X-Men Milestones Books

Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963) #129-137. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! It doesn't get any more iconic than this tale of triumph and tragedy! The X-Men have fought many battles, embarked on galaxy-spanning adventures and defeated enemies of limitless might — but none of it prepared them for the most shocking struggle they would ever face. One of their own, Jean Grey, has gained cosmic power beyond all comprehension — and that power has corrupted her absolutely! Now the X-Men must decide between the life of the friend they cherish…and the possible destruction of the entire universe! This touching tale of ultimate power and the triumph of the human spirit has been a cornerstone of the X-Men mythos for decades. Relive the saga that changed everything!

Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #225-227, New Mutants (1983) #59-61 And X-Factor (1986) #24-26. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! Three teams of mutants. Three tales of tragedy. The event that changed the X-Men’s lives forever! Witness the transformation of the carefree, highflying Angel into the dark and brooding iron-winged Archangel as Apocalypse’s shadow falls over X-Factor. Relive the tragedy of the New Mutants as their innocence is lost along with the life of a teammate. And watch as the legendary X-Men make the ultimate sacrifice, charging headlong into death itself to protect a world that hates and fears them! This classic tale brought changes so significant and losses so bitter that the aftermath is still felt in the pages of X-Men titles today.

Collects X-Men: Messiah Complex One-Shot (2007), Uncanny X-Men (1981) #492-494, X-Men (1991) #205-207, New X-Men (2004) #44-46, X-Factor (2005) #25-27. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! With no more mutants being born, the future of Homo superior has never looked bleaker. At the seeming end of their evolutionary cycle, a miracle arrives — in the form of the first child born with the X-gene since the tragic events of M-Day! But this sudden source of hope spawns a bloody, violent and tragic conflict for control over the baby girl’s fate. It is a battle in which every mutant on the planet has a stake. The fight is on! Messiah Complex mines the rich tapestry of X-Men history for a dizzying thrill ride of suspense that sets a new course for the future of mutantkind!

Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #210-214, X-Factor (1986) #9-11, New Mutants (1983) #46, Thor (1966) #373-374, Power Pack (1984) #27 And Daredevil (1964) #238. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! The Morlocks: a community of mutant outcasts living beneath the streets of Manhattan. The Marauders: professional mutant assassins, employed by a mysterious evil to wipe out the Morlocks! Between the two stand some of Marvel's most heroic: the X-Men, X-Factor, the New Mutants, Power Pack, Daredevil and Thor! But taken by surprise by the Marauders' overwhelming onslaught, can these disparate heroes hope to save any of the Morlocks? And even if they can, what will be the cost? Be there as the X-Men are shattered, Thor is grievously wounded and the Angel is changed forever!

Collects New X-Men (2004) #32; X-Force (2008) #11, 21-25; New Mutants (2009) #6-8; X-Men: Legacy (2008) #231-234; X Necrosha (2009); X Necrosha: The Gathering (2009); material from X-Force Annual (2009) #1. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! The vampiric Selene is on a mad quest to devour enough souls to ascend to godhood and commence a terrible reign over the planet! The X-Men, X-Force and New Mutants stand ready to oppose her, but the Black Queen has brought backup: an undead army of the X-Men's deceased friends and foes! Meanwhile, on the graveyard island of Genosha, Selene's real plan begins: to resurrect Genosha's entire mutant population — and suck the life right back out of every single one of them! Can the X-Men defeat their zombified enemies and stop Selene's bloody power play?

Collects Second Coming: Prepare (2009), Second Coming (2010) #1-2, Uncanny X-Men (1981) #523-525, New Mutants (2009) #12-14, X-Men Legacy (2008) #235-237, X-Force (2008) #26-28. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! Mutantkind has never had it worse. The mutant population is down to a mere 181. In the last year, only one mutant has been born: the girl called Hope, believed to be the Mutant Messiah who will re-ignite the species. Hope was raised in the future by Cable, and now the two have returned! But the Human League is bent on eradicating Earth’s final mutants — and they see Hope’s death as the final nail in the coffin. As Bastion and his allies unleash a merciless all-out assault on the X-Men, everything rests on Hope’s shoulders. Will this be mutantkind’s end?

Collects Age of X Alpha (2011) #1, X-Men Legacy (2008) #245-247, New Mutants (2009) 22-24, Age of X: Universe (2011) #1-2. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! In a world where the X-Men never existed and mutantkind has been hunted to extinction, the few remaining Homo superior have banded together to make their last stand. The weary mutants spend each day securing the walls of their stronghold, Fortress X, in a seemingly endless battle to beat back the anti-mutant forces that would see them wiped out. But when a conspiracy is discovered within Fortress X itself, could it be that mutantkind’s last bastion will crumble from the inside out? When the dust settles, no one will be left unscathed — but what is the terrible truth about the Age of X?

Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #235-238 and #270-272, New Mutants (1983) #95-97, and X-Factor (1986) #60-62. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! The X-Men, New Mutants and X-Factor are targeted for X-Tinction! To rescue a friend, the X-Men must invade the mutant-enslaving island nation of Genosha — but the Genoshans’ memories are long, and their revenge will be terrifying! As the Magistrates strike, X-Factor and the New Mutants are drawn into the conflict — and they soon discover old foe Cameron Hodge powered up and pulling the strings! The three X-teams are kidnapped, brainwashed, stripped of their powers and forced into combat — and at least one among them will die! Can the powerless X-Men triumph over the military might of an entire nation? And when the dust settles on this classic crossover, will the X-universe be changed forever?

Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #294-297, X-Factor (1986) #84-86, X-Men (1991) #14-16, X-Force (1991) #16-18, Stryfe's Strike File #1. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants - these are the X-Men Milestones! And this is the story so big it took four titles to contain it! When Cyclops and Phoenix are kidnapped - and Cable seemingly assassinates Professor X - the X-Men, X-Factor and X-Force go to war...with each other! Witness epic battles around the globe and on the moon as Mr. Sinister's subtle plan of vengeance on Apocalypse unfolds and major revelations are made about the true identities of Cable and his twisted doppelgänger, Stryfe! Featuring blood, angst, sacrifice and great big guns as Marvel's mutant families dance to the villains' twisted tune!

Collects X-Terminators #1-4, Uncanny X-Men (1981) #239-243, X-Factor (1986) #35-39 and New Mutants (1983) #71-73. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! Strike the match…fan the flames…and light the Inferno! Limbo's demon lords corrupt two of the X-Men's nearest and dearest — Colossus' sister, Illyana Rasputin, and Cyclops' wife Madelyne Pryor — and use them to bring a horde of demons raining down on New York City! But as Illyana battles to regain her soul, Madelyne threatens to cast a spell that will merge Earth and limbo permanently — with the sacrifice being her own innocent son! And when Mister Sinister brings his own agenda into the mix, secrets are revealed that rock Cyclops to the core! The X-Men, X-Factor and New Mutants face their most harrowing ordeal ever — with the fate of the world in the balance!

Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #298-300, 303-304, 315; X-Factor (1986) #92; X-Force (1991) #25; X-Men Unlimited (1993) #2; X-Men (1991) #25; Wolverine (1988) #75; Excalibur (1988) #71. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! As Magneto’s Acolytes amp up their attacks on Homo sapiens everywhere, the X-teams join forces to put an end to the villainous zealots’ mad crusade once and for all. But has their leader, messianic madman Magneto, returned from the dead? And as a mysterious and fatal disease begins creeping through the mutant community, which X-Man will lose a loved one — and buckle under the strain? Tensions come to a head in the most shocking way possible, culminating in a devastating attack on Wolverine — and a showdown between Professor X and Magneto that must be seen to be believed!

Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #305-306, 312-313, 316-317; Excalibur (1988) #78-80, 82; X-Men (1991) #36-37; X-Factor (1986) #106; X-Force (1991) #38; Wolverine (1988) #85; Cable (1993) #16. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! Powerful anti-mutant bigots have resurrected a techno-organic alien nightmare: the Phalanx, a cold, vicious and unstoppable foe that absorbs all in its path. But these creatures are far more than their creators bargained for — and they plan to summon their parent race to overtake Earth! When the Phalanx capture the X-Men, the remaining X-teams must split into three groups — to save young mutants from the Phalanx’s clutches, to prevent their foes from contacting their homeworld and to rescue the X-Men! But even with the aid of the rogue Phalanx unit Douglock, can these ragtag teams succeed?

Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #333-337; X-Men (1991) #53-57; Onslaught (1996): X-Men, Marvel Universe, Epilogue; Avengers (1963) #401; Fantastic Four (1961) #415; Wolverine (1988) #104; Cable (1993) #35. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! And this event rocked not only the X-titles, but the entire Marvel Universe! For months, the force of nature known only as Onslaught has struck from the shadows — but when the X-Men discover Onslaught’s startling true identity, the villain’s plan kicks into high gear! Determined to punish mankind for a litany of sins, Onslaught laid siege to the X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four and more — kicking off a cataclysmic conflict destined to deprive a world of its most revered icons! Earth’s greatest heroes face their ultimate enemy in an explosive saga that transformed the Marvel Universe!

Collects Generation X (1994) #27, X-Men (1991) #65-70, Uncanny X-Men (1981) #346, Wolverine (1988) #115-118, Cable (1993) #45-47. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! A rogue government strike force, backed by powerful international forces and led by the mystery man known only as Bastion, has launched a massive strike against the X-Men. Jubilee and Professor X are already Bastion's captives, and now Operation: Zero Tolerance and its insidious new Prime Sentinels have overrun the X-Mansion and imprisoned half the X-Men — leaving Iceman to fend for himself on the streets of New York! Cable and the X-Men must fight a war on many fronts — but it's a war they're losing. Can even the arrival of Marrow, Maggott and Cecilia Reyes turn the tide? Or will this be the X-Men's darkest hour?

Collects X-Force/Cable: Messiah War (2009) #1, Cable (2008) #13-15, X-Force (2008) #14-16, X-Men: Future History – The Messiah War Sourcebook (2009) #1. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! Months ago, Cyclops gave Cable custody of the first mutant born since M-Day, an infant many see as mutantkind’s last hope. Cable took her into the future but soon found himself trapped there — with the relentless Bishop in hot pursuit, intent on killing the child. Now Cyclops has finally located Cable and is sending the black-ops squad X-Force forward in time to help — but Bishop has a horrifying new ally, and X-Force will find a death trap waiting for them! Is the child called Hope the savior of mutantkind or the bringer of the Apocalypse? The past, present and future converge in one blockbuster blowout!