100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #3
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Year 2001 ISBN # 7-59606-05184-7-00311 Writer Various Penciler Various Comic Summary In 2001, Marvel had held a poll asking readers to vote on their favorite issues of Marvel comic book series. The top 25 issues were then reprinted in trade paperback form, with a list in the back of each volume listing the results of the poll from the 100th issue to the last issue contained in that particular volume. Numbers 25 to 6 were published in volumes one through five, each of which contained four issues. The top five issues were each reprinted in their own volumes (volumes six through ten). This one has #14 through #17.
Issues Reprinted The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #181, X-Men #25, The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #33 and Spider-Man (vol. 1) #1

100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #4
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Year 2001 ISBN # 7-59606-05184-7-00311 Writer Various Penciler Various Comic Summary In 2001, Marvel had held a poll asking readers to vote on their favorite issues of Marvel comic book series. The top 25 issues were then reprinted in trade paperback form, with a list in the back of each volume listing the results of the poll from the 100th issue to the last issue contained in that particular volume. Numbers 25 to 6 were published in volumes one through five, each of which contained four issues. The top five issues were each reprinted in their own volumes (volumes six through ten). This one has #10 through #13.
Issues Reprinted Incredible Hulk (vol. 1) #1, Ultimate X-Men #1, Daredevil (vol. 1) #227 and Wolverine #75

Amazing X-men: Ultimate Edition
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Year 1995 ISBN # 0785101268 Writer Fabian Nicieza Penciler Andy Kubert Comic Summary Groups of flatscans are heading towards Booth Bay Harbor in Maine to try to find out if the rumors of Eurasia trying to rescue them from being under Apocalypse’s rule are true. A cloaked figure infiltrates the group and befriending a young boy named Jeremy Graves, she does find that the humans really hope they are going to be rescued. After leaving the humans, Vanessa Carlysle lifts her hood and her pale blue skin easily marks her as a mutant. She immediately reports the information to her leader. Meanwhile in Westchester, Bishop watches Quicksilver’s team of X-Men training against one of Dazzler’s light-construct Sentinels, as they want to the humans in Maine with their plans to evacuate to Eurasia. After the exercise they realize that they must become faster if they hope to plant the device that will help the Sentinels to think the X-Men are allies, since their basic program makes them think any mutant as an enemy. After the exercise Magneto drops and finishes the Sentinel that the team had left still alive. He chides them for their sloppiness and prepares them for their help in the evacuation in Maine. After Magneto’s briefing Exodus transports the team to Maine. While the team mingles with the different groups of humans, Storm travels to a watchtower off the coast of Newfoundland and creates a lightning storm to help the Sentinels get past the defense shields there. She succeeds and the Sentinels break through. Though when they arrive on the mainland the X-Men have to act fast and plant the over ride virus in one of the Sentinels Terminal Cores. Breathing a sigh of relief for their victory, they do not notice Brother Jeffries of the Brotherhood changing the programming of the Sentinels. Afterwards the Sentinels attack the X-Men blowing Iceman’s body up and giving the Brotherhood time to ambush the X-Men. Unnoticed by anyone, little Jeremy Graves gets abducted by some black tentacles.
Issues Reprinted Amazing X-Men #1-4

