Author: Darren Duncan
Created: version 1.0 first posted 1997 August 13
Updated: version 2.0 last modified 1998 February 10
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************************************************************ * Index to the X-titles * ************************************************************ Version: 2.0 Created: 13 August, 1997 Last Updated: 10 February, 1998 Author: Darren Duncan E-Mail: cst97021@camosun.bc.ca ============================================================ Introduction ============================================================ This FAQ is meant to be a comprehensive index to all of the issues of the various X-titles out there. There are about 1200-1500 issues listed, which come from 12 complete X-series, as well as many limited series and one-shots. Every X-title that I know of prior to July, 1996 is included in its entirety; only some titles following that date are included, and they go right up to the present. This FAQ is a work in progress. I have made every effort to be complete, but by no means have listed every single existing issue. I have started with the most important series and issues, and I am working outward from there. For the sake of simplicity, I have not included any reprint series in this index, preferring only the original stories. If you want to find reprint series, such as Classic X-Men or Marvel Milestone, the X-Men Reprint List does a much better job than I could. ============================================================ Structure ============================================================ Issues of the same series are grouped together, and each series is ordered alphabetically between the other series. I have found that this is the best sorting order when you need to find particular issues. The standard issues for each series are ordered mostly by issue number. Non-standard issues, such as Annuals, are inserted between standard issues of their series based on their relative publication / chronology order. For example, Uncanny X-Men Annual #9 is placed between issues 199 and 200. If you think that Annuals should be placed after the standard issues instead, please let me know. Complete series are grouped together first. Following them are the limited series, and following them are the one-shots. All issues related to the Age of Apocalypse are grouped together as well. This information is currently available for each issue: 1. Series Name 2. Issue Number 3. Publication Date 4. Cover Price (US) 5. Cover Price (Canada) 6. Total Number of Pages, not including covers 7. Story Details -- This information is currently available for each story in each issue: 1. Actual Number of Pages Used 2. Name / Title of the story, including if it is part of a named multipart storyline 3. Occasionally there are comments telling what larger storyline this is part of, or some characters present. 4. Often, when an issue contains featurettes, pin-ups, "Report Cards", text features, etc, I include them in the index too. Although there is a lot of information in here, the table is not 100% complete. If there is something about an issue that I don't know, I left those spaces blank, to be filled in later. Most of what is missing is WOLVERINE #s 1 to 48 and a number of limited series. If anyone can help me here I would greatly appreciate it. Just about everything else is complete. This information is currently not in the FAQ, but I plan to add it eventually: 1. Physical Format: kind of paper, enhancements, cards included, wraparound covers, gatefold covers, etc 2. Creator Credits: Writers, Pencilers, Inkers, Colorists, Letterers, etc 3. Characters present in the story 4. Story Synopsis 5. Every single X-Men guest shot in existence (practically impossible) A lot of information that I don't have here is available elsewhere on the WWW. Check out Marty Blaise's "X-Page" to find links to them. ============================================================ Time Periods Index ============================================================ For the sake of clarity in this FAQ, I have grouped all of the hundreds of X-issues into 7 distinguished time periods: Period 1: Sep,63 to Mid-75: Original X-Men Period 2: Mid-75 to Dec,85: All-New All-Different X-Men Period 3: Jan,86 to Sep,91: Absense of Xavier Period 4: Oct,91 to Feb,95: New Storyline Begins Period 5: Mar,95 to Jun,95: Age of Apocalypse Period 6: Jul,95 to Jun,96: Rise of Onslaught Period 7: Jul,96 to present: Newest stories These are the issues that are found in each period: Complete Series Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Start Sep,63 Mid-75 Jan,86 Oct,91 Mar,95 Jul,95 Jul,96 End Mid-75 Dec,85 Sep,91 Feb,95 Jun,95 Jun,96 present CABLE 1- 20 XMAN1-4s 21- 32 33-pre* DAZZLER 1- 42> EXCALIBUR 1- 41 42- 86 XCAL1-4 87- 98 99-pre Annual 1- 2 Special Edition 1 GENERATION-X 1- 4 GNNX1-4 5- 16 17-pre Annual '95 '96-pre* NEW MUTANTS 1- 34 35-100 Annual 1 2- 7 Special Edition 1 UNCANNY X-MEN 1-93 94-200 201-280 281-321 ASXM1-4 