History ComicBook / AdjectivelessXMen

''Adjectiveless X-Men'' is the fan term for various X-Men series that are simply titled ''X-Men'' – so-called because... well, there's a lot of X-Men books, and adding "adjectiveless" helps make the distinction. The only exception is the very first series that debuted in 1963, which was originally called ''The X-Men'' but was later officially retitled ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' – that entire series is commonly referred to as ''Uncanny X-Men'', and Marvel have formally moved to that name when republishing some earlier issues (e.g. as digital comics).

The "adjectiveless" nickname was originally applied to the ''second'' series to be titled ''X-Men'', which launched in 1991 to run alongside ''Uncanny X-Men''.

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!!Tropes applying to Volume 2:
See [[ComicBook/XMen1991 here]] for tropes from this volume.

!!Tropes applying to Volume 3:
See [[ComicBook/XMen2010 here]] for tropes from this volume.

!!Tropes applying to Volume 4:
See [[ComicBook/XMen2013 here]] for tropes from this volume.

!!Tropes applying to Volume 5:
See [[ComicBook/XMen2019 here]] for tropes from this volume.

!!Tropes applying to Volume 6:
See [[ComicBook/XMen2021 here]] for tropes from this volume.
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After it ended, another adjectiveless X-Men title – ''X-Men'' vol. 3 – was launched in 2010, originally written by Victor Gischler and then by Brian Wood. This series focused on the role of the X-Men in the wider Marvel Universe, and featured "guest characters" who usually don't appear in X-books, such as Blade and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}. As part of the ComicBook/MarvelNOW line-wide relaunch in 2013, this series was canceled at issue #41.

''X-Men'' vol. 5 launched in 2019, written by Jonathan Hickman as the flagship book of the ''X-Men'' line of comics under his overall creative direction. It is part of the ''ComicBook/DawnOfX'' relaunch. For more on that, see ''ComicBook/XMen2019''. After Hickman ended his volume, a new one, ''ComicBook/XMen2021'', was launched, written by Creator/GerryDuggan, but still part of ComicBook/DawnOfX.

After it ended, another adjectiveless X-Men title – ''X-Men'' vol. 3 – was launched in 2010, originally written by Victor Gischler and then by Brian Wood. This series focused on the role of the X-Men in the wider Marvel Universe, and featured "guest characters" who usually don't appear in X-books, such as Blade and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}. As part of the ComicBook/MarvelNOW line-wide relaunch in 2013, this series was canceled at issue #41 and immediately replaced by its successor, ''X-Men'' vol. 4 (also written by Wood), which featured an all-female team. Unlike the other main X-books of the time, which either aligned with Cyclops' team of rebel X-Men or with Wolverine's school, this series just featured an X-team in general – it became known as "that other X-book" due to being largely influenced by the other X-books. This series crossed over with the other X-titles in the ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom'' BatFamilyCrossover in its second story arc, and two of its cast were hijacked by other series. Wood's run was followed by story arcs from Marc Guggenheim and G Willow Wilson. The series was canceled in 2015 at issue #26.

When ''X-Men'' vol. 2 began, the massive ensemble cast was split evenly between the two central X-Men titles: each title focused on a different field team, with this series featured the "Blue Team" of Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, Gambit, Beast, Psylocke and Jubilee (while ''Uncanny X-Men'' featured the "Gold Team"). The series notably had comics superstar Creator/JimLee as artist and co-plotter; the first three issues were scripted by legendary X-Men writer Creator/ChrisClaremont, who had been writing ''Uncanny X-Men'' since 1975. Issue #1 was ''and still is'' the best-selling single issue of all time, with over '''eight million copies sold'''. After Claremont's departure the series was scripted by Creator/JohnByrne and then Creator/ScottLobdell – then, when Jim Lee left Marvel in 1992 to co-found Creator/ImageComics, Fabian Nicieza took over as the new writer. This entire era was notorious for frequent crossovers, not only with other X-Men books but with other series as well, which has made it very difficult to collect in trade.

