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X-Men: Age of Krakoa Omnibus
X-Men: Age of Krakoa - Reign of X Omnibus, Vol. 1
After the Dawn comes the Reign!
Establishing their nation of Krakoa was the easy part. Now mutantkind must fight to keep it! In the wake of X OF SWORDS, the members of Excalibur are reeling from their losses — but Mister Sinister has his own reaction to the fall of his Hellions. Cable teams up with Domino again — for the first time! The New Mutants are on the loose in the Wild Hunt, the Marauders deal with a murderous mutiny, and there’s no stopping the Juggernaut now that he’s forged a new life! But with the resurrection protocols thrown into chaos, it’s up to X-Factor to restore order. Wolverine returns to Madripoor for an underworld auction, while his old enemy Omega Red harbors a terrible secret that could come back to bite X-Force! It’s one giant leap for mutantkind as the Quiet Council turns its attentions to space and relaunches S.W.O.R.D.! And when the Shi’ar Empire asks the X-Men for help, Cyclops, Storm and Marvel Girl answer the interstellar call to battle!
COLLECTING: Cable (2020) #7-9, Excalibur (2019) #16-17, Hellions (2020) #7-8, Juggernaut (2020) #1-5, King in Black: Marauders (2021) #1, Marauders (2019) #16-19, New Mutants (2019) #14-17, S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #1-4, Wolverine (2020) #8-10, X-Factor (2020) #5-6, X-Force (2019) #15-19, X-Men (2019) #16-19
Written by Gerry Duggan, Tini Howard, Zeb Wells, Fabian Nicieza, Vita Ayala, Al Ewing, Benjamin Percy, Leah Williams & Jonathan Hickman
Penciled by Phil Noto, Marcus To, Stephen Segovia, Ron Garney, Luke Ross, Stefano Caselli, Matteo Lolli, Rod Reis, Valerio Schiti, Adam Kubert, David Baldeón, Joshua Cassara, Garry Brown, Brett Booth, Mahmud Asrar & More
Establishing their nation of Krakoa was the easy part. Now mutantkind must fight to keep it! In the wake of X OF SWORDS, the members of Excalibur are reeling from their losses — but Mister Sinister has his own reaction to the fall of his Hellions. Cable teams up with Domino again — for the first time! The New Mutants are on the loose in the Wild Hunt, the Marauders deal with a murderous mutiny, and there’s no stopping the Juggernaut now that he’s forged a new life! But with the resurrection protocols thrown into chaos, it’s up to X-Factor to restore order. Wolverine returns to Madripoor for an underworld auction, while his old enemy Omega Red harbors a terrible secret that could come back to bite X-Force! It’s one giant leap for mutantkind as the Quiet Council turns its attentions to space and relaunches S.W.O.R.D.! And when the Shi’ar Empire asks the X-Men for help, Cyclops, Storm and Marvel Girl answer the interstellar call to battle!
COLLECTING: Cable (2020) #7-9, Excalibur (2019) #16-17, Hellions (2020) #7-8, Juggernaut (2020) #1-5, King in Black: Marauders (2021) #1, Marauders (2019) #16-19, New Mutants (2019) #14-17, S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #1-4, Wolverine (2020) #8-10, X-Factor (2020) #5-6, X-Force (2019) #15-19, X-Men (2019) #16-19
Written by Gerry Duggan, Tini Howard, Zeb Wells, Fabian Nicieza, Vita Ayala, Al Ewing, Benjamin Percy, Leah Williams & Jonathan Hickman
Penciled by Phil Noto, Marcus To, Stephen Segovia, Ron Garney, Luke Ross, Stefano Caselli, Matteo Lolli, Rod Reis, Valerio Schiti, Adam Kubert, David Baldeón, Joshua Cassara, Garry Brown, Brett Booth, Mahmud Asrar & More
1040 pages, Hardcover
Published September 29, 2026
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Jonathan Hickman
1,365 books2,163 followersJonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for creating the Image Comics series The Nightly News, The Manhattan Projects and East of West, as well as working on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, FF, and S.H.I.E.L.D. titles. In 2012, Hickman ended his run on the Fantastic Four titles to write The Avengers and The New Avengers, as part the "Marvel NOW!" relaunch. In 2013, Hickman wrote a six-part miniseries, Infinity, plus Avengers tie-ins for Marvel Comics. In 2015, he wrote the crossover event Secret Wars. - Wikipedia
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February 16, 2026This is a review of the entire Reign Of X era. This review contains spoilers for X Of Swords.
