dude! Was just thinking about wanting to know the reading order regarding Krakoa today!!! As a new collector so happy to have your channel around! Keep up the great work!!
The best thing i have seen this morning! Thank you almighty uncanny omar!
HoxPox is what got me into X-men and comics in general. I followed all the series religiously until Lives / Deaths of wolverine and then there were so many series spinning-out it was hard to keep track and I fell off. Really hoping we get a bunch of omnibus' covering this era so I can finish off all the series I missed, mapping them would be a nightmare unless you just have EVERYTHING in release order.
when Kieron Gillen joined he really made everything feel fresh again and Al Ewing still makes the best books of the line
So is x lives/x deaths of wolverine a mandatory read after Inferno?
@@Kaos0310 Yeah, it's a direct follow-up / epilogue to inferno
@VGBoffin Appreciate the response. I have a question. I'm a hardcover/TBP reader, after X of Swords/Dawn of X (ch11 onwards); do I read the Reign of X volumes before reading Inferno?
Reading Immortal XMen, Judgement Day, and Sins of Sinister in order was amazing. Immortal xmen is my favorite title
It’s so good.
Finally this is what I've been waiting for !!
Thanks for the vid Omar! Good to know that I have the books in the correct order.
I haven't watched it through yet but Omar doing the lord's work. Such a good resource
Thank you so much my friend. I could have gone longer lol. Love talking this stuff.
Sabretooth is a must read!!!
Can’t wait for sabretooth and the exiles!
Can you elaborate? What type of reader would love sabertooth?
@@bestblerd5042 it’s a grim and surreal look into incarceration. It’s definitely like a more “cerebral” superhero book but it was probably my favorite comic of 2022
@@darkphoenix474 it's so good!!
Oh this is unbelievably exciting
What a coincidence that I’ve recently received the House/Powers of X and X of Swords hardcovers in the mail xD thank you for this video!
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I saved this video in my playlist "best I've seen" so I can come back as I read this era of X-men 😁.
Thank fuck this exists. I got the House of X / Powers of X hardcover some years back but despite loving it, I got distracted and didn't stick with it. Now I'm back to continue the journey and HOLY ASS THERE'S SO MUCH! I've mostly been reading manga the past couple years, and this shit makes me miss the simplicity of it all :p
Thank god!! Im so confused reading these issues
A comprehensive video, Omar!!! Such detail! I fear that with the discontinued news, we have to find any format to collect this complex era. Make Mine X-Men!!!
Whew! What a ride. Omar, thank you for these videos. These are so much fun to watch. I love how you cover everything and where it takes place. I collect in the ohc format. No exceptions. So I have House Of X/Powers Of X, X Of Swords, X-Men By Hickman Omni, Inferno, Hellions, and I'm collecting Percy's X-force. I did have the Hellfire Gala ohc but I ended up selling it because I hated it. I got the volume 1's of Excalibur and Marauders but sold them too as they weren't my cup of tea. I'm on the fence about getting Percy's Wolverine. I'm gonna wait until I read volume 2 of his X-force to make up my mind. As for series I would like to see collected in ohc, all of Al Ewing's stuff. He is the most underrated writer for the past 10 years. I'd be tempted to get Gillen's Immortal X-men as well. Everything else looks bland. I'm all for the anthology series. I think it's a shame they aren't continuing those through Fall of X since it should be the last stretch, right? The reason anthologies aren't for me is I like a singular vision to my stories. That's why I love following creators as supposed to "era's." You get bounced around from stories you like, to ones you may not. And let's be honest, some of lower titles don't have the strongest creative teams, so their stories aren't as engaging. Again, to each their own and I think it's so cool that Marvel is putting this era of collected editions in a few different ways. Thanks again! P. S. I see that DM cover of Secret Warriors on your shelf. Take care and peace everyone.
Omar yes boy! So glad you made this mate
We need some simple and coherent way to collect this era for those of us who have missed it thus far. Era sounds awesome
Woah, crazy timing! I literally just starting reading this era today! Did a search for the best reading order literally 20 minutes before you uploaded this. Thank you so much for this Omar!
I just asked about this like 3 days ago, perfect timing dude thank you now I can go back to spending
Thank you so much for all of these they are so amazing! Please continue making them as they help and I’m sure so many others so once again thank you!