Astonishing X-men: Ultimate Edition
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Year 1995 ISBN # 0785101276 Writer Scott Lobdell Penciler Joe Madureira Comic Summary Magneto tells his fellow X-Men of a mission he needs them to go on. He eventually tells them his feelings about Bishop and his story of this reality somehow being wrong. He’s afraid what Bishop says might be true and needs to find out if it is. He meets some resistance from his people, but he assures them it is necessary. Blink comes through her teleportation disc during the meeting. Next through is Sunfire and he’s hurting. A Prelate comes through as well, but Blink severs the disc and he is killed. Blink and Sunfire tell everyone that Holocaust has started another culling in Chicago and everyone is shocked. Later on, while still recovering, Sunfire asks Rogue to help them stop Holocaust. Gambit enters the room and he and Rogue leave to have a heart-to-heart. They’re almost about to kiss at one point when Blink steps outside with baby Charles. Gambit leaves and the X-Men resume their mission. In the hangar bay, Quicksilver stops by to try and convince Rogue not to go, only to learn that Sabretooth, Wild Child, and Morph have decided to accompanying Blink, Sunfire and her to Chicago. Rogue convinces Pietro she needs to go and after wishing each other good luck, they blast off for Chicago. Bishop enters the hangar, puzzled as to why the X-Men would go on a suicide mission. Quicksilver tells him that even if this world isn’t the right world, it’s still their world and they will fight for it. Elsewhere in the mansion, Magneto mulls over Bishop’s ramblings. Nightcrawler is in the room with him and they have a deep conversation about everything… basically, Magneto is willing to sacrifice this Earth based on a promise to his friend Xavier to make the world a better place. In his stronghold, Apocalypse learns from his servant Rex that the location of the X-Men’s base of operations will soon be known, as they can track Blink’s signature.
Issues Reprinted Astonishing X-Men #1-4

Avengers/X-men Bloodties
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Year 1995 ISBN # 0785101039 Writer Bob Harras, Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, and Roy Thomas Penciler Jan Duursema, Steve Epting, Andy Kubert, John Romita Jr., and Dave Ross Comic Summary It started with a kidnapping. It led to a civil war. It drew in the Avengers. Earth's mightiest super heroes, protectors of humanity, and the X-Men, uncanny mutants sworn to preserve mutantkind. The conflict was further inflammed by Exodus, acolyte of Magneto, who sought to purify Magneto's family line by killing his two children, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, and Luna, his grandchild. It would lead to the breakup of friendships, the reunion of families, and threaten to ignite the world.
Issues Reprinted Uncanny X-Men #307, X-Men #26, Avengers #368-369, and West Coast Avengers #101.

Bishop: The Mountjoy Crisis
Importance Rating: 5.5 out of 10
Year 1996 ISBN # 0785102116 Writer John Ostrander Penciler Carlos Pacheco Comic Summary The X-Men are beginning to worry about Bishop who continually uses the Danger Room to relive the deaths of his teammates, Random and Malcolm. Storm decides to take Bishop out to a play to keep him away from the Danger Room, but things go wrong when Bantam tracks them down and explains that he is being chased by someone called Mountjoy -- a mutant from Bishop's timeline!
Issues Reprinted Bishop Limited Series 1 #1-4

Cable & Deadpool #7: Separation Anxiety
Importance Rating: 4.5 out of 10
Year 2007 ISBN # Writer Fabian Nicieza Penciler Reilly Brown Comic Summary Deadpool has decided to face the skeletons in his closet, dive deep into that dark void he calls a soul and rattle things up a bit. First order of business: Taskmaster. Second order of business: a knock-down drag-out BRAWL! Plus: The aftermath of the X-Men's battle against the Hecatomb has cost Cable a huge chunk of his island paradise of Providence and an even bigger slice of his soul. With all his hopes for the future of the planet Earth in jeopardy, now would be a pretty bad time for a reunion with Deadpool, wouldn't it? And an even worse time for an assassination by Gambit and Sunfire!
Issues Reprinted Cable and Deadpool #37-42

