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18 must-read X-Men comic books of the 2000s

By Mark Lynch

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16: Cosplay, or costume play, actors Eclectic Eevee (L) and Sweet Spectre dress as characters from the X-Men comic books during the first day of Awesome Con at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center June 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. Thousands of fans of popular culture, fantasy and science fiction will gather for the three-day convention that includes comic books, collectibles, toys, games, original art, cosplay and Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16: Cosplay, or costume play, actors Eclectic Eevee (L) and Sweet Spectre dress as characters from the X-Men comic books during the first day of Awesome Con at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center June 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. Thousands of fans of popular culture, fantasy and science fiction will gather for the three-day convention that includes comic books, collectibles, toys, games, original art, cosplay and Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) /
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7. Messiah Complex/Second Coming

Writers: Various

These two stories are the deepest in the X-Men lore. During X-Men: Messiah Complex, the first mutant birth since House of M sent ripples throughout the world. This led to an epic battle between the X-Men, Mr. Sinister’s Maruaders, Predator X, and the Purifiers. Second Coming started with the return of Hope Summers and Cable (more on that next). It has the emotional rollercoaster of Messiah Complex with more action and death.

If you read anything on this list, it should be these comics. Not because they’re the best on the list, but because they will become your gateway into the X-Men. All of the characters, their skills, and personalities are on full display. Marvel couldn’t have asked for better writers to create these two tales.

6. Cable

Writer: Duane Swierczynski

Cable will show Nathan Dayspring Summers as you’ve never seen him before. Of course, he remains the time-traveling mutant with giant guns that everyone loved. The added bonus is seeing him as a father.

Cable took Hope Summers to the future at the end of X-Men: Messiah Complex. Everyone had a plan for Hope. Bringing her to the future made sure she could decide for herself who she wanted to be. During their travels, he teaches Hope how to survive. She even saves his life from Bishop, Stryfe, and other future antagonists.

This comic book run allows readers to see how she became one of the toughest mutants of all time.

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