Comics

Over the past year, Marvel Studios has plucked the Inhumans from relative obscurity to give them prime placement in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Not only are they getting their own feature film in 2019, theyâ??re the subject of a major ongoing arc on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Essentially, they serve as a stand-in for the X-Men, since 20th Century Fox still holds the rights to Marvelâ??s mutant roster.

The comics come with a free preview of the first issues, but cost US$1.99 for subsequent issues. Anyone who's ever been curious to try comics now has the power to read them instantly with just a click of a button.

Yup. Professor X is back, after a relatively lengthy absence of three years. Well, lengthy for a comic book, where death is rarely, rarely permanent.

Apocalypse looms. We've seen it. It's awesome. And as with previous X-Men flicks, aspects of its plot should be familiar to fans who remember certain story arcs from the comics. Some of those arcs are even being re-printed in time for the movie's release.

Unless some other series winds up pulling off something unexpected, E Is for Extinction is going to wind up my favorite Secret Wars tie-in book. And that's because the X-Men-in- twilight story has nothing to do with Dr. Doom or any crossover nonsense. It's all about the right way for old superheroes to die.

So, you want to start reading X-Men comics again but it's been years and you're feeling overwhelmed at the thought of everything you might have missed. That's understandable - X-Men consists of multiple ongoing series, a constantly expanding cast of characters, and decades of convoluted (and sometimes contradictory) continuity. Don't fret, here's all you need to know to get caught up.

What you will find in this website are the most complete listing of X-Men comics in chronological order you'll probably find. The principles of this reading order are simple.

Confused about all the different X-Men books? What's the difference between Wolverine, The Savage Wolverine, Wolverine MAX, and Wolverine and the X-Men? Is it possible to enjoy the X-Men franchise and only buy one or two comics a month? Fortunately, we have the answers. In this guide we've broken down the franchise by each title, explaining the premise of each, and why you should consider adding it to your pull list.

Here are the issues from 1968-2016. It shows where you can get each issue, who are included in the issue, and a synopsis of what went on during the issue.

X-Men: Apocalypse features the introduction of two characters who are new to the team, but thanks to the complicated chronology of the movie franchise, not new to the movie series. But if that makes events surrounding Cyclops and Jean Grey confusing to moviegoers, that's nothing compared with their comic book histories.

Lee was 40 years old, doing double duty as Marvel Comics' editor in chief and head writer, fresh from 20 years of writing Western, romance and, most recently, monster comics starring beasts named Gruto and Bruttu and Rommbu.

Some senior folks over at Marvel aren't too happy about Fox having the rights to make movies starring the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, since it means Marvel isn't making any money from them (or exerting any creative control over what's done to its creative properties on the big screen).