Reign of X
2020 relaunch of X-Men
"Reign of X" The cover of the first trade paperback collection.
Publisher Marvel Comics Publication date December 2020 – March 2022 Genre Main character(s) Excalibur Hellions Marauders New Mutants Secret X-MenS.W.O.R.D. X-Corp X-Factor X-Force X-Men Writer(s) Various Artist(s) Various
"Reign of X " is a 2020 relaunch of the X-Men line of comic books published by Marvel Comics . It is the sequel to the "Dawn of X " publishing initiative and second phase of the Krakoan Age ,[1] which culminated in the limited series "Inferno " and was followed by a sequel relaunch named "Destiny of X ".[2]
Publication history
"Dawn of X" concluded with the crossover event X of Swords , which initiated a sequel relaunch titled "Reign of X" in December 2020.[1] This phase saw the line come together for the Hellfire Gala event, as well as Jonathan Hickman's departure from the line with the miniseries Inferno .[3] "Reign of X" concluded with the twin event series X Lives of Wolverine and X Deaths of Wolverine , during which the majority of the line (aside from X-Men, New Mutants, and Sabretooth) was put on pause. X Lives and X Deaths then served as the foundation of a new relaunch titled "Destiny of X ".[2]
When the issues were re-released in trade paperback collections in 2022, this phase was split and renamed into Reign of X and Trials of X.[4] IGN highlighted that "Reign of X showcases Krakoa at the height of its power and influence. Trials of X is about the new and growing threats to Krakoa, as storm clouds begin to gather on the horizon".[5]
Titles
Ongoing series
Title
Issues
Writer(s)
Artist(s)
Colourist(s)
Debut date
Conclusion date
Hellions
#7–18
Zeb Wells
Stephen Segovia Rogê Antônio Ze Carlos
David Curiel Rain Beredo
December 2, 2020 [6] [7]
December 8, 2021 [8]
X-Factor (vol. 4)
#5–10
Leah Williams
David Baldeón David Messina Lucas Werneck
Israel Silva
June 30, 2021 [9]
S.W.O.R.D. (vol. 2)
#1–11
Al Ewing
Valerio Schiti Stefano Caselli Guiu Vilanova Jacopo Camagni
Marte Gracia Fernando Sifuentes
December 9, 2020 [10] [11]
December 22, 2021 [12]
Marauders
#16–27
Gerry Duggan
Stefano Caselli Matteo Lolli Klaus Janson Ivan Fiorelli Phil Noto Creees Lee
Edgar Delgado Rain Beredo Phil Noto
January 12, 2022 [13]
New Mutants (vol. 4)
#14–24
Vita Ayala
Rod Reis Alex Lins Danilo S. Beyruth
Rod Reis Matt Milla Dan Brown
December 16, 2020 [14] [15]
February 9, 2022 [16]
X-Force (vol. 6)
#15–26
Benjamin Percy
Joshua Cassara Garry Brown Robert Gill Martin Coccolo
Guru-eFX
December 15, 2021 [17] [18]
Excalibur (vol. 4)
#16–26
Tini Howard
Marcus To
Erick Arciniega
December 23, 2020 [19]
Wolverine (vol. 7)
#8–19
Benjamin Percy
Adam Kubert Viktor Bogdonavic Scot Eaton Lan Medina Paco Diaz Javier Fernandez
Frank MartinMatt Wilson Java Tartaglia Dijjo Lima
December 30, 2020 [20] [21]
December 22, 2021 [22]
X-Men (vol. 5)
#16–21
Jonathan Hickman
Phil NotoBrett Booth Mahmud Asrar Francesco Mobili Nick DragottaRussell Dauterman Lucas WerneckSara Pichelli
Phil Noto Sunny Gho Nolan Woodard Matt Wilson Frank Martin
June 9, 2021 [23]
Cable (vol. 4)
#7–12
Gerry Duggan
Phil Noto
January 20, 2021 [24]
July 28, 2021 [25]
Children of the Atom
#1–6
Vita Ayala
Bernard Chang Paco Medina
Marcelo Maiolo David Curiel
March 10, 2021 [26]
August 11, 2021 [27]
Way of X
#1–5
Si Spurrier
Bob Quinn
Java Tartaglia
April 21, 2021 [28]
August 18, 2021 [29]
X-Corp
Tini Howard Jason Loo
Alberto Foche Valentine De Landro Jason Loo
Sunny Gho Jason Loo
May 12, 2021 [30]
September 22, 2021 [31]
X-Men (vol. 6)
#1–9
Gerry Duggan
