Dawn Of X

"Dawn of X" is a 2019 relaunch of the ''X-Men'' line of comic books published by Marvel Comics in the wake of the twin miniseries ''House of X'' and ''Powers of X'' and is the first phase of the Krakoan Age. This initiative culminated in the crossover event '' X of Swords'', which was followed by a sequel relaunch named " Reign of X" in December 2020.

The story focuses on various groups of mutants living on the small island named Krakoa, which has become recognized as a sovereign nation and has increasingly grown in size.

Publication history

After Jonathan Hickman completed his run on ''Avengers'' and ''New Avengers'' with the 2015 crossover " Secret Wars", he stepped away from Marvel Comics for a time. His return was announced in March 2019. It was then revealed that he would write two interlocking miniseries called ''House of X'' and ''Powers of X'' (''HOX/POX''), with penciling by Pepe Larraz and R. B. Silva respectively. This miniseries also marked a company-wide relaunch of the X-Men.

The Dawn of X initiative was announced at "The Next Big Thing" panel as San Diego Comic-Con 2019. It intended to tell the story of mutantkind in a new status quo established by Hickman after the ''HOX''/''POX'' (July – October 2019) event concluded, with all creative teams working closely under Hickman's supervision; the ''X-Men'' brand and its place in the Marvel Universe was redefined.

Titles

Prelude series

Ongoing series

Limited series

One-shots

''Giant-Size X-Men''

''X of Swords''

Other

Release order

# ''House of X'' #1
# ''Powers of X'' #1
# ''House of X'' #2
# ''Powers of X'' #2
# ''Powers of X'' #3
# ''House of X'' #3
# ''House of X'' #4
# ''Powers of X'' #4
# ''House of X'' #5
# ''Powers of X'' #5
# ''House of X'' #6
# ''Powers of X'' #6
# ''X-Men'' #1
# ''Marauders'' #1
# ''Excalibur'' #1
# ''New Mutants'' #1
# ''X-Force'' #1
# ''Fallen Angels'' #1
# ''X-Men'' #2
# ''Excalibur'' #2
# ''Marauders'' #2
# ''New Mutants'' #2
# ''X-Force'' #2
# ''Fallen Angels'' #2
# ''X-Men'' #3
# ''Marauders'' #3
# ''Excalibur'' #3
# ''New Mutants'' #3
# ''X-Force'' #3
# ''Fallen Angels'' #3
# ''Marauders'' #4
# ''Excalibur'' #4
# ''New Mutants'' #4
# ''X-Force'' #4
# ''Fallen Angels'' #4
# ''X-Men'' #4
# ''Marauders'' #5
# ''Excalibur'' #5
# ''New Mutants'' #5
# ''X-Force'' #5
# ''Fallen Angels'' #5
# ''Marauders'' #6
# ''Excalibur'' #6
# ''X-Men'' #5
# ''Fallen Angels'' #6
# ''New Mutants'' #6
# ''X-Force'' #6
# ''Marauders'' #7
# ''Excalibur'' #7
# ''X-Force'' #7
# ''X-Men'' #6
# ''Marauders'' #8
# ''New Mutants'' #7
# ''Wolverine'' #1
# ''Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost'' #1
# ''New Mutants'' #8
# ''X-Force'' #8
# ''X-Men'' #7
# ''Excalibur'' #8
# ''Marauders'' #9
# ''Cable'' #1
# ''New Mutants'' #9
# ''X-Men'' #8
# ''Excalibur'' #9
# ''X-Force'' #9
# ''Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler'' #1
# ''Hellions'' #1
# ''Wolverine'' #2
# ''X-Men'' #9
# ''Marauders'' #10
# ''Excalibur'' #10
# ''New Mutants'' #10
# ''X-Force'' #10
# ''Free Comic Book Day: X-Men'' #1
# ''Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto'' #1
# ''New Mutants'' #11
# ''Wolverine'' #3
# ''Hellions'' #2
# ''Empyre: X-Men'' #1
# ''X-Factor'' #1
# ''Cable'' #2
# ''X-Men'' #10
# ''Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex'' #1
# ''Empyre: X-Men'' #2
# ''Empyre: X-Men'' #3
# ''Marauders'' #11
# ''X-Force'' #11
# ''Empyre: X-Men'' #4
# ''Excalibur'' #11
# ''Wolverine'' #4
# ''Cable'' #3
# ''Hellions'' #3
# ''X-Factor'' #2
# ''X-Men'' #11
# ''Cable'' #4
# ''New Mutants'' #12
# ''Wolverine'' #5
# ''X-Force'' #12
# ''X-Factor'' #3
# ''Marauders'' #12
# ''Hellions'' #4
# ''Excalibur'' #12
# ''Giant Size X-Men: Storm'' #1
# ''X-Men'' #12
# ''Juggernaut'' #1
# ''X of Swords: Creation'' #1
# ''X-Factor'' #4
# ''Wolverine'' #6
# ''X-Force'' #13
# ''Marauders'' #13
# ''Hellions'' #5
# ''New Mutants'' #13
# ''Cable'' #5
# ''Excalibur'' #13
# ''X-Men'' #13
# ''X of Swords: Stasis'' #1
# ''X-Men'' #14
# ''Marauders'' #14
# ''Marauders'' #15
# ''Excalibur'' #14
# ''Wolverine'' #7
# ''X-Force'' #14
# ''Hellions'' #6
# ''Cable'' #6
# ''X-Men'' #15
# ''Excalibur'' #15
# ''X of Swords: Destruction'' #1

Premise

Mutants are offered asylum on the island of Krakoa, ruled by a council formed by Professor X, Magneto, and Apocalypse, among others. While several factions deal with their own issues, Moira MacTaggert warns them all about an incoming threat that may doom mutantkind and potentially the world.