(X-Corp is not included because so little happens with it regarding this era it’s hard to tell what I think of the book.)
Reign of X was… fine. It’s a mix of really entertaining and thought provoking highs but super boring lows. In total I couldn’t really see a full theme connecting all of the books. It’s clear that all of this era is building up to the first Hellfire Gala but even that felt super shoe horned in and unnatural. They were all reminders quickly at the end of books that “something is coming!” but no natural exciting build up or stakes building toward a climax. You can really feel each author start to independently lose focus when there isn’t something to consistently focus back on, e.g. the X Of Swords sword gathering and villain introductions.
It was especially weird to see some of my favorite books lose their focus post X Of Swords. Both Excalibur and Marauders became shells of their former selves. Excalibur, without the draw of Otherworld being new and the loss of Apocalypse as a chaotic neutral foil to most of the cast they all seemed like they had no conflict and nothing to challenge them. Rogue and Gambit especially felt a bit lost without Apocalypse driving a wedge in between them. However the developments with Kwannon were very well done which, alongside her development in hellions, makes this a worthwhile read. Marauders lost its edge and intrigue from the mystery behind Kate Pryde and the quick resolution of the Sebastion Shaw plotline from Dawn Of X left the writer, Gerry Duggan, to find other ways of adding stakes to the story. I knew I didn’t like this run when it culminated in X-Men’s version of a sitcom clip show where a group of Marauders all describe how much they love Storm with a bunch of bizarre and short “memory sequences”.
Percy’s Wolverine and X-Force lost the buzz and focus it had but also had some character focused highlights, particularly with Quinten Quire. Being a big fan of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men, and the characters they introduced in it especially, so seeing a lot of work go into evolving Quinten Quire from an annoying incel kid to someone trying to better themselves and, kind of, failing at it made for a super funny and compelling plot to follow.
Hickman’s X-Men also fell flat for me, but was still a fun read. It became significantly more episodic and, while fun to follow, the lack of challenging ideas and political focus the magic from the initial issues made it disappointing to read the Reign of X issues. I did, however, really like the further development and reinforcement of Mystique’s role as antagonist to Charles and Eric as they continue to disrespect her wishes regarding Destiny. I also liked, but was ultimately left confused, by the pair of issues following Laura Kinney and her descent into a new world. Her romance plot wrapped the two issue story in a nice bow and, as always with Hickman, found the high concept sci-fi ideas incredibly engrossing, but the lack of set up regarding more ideas bouncing off of it left me wanting more in the bad way.
Al Ewing’s introduction to Krakoa with their S.W.O.R.D. book was fantastic. It’s another ensemble book full of wacky niche mutants now in a Stark Trek like space and technology adventure. Valerio Schiti’s artwork is so fitting and great with a style that calls back to the cinematic art of Pepe Larraz in HOXPOX. It’s a little hard to follow so far but the concepts and stories feel so large that I’m perfectly entertained by trying to understand what I am reading. The King In Black Venom event tie in was also a fun read, even divorced from the context of the full event.
New Mutants remains a super fun trip. Similarly to X-Force I love to see how it delivers on the concepts introduced in Morrison’s X-Men. Glob Herman has some really special and well worked out character moments and New Mutants remains the only tidal to satisfying play off of the end of X Of Swords by having some cute moments between Cypher and his new bride.
Hellions debuts the return of one of my favorite classic X-Men villains, Arcade, in a super fun classic Arcade murderworld plot with our group of antisocial weirdos. I don’t want to speak more because this is easily the biggest recommendation of the entire era so far. It’s amazing and everyone should read it.
X-Factor is fine. The gimmick of the Krakoa mutant mystery hunters has worn off for me as the ideas become more and more derivative. “How did this person die?” is a question that’s interesting initially, but when the mysteries stop revealing things about our main cast of characters and feel like they are there to fill time and pages I get tired of reading them. I do like the slice of life aspects of the book though, the romances are a lot of fun to follow.
My two favorite books in Reign Of X are Cable and Way Of X.
The newest title of the entire Reign Of X era, Way Of X, started out fantastic. Only 2 issues in and I'm completely hooked. More is said in these two issues than some comic stories can accomplish in a 5 issue arc. Nightcrawler’s hesitancy to trust Krakoa and his uncomfortableness at the idea of death being meaningless is creepy and destructive. Writer Sy Spurrior does a great job building off of Hickman’s ideas in X-Men #7 by really challenging Nightcrawler’s character with a group of young mutants who are growing with the idea that death is nothing of an inconvenience. It all poses questions about the role religion takes to someone who is confused and how it can take many forms besides the standard monotheistic and god-focused religions in our current societies.
