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Originally Posted by Black Dynomite

Havent picked up a comic book in about 15 years, with the exception of the meat and potatoes of Civil War. I have picked up every AvX issue to date and I am hella confused. You guys commentary in this thread is helping but damn shit has gotten crazy since my 90s X-Men "Na-na-na-na-naaaaaaa-na-na" theme song days. As someone who hasnt been as invested in the current storylines, it seems to me like:

-Emma will be the final boss battle with either Scott, Jean, Tony, or Prof. X
-Magneto has to get his hands dirty soon
-Tony is Marvels mascot right now so I'm guessing whatever the last ordeal is he'll have his hands all over it.
-WTF is up with Thor? Has he been depowered in recent storylines? It's not that I expect him to knock these dudes around by himself but he's just getting slapped around at this point.
-Where the hell is Hulk? I see he's on the next cover but where has he been this whole time.
-When/why was Xavier kicked out of X-Men?

All in all, Im having a blast getting back into reading comics. Any suggestions on some stories I can jump into and not get even more confused?

I was in the same boat as you a few months back as X-Men stories have done a lot in the last 15 years. It can be hard to figure out where to start. Here is what you need to do.

Read these in order,

Astonishing X-Men (optional)

House of M
X-Men: Deadly Genesis (explains the deal with Xaiver for the most part)
X-Men: Messiah Complex
X-Men: Utopia
X-Men: Second Coming

X-Men: Schism (optional if you want to know why Wolverine left)

From there you are up on what you need to know about pre AvX stuff.

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Originally Posted by bmorr

wait till october when it all goes back to number ones. Also new avengers this week was all dialogue and no action, and led to nothing. FILLER.

I still haven't seen which titles are starting over. I know some of them won't, especially the ones that just recently started.