AllNewSuperRobot wrote:william-james88 wrote:About the X-Men, what arcs/runs from the past 5 years would one have to read to best be prepared for this current House of X crossover?
Important to note: It isn't a crossover, it is a reboot.
New X-Men By Grant Morrison
Phoenix Endsong (redundant now)
Astonishing X-Men By Joss Whedon
Secondary X-Books:
Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender
X-Men Legacy by Si Spurrier
X-Factor by Peter David
Essentially those are the only runs of the past 19 years you need to be aware of.
Jonathan Hickman is using lore far older and more relevant than anything Bendis wasted pages with. HoX/Po10 is actually refreshingly self contained. It also better depicted a reboot in the respective first issues of HoX & Po10, than IDW 2.0 has managed in 12.
FWIW I vouch for all of these stories. I think Whedon's run is overrated, but a lot of people like it, and I understand why.
And I agree the heavy lore is much older than Bendis, but for better or for worse Bendis is a part of it. Based on Hickman's statements, I would bet he called Bendis to talk about using some of his characters. Plus you can't overlook the invocation of "House of M" in the title.
I've been grumpy about the ending of that series for a decade, but Hickman's found a way to almost justify it.