Soon after the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' event in 1995, Nicieza left the series and Lobdell (writer of ''Uncanny'') took over the adjectiveless title as well, integrating the two core X-books much closer together. Lobdell was followed by Joe Kelly in 1997, and Alan Davis with Terry Kavanagh in 1999. The line-wide relaunch ''X-Men: Revolution'' in 2000 saw Claremont's brief return as writer from issue #100. In 2001, the series was retitled ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' from issue #114 for Grant Morrison's cerebral sci-fi run; for tropes relating to that era, see its own page. The 2004 relaunch ''X-Men: [=ReLoad=]'' saw the series' name revert back to ''X-Men'' from issue #157 under new writer Chuck Austen, who carried over the stories and characters he had previously been writing about in ''Uncanny X-Men''. Austen was soon followed as writer by Peter Milligan, and then by Mike Carey.

Following the 2008 crossover event ''ComicBook/XMenMessiahComplex'', ''X-Men'' vol. 2 was permanently retitled to ''X-Men: Legacy'' from issue #208. The series initially focused on continuity-heavy stories featuring Professor Xavier, before shifting focus to Rogue from issue #226 onwards. Carey left the series after issue #260 and was replaced by Christos Gage; the series ended with issue #275. Much like how the name ''Uncanny X-Men'' is used to refer to that entire series even before its title change, some sources now also refer to the entirety of ''X-Men'' vol. 2 (bar the ''New X-Men'' era) as ''X-Men: Legacy'', including [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Legacy The Other Wiki]].

Meanwhile, a new adjectiveless X-Men title – ''X-Men'' vol. 3 – was launched in 2010, originally written by Victor Gischler and then by Brian Wood. This series focused on the role of the X-Men in the wider Marvel Universe, and featured "guest characters" who usually don't appear in X-books, such as Blade and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}. As part of the ComicBook/MarvelNOW line-wide relaunch in 2013, this series was canceled at issue #41 and immediately replaced by its successor, ''X-Men'' vol. 4 (also written by Wood), which featured an all-female team. Unlike the other main X-books of the time, which either aligned with Cyclops' team of rebel X-Men or with Wolverine's school, this series just featured an X-team in general – it became known as "that other X-book" due to being largely influenced by the other X-books. This series crossed over with the other X-titles in the ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom'' BatFamilyCrossover in its second story arc, and two of its cast were hijacked by other series. Wood's run was followed by story arcs from Marc Guggenheim and G Willow Wilson. The series was canceled in 2015 at issue #26.

* GuestStarPartyMember: Daredevil, Blade, the Future Foundation, Spider-Man, Ghost Rider and War Machine.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: The entire point if the series was to avert this and have the X-Men combat threats in the Marvel Universe as a whole.

-> See ComicBook/XMen1991

* ActionMom: Jubilee becomes one after adopting a baby which she names Shogo.
* BackFromTheDead: Madelyne Pryor. Downplayed with Selene Gallio, who is instead just reassembled from being dispersed into the atmosphere.
* TheBigGuy: Rogue acted as this for the brief time in which she was present. Monet fills her shoes after she left.
* [[BumblingDad Bumbling Mom]]: Jubilee isn't a very responsible parent, taking almost every opportunity to ditch Shogo onto someone else, even if those people are in no way qualified to babysit (O5 Iceman and Beast).
* DatingCatwoman: John Sublime returns and gets some ShipTease with Rachel.
* EvilCounterpart: The Sisterhood of Mutants is one to the book's feature team, being an all-female team and all.
* MamaBear: The entire team acts as this to Shogo.
* TheSmartGuy: Kitty Pryde, who left the team.

-> See ''ComicBook/XMen2019''

-> See ComicBook/XMen2021

''Adjectiveless X-Men'' is the fan term for various X-Men series that are simply titled ''X-Men'' – so-called because... well, there's a lot of X-Men books, and adding "adjectiveless" helps make the distinction. The only exception is the very first series that debuted in 1963, which was originally called ''The X-Men'' but was later officially retitled ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' – that entire series is commonly referred to as ''Uncanny X-Men'' for convenience's sake. The "adjectiveless" nickname was originally applied to the ''second'' series to be titled ''X-Men'', which launched in 1991 to run alongside ''Uncanny X-Men''.