Pepe Larraz Javier Pina Ze Carlos
Marte Gracia Erick Arciniega
July 7, 2021 [32]
March 2, 2022 [33]
Limited series
Title
Issues
Writer
Artist
Colourist
Debut date
Conclusion date
X-Men: The Trial of Magneto
#1–5
Leah Williams
Lucas Werneck
Edgar Delgado
August 18, 2021 [34]
December 22, 2021
Inferno (vol. 2)
#1–4
Jonathan Hickman
Valerio Schiti Stefano Caselli R. B. Silva
Marte Gracia
September 29, 2021 [35]
January 5, 2022
X Lives of Wolverine
#1–5
Benjamin Percy
Joshua Cassara
Frank Martin
January 19, 2022 [36]
March 16, 2022 [37]
X Deaths of Wolverine
Federico Vicentini
January 26, 2022 [38]
March 23, 2022 [39] [40]
Devil's Reign: X-Men
#1–3
Gerry Duggan
Phil Noto
January 19, 2022 [41]
One-shots
Title
Writer
Artist
Colorist
Release date
King in Black : Marauders
Gerry Duggan
Luke Ross
Carlos Lopez
February 3, 2021 [42]
X-Men : Curse of the Man-Thing
Steve Orlando
Andrea Broccardo
Guru e-FX
May 5, 2021 [43]
Planet-Size X-Men
Gerry Duggan
Pepe Larraz
Marte Gracia
June 16, 2021 [44]
Cable: Reloaded
Al Ewing
Bob Quinn
Java Tartaglia
August 25, 2021 [45]
X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation
Si Spurrier
September 22, 2021 [46]
The Death of Doctor Strange : X-Men/Black Knight
Israel Silva
January 19, 2022 [47]
Secret X-Men
Tini Howard
Francesco Mobili
Jesus Aburtov
February 9, 2022 [48]
List of issues
Release order
Reading order
Issues marked in bold are marked as red/important in the issue list found in the back of each comic. [citation needed ]
Hellions #7–11
X-Factor #5–7
S.W.O.R.D. #1
Marauders #16
New Mutants #14–18
X-Force #15–19
Excalibur #16–20
X-Men #16
Wolverine #8–10
X-Factor #8
Marauders #17
S.W.O.R.D. #2–4
Cable #7–10
X-Men #17
King in Black: Marauders #1
Marauders #18–20
X-Men #18–19
Children of the Atom #1–3
Wolverine #11–12
S.W.O.R.D. #5
Way of X #1–2
X-Corp #1
Marauders #21
X-Force #20
Hellions #12
Excalibur #21
X-Men #21
Children of the Atom #4
Planet-Size X-Men #1
New Mutants #19
X-Corp #2
Wolverine #13
S.W.O.R.D. #6
Way of X #3
X-Factor #10
Cable #11
Children of the Atom #5
Hellions #13
X-Force #21
X-Men #1
Excalibur #22
Way of X #4
X-Corp #3
Marauders #22
New Mutants #20
Hellions #14
X-Men #2
Children of the Atom #6
X-Force #22
Marauders #23
Way of X #5
X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1
X-Corp #4
X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1
Wolverine #15
Hellions #15
New Mutants #21
Excalibur #23
X-Force #23
Marauders #24
X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #2
X-Corp #5
X-Men #3
Inferno #1
S.W.O.R.D #8
Wolverine #16
Title
Issues
Writer(s)
Artist(s)
Colourist
Dates
Notes
The Best Offense
Zeb Wells
Emilio Laiso
Rachelle Rosenberg
April 2021
Online exclusive short story revealing that neither Armor nor Marrow were elected to join the first Krakoan X-Men team.[49]
Equality
Mike Henderson
Online exclusive short story revealing that neither Forge nor Strong Guy were elected to join the first Krakoan X-Men team.[50]
New X-Man
David Messina
Online exclusive short story revealing that Polaris , but not Banshee , was elected to join the first Krakoan X-Men team.[51]
Over Served
Nico Leon
Online exclusive short story revealing that neither Boom Boom nor Tempo were elected to join the first Krakoan X-Men team.[52]
Popularity Contest
Diego Olortegui
Online exclusive short story revealing that neither Cannonball nor Sunspot were elected to join the first Krakoan X-Men team.[53]
Runaways
#33–35
Rainbow Rowell
Andres Genolet
Dee Cunniffe
February–April 2021[54] [55] [56]
Wolverine and Pixie respond to Molly Hayes ' call to go to Krakoa .
