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X-Men — The Complete Comic King Guide

The X-Men are Marvel's grand saga — mutants feared by the world they protect, told across sixty years and the most celebrated run in superhero comics.
Comic King carries the X-line in Edmonton anchored by a deep Uncanny X-Men back-issue run spanning the eras, alongside the classic trades and the current series.
Whatever issue you're missing, we can special-order or source it on request.

Quick Facts

Story: Mutants - feared, hated, and the best long-form character drama superhero comics ever produced.
Length: Publishing since 1963 — the flagship Uncanny title alone spans hundreds of issues across eras.
Status: Ongoing - Uncanny X-Men publishes today, and the wider X-line ships weekly.
Publisher: Marvel Comics.
Age guide: Teen - heavier themes than most capes, handled with heart.
Formats: New issues · back issues · Epic Collections · omnibus · evergreen trades · facsimiles.
At Comic King: A deep Uncanny back-issue run plus the classics — special orders welcome..

Where Do I Start?

Want the legend? The Dark Phoenix Saga trade — the most famous X-story ever told — or Claremont Epic Collection Volume 1 to read the greatest run in comics from its beginning. Want today's X-Men? The current Uncanny X-Men series is built for new readers — ask at the counter for the newest jump-on issue.
Came from the animated series? The 90s era in our bins is literally the source material — start anywhere, it all connects.
Want to collect? Pick your era from the table below and bring us your want-list.

The Complete Run, Era by Era

Sixty years of mutants, organized. Every era, where it lives, and why collectors care:

The Keys — What Everyone Hunts

The grails: X-Men #1 (1963), Giant-Size X-Men #1, and #94 — the three books every X-collection dreams about. The Claremont-era majors: #101 (first Phoenix), #120–121 (first Alpha Flight — Canada's own superteam debuted right here in Uncanny, and Canadian collectors rightly prize the pair), #129 (first Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost), #141–142 (Days of Future Past), #244 (first Jubilee), #266 (first Gambit). And a collector's secret: some of the family's biggest keys aren't X-Men books at all — Wolverine first appears in Incredible Hulk #180–181, Rogue in an Avengers Annual, Deadpool in New Mutants #98. They hide inside X-collections constantly. Key prices move with the market, so we price and buy against live comps — on screen, together. Facsimile editions of the famous issues exist; we authenticate everything.

Every Format You Can Buy

Screen & Series Status

Updated July 2026: it's a good time to be an X-fan — Uncanny X-Men is publishing again and the current run is widely called the line's best in years, the animated revival has brought the 90s era roaring back, and the mutants' arrival into the Marvel Cinematic Universe has begun. A new wave of X-interest is building; the back-issue wall is ready for it.

Collector's Corner — Grading, Care & We Buy

X-Men collections are among our favourite walk-ins, partly because of what hides in them — that first Wolverine is a Hulk book, remember. Have X-Men comics to sell? Bring them in: keys pulled and assessed in front of you, live comps on screen, honest rates on the rest. We broker CGC grading submissions for slab-worthy books — Claremont-era issues in high grade are exactly the kind of books grading rewards — and we stock the bags, boards and boxes that keep them that way. And if your run is one issue short of complete, that's what our want-list service and special orders are for.