Following the 2008 crossover event ''ComicBook/MessiahCompleX'', ''X-Men'' vol. 2 was permanently retitled to ''X-Men: Legacy'' from issue #208. The series initially focused on continuity-heavy stories featuring Professor Xavier, before shifting focus to Rogue from issue #226 onwards. Carey left the series after issue #260 and was replaced by Christos Gage; the series ended with issue #275. Much like how the name ''Uncanny X-Men'' is used to refer to that entire series even before its title change, some sources now also refer to the entirety of ''X-Men'' vol. 2 (bar the ''New X-Men'' era) as ''X-Men: Legacy'', including [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Legacy The Other Wiki]].

Following the 2008 crossover event ''Messiah [=CompleX=]'', ''X-Men'' vol. 2 was permanently retitled to ''X-Men: Legacy'' from issue #208. The series initially focused on continuity-heavy stories featuring Professor Xavier, before shifting focus to Rogue from issue #226 onwards. Carey left the series after issue #260 and was replaced by Christos Gage; the series ended with issue #275. Much like how the name ''Uncanny X-Men'' is used to refer to that entire series even before its title change, some sources now also refer to the entirety of ''X-Men'' vol. 2 (bar the ''New X-Men'' era) as ''X-Men: Legacy'', including [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Legacy The Other Wiki]].

'''''Adjectiveless X-Men''''' is the fan term for various X-Men series that are simply titled ''X-Men'' – so-called because... well, there's a lot of X-Men books, and adding "adjectiveless" helps make the distinction. The only exception is the very first series that debuted in 1963, which was originally called ''The X-Men'' but was later officially retitled ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' – that entire series is commonly referred to as ''Uncanny X-Men'' for convenience's sake. The "adjectiveless" nickname was originally applied to the ''second'' series to be titled ''X-Men'', which launched in 1991 to run alongside ''Uncanny X-Men''.

When ''X-Men'' vol. 2 began, the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters massive ensemble cast]] was split evenly between the two central X-Men titles: each title focused on a different field team, with this series featured the "Blue Team" of Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, Gambit, Beast, Psylocke and Jubilee (while ''Uncanny X-Men'' featured the "Gold Team"). The series notably had comics superstar Creator/JimLee as artist and co-plotter; the first three issues were scripted by legendary X-Men writer Creator/ChrisClaremont, who had been writing ''Uncanny X-Men'' since 1975. Issue #1 was ''and still is'' the best-selling single issue of all time, with over '''eight million copies sold'''. After Claremont's departure the series was scripted by Creator/JohnByrne and then Creator/ScottLobdell – then, when Jim Lee left Marvel in 1992 to co-found Creator/ImageComics, Fabian Nicieza took over as the new writer. This entire era was notorious for frequent crossovers, not only with other X-Men books but with other series as well, which has made it very difficult to collect in trade.

''X-Men'' vol. 5 launched in 2019, written by Jonathan Hickman as the flagship book of the ''X-Men'' line of comics under his overall creative direction. It is part of the ''ComicBook/DawnOfX'' relaunch. For more on that, see ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen''. After Hickman ended his volume, a new one, ''ComicBook/XMen2021'', was launched, written by Creator/GerryDuggan, but still part of ComicBook/DawnOfX.

-> See ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen

!!Tropes applying to ''X-Men'' volume 2:

