It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Marvel Omnibus fans – time for the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot! This post explains every X-Men omnibus from 2001 to present that does NOT exist – all of which will appear as options on the 2025 poll.
To be very clear, this post only deals with books with “X-Men” in the title! Other X-Teams will be in one of my upcoming posts.
For the next two weeks, I’ll be covering Marvel’s entire publishing history by mapping missing omnibus volumes to fill in every gap in your Marvel oversize shelf! That’s all leading to the kickoff of the Tigereyes Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 13th Annual Secret Ballot on Near Mint Condition on April 28, 2025.
Just counting omnibuses with the actual word “X-Men” in the title, we’ve had a staggering ten announced for 2025 or early 2026. But, see if you can spot the pattern in these books: X-Men: Blue & Gold – Mutant Genesis, X-Men: Onslaught Aftermath, Cosmic X-Men, X-Men by Marc Guggenheim All-New X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis, Uncanny X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis, X-Men: Age of Krakoa – Dawn of X Vol. 1, X-Men by Al Ewing, X-Men by Gerry Duggan, X-Men: Fall of The House of X / Rise of The Powers of X.
Plus, a reprint of the House of X / Powers of X oversize hardcover – a rare occurence! And, without X-Men in the name but still collecting X-Men issues is Phoenix: The Death And Rebirth of Jean Grey.
All but two of those omnibuses focus on the period covered in this post! We suddenly have coverage for the orphaned Young X-Men (2008), a complete omnibus map of Brian Bendis’s X-Men, all of X-Men Gold (2017), half of the four major legs of Krakoan continuity from 2022-2023, and a Krakoa-era anthology line!!!
That’s a lot of X-Men books! But, weirdly, about half of them were not very hotly demanded – both on the poll and by fans in general.
I think that’s a good thing. It shows that Marvel is pacing themselves when it comes to X-Men books and that they know they still have some major, fan-pleasing runs to release in the coming years.
If you’re not sure of what to vote for, stick around for a list of books vetted by a gang of the biggest mapping nerds on the internet with explanations from yours truly – keeper of the most-definitive guides to Marvel’s collected editions on the planet.
Or, if you don’t care about omnibuses, just use this post to learn about Marvel’s history and find some great comics to read!
This post would not be possible without research, mapping, and writing from JM21, a major CK supporter and a massive, massive X-Men fan! I have been mapping and re-mapping these books on my own for more than a decade and JM21’s fresh perspective helped me finally and for the first time land on a map of 2010 to 2012 that makes complete sense!!! JM21 is also a supporter of the UK charity Men Walking & Talking, which helps to create safe space for men to discuss their mental health and wellness. If you love this post and have a bit of extra comics cash you can spare consider donating the Men Walking & Talking today!
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First, let’s clear something up about this character’s name.