Essential X-Men Essential X-Men Essential X-Men is a 76-page comic book published by Panini Comics UK, as part of their Collectors' Edition range. Beginning in 1995, the title reprints Marvel US's range of X-Men comics; three per issue. The comic is produced on higher quality paper than the US originals, and the covers are composed of card, which helps to preserve the comic. Also unlike the US originals, advertisements are kept to a minimum, with most simply promoting the other comics in the Collectors' Edition range or Marvel DVDs or video games. The comics it reprints are generally about two years behind
X-Men Blue a reference to storylines from the early 1990s when various comics in the X-Men franchise were best-sellers. The first issue was released April 12, 2017 and subsequent issues were released twice monthly. The storyline in "X-Men Blue" is a continuation of the 2012 series "All New X-Men". In February 2018, the spin-off sister book "X-Men Red" was released. The main cast of the book departed to a space mission, narrated in the "Poison-X" arc of the "Venom" comic book, which set up the "Venomized" crossover. Their absence was used to establish a new line-up. In September 2018, the series ended