ClanDestine vs. the X-Men
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Year 1997 ISBN # 0785105573 Writer Alan Davis Penciler Alan Davis Comic Summary Having entered through the strange portal they found, the Clan Destine ended up in the X-Men’s Danger Room and soon a full-fledged battle rages until Rory and Pandora stop it. The X-Men and the Clan compare notes, realizing that both of them are missing team members due to that portal and decide to work together. Hex, however, acts strangely, causing Wolverine to flip and gut him, which in turn causes Walter to go ballistic and injure Wolverine. Walter is restrained and Hex and Wolverine are brought to Dr. MacTaggert into the infirmary, where Newton assists. The Clan members find in turn that the X-Men are doing their best to separate them. Elsewhere, Xavier Colossus, Cuckoo, Adam and Gracie find themselves on what seems to be Synraith’s homeworld. Gracie reveals how as a youngster she tried to stop Cortez’s slaughter of the Aztecs and inadvertently bound herself to the demon Synraith. Since then, stopping Synraith has been her burden, shared only by Cuckoo. Apparently, they are to witness the demon’s return to Earth. The three telepaths decide to fight Synraith, drawing him to this side of the portal and keep him here. In the Danger Room, the Clan members have realize that the increasingly erratic behaviour of the X-Men is meant to keep them apart and they begin to fight again. Colossus tries to attack Synraith to help the telepaths and fails, seemingly being horribly injured, but he manages to throw the indestructible Adam at the demon and the portal. Adam finds himself thrown through the Danger Room and lands in front of Wolverine, Storm, Forge and the original five. Wolverine recognizes Adam as an old friend whereas Cyclops considers him a threat. Wolverine attacks him and it is revealed that all the X-Men save for Wolverine, Forge and Storm are danger room drones controlled by Synraith. Synraith sends more drones at them, but Storm manages to disrupt the systems by throwing a focused lightning bolt. The illusion passes an all the X-Men and Clan members including the ones seemingly on Synraith’s world are actually in the Danger Room. In fact, the telepaths had been drawing Synraith towards Earth rather than stopping him. Armed with that knowledge, they capture the demon in the portal till it collapses and he is destroyed. Later, good-byes are said and Adam doubts that he and his family will be seen again. Wolverine hopes he’s wrong.
Issues Reprinted ClanDestine #1-8 and ClanDestine Versus The X-Men #1-2

Decimation: X-Men - The Day After
Importance Rating: 4.5 out of 10
Year 2006 ISBN # 0785119841 Writer Peter Milligan and Chris Claremont Penciler Salvador Larroca, Randy Green, and Aaron Lopresti Comic Summary It was the worst day in X-Men history. Now it's the day after. The House of M is over, but the effects will be felt for the rest of their lives. How do the X-Men pick up the pieces in a world that has completely changed? Plus: Something's amiss at the House of Xavier! A sneak attack forces the X-Men to re-evaluate just who their friends are, and to align themselves with former enemies!
Issues Reprinted Decimation: House of M - The Day After and X-Men #177-181

Essential Wolverine Volume 3
Importance Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Year 2002 ISBN # 0785105956 Writer Larry Hama Penciler Marc Silvestri and Mark Texeira Comic Summary Logan... Weapon X... Wolverine. He is a man who has been known by many different names, but precious little is known of his enigmatic past. A mutant gifted with heightened senses, a healing factor, and razor-sharp adamantium claws, Wolverine seeks to control the struggling beast within him while seeking his place as a member of the mysterious super-powered team of mutants known only as the Uncanny X-Men!
Issues Reprinted Wolverine #48-69

Essential Wolverine Volume 4
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Year 2006 ISBN # 785120599 Writer Larry Hama Penciler Dwayne Turner, Jim Fern, Adam Kubert, Tomm Coker, Ian Churchill, Bob Mcleod, Ron Wagner, Ron Garney, and Fabio Laguna Comic Summary The deadliest X-Man's on the edge of death when his unbreakable Adamantium advantage is eliminated! Even with his claws stripped to the bone, Wolverine's up to some of the choicest challenges from his past and future - but how farw ill he go to make his latest fight with Sabretooth the FINAL one? Plus: cyborgs, Sentinels, the Savage Land and then some! Guest-starring Gambit, Ghost Rider and more!
Issues Reprinted Wolverine #70-90

Exiles Volume 10: Age of Apocalypse
Importance Rating: 4.5 out of 10
Year 2005 ISBN # 0785116745 Writer Tony Bedard Penciler Jim Calafiore and Mizuki Sakakibara Comic Summary In a special tie-in to X-Men: The New Age of Apocalypse, the Exiles return to the AoA with the unlikeliest new teammate: Apocalypse's homicidal son, Holocaust! Their new assignment: kill the X-Men?! Can they stop fighting among themselves long enough to complete their mission? Plus: Just what was Blink up to during her absence from the Exiles those many months ago?
Issues Reprinted Exiles #59-61 and Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Age of Apocalypse 2005