* AntiHero: Bishop, of the NinetiesAntiHero variety when he first appeared, being a police officer from a BadFuture with a fondness for using guns rather than his mutant powers.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: For Claremont's swan-song on his first seventeen year run on X-Men, he brought this trope along one last time, with half the team getting brainwashed into following Magneto.
* BreakingTheFellowship: The pre-''Messiah Complex'' team, thanks to Mystique and Lady Mastermind's betrayal. As Cyclops bluntly points out to Bobby, there is no point pretending that the team even exists when of their members two have turned traitor, one is possessed by Malice (Karima), another is captive (Rogue), and Cannonball is hospitalized thanks to Sinister.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Peter Milligan's run had Mystique repeatedly trying to set Rogue up with Pulse, a mutant who could deactivate the powers of anyone near him. The very issue Milligan left, Pulse vanished like he had never existed, and was never mentioned again.
* EyesAlwaysShut: The series launched in the 1990s, so Youngblood's Disease was common in the early years.
* EyeScream: Blindfold, in the last issue of "Blinded by the Light", thanks to foreseeing Hope's birth, which makes her start bleeding from underneath her blindfold. All the more alarming because Blindfold doesn't ''have'' eyes.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When attacking Cable in issue 200, Gambit asks him if he knows the phrase "two minutes 'till dawn". Several issues later, Cable repeats it to baby Hope.
* ItsPersonal: Sebastian Shaw, in the Cronus Machine arc of ''Legacy'', which is the only reason he's involved at all. Up until he learnt he was threatened, he had not cared much beyond "vague curiosity".
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: So much that the team was split into gold and blue teams.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains:
** Magneto's death in issue 3 was supposed to be him getting KilledOffForReal, in favor of folk like Fabien Cortez.
** Almost immediately after Claremont left, the Hellions, long-standing rivals to the New Mutants, were slaughtered almost to a man to make the Upstarts look dangerous. This is generally held as one of the most mean-spirited uses of this trope ever.
* MySkullRunnethOver: Rogue, just before ''Messiah Complex'', thanks to an ancient alien weapon that absorbs the minds of anyone it comes near, and has been traveling across galaxies for centuries.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Sunfire, during "The Blood of Apocalypse", risks his life to crawl back through Apocalypse's base to save Gazer from becoming a Horseman... only to find Gazer [[ThatManIsDead is no more]], and so Sunfire gets made a horseman himself.
* ThePurge: Issue 200 through 204 has the Marauders going around finding anyone with time-travel abilities or knowledge of the future, as part of Sinister's scheme. Blindfold is the only one to get out, thanks to seeing it coming.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Happens to Sunfire, Polaris and Gambit during "Blood of Apocalypse", each becoming a Horseman. Gambit actually did so willingly, but he had been planning to turn it against Apocalypse, only for the brainwashing to prove far too strong.
* SexySurfacingShot: In Issue #8, Scott catches sigh of ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} rising out of the water in her leotard and [[DistractedByTheSexy starts stuttering]]. Jean gets [[ClingyJealousGirl extremely jealous]].
* TheBusCameBack: Karima Sharpandar returns during Mike Carrey's run, having last been seen in Chris Claremont's ''Excalibur'' a few years before.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Rogue's team had half its team be token evil folk - Mystique, Sabretooth and Lady Mastermind. It was honestly astounding it took as long as it did for everything to go to crap.

''X-Men'' vol. 5 launched in 2019, written by Jonathan Hickman as the flagship book of the ''X-Men'' line of comics under his overall creative direction. It is part of the ''ComicBook/DawnOfX'' relaunch. For more on that, see ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen''.

* ThePurge: Issue 200 through 204 has the Marauders going around finding anyone with time-travel abilities or knowledge of the future, as part of Sinister's scheme. Blindfold's the only one to get out, thanks to seeing it coming.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Happens to Sunfire, Polaris and Gambit during "Blood of Apocalypse", each becoming a Horseman. Gambit actually did so willingly, but he'd been planning to turn it against Apocalypse, only for the brainwashing to prove far too strong.
* SexySurfacingShot: In Issue #8, Scott catches sigh of ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} rising out of the water in her leotard and [[DistractedByTheSexy starts stuttering]] causing Jean to get [[ClingyJealousGirl extremely jealous]].

* ItsPersonal: Sebastian Shaw, in the Cronus Machine arc of ''Legacy'', which is the only reason he's involved at all. Up until he learnt he was threatened, he'd not cared much beyond "vague curiosity".

