Volume 1 At the end of 2007, Essential X-Men became the title to host the
House Of M event starting at issue #160 and ending with the release of issue #163 on 20 March 2008.
Volume 2 A new volume began in January 2010 with the storyline
X-Men: Divided We Stand. This volume continued to publish Volume 1 of
Uncanny X-Men, as well as
X-Men: Legacy. Tie-in issues to crossovers such as
Secret Invasion,
Utopia,
Second Coming,
Curse of the Mutants and
Fear Itself were also featured. Following the
Schism storyline,
Uncanny X-Men (Vol 2) and
Wolverine and the X-Men were reprinted. These volumes built up towards the
Avengers vs. X-Men storyline, tying into the
Avengers Assemble collector's edition. This volume finished in 2014 after 59 issues.
Volume 3 The third volume primarily printed
All-New X-Men and the third volume of
Uncanny X-Men, both of which were written mainly by
Brian Michael Bendis. The series also featured the story-lines
Battle of the Atom,
Trial of Jean Grey, then
Black Vortex. Like
Wolverine and Deadpool &
Marvel Legends, the comic didn't reprint any
Secret Wars comics. This lasted from 2014 to 2016, concluding with issue 27.
Volume 4 The comic was relaunched as part of the
All-New, All-Different Marvel event in 2016. This volume reprinted three main comics;
Extraordinary X-Men, Volume 2 of
All-New X-Men and Volume 4 of Uncanny X-Men.
Civil War II and
Inhumans vs. X-Men were also printed, along with
Deadpool Unleashed. This run lasted for 22 issues, finishing in 2018.
Volume 5 The current volume began printing in 2018. It predominantly reprinted
Marc Guggenheim's X-Men: Gold and
Cullen Bunn's X-Men: Blue, thus covering the
Mojo Worldwide crossover that featured both teams. The first twelve issues of
Astonishing X-Men (Volume 4) as well as the entirety of the crossover
Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey, which witnessed the revival of the adult
Jean Grey, were also printed. Once
X-Men: Gold and
X-Men: Blue concluded, Panini begun reprinting Volume 5 of
Uncanny X-Men. The
COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 caused the magazine to be temporarily placed on hold until it was cancelled and replaced in 2021 with
Marvel Universe X-Men, which started reprinting House of X / Powers of X.