Exiles Volume 3: Out of Time
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Year 2003 ISBN # 0785110852 Writer Judd Winick Penciler Jim Calafiore Comic Summary They have become unhinged from time. They are heroes from different realities whose own timelines have become compromised. To return to their worlds, they must travel together from one alternate universe to another, each time completing a mission to set right what went wrong. They have found love, experienced danger and formed friendships. Now, the Exiles encounter their time-travelling counterparts in Weapon X; Mimic faces off against Namor, the Sub-Mariner; and Morph is kidnapped and forced to headline his own TV show in a world where ratings rule...or else one of his teammates will die.
Issues Reprinted Exiles #12-19

Exiles Volume 4: Legacy
Importance Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Year 2003 ISBN # 0785111093 Writer Judd Winick Penciler Jim Calafiore, Kev Walker, and Jon Holdredge Comic Summary They are the Exiles, reality-hopping nomads forced to repair the broken chain of time. Failure means a fate worse than death; success, a new reality and a new mission. The Exiles now find themselves in a violent wasteland ravaged by plague. Years ago, this reality was devastated by the mutant-killing Legacy Virus, leaving hundreds of thousands dead or dying. The Exiles’ mission is to help create a vaccine – but to do so, they must overcome some of the most powerful super-beings ever known, transformed into monstrous aberrations by the disease. Plus: They’re good. They’re bad. They’re deadly. Follow another, more aggressive band of world-hopping heroes in their own reality-altering adventure. Like the Exiles, the ragtag team of Weapon X has been tasked to repair cracks in the timestream. But while both teams have the same objective, their methods couldn’t be more different.
Issues Reprinted Exiles #20-25

Exiles Volume 7: A Blink In Time
Importance Rating: 6.0 out of 10
Year 2004 ISBN # 0785112359 Writer Chuck Austen Penciler Jim Calafiore Comic Summary Blink is back! Their long-lost leader makes her triumphant return - but the reality-hopping heroes don't have time to celebrate, because the fate of an entire world is at stake, and it's their job to save it! Is Blink's presence enough to tip the scales in the Exiles' battle with a startling new menace? Plus: The Exiles' otherworldly counterparts, Weapon X, begin a brand-new adventure! Hyperion is the most recent addition to their squad - and while extremely helpful in the thick of a battle, he may end up being more than they bargained for. Also featuring a special look at Nocturne before she joined the Exiles! See what her life was like back when she lived at Xavier's mansion with her father, Nightcrawler, and the school's headmaster, Wolverine.
Issues Reprinted Exiles #38-45

Gambit
Importance Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Year 1993 ISBN # 0785101098 Writer Howard Mackie Penciler Lee Weeks Comic Summary Trouble brews in New Orleans when the Tithe Collector arrives. The Tithing is an ancient guild ceremony, and as the Assassins want the Tithe Collector’s gifts for themselves, they start as the killing members of the Thieves Guild. Jean-Luc, leader of the thieves, thinks that this year it should be Remy LeBeau who receives the gift. Gambit’s brother Henri LeBeau breaks into the mansion, interrupting a Danger Room session, in order to tell Remy what is going on in his home town. However shortly after his arrival he is shot by members of the Assassin’s Guild. Henri’s passing words are that things aren’t always as they seem. Gambit chases the killers down only to be confronted by his previously thought deceased brother-in-law Julien. Gambit fights the Assassins to a stand-still until suddenly Julien lets himself be penetrated by a sword, proving that he can’t be killed. The Assassins leave through a teleportation portal, though not before Julien can taunt Gambit with his sister, Gambit’s wife Bella Donna, still being alive. Against the direct warning not to come to New Orleans, Gambit decides that he has to, as it is family business. He is joined by Rogue who refuses to let him go by himself, even though finding Gambit‘s wife might end the relationship she and Gambit have just started.
Issues Reprinted Gambit Limited Series 1 #1-4