Discontinuing the anthologies is so stupid, why? If they didn't sell it would be one thing but apparently the reason is that the stories are no longer as connected as they used to be? So what? Why not let us readers decide what we want?
Thank you so much for this video Omar! I have not started reading this era of X-Men but I have been collecting the hardcovers for when the moment comes. I still have hope that Marvel releases some OHC for the rest of titles that we don't have in hardcover format
I really reaaaallllyyy hope then when the omnie comes out for these titles, they map it perfectly and collect absolutely EVERYTHING! For everyone reading Hox-Pox in single issues when they came out, it was a bit of a thing to read them in order.
It's a bummer that the anthology books you're discribing here look that they are a great read with all those titles in one book, but i refuse to collect yet another format, next to singles, OHC and omnie, enough is enough, y'know what i'm sayin'
It's a sad thing when you are reading OHC's that usually collect a great deal of content, but you're still missing out on issues from certain titles, hence the omnie mapping will be an amazing future adition to the collection, hoping they indeed collect everything in reading order.
I really tried to work out a good reading order for this era, but in the end I came to the conclusion that most of the books standalone pretty well, and usually read better that way (at least through to _Inferno,_ it gets a bit messier for some of the books when _Judgment Day_ hits). e.g. _Excalibur_ #1-12 > _X of Swords_ > _Excalibur_ #16-26 > _Knights of X_ > _Captain Britain_ is a pretty clean throughline. _Wolverine_ and _X-Force_ are basically the same book though and should be read together (if you can figure out the timeline between them, which is not always clear).
_Cable_ in particular, I would recommend reading in one chunk. Read #5-6 as part of _X of Swords,_ but then read #1-4 and #7-12 in one chunk after the crossover (think of the early issues as a flashback, if chronology is especially important to you). It's a single story, and doesn't have enough of a connection to what's going on elsewhere on Krakoa to benefit from switching back and forth or being put on the backburner for an extended period while you catch up with a bunch of other books. The ending does have a significant impact on _SWORD_ though, so make sure to read _Cable_ before that.
Oh, and avoid _Fallen Angels_ like the plague. It's awful.
Stellar work! Your reading order videos are so helpful and fun to watch. Thank you!
So disappointed they aren't doing the anthologies any more! This means I'll have to get X-Men, Immortal X-Men, X-Men: Red, Wolverine ect. all separate wow, thanks for the heads up because I'm enjoying this X-Men era a lot.
Great, I need some guidance
Great video Omar, the documentation you've done on this has been really good too
Oh my god. Dude this is awesome. Thank you!
Already discovered some major gaps in my collection. God damn it....
Oh goddammit, still watching and I just heard the anthology news. I've been collecting these since omnidog said they were going out of print. Goddammit Jess....
Omnibus news! Yes! Okay, this vid is an emotional roller coaster....
Melanie singing. I'm done. 😊
I hope you update this yearly sir! Such big help! I also hope krakoa era won’t end.
Thank you so much I really needed this omg
legion xmen legacy may be one of the best comic runs of all time that nobody talks about should be up there with frank millers daredevil and claremont xmen
Nooo! Love the anthologies, so disappointing. This is really helpful, thanks Omar. Would love a list of what series trades to pick up to transition from an anthology collector with the least double dipping from Trials onwards!
perfect timing!
Fingers crossed that they do a Krakoa Era Companion Omnibus that has all the missing oversized hardcover series and events like 4X, Way of X, Fallen Angels, and Trial of Magneto… still holding out a lil hope we eventually get the New Mutants and SWORD series’ in oversized hardcover too
I was super into the krakoa era when it started but I started falling behind around the first hellfire gala and eventually I would stop buying comics. I want to get caught up but it seems like such a monumental task to read all of these series but I feel like this video has helped a bit.
I'd say skip anything by Benjamin Percy as are the ones that feel like such a chore, X-Force and Wolverine, they became total snoozefests. Hellions, Legion of X, Way of X, SWORD which became XMen RED were the new-ish series that popped out after a while that are the best after Hickman left.
@@JTR_3 I actually enjoyed x-force and wolverine. Ultimately I said I would go all in on this era when it started so I plan on continuing reading everything when I go back to catch up. I also own basically every reign of x issue already so I’ll just finish reading what I have and move on to destiny of x.
It sucks about the Anthology titles, I collected the Anthology and the Hardcovers for the missing stories. Having never been the biggest X-fan, I don't know that I'll be buying anymore of the X-books, once the Anthology books end.
