Today, I’m gonna share the reading order of two different limited series House of X and Powers of X which are then followed by Dawn of X. Written by Joonathan Hickman, as a Marvel fan, you’d probably already know about him.
Jonathan is popularly known for writing Secret Wars. He has also worked on Fantastic Four along with The Avengers and the New Avengers. And now he’s back at Marvel for writing X-men. Well, guess what he is back at Marvel for writing X-men.
So we have two different limited series House of X and Powers of X which are then followed by Dawn of X. While both are different series but they build on each other in unexpected and unique ways. Like never seen before in the Marvel Universe.
Hence they both should be read together. So, I’m here to tell you about the best order to read them. This is Part: 8 of Marvel Fresh start reading guide. I will also share the road to Hickman’s X-men/Dawn of X.
Road to Dawn of X/Hickman’s X-men
Let’s start with the comics you should read before heading over to the reading order of Dawn of X. Here are the following comics I recommend you to read:
- New X-Men by Grant Morrison
Collects: New X-men #114-#154, Annual #2001
Where to read: Collect Omnibus from Amazon now - Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1
Collects: Uncanny X-Men (2018) #11-16
Where to Buy: Available at Amazon - Uncanny X-Men Vol. 2
Collects: Uncanny X-Men (2018) #17-22
Where to read: Buy now from Amazon
Related: Infinity Wars Reading order
Powerhouse: House of X/Power of X reading order
The story of these two series combined is known as Powerhouse. As I said earlier it consists of two limited individual series. Both of them build upon each other. So even though they are individual series they must be read together. First, collect the following edition, and then we will move on to the reading order.
- House of X/Powers of X
Collects: House of X #1-#6, Powers of X #1-#6
Where to collect: Available at Amazon
House of X/Powers of X Reading Order:
- House of X #1
- Powers of X #1
- House of X #2
- Powers of X #2
- House of X #3
- Powers 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
This story is then followed by Dawn of X storyline.
Related: Reading guide for Absolute Carnage
Breaking Dawn: Dawn of X-reading order
Dawn of X event/storyline is also known as Breaking Dawn. First, collect the following editions of Dawn of X and then we will move on to reading order of Dawn of X:
- Dawn of X Vol. 1
Collects: X-men (2019) #1, X-force (2019) #1, Marauders #1, Excalibur (2019) #1, Fallen Angels (2019) #1 and New Mutants (2019) #1.
Where to Read: Collect now from Amazon - Dawn of X Vol. 2
Collects: X-men (2019) #2, X-force (2019) #2, Marauders (2019) #2, Excalibur (2019) #2, Fallen Angels (2019) #2, New Mutants (2019) #2.
Where to collect: Buy now from Amazon - Dawn of X Vol. 3
Collects: X-men (2019) #3, X-force (2019) #3, Marauders #3, Excalibur (2019) #3, Fallen Angels (2019) #3 and New Mutants (2019) #3.
Where to buy: Available at Amazon - Dawn of X Vol. 4
Collects: X-men (2019) #4, X-force (2019) #4, Marauders #4, Excalibur (2019) #4, Fallen Angels (2019) #4 and New Mutants (2019) #4.
Where to Read: Buy now from Amazon - Dawn of X Vol. 5
Collects: X-men (2019) #5, X-force (2019) #5, Marauders #5, Excalibur (2019) #5, Fallen Angels (2019) #5 and New Mutants (2019) #5.
Where to Read: Collect from Amazon now
Here’s the reading order for Dawn of X:
- 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
- Marauders #2–6
- X-Force #2–3
- Excalibur #2–7
- Marauders #7
- X-Force #4–7
- X-Men #4–6
- Marauders #8
- Excalibur #8
- Marauders #9
- Cable #1
- X-Men #8
- New Mutants #9
Related: War of the realms reading order
Wave Two
Currently ongoing series:
- Wolverine #1-
- Hellions #1-
- Cable #1-
- X-Factor #1-
- Children of the Atom #1-
- X-Corp #1-
So, guys, this was complete reading order for Dawn of X storyline including House of X and Powers of X. If you have any questions regarding this please feel free to ask about them in the comment section below.