Gambit and the X-ternals: Ultimate Edition
Importance Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Year 1995 ISBN # 0785101292 Writer Fabian Nicieza Penciler Tony Daniel Comic Summary They take the goods she stole and bring them back to camp to give out to the needy. Much to their surprise Magneto, the leader of the X-Men, is there with Gambit. He takes the team to one of Apocalypse’s secret chambers in the Morlock Tunnels. He tells them they need to steal a piece of the M’Kraan crystal to be able to put right what went wrong. The Madri track them there and they battle. Lily Cheney, who thought she was human, learns the truth about her mutant powers and is able to manifest them. During the process, Rictor with his Infinites shows up. Lila transports the team to outer space, where the M’Kraan crystal is located. However Rictor makes it through the teleportation portal as well.
Issues Reprinted Gambit & The X-Ternals #1-4

Gambit Volume 1: House of Cards
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Year 2005 ISBN # 0785115226 Writer John Layman Penciler Georges Jeanty and Roger Robinson Comic Summary Ever wonder what Gambit is up to when he's not out saving the world with the X-Men? Welcome to the exciting but treacherous terrain of the New Orleans underworld, where Remy LeBeau's skills and mastery are unquestioned...but this time, his confidence might be his downfall! Buckle up for the breakneck adventures of the smoothest, most charming devil ever to wear the X!
Issues Reprinted Gambit On-Going Series 2 #1-6

Gambit Volume 2: Hath no Fury
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Year 2005 ISBN # 0785117474 Writer John Layman Penciler Georges Jeanty and Roger Robinson Comic Summary The reanimated dead are crawling out of their graves and overrunning the streets in the Big Easy, and Gambit may be the only person who can save the city from an undead apocalypse! But he's got bigger problems at the moment: two women, both heartbroken, both angry and both demanding his head on a platter! Guest-starring Brother Voodoo! Plus: As a thief, Gambit has faced some risky jobs, but this may be his most dangerous yet - he'll have to infiltrate the heavily fortified home of the world's most powerful mutants. That's right...Gambit's got to swipe something right from under the noses of his teammates, the X-Men!
Issues Reprinted Gambit On-Going Series 2 #7-12

Greatest Battles of the X-men
Importance Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Year 1994 ISBN # 0785100423 Writer Chris Claremont Penciler Chris Claremont Comic Summary Reprinting some of the greatest battles of the X-men. From the first appearance of Kitty Pryde, known then as Sprite, and her first battle in the danger room to the battle of X-men against the Starjammers. Seven comics covering those less known, but best battles of the X-men.
Issues Reprinted Uncanny X-Men #57-59, #137, #141-142, and #277.

House of M
Importance Rating: 3.0 out of 10
Year 2006 ISBN # 0785117210 Writer Brian Michael Bendis Penciler Olivier Coipel Comic Summary The Avengers and the X-Men are faced with a common foe that becomes their greatest threat: Wanda Maximoff! The Scarlet Witch is out of control, and the fate of the entire world is in her hands. Will Magneto help his daughter or use her powers to his own benefit? Starring the Astonishing X-Men and the New Avengers! You know how sometimes you hear the phrase: AND NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN? Well, this time believe it, buster! NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN!
Issues Reprinted House of M #1-8 and The Pulse: House of M Special Edition

Infinity War, The
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Year 2006 ISBN # 0785121056 Writer Jim Starlin Penciler Rom Lim Comic Summary Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon. Coming Soon.
Issues Reprinted Infinity War #1-6, Warlock and the Infinity Watch #7-10 and Marvel Comics Presents #108-111.

Magneto: Rogue Nation
Importance Rating: 4.5 out of 10
Year 2002 ISBN # 0785108343 Writer Alan Davis, Fabien Nicieza Penciler Lee Weeks, Brandon Peterson Comic Summary The Acolytes go out to attack a Genetic Research Laboratory in Minnesota. The X-men watch through a newscast as they are flying to meet the Acolytes and stop them.In the Artic circle Magneto suits up to strike. In Israel Jospeh finds out the truth about who he really is. Meanwhile, the X-men strike against the Acholytes and Magneto. Magneto and Joseph continue their battle, with Astra looking on in delight. The X-men arrive and decide to split up into three teams to keep Magneto and Joseph away from one another, and Astra away from them both. Getting them divided takes a toll on the team and Joseph decides to sacrafice himself to end it. At the end of the battle the UN arrives to give the paperwork to Magneto for the sole rights to Genosha.
Issues Reprinted X-Men: The Magneto War 1, Uncanny X-Men 366-367 and New X-Men 85-87.