Collected editions
Title
Material Collected
Format
Publication date
ISBN
Reign of X Volume 1
S.W.O.R.D. #1, X-Men #16, X-Factor #5, Hellions #7-8
Paperback
July 6, 2021 [57]
9781302931513
Reign of X Volume 2
New Mutants #14, Marauders #16, Excalibur #16, X-Force #15-16, X-Men #17
Paperback
August 10, 2021 [58]
9781302931520
Reign of X Volume 3
Marauders #17, New Mutants #15, Cable #7, Wolverine #8-9
Paperback
August 31, 2021 [59]
9781302931537
Reign of X Volume 4
Wolverine #10, Excalibur #17, X-Factor #6, Cable #8, Children of the Atom #1
Paperback
October 12, 2021 [60]
9781302931667
Reign of X Volume 5
Excalibur #18-19, S.W.O.R.D. #2-3, King in Black: Marauders #1
Paperback
November 9, 2021 [61]
9781302931728
Reign of X Volume 6
S.W.O.R.D. #4, X-Men #18-19, Marauders #18-19, X-Force #17
Paperback
November 23, 2021 [62]
9781302931858
Reign of X Volume 7
X-Force #18-19, Children of the Atom #2, New Mutants #16-17, Cable #9
Paperback
December 15, 2021 [63]
9781302932039
Reign of X Volume 8
Cable #10, Children of the Atom #3, Excalibur #20, X-Men #20, Hellions #9-10
Paperback
January 19, 2022 [64]
9781302933715
Reign of X Volume 9
Hellions #11, Wolverine #11-12, New Mutants #18, S.W.O.R.D. #5, X-Factor #7
Paperback
February 15, 2022 [65]
9781302933821
Reign of X Volume 10
X-Factor #8-9, X-Corp #1, Marauders #20, Way of X #1
Paperback
March 15, 2022 [66]
9781302933937
Reign of X Volume 11
Way of X #2, Cable #11-12, Children of the Atom #4-5
Paperback
April 19, 2022 [67]
9781302934064
Reign of X Volume 12
Marauders #21, X-Force #20, Hellions #12, Excalibur #21, X-Men #21
Paperback
July 12, 2022 [68]
9781302944988
Reign of X Volume 13
Planet-Size X-Men (2021) #1, X-Corp #2, New Mutants #19, Wolverine #13, S.W.O.R.D. #6
Paperback
August 23, 2022 [69]
9781302945107
Reign of X Volume 14
X-Factor #10, Way of X #3, Children of the Atom #6, Marauders #22, X-Men #1
Paperback
September 27, 2022 [70]
9781302945169
X-Men: Hellfire Gala Red Carpet Edition
X-Men #21, Marauders #21, Excalibur #21, X-Force #20, New Mutants #19, X-Factor #10, Hellions #12, S.W.O.R.D. #6, Way of X #3, X-Corp #2, Wolverine #13, Planet-Size X-Men (2021) #1
Hardback
December 15, 2021 [71]
9781302931568
X-Men: Hellfire Gala
Marauders #21, X-Men #21, Planet-Size X-Men (2021) #1, S.W.O.R.D. #6
Paperback
January 26, 2022 [72]
9781302931155
Trials of X Volume 1
X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1-2, S.W.O.R.D. #7, New Mutants #20-21, Marauders #23
Paperback
October 19, 2022 [73]
9781302949532
Trials of X Volume 2
Cable: Reloaded #1, X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #3-5 , Wolverine #14
Paperback
November 15, 2022
9781302949549
Trials of X Volume 3
Wolverine #15-16, Excalibur #22, X-Men #2, Hellions #13-14
Paperback
December 13, 2022
9781302949556
Trials of X Volume 4
Hellions #15, X-Force #21-22, S.W.O.R.D. #8, Way of X #4-5
Paperback
January 10, 2023 [74]
9781302949563
Trials of X Volume 5
X-Men : The Onslaught Revelation #1, X-Men #3, Excalibur #23, X-Corp #3-4
Paperback
February 14, 2023 [75]
9781302949570
Trials of X Volume 6
X-Corp #5, Marauders #24-25, X-Force #23-24, Excalibur #24
Paperback
March 7, 2023 [76]
9781302948405
Trials of X Volume 7
X-Men #4, New Mutants #22-23, Wolverine #17-18
Paperback
March 21, 2023 [77]
9781302948412
Trials of X Volume 8
Excalibur #25, X-Men #5, X-Force #25-26, S.W.O.R.D. #9