** Almost immediately after Claremont left the Hellions, long-standing rivals to the New Mutants, were slaughtered almost to a man to make the Upstarts look dangerous, in what is generally held as one of the most mean-spirited uses of this trope ever.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: For Claremont's swan-song on his first seventeen year run on X-Men, he brought this trope along one last time, with half the time getting brainwashed into following Magneto.
* BreakingTheFellowship: The pre-''Messiah Complex'' team, thanks to Mystique and Lady Mastermind's betrayal. As Cyclops bluntly points out to Bobby, there's no point pretending the team even exists when of their members two have turned traitor, one's possessed by Malice (Karima), another's captive (Rogue), and Cannonball's hospitalized thanks to Sinister.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Peter Milligan's run had Mystique repeatedly trying to set Rogue up with Pulse, a mutant who could deactivate the powers of anyone near him. The very issue Milligan left, Pulse vanished like he'd never existed, and was never mentioned again.

Meanwhile, a new adjectiveless X-Men title – ''X-Men'' vol. 3 – was launched in 2010, originally written by Victor Gischler. This series focused on the role of the X-Men in the wider Marvel Universe, and featured "guest characters" who usually don't appear in X-books, such as Blade and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}. As part of the ComicBook/MarvelNOW line-wide relaunch in 2013, this series was canceled at issue #41 and immediately replaced by its successor, ''X-Men'' vol. 4, which featured an all-female team. Unlike the other main X-books of the tile, which either aligned with Cyclops' team of rebel X-Men or with Wolverine's school, this series just featured an X-team in general – it became known as "that other X-book" due to being largely influenced by the other X-books. Its second story arc was a crossover, and two of its cast were hijacked by other series. This series crossed over with the other X-titles in the ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom'' BatFamilyCrossover.

'''''Adjectiveless X-Men''''' is the fan term for various X-Men series, so-called because... well, there's a lot of X-Men books, and adding "adjectiveless" helps make the distinction. Anyway, this page will refer to issues 1-113 of ''X-Men'' as volume 1 and issues 157-207 as volume 2.

While the X-Men debuted in a series called ''The X-Men'', that book was retitled ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' and is referred to as such. By 1990, there were three X-titles, the original, ''Comicbook/XFactor'' and ''Comicbook/NewMutants'' (well, four if you include Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}). Because of the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters huge cast]], a second central X-Men title was announced, written by Chris Claremont and drawn by new superstar Jim Lee. Issue #1 was released in 1991, and is ''still'' the best-selling single issue of all time. This split the X-Men into two teams: the gold team led by Storm (in ''Uncanny X-Men'') and blue team led by Cyclops (in ''X-Men''). This series is known for its ''bevvy'' of crossovers, which also means it's very difficult to collect in trade.

In 2001, the series was retitled ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' for Grant Morrison's cerebral sci-fi run (not to be confused with ''Comicbook/NewXMenAcademyX'', the third volume of New Mutants), before reverting back to ''X-Men''. ''That'' series eventually retitled itself ''X-Men: Legacy'', which initially focused on continuity-heavy stories featuring Professor Xavier before shifting focus for the remainder of its issues to Rogue. It too is a part of numerous crossovers. For convenience, many generally refer to the entire series, bar the ''New X-Men'' run, as ''X-Men: Legacy''... Comic books are confusing.

A second ''Adjectiveless X-Men'' series was launched in 2010. This series focused on the role of the X-Men in the wider Marvel Universe, and featured "guest characters" who usually don't appear in X-books, such as Blade and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}. This series was eventually canceled, and replaced by its successor, another ''Adjectiveless'' series. This series was launched with the Marvel NOW! initiative, and features an all-female team. While ''Uncanny X-Men'', ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' and ''All-New X-Men'' focus on Cyclops' team of rebel X-Men, Wolverine's school, and the original time-displaced X-Men, respectively, and the X-Force titles are their own little thing showcasing mutant black ops teams, this series just features an X-team in general. It's become known as "that other X-book" due to being largely influenced by the other X-books. Its second story arc was a crossover, and two of its cast were hijacked by other series. This series crossed over with the other X-titles in the ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom'' BatFamilyCrossover.

A third ''Adjectiveless X-Men'' series will launch in 2019, written by Jonathan Hickman as the main ongoing for the ''X-Men'' line of comics. It is part of the ''ComicBook/DawnOfX'' relaunch. For more on that, see ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen''.