Marvel Zombies (Hard Cover)
Importance Rating: 3.0 out of 10
Year 2006 ISBN # 078512277X Writer Robert Kirkman Penciler Sean Phillips Comic Summary Torn from the pages of Ultimate Fantastic Four! On an Earth shockingly similar to the Marvel Universe's, an alien virus has mutated all of the world's greatest super heroes into flesh-eating monsters! It took them only hours to destroy life as we know it - but what happens when they run out of humans to eat?! Follow their search for more food, and witness the arrival of the Silver Surfer!
Issues Reprinted Marvel Zombies #1-5

New X-men: Academy X Volume 2: Haunting
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Year 2005 ISBN # 078511615X Writer Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir Penciler Michael Ryan, Paco Medina, and Carlo Pagulayan Comic Summary Someone...or something...is haunting the halls of the Xavier Institute, and it's up to the X-Men-in-training to get to the bottom of it! Can the New Mutants find a way to bring peace to this tortured being before they become the tortured? Plus: David Alleyne, a.k.a. Prodigy of the New Mutants, can absorb the skills and knowledge of anyone close by - but is doomed to forget everything as soon as they're gone. So what would happen if he could keep that knowledge instead of forgetting? He'd be the smartest kid in the world, right? Is it too much of a good thing?
Issues Reprinted New X-Men: Academy X #7-11

New X-men: Academy X Volume 3: X-posed
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Year 2005 ISBN # 0785117911 Writer Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir Penciler Georges Jeanty, Paco Medina, and Michael Ryan Comic Summary First, a forbidden relationship comes out into the open, with consequences for everyone at Xavier's! Then, the kids at Xavier's deal with death as they mourn the passing of one of their favorite teachers. Next, the Xavier Institute's end-of-year dance is upon the New Mutants. And just as the X-Men leave for a mission, an old villain sees this as the perfect time to strike! And finally, with the New Mutants at their absolute lowest, will the kids be able to work out their problems and become a team again?!
Issues Reprinted New X-Men: Academy X #12-15 and New X-Men: Academy X - Yearbook Special

Onslaught Book 6: Pyrrhic Victory
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Year 1996 ISBN # 078510285X Writer Mark Waid, Tom DeFalco, and Scott Lobdell Penciler Mike Deodato, Tom Palmer, Carlos Pacheco, Andy Kubert, Joe Madureira, and Joe Bennett Comic Summary Charles Xavier is no more. Not long ago, it emerged from within Xavier's darkest subconcious and most hidden fears to reveal itself upon the world. For days now, Onslaught has feasted on a world filled with terror. But something yet denies Professor X the honeyed taste of victory. They are the X-Men, Avengers, and the Fantastic Four, the greatest heroes this world has to offer. Soon, amid a swan song sweet with justice, they shall split the monster's belly and leave Onslaught choking on the very darkness that seethes within his soul. But at what cost?
Issues Reprinted Avengers #402, X-Men #56, Uncanny X-Men #336, Fantastic Four #416, and Onslaught: Marvel Universe

Origin of Generation X: Tales of the Phalanx Covenant
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Year 1996 ISBN # 0785102167 Writer Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, Larry Hama, and Todd DeZago Penciler Joe Madureira, Andy Kubert, Adam Kubert, Steve Skroce, Jan Duursema, Roger Cruz, Tony Daniel, Ken Lashley, and Steve Epting Comic Summary In the dark recesses of the Galaxy waits an alien race. More machine than organic, they seek out inferior races which they can assimilate. They are called the Phalanx, and they have just targeted Earth as their next meal. Through means of assimilation, subterfuge, and incursion, the Phalanx have prepared a preemptive strike against the X-Men. Armed with this knowledge, the mutants have launched a desperate strike of their own, to find seven fledgling mutants: Husk, Chamber, Skin, Jubilee, M, Synch and Blink -- all that stand between the Phalanx and victory.
Issues Reprinted Uncanny X-Men #316-317, X-Men #36-37, X-Factor #106, X-Force #38, Excalibur #82, Wolverine #85, Cable #16, and Generation X #1.