Paperback
April 18, 2023
9781302948429
Trials of X Volume 9
S.W.O.R.D. #10-11, Wolverine #19, Marauders #26, Hellions #16-17
Paperback
May 9, 2023
9781302948436
Trials of X Volume 10
Hellions #18, Excalibur #26, Marauders #27, New Mutants #24, X-Men #6
Paperback
May 23, 2023
9781302948443
Trials of X Volume 11
X-Men #7, Secret X-Men #1, Sabretooth #1, Devil's Reign: X-Men #1-2
Paperback
June 20, 2023
9781302948450
Trials of X Volume 12
Devil's Reign: X-Men #3, X-Men #8, Sabretooth #2-3, Marauders Annual #1
Paperback
July 18, 2023
9781302948467
References
^ a b November 2020, George Marston 25 (25 November 2020). "Reign of X era to begin in X-Men comics at Marvel" . Newsarama . Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-11-26 . {{cite web }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )
^ a b "Marvel Hypes a Mysterious New Era for the X-Men in Spring's Destiny of X" . CBR . 2021-11-23. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2021-11-29 .
^ "Inferno will be Jonathan Hickman's last X-Men comic for now" . EW . 2021-08-17. Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-12-08 .
^ Johnston, Rich (June 16, 2022). "Marvel Comics Relaunches Reign Of X As... Trials Of X" . Bleeding Cool . Archived from the original on June 11, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024 .
^ Schedeen, Jesse (2023-03-20). "How to Read Marvel's X-Men Comics in 2023" . IGN . Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2024-06-10 .
^ Hellions #7
^ "X-Factor #5" . Archived from the original on 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2020-12-07 .
^ "The Goblin Queen Returns and It's Judgement Day for the Hellions in 'Hellions' #18" . Marvel Comics . September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021 .
^ "X-Factor #10" . Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-08-12 .
^ "S.W.O.R.D. #1" . Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2020-12-10 .
^ "Marauders #16" . Archived from the original on 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2020-12-10 .
^ S.W.O.R.D. #11
^ "Marauders #27" . Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2021-12-07 .
^ New Mutants #14
^ X-Force #15
^ New Mutants #24
^ "Excalibur #26" . Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-13 .
^ "X-Force #26" . Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-01-31 .
^ "Excalibur #16" . Archived from the original on 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2020-12-23 .
^ "Wolverine #8" . Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2021-01-15 .
^ "X-Men #16" . Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2021-01-15 .
^ "Wolverine #19" . Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2022-01-31 .
^ "X-Men #21" . Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2021-08-12 .
^ "Cable #7" . Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-01-23 .
^ "Cable #12" . Archived from the original on 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-08-12 .
^ "Children of the Atom #1" . Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-03-11 .
^ "Children of the Atom #6" . Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-08-12 .
^ Way of X #1
^ "Way of X #5" . Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-08-12 .
^ "X-Corp #1" . Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-12 .