Imagine Marvel announce X Men The Krakoa Omnibus vol 1!
Really would be fun to get SWORD, New Mutants and X-Factor as OHCs or even Omnis. Dawn of X and so on Omnis sound messy to me though the idea of a Companion Omni with the minis and short lived like FF/X-Men and Fallen Angels sounds good to me.
I’ve been out of the loop since before this era & I’m just getting started and can’t wait to absorb all of it - the first thing that came to my mind when I heard the name Krakoa was the huge monster/mouth that was living in the yard of the school
Yes - the monster on the cover and inside of issue 2 of Wolverine & The X-Men issue 2
Thank you omar , been waiting for this ❤
Great as always Omar! I still hope we will see the Fall of X anthology, that's such an interesting way to read all the books. One question: when to read AXE?
Thanks again for another amazing video
Sweet mother of Bor. Now I see why they wanted to release these in deluxe rather than omnibus format.
Aye man thank you for this but this will be a long fun/journey
Hickman’s New Mutants was an absolute blast. I still remember the dice based fight game in the middle of New Mutants #2/3. 🎉
I'm tempted to try out Hickman's X-Men and maybe Ewing's X-Men Red.
FYI, _X-Men Red_ is a direct continuation of _SWORD._
You should read: _SWORD_ #1-5 > the first "Hellfire Gala" (the TPB contains all the relevant issues: _Marauders_ #21, _X-Men_ #21, _Planet-Size X-Men_ #1, _SWORD_ #6) > "The Last Annihilation" ( _Guardians of the Galaxy_ #13-15, _SWORD_ #7, _GOTG_ #16, _Cable: Reloaded_ #1, _GOTG_ #17-18) > _SWORD_ #9-11 > _X-Men Red_ #1-10 > "Sins of Sinister" > _X-Men Red_ #11-present
Please do. X-Men RED is solid. That and Immortal
Wonderful, Omar. Marvel does my head in sometimes. Rather than muck around with single series OHCs, and have to switch back and forth, why can't they simply release Omnibus' of the Krakoa era and make it easy to read for the fans who want the oversized format.
Not sure about Omar but *I* need a lie down after watching that!😃
Great video!!!
Been looking everywhere for this, thank you.
I am so disappointed with the cancelation of the of x series. Now I have an incomplete collection that will not be finished and because that was my focus getting the out of print books is going to be such a pain in the ass.
Would love to see you update some of the older reading orders Omar 👍💪
I really appreciate this! I also though would love to see a video of how you'd map the Krakoa era in omnis. I'm debating whether to wait for those or try to jump on now
Love this, thank you.
You are so welcome!
It’s so colorful!
I hope they create a Krakoa-Era Omnibus Collection?!
I would love a Justice league dark reading order
Thank you so much for doing this!!
Great rundown! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 sounds like the best way might be to do a combination of the 3 formats. We're midway through 2024, omnibuses are starting to come out now. You gonna an update soon?
After years of buying the OHCs, I finally read the whole thing up to Inferno. I enjoyed the ride a lot. However, while Hickman injected the line with so much incredible potential, I don't feel like it has been properly realized. Most series are enjoyable, but I don't think I have been blown away by any of them after House and Powers of X. I hope what comes after Inferno gets better, but for now I'm taking a break.
it does pick up again when Kieron Gillen joins the group, except for Benjamin Percy projects they keep being super boring and plodding.
@@JTR_3 Good! I will continue reading eventually.
I knew it was confusing
But I didn't know you had to stop one book,
Read another book, and come back
The Excalibur Vol. 1 & Marauders Vol. 1 HCs are so hard to get now 😢
I'm with Omar....love the anthology idea. Makes it so easy to know what the reading order is!
Thanks Omar! But damn really sad about not getting Fall of X. :(
Holy crap that's a lot of books
I liked the FF X-men side story. It added to and was interesting
Bless u for making this video 🤙
Great video
Wow, great video! Bad news about the anthologies though, it was my primary way of reading this era and actually keeping up with the content. Not sure if i'll be able to continue after Trials of X completes. I suppose I'll have to wait for Omnis and end up double dipping. But then should I complete Trials of X... Sigh.... Decisions.....
You must’ve read my mind. I was going to message in the live Q&A and ask this very question. The most baffling era?…..
