X-Men: Legacy

X-Men: Legacy
Cover art for X-Men: Legacy¿? #208 (February 2008) by David Finch
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing
Publication date
List
  • X-Men (vol. 2)
    October 1991 – June 2001
    Issues #1 to #113
    New X-Men
    July 2001 – June 2004
    Issues #114 to #156
    X-Men (vol. 2)
    July 2004 – January 2008
    Issues #157 to #207
    X-Men: Legacy
    February 2008 – October 2012
    Issues #208 to #275
    X-Men: Legacy (vol. 2)
    November 2012 – March 2014
    Issues #1 to #24, #300
No. of issues
List
  • Total: 300
    X-Men: 164
    New X-Men: 43
    X-Men: Legacy: 93
Main character(s)X-Men
Professor X
Rogue
Legion
Creative team
Created byChris Claremont
Jim Lee
Written by
List
Penciller(s)
List
Inker(s)
List
  • X-Men (vol. 2)
    Scott Williams
    Mark Pennington
    Art Thibert
    Mark Morales
    New X-Men
    Prentis Rollins
    Danny Miki
    X-Men (vol. 2)
    Tim Townsend
    Carlos Cuevas
    X-Men: Legacy
    Andrew Hennessy
    Jay Leisten
    Jordi Tarragona

X-Men: Legacy is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring the mutant superhero team the X-Men.

The title began its publication in October 1991 as X-Men. From 2001 until 2004 it was published as New X-Men. It had reverted from issue #157 to its original title X-Men, but changed again from issue #208 to X-Men: Legacy. Prior to the name change, the series is usually referred to as X-Men (vol. 2) because the first series, Uncanny X-Men, was titled The X-Men prior to 1981.[1] In addition, a new unrelated ongoing series titled X-Men was later released starting in 2010, and is generally referred to as X-Men (vol. 3).

X-Men: Legacy was relaunched in 2012 as part of Marvel NOW! with a new issue #1. The new volume, written by Simon Spurrier, focuses on Legion, son of the recently deceased Professor X, and his mission to preemptively help mutantkind while attempting to get his many personalities under control.[2] The volume ended its run after 25 issues in March 2014,[3] but not before reverting to its original numbering with the final issue, X-Men: Legacy #300.[4]

  1. ^ The first issue of X-Men (vol. 1) to be named Uncanny X-Men Archived June 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Montgomery, Paul (10 August 2012). "Marvel NOW! Q&A: X-Men Legacy". Marvel.com. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. ^ "SPURRIER & KIM GO ON THE "OFFENSIVE" FOR ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW!". Comic Book Resources. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  4. ^ "1st Look: March's X-MEN: LEGACY #300". Newsarama. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.