^ "X-Corp #5" . Archived from the original on 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2021-09-28 .
^ "X-Men #1" . Archived from the original on 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2021-08-12 .
^ Hassan, Chris (January 17, 2022). "X-Men Monday #138 – Jordan D. White Discusses 'Inferno #4' " . Adventures in Poor Taste . Archived from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022 .
^ "X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #1" . Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-08-12 .
^ "The X-Men's World Goes Up in Flames in Jonathan Hickman's 'Inferno' " . Marvel Comics . June 4, 2021. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021 .
^ "X Lives of Wolverine #1" . Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2022-01-31 .
^ "X Lives of Wolverine #5" . Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-01-31 .
^ "X Deaths of Wolverine #1" . Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2022-01-31 .
^ "X Deaths of Wolverine #5" . Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-01-31 .
^ "Devil's Reign: X-Men #3" . Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-01-31 .
^ "Devil's Reign: X-Men #1" . Archived from the original on 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-01-31 .
^ "King in Black: Marauders #1" . Archived from the original on 2021-02-06. Retrieved 2021-02-12 .
^ "X-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing #1" . Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-05-10 .
^ "Planet-Size X-Men #1" . Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2021-08-02 .
^ "Cable: Reloaded #1" . Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2021-08-02 .
^ "X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1" . Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-05 .
^ "The X-Men and the Black Knight enter the Death of Doctor Strange event... together" . GamesRadar+ . September 2, 2021. Archived from the original on September 6, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021 .
^ "Marvel announces new one-shot 'Secret X-Men' #1 for February 2022" . Adventures in Poor Taste . November 9, 2021. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021 .
^ "The best offense. #XMenVote" . Twitter . April 13, 2021. Archived from the original on June 11, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2021 .
^ Bacon, Thomas (April 11, 2021). "Marvel Just Revealed Two Heroes Didn't Make the Cut for New X-Men Team" . Screen Rant . Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021 .
^ "And the winner is… #XMenVote" . Twitter . April 15, 2021. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021 .
^ "Fun party. #XMenVote" . Twitter . April 12, 2021. Archived from the original on June 11, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2021 .
^ "Who's more popular? #XMenVote" . Twitter . April 14, 2021. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021 .
^ Runaways #33
^ "Runaways #34" . Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-08-12 .
^ "Runaways #35" . Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2021-09-06 .
^ "Reign of X Vol. 1 TPB" . Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2021-03-16 .
^ Reign of X Vol. 2 TPB
^ Reign of X Vol. 3 TPB
^ Reign of X Vol. 4 TPB
^ Reign of X Vol. 5 TPB
^ Reign of X Vol. 6 TPB
^ Reign of X Vol. 7 TPB
^ Reign of X Vol. 8 TPB
^ "Reign of X Vol. 9 TPB" . Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08 .
^ "Reign of X Vol. 10 TPB" . Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08 .
^ "Reign of X Vol. 11 TPB" . Archived from the original on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2021-07-19 .
^ Reign of X Vol. 12 TPB
^ Reign of X Vol. 13 TPB
^ "Reign of X Vol. 14 TPB" . Archived from the original on 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2022-05-26 .
^ "X-Men: Hellfire Gala Red Carpet Edition OHC" . Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2021-12-14 .
^ X-Men: Hellfire Gala TPB
^ "Marvel Comics Relaunches Reign of X As... Trials of X" . 16 June 2022. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022 .
^ Spurrier, Si; Duggan, Gerry; Howard, Tini; Loo, Jason (10 January 2023). Trials of X Vol. 4 . ISBN 978-1302949563 .
^ Spurrier, Si; Duggan, Gerry; Howard, Tini; Loo, Jason (14 February 2023). Trials of X Vol. 5 . ISBN 978-1302949570 .
^ Howard, Tini; Duggan, Gerry; Percy, Benjamin (7 March 2023). Trials of X Vol. 6 . ISBN 978-1302948405 .
^ Duggan, Gerry; Ayala, Vita; Percy, Benjamin (28 March 2023). Trials of X Vol. 7 . ISBN 978-1302948412 .
Founding members Recruits Locations Equipment and technology Comic books Other media Miscellaneous
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Launch lines