Rogue
Importance Rating: 8.0 out of 10
Year ISBN # 0785101403 Writer Howard Mackie Penciler Mike Wieringo Comic Summary After having some personal time-off, Rogue knows it’s time for her yearly visit to her birthtown in Mississippi and to visit her first boyfriend, Cody, who lies comatose. Rogue first tells Gambit, her new love interest, that she is leaving and informs him that Cody was the first boy to ever kiss her, and that it was on that moment she found out about her mutant powers. Gambit and Rogue have words about her leaving alone, but she does what she wants anyway. Despite the warnings of Storm, Gambit later decides to follow Rogue. At the same time, Bella Donna and the other members of the Assassins Guild mourn the death of their patriarch, Marius. Bella Donna is approached by Candra, who suggests to bring new life in their now no-longer standing pact. Bella Donna promises to think about it. Bella Donna decides to take revenge on Rogue for stealing memories from her when she lay in a coma and kidnaps Cody. Rogue finds out, but is too late. Bella Donna promises to do the same with everyone else Rogue holds dear, just to make her pay. Rogue quickly moves over to action and tries to find a way to rescue Cody, unaware that the Assassins watch Gambit’s every move.
Issues Reprinted Rogue Limited Series 1 #1-4

Rogue: Forget Me Not
Importance Rating: 6.0 out of 10
Year 2005 ISBN # 0785117342 Writer Tony Bedard Penciler Karl Moline and Derec Donovan Comic Summary Rogue may be a hero now, but once upon a time she wasn't so sweet...and that criminal past may just come back to haunt her! A traumatic encounter will leave her drastically changed...permanently!
Issues Reprinted Rogue On-Going Series 1 #7-12

Rogue: Going Rogue
Importance Rating: out of 10
Year 2005 ISBN # 0785113363 Writer Robert Rodi Penciler Cliff Richards Comic Summary During her time as part of the X-Men, the woman known as Rogue has been many things. But when an X-Men mission brings her back to her childhood home in Mississippi, she comes face-to-face with the demons in her past...and a terrible secret that has haunted her family since birth!
Issues Reprinted Rogue On-Going Series 1 #1-6

Ultimate X-men Volume 10: Cry Wolf
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Year 2005 ISBN # 078511405X Writer Brian K. Vaughan Penciler Andy Kubert Comic Summary The Ragin' Cajun is back, but where's he been - and what does he want? The Fenris twins threaten to expose Gambit's past sins - and they are legion - unless he obeys them. But with Rogue on the other side, to whom will Remy finally lend his loyalty? And what decision does Rogue make that will affect her budding relationship with Bobby Drake, Iceman?
Issues Reprinted Ultimate X-Men #50-53

Ultimate X-Men Volume 2 (Hard Cover)
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Year 2003 ISBN # 0785111301 Writer Mark Millar and Chuck Austen Penciler Esad Ribic, Adam Kubert, Chris Bachalo, and Kaare Andrews Comic Summary Professor Charles Xavier has a dream: to unite mutants and humans in peaceful coexistence. To achieve this goal, Xavier has assembled his X-Men: young mutants who stand against human prejudice and oppose genetic terrorists such as Magneto, who view war as the only answer to the human-mutant conflict. Yet as the X-Men embark on their inaugural world tour, they must confront some unsettling truths about their mentor. Before founding his school, Xavier abandoned his only son, David, a mutant with uncontrollable reality-warping abilities. Now, David has returned, looking to exact revenge on the father who left him - and he's willing to eradicate anyone who stands in his way. Will the X-Men be forced to kill Xavier's son to end his threat against the world? Following the tragedies of their world tour, the X-Men seek the calming protection of Xavier's school - but their suspicions of his methods only increase. Xavier's mental blocks on student Jean Grey's psychic abilities continue to crumble, and she grows increasingly unstable - plagued by visions of a world engulfed in the flames of a fiery phoenix. When the X-Men finally meet Xavier's mysterious financial backers, Jean's hallucinations become reality as the otherworldly Phoenix takes possession of the teenage telepath. Once more, the X-Men must weigh Xavier's pacifistic ideals against the need for deadly force to combat increasingly more powerful threats.
Issues Reprinted Ultimate X-Men #13-25