!!Tropes applying to Volumes 1 and 2:

While the X-Men debuted in a series called ''The X-Men'', that book was retitled ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' and is referred to as such. By 1990, there were three X-titles, the original, ''Comicbook/XFactor'' and ''Comicbook/NewMutants'' (well, four if you include Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}). Because of the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters huge cast]], a second central X-Men title was announced, written by Chris Claremont and drawn by new superstar Jim Lee. Issue #1 was released in 1991, and is ''still'' the best-selling single issue of all time. This split the X-Men into two teams: the blue team (in ''Uncanny X-Men'') and the gold team (in ''X-Men''). This series is known for its ''bevvy'' of crossovers, which also means it's very difficult to collect in trade.

!!Tropes applying to Volume 1:

* SexySurcafingShot: In Issue #8, Scott catches sigh of ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} rising out of the water in her leotard and [[DistractedByTheSexy starts stuttering]] causing Jean to get [[ClingyJealousGirl extremely jealous]].

A second ''Adjectiveless X-Men'' series was launched in 2010. This series focused on the role of the X-Men in the wider Marvel Universe, and featured "guest characters" who usually don't appear in X-books, such as Blade and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}. This series was eventually cancelled, and replaced by its successor, another ''Adjectiveless'' series. This series was launched with the Marvel NOW! initiative, and features an all-female team. While ''Uncanny X-Men'', ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' and ''All-New X-Men'' focus on Cyclops' team of rebel X-Men, Wolverine's school, and the original time-displaced X-Men, respectively, and the X-Force titles are their own little thing showcasing mutant black ops teams, this series just features an X-team in general. It's become known as "that other X-book" due to being largely influenced by the other X-books. Its second story arc was a crossover, and two of its cast were hijacked by other series. This series crossed over with the other X-titles in the ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom'' BatFamilyCrossover.

* BreakingTheFellowship: The pre-''Messiah Complex'' team, thanks to Mystique and Lady Mastermind's betrayal. As Cyclops bluntly points out to Bobby, there's no point pretending the team even exists when of their members two have turned traitor, one's possessed by Malice (Karima), another's captive (Rogue), and Cannonball's hospitalised thanks to Sinister.

** Magneto's death in issue 3 was supposed to be him getting KilledOffForReal, in favour of folk like Fabien Cortez.

* MySkullRunnethOver: Rogue, just before ''Messiah Complex'', thanks to an ancient alien weapon that absorbs the minds of anyone it comes near, and has been travelling across galaxies for centuries.

* ThePurge: Issue 200 through 204 has the Maruaders going around finding anyone with time-travel abilities or knowledge of the future, as part of Sinister's scheme. Blindfold's the only one to get out, thanks to seeing it coming.

* TheSmartGuy: Kitty Pryde, who left the team.

A new ''Adjectiveless X-Men'' series was launched in 2010. This series focused on the role of the X-Men in the wider Marvel Universe, and featured "guest characters" who usually don't appear in X-books, such as Blade and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}. This series was eventually cancelled, and replaced by its successor, another ''Adjectiveless'' series.

This series was launched with the Marvel NOW! initiative, and features an all-female team. While ''Uncanny X-Men'', ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' and ''All-New X-Men'' focus on Cyclops' team of rebel X-Men, Wolverine's school, and the original time-displaced X-Men, respectively, and the X-Force titles are their own little thing showcasing mutant black ops teams, this series just features an X-team in general. It's become known as "that other X-book" due to being largely influenced by the other X-books. Its second story arc was a crossover, and two of its cast were hijacked by other series. This series crossed over with the other X-titles in the ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom'' BatFamilyCrossover.

* TheBigGuy: Rogue usually acts as this.

In 2001, the series was retitled ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' for Grant Morrison's cerebral sci-fi run (not to be confused with ''NewXMenAcademyX'', the third volume of New Mutants), before reverting back to ''X-Men''. ''That'' series eventually retitled itself ''X-Men: Legacy'', which initially focused on continuity-heavy stories featuring Professor Xavier before shifting focus for the remainder of its issues to Rogue. It too is a part of numerous crossovers. For convenience, many generally refer to the entire series, bar the ''New X-Men'' run, as ''X-Men: Legacy''... Comic books are confusing.