Reign of X

"Reign of X" is a comic book relaunch in the X-Men franchise by Marvel Comics. It is the sequel of "Dawn of X" following the end of the crossover event X of Swords.[1]

"Reign of X"
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	December 2020 – present
Genre	Superhero
Main character(s)	X-Men
Creative team
Writer(s)	Various
Artist(s)	Various

Publication history

The "Dawn of X" initiative was announced at "The Next Big Thing" panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019,[2] intending to tell the story of the X-Men in a new status quo established by Jonathan Hickman after the House of X/Powers of X (HOX/POX) event concludes, redefining X-Men as a brand and its place in the Marvel Universe, with all creative teams working closely under Hickman's supervision.[3]

Development

"Dawn of X" concluded with of the crossover event X of Swords, which initiated the sequel relaunch named "Reign of X" on December 2020.[4]

Titles

Ongoing series

Title	Issues	Writer(s)	Artist(s)	Colourist(s)	Debut date	Conclusion date
Hellions	#7–	Zeb Wells	Stephen Segovia	David Curiel	December 2, 2020[5][6]	TBA
X-Factor (vol. 4)	#5–	Leah Williams	David Baldeón	Israel Silva
S.W.O.R.D. (vol. 2)	#1–	Al Ewing	Valerio Schiti	Marte Gracia	December 9, 2020[7][8]
Marauders	#16–	Gerry Duggan	Stefano Caselli Matteo Lolli	Edgar Delgado
New Mutants (vol. 4)	#14–	Vita Ayala	Rod Reis		December 16, 2020[9][10]
X-Force (vol. 6)	#15–	Benjamin Percy	Joshua Cassara	Guru-eFX
Excalibur (vol. 4)	#16–	Tini Howard	Marcus To	Erick Arciniega	December 23, 2020[11]
Wolverine (vol. 7)	#8–	Benjamin Percy	Adam Kubert Viktor Bogdonavic	Frank Martin Matt Wilson	December 30, 2020[12][13]
X-Men (vol. 5)	#16–	Jonathan Hickman	Phil Noto Brett Booth	Phil Noto Sunny Gho
Cable (vol. 4)	#7–	Gerry Duggan	Phil Noto		January 20, 2021[14]
X-Men Legends	#1–	Fabian Nicieza Louise Simonson	Brett Booth Walt Simonson	TBA	February 17, 2021[15]
Children of the Atom		Vita Ayala	Bernard Chang		March 3, 2021[16]
Way of X		Simon Spurrier	Bob Quinn		April 21, 2021[17]
X-Corp[18]		TBA

One-shots

Title	Writer	Artist	Colorist	Release date
King in Black: Marauders	Gerry Duggan	Luke Ross	TBA	February 3, 2021[15]

Release order

1. Hellions #7
2. X-Factor #5
3. S.W.O.R.D. #1
4. Marauders #16
5. New Mutants #14
6. X-Force #15
7. Excalibur #16
8. X-Men #16
9. Wolverine #8
10. X-Factor #6
11. Hellions #8
12. Marauders #17
13. S.W.O.R.D. #2
14. Cable #7
15. X-Force #16

Reading order

1. Hellions #7
2. X-Factor #5
3. S.W.O.R.D. #1
4. Marauders #16
5. New Mutants #14
6. X-Force #15
7. Excalibur #16
8. X-Men #16
9. Wolverine #8
10. X-Factor #6
11. Hellions #8
12. Marauders #17
13. S.W.O.R.D. #2
14. Cable #7
15. X-Force #16

References

1. November 2020, George Marston 25. "Reign of X era to begin in X-Men comics at Marvel". Newsarama. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
2. Tucker Chet Markus (2019-07-20). "SDCC 2019: Beginning this October... The Dawn of X". Marvel Entertainment.
3. Samantha Puc (2019-07-20). "SDCC '19: DAWN OF X titles revealed! Hickman, Brisson, Howard, Duggan, To, Yu, Kudranski & more creators tackle Marvel's new X-Line". Comicsbeat.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. November 2020, George Marston 25. "Reign of X era to begin in X-Men comics at Marvel". Newsarama. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
5. Hellions #7
6. X-Factor #5
7. S.W.O.R.D. #1
8. Marauders #16
9. New Mutants #14
10. X-Force #15
11. Excalibur #16
12. Wolverine #8
13. X-Men #16
14. Cable #7
15. "Marvel Comics February 2021 solicitations and covers revealed". GamesRadar+. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
16. Johnston, Rich (December 4, 2020). "Marvel's Children Of The Atom #1 Delayed Until March 2021". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
17. "Nightcrawler Leads the Way to the X-Men's Future in New Series". Marvel. January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
18. Hassan, Chris (December 7, 2020). "X-Men Monday #86 – Jonathan Hickman & Tini Howard Answer Your X of Swords & Reign of X Questions". Adventures in Poor Taste. Retrieved December 7, 2020.