Ultimate X-men Volume 3: World Tour
Importance Rating: out of 10
Year ISBN # 0785109617 Writer Mark Millar and Chuck Austen Penciler Comic Summary Mutant mentor to the heroic X-Men, Professor X envisions a world in which humans and mutants can live together in peace, harmony and understanding. Magneto is a mutant with a darker dream, one of total domination over all humankind. The X-Men have faced Magneto, and mutant peace has triumphed over mutant warfare. Now, the teenage adventurers face a far more difficult obstacle: the hatred of the very humans they wish to protect. This battle will be one of the mind, not muscle. To win humanity's trust, the X-Men embark on their first-ever world-spanning field trip. Yet they soon learn that human hostility is not limited to American soil. Nor have the X-Men left their personal problems behind. Colossus escaped the Russian Mafia when he joined the team, but now finds his former employers won't let him go so easily. Meanwhile, the beleagured X-Men fight for their lives against their most formidable threat yet when Professor X's darkest secret comes back to haunt him - with a vengeance!
Issues Reprinted Ultimate X-Men #13-20

Uncanny X-men: The New Age - The End of History
Importance Rating: 3.0 out of 10
Year 2004 ISBN # 0785115358 Writer Chris Claremont Penciler Alan Davis Comic Summary New alliances are forged as old friendships are rekindled, but one thing is certain: The X-Men will never be the same! With the team split in two, the Uncanny X-Men must face the unbridled force of the Fury on two sides of the globe! Will the villain's "divide-and-conquer" plan prove to be the X-Men's ultimate undoing?
Issues Reprinted Uncanny X-Men #444-449

Wolverine/Gambit: Victims
Importance Rating: 9.0 out of 10
Year 2002 ISBN # 0785108963 Writer Jeph Loeb Penciler Tim Sale Comic Summary Warrior. Ronin. Solider. Logan knows little of his past, save that it was fraught with pain and loss. Long ago, he was trained as a samurai in Japan; later, he became Weapon X, a covert operative for the Canadian government. Today, Wolverine is an X-Man - using his animal-keen senses, accelerated healing factor and razor-sharp claws to help protect a world that fears and hates mutants! Always an outsider, Gambit was shunned as a youth because of his strange, burning-red eyes. Eventually, Remy LeBeau realized he was a mutant, possessed of the ability to charge inanimate objects with explosively released biokinetic energy. A reformed thief and charming scoundrel, the ragin' Cajun always has a card up his sleeve! Now, these two outlaw heroes have been drawn together by a string of brutal slayings that may mark the return of the 19th-century serial killer called Jack the Ripper! And lurking in the shadows, an even deadlier threat looms...one that will leave only victims in its wake!
Issues Reprinted Wolverine/Gambit: Victims #1-4

Wolverine: Enemy of the State (Hard Cover)
Importance Rating: 3.5 out of 10
Year 2006 ISBN # 0785122060 Writer Mark Millar Penciler John Romita Jr. and Kaare Andrews Comic Summary The world's deadliest living weapon just fell into the wrong hands. It's Wolverine vs. the Marvel Universe as Logan shreds his way through the X-Men, Fantastic Four, S.H.I.E.L.D., and more! How did Wolverine end up fighting to destroy everything he holds dear? Plus: Wolverine may be back in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, but at what cost? As the X-Men mourn their fallen teammate in a funeral befitting a hero, Hydra celebrates the coronation of a new leader. And the reign of terror continues, as the Hand picks off the meta-humans, one by one. Will Wolverine be deprogrammed in time to stop the carnage?
Issues Reprinted Wolverine #20-32

Wolverine: Enemy of the State Volume 1
Importance Rating: 3.5 out of 10