Inhumans Vs. X-Men (often called IVX) is a crossover event from 2016 which came as a result of Secret Empire with Inhumans Vs. X-Men providing closure following that event. There are some elements of Civil War II for background reading but nothing huge.
This makes Inhumans Vs. X-Men not an integral part of the timeline but still a decent read overall. It’s short and sweet with very few loose ends which makes it easy to collect and read in order.
The premise of this arc is simple – terigen clouds which are appearing across the world are vital for Inhuman evolution but are deadly to mutants. Hence, one faction wants them and the other doesn’t. How can they come to a compromise where everyone’s happy?
Note: All-New Inhumans stopped after volume 2 making the reading order more favourable to X-Men.
Inhumans vs. X-Men trade reading order and checklist
Contents
There is no omnibus for IvX and probably never be one. That being said, you only need 5 to get the full set.
If you have the trades, use the Inhumans vs. X-Men issue by issue reading order to find what order to read them in.
Preludes
The following trades are not officially a part of the events but they do set the scene for Inhumans vs. X-Men. Read them if you want to have a clearer vision of how things escalated and why. These won’t be included in the issue by issue reading order as most are self contained with only casual references and hints to what’s to come.
Extraordinary X-Men Vol. 1: X-Haven
A prelude. Collects Extraordinary X-Men #1 to #6.
- Marvel Comics
- Lemire, Jeff (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
Uncanny X-Men: Superior Vol. 1: Survival of the Fittest
More preludes. Collects Uncanny X-Men #1 to #6]
Uncanny Inhumans Vol. 1: Time Crush
Inhumans and X-Men are already at each other’s throats in this new series. Collects Uncanny Inhumans #0-4 & Free Comic Book Day 2015 Story.
- English (Publication Language)
- 144 Pages - 12/11/2023 (Publication Date) - Marvel (Publisher)
All-New Inhumans Vol. 1: Global Outreach
Explains the most about the Terrigen clouds. Possibly the most important of the preludes outside of Death of X.
- Soule, Charles (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 112 Pages - 12/11/2023 (Publication Date) - Marvel Enterprises (Publisher)
Civil War II: X-Men
A Civil War II tie in but with major plot lines relating to Inhumans vs X-Men. Collects Civil War II: X-Men #1 to #4.
- Bunn, Cullen (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 112 Pages - 12/11/2023 (Publication Date) - Marvel Enterprises (Publisher)
Extraordinary X-Men Vol. 3: Kingdoms Fall
We skip volume 2 but it becomes a lot more relevant in 3. Collects Extraordinary X-Men #13 to #16 and the Annual.
- Lemire, Jeff (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 128 Pages - 12/11/2023 (Publication Date) - Marvel Enterprises (Publisher)
Uncanny X-Men Vol.3 : Waking From The Dream
Same with this one. Collects Uncanny X-Men #11 to #15 and the Annual.
- Bunn, Cullen (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 112 Pages - 02/07/2017 (Publication Date) - Marvel Enterprises (Publisher)
Death of X
This is the prelude you should get. It’s so relevant it should be in the main series. Collects Death of X #1 to #4.
- Lemire, Jeff (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 136 Pages - 12/11/2023 (Publication Date) - Marvel Enterprises (Publisher)
Main series
This is the main trades which covers the Inhumans vs. X-Men storyline and has all the issues from the issue reading order at the bottom.
Inhumans vs. X-Men
This trade is the only thing you’d need to get the board basics of this storyline. If you’re familiar with our comic reading orders then this will make sense to you. Tie ins and one shots expand the story set in these issues.
Collects Inhumans vs. X-Men #0 to #6.
- Soule, Charles (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 208 Pages - 01/30/2018 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Extraordinary X-Men Vol. 4: Inhumans vs. X-Men
The discovery that Terigen mist is lethal to mutants is made here. Collects Extraordinary X-Men #17 to #20.
- Lemire, Jeff (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 112 Pages - 01/01/2017 (Publication Date) - Marvel Enterprises (Publisher)
Uncanny X-Men: Superior Vol. 4: IVX
The confrontation occurs and we see the side of the mutants. Collects Uncanny X-Men #16 to #19 and the Annual.
- Bunn, Cullen (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 128 Pages - 07/25/2017 (Publication Date) - Marvel Universe (Publisher)
Uncanny Inhumans Vol. 4: IvX
The Inhumans side of the confrontation, here. Collects Uncanny Inhumans #15 to #20.
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Soule, Charles (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
Deadpool & The Mercs For Money: IvX
Collects Deadpool & The Mercs For Money #6 to #8 and the Annual.
- Bunn, Cullen (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 136 Pages - 12/11/2023 (Publication Date) - Marvel Enterprises (Publisher)
Inhumans vs. X-Men Issue by Issue Reading Order
- Inhumans Vs X-Men #0
- Inhumans Vs X-Men #1
- Uncanny X-Men #16
- Extraordinary X-Men #17
- Inhumans Vs X-Men #2
- Uncanny X-Men #17
- Uncanny Inhumans #18
- Deadpool & The Mercs For Money #7
- All-New X-Men #17
- Inhumans Vs X-Men #3
- Extraordinary X-Men #18
- Deadpool and the Mercs For Money #8
- All-New X-Men #18
- Inhumans Vs X-Men #4
- Uncanny Inhumans #19
- Uncanny X-Men #18
- Inhumans Vs X-Men #5
- Extraordinary X-Men #19
- Inhumans Vs X-Men #6
- Uncanny Inhumans #20
- Inhumans Prime #1
- X-Men Prime #1
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