Cable is so much fun. I love the way Duggan writes an inexperienced Cable and how his interactions with other mutants are all awkward because of their previous history with the time travelling older Cable. The series has an easily followable plot that lets Cable grow alongside his love interest Esme Cuckoo. It’s fun having a young-love romance book in this era, a really nice and wholesome change of pace. The 12 issue series ends with a cinematic ending that wraps the story near perfectly.
I almost forgot to mention this era has a book that holds the title of the absolute worst book of Krakoa so far. A 2 issue start that was so unbearable I couldn’t even finish it. Children Of The Atom is cringey, self indulgent, and unrealistic. An attempt to tell a modern youth coming of age story comes off as masturbatory and formulaic. A completely disappointment in an era that has rewarding out of the box thinking.
Overall it’s an era of hits and misses, but the good books are absolutely worth the read.
You should read:
Hellions
Excalibur
Way Of X
Cable
New Mutants
S.W.O.R.D.
(X-Corp is not included because so little happens with it regarding this era it’s hard to tell what I think of the book.)
Reign of X was… fine. It’s a mix of really entertaining and thought provoking highs but super boring lows. In total I couldn’t really see a full theme connecting all of the books. It’s clear that all of this era is building up to the first Hellfire Gala but even that felt super shoe horned in and unnatural. They were all reminders quickly at the end of books that “something is coming!” but no natural exciting build up or stakes building toward a climax. You can really feel each author start to independently lose focus when there isn’t something to consistently focus back on, e.g. the X Of Swords sword gathering and villain introductions.
It was especially weird to see some of my favorite books lose their focus post X Of Swords. Both Excalibur and Marauders became shells of their former selves. Excalibur, without the draw of Otherworld being new and the loss of Apocalypse as a chaotic neutral foil to most of the cast they all seemed like they had no conflict and nothing to challenge them. Rogue and Gambit especially felt a bit lost without Apocalypse driving a wedge in between them. However the developments with Kwannon were very well done which, alongside her development in hellions, makes this a worthwhile read. Marauders lost its edge and intrigue from the mystery behind Kate Pryde and the quick resolution of the Sebastion Shaw plotline from Dawn Of X left the writer, Gerry Duggan, to find other ways of adding stakes to the story. I knew I didn’t like this run when it culminated in X-Men’s version of a sitcom clip show where a group of Marauders all describe how much they love Storm with a bunch of bizarre and short “memory sequences”.
Percy’s Wolverine and X-Force lost the buzz and focus it had but also had some character focused highlights, particularly with Quinten Quire. Being a big fan of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men, and the characters they introduced in it especially, so seeing a lot of work go into evolving Quinten Quire from an annoying incel kid to someone trying to better themselves and, kind of, failing at it made for a super funny and compelling plot to follow.
Hickman’s X-Men also fell flat for me, but was still a fun read. It became significantly more episodic and, while fun to follow, the lack of challenging ideas and political focus the magic from the initial issues made it disappointing to read the Reign of X issues. I did, however, really like the further development and reinforcement of Mystique’s role as antagonist to Charles and Eric as they continue to disrespect her wishes regarding Destiny. I also liked, but was ultimately left confused, by the pair of issues following Laura Kinney and her descent into a new world. Her romance plot wrapped the two issue story in a nice bow and, as always with Hickman, found the high concept sci-fi ideas incredibly engrossing, but the lack of set up regarding more ideas bouncing off of it left me wanting more in the bad way.
Al Ewing’s introduction to Krakoa with their S.W.O.R.D. book was fantastic. It’s another ensemble book full of wacky niche mutants now in a Stark Trek like space and technology adventure. Valerio Schiti’s artwork is so fitting and great with a style that calls back to the cinematic art of Pepe Larraz in HOXPOX. It’s a little hard to follow so far but the concepts and stories feel so large that I’m perfectly entertained by trying to understand what I am reading. The King In Black Venom event tie in was also a fun read, even divorced from the context of the full event.
New Mutants remains a super fun trip. Similarly to X-Force I love to see how it delivers on the concepts introduced in Morrison’s X-Men. Glob Herman has some really special and well worked out character moments and New Mutants remains the only tidal to satisfying play off of the end of X Of Swords by having some cute moments between Cypher and his new bride.