322-333 334-pre Annual 1- 2 3- 9 10- 15 16- 18 '95 '96-pre* Special Edition 1 WOLVERINE 1- 46 47- 90 WEPX1-4 91-102 103-pre Annual '95 '96-pre* X-FACTOR 1- 70 71-111 FACX1-4 112-123 124-pre* Annual 1- 6 7- 9 X-FORCE <1- 43 GMEX1-4 44- 55 56-pre* Annual 1- 3 &CAB'95 &CAB'97* X-MAN 1- 4s 5- 16 17-pre* Annual '96-pre* X-MEN v2 1- 41 AMXM1-4 42- 53 54-pre Annual 1- 3 '95 '96-pre* X-MEN UNLIMITED 1- 7 XCHR1-2 8- 11 12-pre* > DAZZLER #42 is actually Mar,86 < X-FORCE #1 is actually Aug,91 s (split) X-MAN originally replaced CABLE, then became its own series * Period 7 issues in these series aren't in this Index Age of Apocalypse (Period 5) X-MEN: ALPHA ons #1 AMAZING X-MEN #s 1-4 ASTONISHING X-MEN #s 1-4 FACTOR-X #s 1-4 GAMBIT & TH EXTERNALS #s 1-4 GENERATION-NEXT #s 1-4 WEAPON-X #s 1-4 X-CALIBER #s 1-4 X-MAN #s 1-4; split X-MEN CHRONICLES #s 1-4 X-UNIVERSE ls #s 1-2 X-MEN: OMEGA ons #1 Limited Series and One-Shots Period 2 BEAUTY & THE BEAST ls #s 1-4 ICEMAN ls #s 1-4 KITTY PRYDE & WOLV ls #s 1-6 LONGSHOT ls #s 1-6 MAGIK ls #s 1-4 NIGHTCRAWLER ls #s 1-4 WOLVERINE ls #s 1-4 X-MEN / ALPHA FLIG ls #s 1-2 X-MEN & MICRONAUTS ls #s 1-4 Period 3 FALLEN ANGELS ls #s 1-8 FANTSTC 4 vs X-MEN ls #s 1-4 FIRESTAR ls #s 1-4 X-MEN vs AVENGERS ls #s 1-4 X-M SPLT: STARJMRS ls #s 1-2 X-TERMINATORS ls #s 1-4 Period 4 ADV CYCL & PHOENIX ls #s 1-4 BISHOP ls #s 1-4 CABLE-BLOD & METAL ls #s 1-2 DEADPOOL: CRCL CHS ls #s 1-4 DEADPOOL v.2 ls #s 1-4 GAMBIT ls #s 1-4 ROGUE ls #s 1-4 SABRETOOTH ls #s 1-4 Period 6 X-MEN: PRIME ons #1 ASKANI'SON ls #s 1-4 FRTH ADV CYC & PHX ls #s 1-4 STARJAMMERS ls #s 1-4 STORM ls #s 1-4 WOLV GAMB: VICTIMS ls #s 1-4 Period 7 ONSLAUGHT: X-MEN ons #1 ONSLAUGHT: M UNIV ons #1 ONSLAUGHT: EPILOG ons #1 NW MTNTS: TRTH DTH ls #s 1-3 ============================================================ Acknowledgements ============================================================ This FAQ is for everyone's use and enjoyment. I would greatly appreciate anyone's help in improving it. If you have any information, suggestions, comments, criticism or praise then I would love to hear from you. If you see any mistakes or omissions, please let me know, and I can fix them. Send e-mail to the above address. This FAQ was compiled from the issue information provided by several sources: 1. The initial information in this FAQ came from my own countless hundreds of hours of careful reading and notetaking of each issue, since 1993. All information was double-checked at the source to insure accuracy. 2. I used "The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men" (1994; written by Murray Ward with help from others, and published by Marvel Comics) to fill in information on all the Uncanny X-Men issues that I didn't have at the time (about 225 of them). 3. I later used Daniel McEwen's "dazzler.txt" to fill in information on all the DAZZLER issues that I didn't have at the time (36 of them, which is most). 4. Later still, I used Robert Diehl's "Index to the New Mutants 1-100" v1.1 (10 Aug, 1996) to fill in information on all the NEW MUTANTS issues that I didn't have at the time (26 of them). I also used his "Index to X-Factor 1-111" (3 May, 1997) to fill in information on all of the X-FACTOR issues that I didn't have at the time (12 of them). 5. All of the above applied to my personal database. When I decided to release it on the WWW, as this index, I used Borere's "X-Men Continuity FAQ" v1.0 (Dec, 1995) as a guide for how format my introductory layout. ============================================================ Revision History ============================================================ While most of the life of this FAQ was a personal database on my home computer, I have (rightfully) referred to the first WWW release as version 1.0. 0.1 -- May, 1993: started reading X-Men comics, and immediatly started keeping records on them. Throughout the next few years I bought 100s of issues and extracted titles from them all. 0.2 -- Mar-Jul, 1994: supplemented my info with the official Marvel Index. 0.3 -- 1995-1997: found some info on the WWW that was focused on a few series; I used these to fill in gaps. 0.4 -- 13 Aug, 1997: started converting my personal index into a form suitable for the WWW. 1.0 -- 21 Aug, 1997: first released this FAQ onto the WWW under the name "Index to the X-titles", as version 1.0. 1.0.1 -- 10 Dec, 1997: * fixed some display problems; improper line-wrapping * updated my e-mail address * added a little more issue info * removed HTML that made background white 2.0 -- 8 Feb, 1998: * completely re-formatted the index: - issues now sorted by series first instead of by date first - information for each issue is formatted into a block rather than a line, making it easier to read. - now there is an HTMLized Table of Contents, for quick and easy navigation. Also, background is now white again - overall simplification; removed unnecessary introductory info * added a little more issue info
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