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Xmen history: the Early Years
Xmen History: the 70'es
Xmen History: the 80'es
Xmen History: the 90'es
History of the Xmen: the 00'es
In the 2000s, Claremont returned to Marvel and was put back on the primary Xmen titles during an event called "Revolution". He was soon removed from his two flagship titles in early 2001 and created his own spin-off series, X-Treme Xmen, which debuted a few months after his departure.
Xmen had its title changed at this time to New Xmen and new writer Grant Morrison took over. This era is often referred to as the Morrison-era, due to the drastic changes he made to the series, beginning with "E Is for Extinction", where a new villainess, Cassandra Nova, destroys Genosha, killing sixteen million mutants. Morrison also brought reformed ex-villainess Emma Frost into the primary Xmen team, and opened the doors of the school by having Xavier "out" himself to the public about being a mutant. The bright spandex costumes that had become iconic over the previous decades were also gone, replaced by black leather street clothes reminiscent of the uniforms of the Xmen movies. Morrison also added a new character, Xorn, who would figure prominently in the climax of the writer's run. In the meantime, Ultimate Xmen was launched, set in Marvel's revised imprint. Chuck Austen also began his controversial run on Uncanny Xmen.
Notable additions to the Xmen have been Caliban, Chamber, Emma Frost, Hepzibah, Husk, Northstar, Omega Sentinel, Sage, and Warpath. This decade also included former villains becoming Xmen such as: Juggernaut, Lady Mastermind, Mystique, and Sabretooth. Several short-lived spin-offs and miniseries started featuring several Xmen in solo series, such as Emma Frost, Gambit, Mystique, Nightcrawler, and Rogue. Another book, Exiles, started at the same time and is concluding in December 2007 but with a new book in January 2008, "New Exiles" written by Chris Claremont. Cable and Deadpool's books were also rolled into one book, called Cable & Deadpool. A third core Xmen title was also introduced called Astonishing Xmen, written by Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, following Morrison's departure. Another X-Book titled New Xmen: Academy X took its place focusing on the lives of the new young mutants at the Institute.
This period included the resurrections of Colossus and Psylocke, the deaths of Jean Grey and Shadowcat, as well as the start of a relationship between Cyclops and Emma Frost, who have become the new leaders of the Institute. The Institute formerly ran as a large-scale school, until the depowering of most of the mutant population. It now serves as a safe haven to those mutants who are still powered, and as the home of the Xmen.
October 2007 saw the start of Messiah Complex which Marvel Editors believe to be a turning point in the Xmen's 40 year history. With new titles spanning out of it, including Cable, X-Force and Young Xmen, some old ones will be canceled, such as New Xmen. Xmen will also be renamed Xmen: Legacy. Marvel has stated the Xmen will come out of Messiah Complex completely changed and fans will be talking about it for years. The current team will disband in the aftermath of Messiah Complex, but will reform in Uncanny Xmen #500 which will be the only Marvel comic to date to reach #500 without renumbering throughout the years.
The Xmen will also be involved in the upcoming Secret Invasion in Secret Invasion: Xmen.
Notable story arcs of this decade are "Eve of Destruction", "E Is for Extinction", "Planet X", "Gifted", "Xmen: Phoenix - Endsong", "House of M", "Decimation", "Deadly Genesis", "Endangered Species", and "Messiah Complex".
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