Hellions debuts the return of one of my favorite classic X-Men villains, Arcade, in a super fun classic Arcade murderworld plot with our group of antisocial weirdos. I don’t want to speak more because this is easily the biggest recommendation of the entire era so far. It’s amazing and everyone should read it.
X-Factor is fine. The gimmick of the Krakoa mutant mystery hunters has worn off for me as the ideas become more and more derivative. “How did this person die?” is a question that’s interesting initially, but when the mysteries stop revealing things about our main cast of characters and feel like they are there to fill time and pages I get tired of reading them. I do like the slice of life aspects of the book though, the romances are a lot of fun to follow.
My two favorite books in Reign Of X are Cable and Way Of X.
The newest title of the entire Reign Of X era, Way Of X, started out fantastic. Only 2 issues in and I'm completely hooked. More is said in these two issues than some comic stories can accomplish in a 5 issue arc. Nightcrawler’s hesitancy to trust Krakoa and his uncomfortableness at the idea of death being meaningless is creepy and destructive. Writer Sy Spurrior does a great job building off of Hickman’s ideas in X-Men #7 by really challenging Nightcrawler’s character with a group of young mutants who are growing with the idea that death is nothing of an inconvenience. It all poses questions about the role religion takes to someone who is confused and how it can take many forms besides the standard monotheistic and god-focused religions in our current societies.
Cable is so much fun. I love the way Duggan writes an inexperienced Cable and how his interactions with other mutants are all awkward because of their previous history with the time travelling older Cable. The series has an easily followable plot that lets Cable grow alongside his love interest Esme Cuckoo. It’s fun having a young-love romance book in this era, a really nice and wholesome change of pace. The 12 issue series ends with a cinematic ending that wraps the story near perfectly.
I almost forgot to mention this era has a book that holds the title of the absolute worst book of Krakoa so far. A 2 issue start that was so unbearable I couldn’t even finish it. Children Of The Atom is cringey, self indulgent, and unrealistic. An attempt to tell a modern youth coming of age story comes off as masturbatory and formulaic. A completely disappointment in an era that has rewarding out of the box thinking.
Overall it’s an era of hits and misses, but the good books are absolutely worth the read.
You should read:
Hellions
Excalibur
Way Of X
Cable
New Mutants
S.W.O.R.D.
Review of advance copy
***Rating not reflective of the unreleased omnibus, but the contents of the 14 trade paperbacks that it collects*** (not that this should make much of a difference)
This is by far my favourite arc of the Krakoa era yet. Too many thoughts to condense into a short review, so I'll gloss over them. Reign of X feels like the most intricately woven set of narratives in the Krakoa arc so far, navigating both macro- and micro- threads pertaining to logistical issues of Krakoa that I had wanted to see covered: the prerequisite investigations necessary to make the ressurection infrastructure, with its restrictions on clones, work; the (admittedly poor) acclimation of Krakoan youth *and* Arakii mutants to life in relative peacetime; the nitty grittiness of the business conglomerates propping up Krakoa's bids for global recognition. And, so many personal encounters that make this all the richer -- Gabby and Laura, Daken and Aurora, and many others.
Hellfire Gala was also incredible. The costumes? The sass? TERRAFORMING MARS?!?!?! The COSTUMES?!?! New X-Men?? And, while more of an announcement than the conclusion of an arc, per se, it certainly was an "event". Things are going to change dramatically, and they are looking very, very exciting.
This is by far my favourite arc of the Krakoa era yet. Too many thoughts to condense into a short review, so I'll gloss over them. Reign of X feels like the most intricately woven set of narratives in the Krakoa arc so far, navigating both macro- and micro- threads pertaining to logistical issues of Krakoa that I had wanted to see covered: the prerequisite investigations necessary to make the ressurection infrastructure, with its restrictions on clones, work; the (admittedly poor) acclimation of Krakoan youth *and* Arakii mutants to life in relative peacetime; the nitty grittiness of the business conglomerates propping up Krakoa's bids for global recognition. And, so many personal encounters that make this all the richer -- Gabby and Laura, Daken and Aurora, and many others.
Hellfire Gala was also incredible. The costumes? The sass? TERRAFORMING MARS?!?!?! The COSTUMES?!?! New X-Men?? And, while more of an announcement than the conclusion of an arc, per se, it certainly was an "event". Things are going to change dramatically, and they are looking very, very exciting.
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