Well, finding out the anthology books are ending sucks. But I guess it's going to save me a lot of money. I was double dipping with the hardcovers. Now I'll just wait until hardcovers come out, and if they don't, then even more money saved.
It's weird how Marvel just doesn't want my money lately.
Now that the Krakoa era is done, can you do an updated video? I ask because I'm in the middle of the Trials of X series and they stopped doing the ____ of X books, so now I will need to read them by series after Lives/Deaths of Wolverine. I know you did some stuff for after that, but obviously nothing was truly done at the time. Like is it better to do X-Men Red first or Immortal X-Men? Do I actually need to read Knights of X? Where does Hellions, New Mutants, X-Force, and whatever else there is fit in? How many volumes are there to the stand alone X-Men series? Is the second Hellfire Gala actually important? I ask because I found the first one to be a complete borefest.
Something I noticed across reddit and facebook groups is how many people have collected the Krakoa books in this format opposed to the Dawn of X, Reign of X etc format. I think that kinda tells me that shelf appeal is more important than convenience to a lot of folks. I collected it in the other format mainly because I didn't want to struggle with reading order. unfortunately, not enough people bought it to justify continuing this format.
How should we go about collecting after the Trials of X vol 12? I really feel lost since they decided to quit making these trades.
I cannot over stress how sad I am over the cancelation of the "Y of X" line. I stopped buying single issues after inferno looking forward to collecting all of it in TPB
agreed. Thats how I started it. it makes everything so much easier. I personally think shelf appeal is the reason why more people went with the other format. the solid color covers look legit as fuck but reading convenience is much more important to me.
When it comes to this I am happy I have marvel unlimited to read it all when I want to get into it
Finally!! Good job sir
Could you please show some love the New Mutants and their Krakoan era collection???
(Hickman, Brisson, Ayala, Anders etc)
So I have a question. I'm currently reading this line in the anthology style. Where should I be picking up once I finish Trials of X vol 12? Can I just follow the book order that you listed for the series trades?
Had this same question
Thanks for this Omar
Its a good era and i read them digitally (which I hate) but i will wait for a better collection. Half the anthologies are unavailable and its just too much to read. Even the Hickman omni didn't have x of swords. So hard to buy anything.
the beauty of the dawn/reign/trials trades was that it included one-shots and minis so you didn't have to run around asking what you were missing, as a completionist it was A GODSEND.
kind of annoying as a trade reader, to read a bunch of issues of X-Men, hit the AXE event, go back, and read up on all the X-Men Red until you hit the Axe event, go back and read up on Immortal x-men til you hit AXE, etc...
but i also get that looking on the shelf - if you asked me where colossus started being influenced by the writer, i see a sea of grey/white/black spines and it means little to me... each book and spine having it's own identity Does really help.
Hi! Thank you so much for this video (it helped me when I was reading through my Krakoa purchases). I like the OHC format and we recently got vol. 3 of Wolverine and X-Force. We also got Sins of Sinister in omnibus format (and AXE). Can you help us with an updated reading order? I know that unfortunately OHC has gaps and we might need omnibus to be released to fill them.
I’m sooooo bummed about the anthologies. I actually sold my OHC to collect them that way… it was like a months comics in your mailbox and I liked reading them that way.
I am lazy so I would Love to see someone else definitively map the all the issues that come after the last trial of x trade through fall of X to give us a hypothetical of what fall of X books would have / could have looked like.
Then I would take that information, buy up all the singles, and do my own custom binds.
when the Anthologies first dropped, it seemed messy, but it's definitely the best way to read the experience. the other formats require too many bookmarks. ;)
Ohhhh Omar you sure sounded like a cranky Gen Xer when you said you missed the mansion era 😂😂 also curious that you mentioned them looking at doing omnis for the era after Fall. Surely the whole Krakoa experience won't be gone gone after that.....right!?
What stories do you need to collect leading up to House of X?
I don't think there are any hard requirements like that. It's better if you are familiar with the characters, of course, but there's no stories or events leading up to it. The series use a lot of references to early stories and bring back characters and concepts from the early Claremont era, but it's OK if you don't know them.
Now I'm seeing you said "collect", but I interpreted it as "read" 😅.
I really hope marvel changes their mind on the anthology series, they printed French versions of it. By far was my favorite way to collect these
JEEZ. This would be at least a dozen omni's. I'd say I want it collected, but don't think I'd want to designate an entire shelf or two!