Storylines

Reading order

''Issues marked in bold are marked as red/important in the issue list found in the back of each comic.''

# ''House of X'' #1
# ''Powers of X'' #1
# ''House of X'' #2
# ''Powers of X'' #2
# ''Powers of X'' #3
# ''House of X'' #3
# ''House of X'' #4
# ''Powers of X'' #4
# ''House of X'' #5
# ''Powers of X'' #5
# ''House of X'' #6
# ''Powers of X'' #6
# ''X-Men'' #1
# ''Marauders'' #1
# ''Excalibur'' #1
# ''New Mutants'' #1–2, 5, 7
# ''New Mutants'' #3–4, 6
# ''X-Force'' #1
# ''Fallen Angels'' #1–6
# ''X-Men'' #2–3
# '' Incoming!'' #1
# ''Wolverine'' #1.A–3
# ''Marauders'' #2–6
# ''X-Force'' #2–3
# ''Excalibur'' #2–6
# ''X-Force'' #4–5
# ''X-Men'' #4–6
# ''X-Force'' #6
# ''Marauders'' #7–10
# ''X-Force'' #7–8
# ''Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost'' #1
# ''Excalibur'' #7–8
# ''New Mutants'' #8
# ''Cable'' #1–4
# Wolverine #4-5
# ''New Mutants'' #9–12
# ''X-Men'' #7–9
# ''X-Force'' #9–10
# ''Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler'' #1
# ''Hellions'' #1–4
# ''Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto'' #1
# ''Empyre: X-Men'' #1–4
# ''X-Men'' #10–11
# ''X-Factor'' #1–3
# ''Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex'' #1
# ''Marauders'' #11–12
# ''X-Force'' #11–12
# ''Giant-Size X-Men: Storm'' #1
# ''Excalibur'' #9–12
# ''X-Men'' #12
# ''X of Swords: Creation'' #1
# ''X-Factor'' #4
# ''Wolverine'' #6
# ''X-Force'' #13
# ''Marauders'' #13
# ''Hellions'' #5
# ''New Mutants'' #13
# ''Cable'' #5
# ''Excalibur'' #13
# ''X-Men'' #13
# ''X of Swords: Stasis'' #1
# ''X-Men'' #14
# ''Marauders'' #14–15
# ''Excalibur'' #14
# ''Wolverine'' #7
# ''X-Force'' #14
# ''Hellions'' #6
# ''Cable'' #6
# ''X-Men'' #15
# ''Excalibur'' #15
# ''X of Swords: Destruction'' #1

Collected editions

Related material

* ''Marvel Comics #1000''
** Written by Al Ewing et al., drawn by Various Artists.
** A brief glimpse at major events throughout Marvel's 80 years of publishing.
** Includes a short one-page story written by Hickman about Apocalypse and the Four Horseman.
* '' Incoming! #1''
** An 80-page State-of-the-Union of Marvel Comics, staged around a murder mystery that would tease the Marvel event '' Empyre''.
** Includes a short story written by Hickman about Mr. Sinister, teasing ''X-Men/Fantastic Four''.
* '' Gwenpool Strikes Back #5''
** Written by Leah Williams and drawn by David Baldeon.
** Gwenpool goes to Krakoa, encountering Wolverine and Quentin Quire.
* ''Weapon Plus: World War IV #1''
** Written by Benjamin Percy, illustrated by Georges Jeanty
** Involves elements touched on in X-Force #6, as well as the Weapon X program.
** Backup story titled Brute Force directly references Orchis.
* ''Black Cat #9–10''
** Written by Jed MacKay, Drawn by Kris Anka.
** Not crucial to the entirety of Dawn of X, but Black Cat teams up with Wolverine, and they discuss Krakoa once or twice.
* ''Deadpool #6''
** Written by Kelly Thompson, Drawn by Kevin Libranda.
** Deadpool visits Krakoa.
* ''Runaways #34-35''
** Written by Rainbow Rowell, Drawn by Andrés Genolet.
** Now that Krakoa is open to all mutants, will Molly abandon her friends and join her new family?
** Features Wolverine and Pixie.
*''Fantastic Four'' #26
**Written by Dan Slott, Drawn by R.B. Silva
**Professor X reveals to Franklin Richards that Franklin is not and never has been a mutant and is therefore unwelcome in Krakoa.

References

* The release dates of these series is currently unknown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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