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Marvel Timeless Reading Order

Part 9: Fall of X

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X-Men: Before the Fall - Sinister Four #1 Cover

Part 9.1: Before the Fall

Reading Order:

  • X-Men: Before the Fall - Sons of X #1

  • Rogue & Gambit #1 – #5

  • Bishop: War College #1 – #5

  • Invincible Iron Man #6 – #7

  • X-Men: Before the Fall - Mutant First Strike #1

  • X-Men #22

  • Amazing Spider-Man #21 – #26

  • X-Men #23

  • Fallen Friend: The Death of Ms. Marvel #1

  • Amazing Spider-Man #27 – #30

  • X-Men: Before the Fall - Sinister Four #1

  • Immortal X-Men #12

  • X-Men Red #11 – #12

  • X-Men: Before the Fall - Heralds of Apocalypse #1

  • Immortal X-Men #13

  • X-Men #24

  • X-Men Red #13

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X-Men Hellfire Gala (2023) #1 Cover

Part 9.2: Mutant Massacre

Reading Order:

  • FCBD 2023: Avengers/X-Men #1

  • X-Men Hellfire Gala (2023) #1

  • X-Force #43

  • Invincible Iron Man #8-9

  • Realm of X #1

  • X-Men Red #14

  • Immortal X-Men #14 – #15

  • X-Men #25


Immortal X-Men #16 Cover

Part 10.3: Scattered Mutants

Reading Order:

  • Uncanny Avengers #1 – #5

  • Black Panther #5 – #8

  • Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Alpha #1

  • Ghost Rider #17

  • Wolverine #36

  • Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance Omega #1

  • Incredible Hulk #1 – #5

  • Wolverine #37 – #38

  • X-Force #44 – #46

  • Wolverine #39 – #40

  • Children of the Vault #1 – #4

  • Alpha Flight #1 – #5

  • Dark X-Men #1 – #3

  • Uncanny Spider-Man #1 – #3

  • Dark X-Men #4 – #5

  • Astonishing Iceman #1 – #5

  • Uncanny Spider-Man #4

  • X-Men Blue: Origins #1

  • Uncanny Spider-Man #5

  • Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1

  • X-Men #26

  • Invincible Iron Man #10

  • Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #2 – #4

  • Scarlet Witch #6 – #10

  • Avengers #11

  • Thanos #1 – #4

  • X-Men Red #15 – #18

  • X-Force #47 – #50

  • Wolverine #41 – #50

  • Realm of X #2 – #4

  • Invincible Iron Man #11 – #13

  • X-Men #27 – #29

  • Immortal X-Men #16

  • Jean Grey #1 – #4

  • Immortal X-Men #17 – #18

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X-Men #34 Cover

Part 9.4: Krakoa’s Last Stand

Please note this section is still a work in progress.

Continuity Note: The last two pages of Avengers #13 skip ahead in time and lightly spoil the end of Fall of X. These pages also serve as a lead-in to Blood Hunt, so you may want to hold off on reading it until later.

Reading Order:

  • Resurrection of Magneto 1 – #3

  • X-Men Forever #1

  • X-Men #30

  • Invincible Iron Man #14

  • X-Men #31

  • Fall of the House of X #1

  • Rise of the Powers of X #1

  • Dead X-Men #1

  • Invincible Iron Man #15

  • Avengers #12 – #13

  • Fall of the House of X #2

  • X-Men #32

  • Fall of the House of X #3

  • X-Men #33

  • Resurrection of Magneto #4

  • Invincible Iron Man #16 – #17

  • Rise of the Powers of X #2

  • Dead X-Men #2 – #4

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