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ORIGINS AND NONSENSE LIKE THAT

Uncanny X-Men (1969) Issues #54-57 - Alex graduates from 1960s college and oops he's a mutant. Late bloomer i guess. White pharaoh nonsense abounds! - why read? good for completionists I guess. explains how his powers work. classic x-men angst - why not? sometimes 60s stuff gets annoying and it doesnt really "sell" you on the character.

Uncanny X-Men (1969) Issues #57-59 - alex gets kidnapped by trask. meets lorna. ugly suit first appearance. - why read? good for completionists. bobby girlfriend stealing incident #1. - why not? kinda boring. again doesn't really "sell" you on havok. ugly suit.

OUTBACK BEGINNINGS

If you want to understand what the deal is with this x-men team you're going to have to go back to Uncanny X-Men (1987) Issue #215. Otherwise:

Uncanny X-Men (1981) Issues #218-219 - alex and lorna being cute and in love. issue 219 almost entirely about alex. first appearance of lorna as malice, i think - why read? great for alex/lorna. He spends a decent amount of time not in that ugly costume. another one of my favorite characters, longshot, is there. - why not? usual claremont nonsense.

Issue 220 is a lore issue entirely about Storm and Forge. Skippable if you're only reading for Alex.

Uncanny X-Men (1981) Issues #221-226 - alex learns that his brother divorced maddie and took the kid. alex meets malice. alex goes for a run for the first time on panel. (shirtless) alex and maddie meet. val cooper and the freedom force lore information (important for later). this is a long arc. - why read? alex's most impactful time on the x-men. lots of "firsts" in this bit. - why not? ugly costume. the whole time. claremont nonsense.

227 and 228 don't have much Alex. But 227 is lore important.

Uncanny X-Men (1981) Issues #228-232 - outback begins! alex is on this x-men team that some consider one of the best of all time. Psylocke is there too! 232 is skippable if you're in a hurry.

Uncanny X-Men (1981) Issues #233-238 - alex development arc! alex forced to kill some aliens! lots of maddie development too. lots of alex looking sad. 235 starts the genoshan magistrates arc, which is a pretty basic arc with not that much havok. you should probably read it regardless though. Skippable if you don't gaf about genosha.

INFERNO

Uncanny X-Men (1981) Issues #239-243 - inferno! alex/lorna AND alex/maddie all in one place. This is VERRRRY important. Even the issues without lots of alex are vital for maddie's character later. - why read? ummmm EVERY REASON. also slutty goblin prince havok. that's probably the MOST important reason. that's issue 242 if you need that info. - why not? might be an uncomfortable read. implied sex and torture and characters mind controlled into evil. you should read it regardless.

Inferno Tie-ins:

X-Factor (1986) Issues #38-39 - Alex and scott BEEF for the first real time. and the whole time in the slutty outfit. GODLY issues. Mr. Sinister and alex for the first time. Alex insults scott to get him mad it's PERFECT. - why read? ^^^ - why not? no reasons for this. read these.

MORE OUTBACK

Uncanny 244 is a cute story about the girls on the team. not havok related.

Havok and Wolverine: Meltdown (1989) (ALL) - short series not available on Marvel Unlimited. decent story, great art. not that important if you want to speed through things. mostly alex being a hopeless romantic. - why read? great art. alex shows off his romantic chops. - why not? might be boring. wolverine is there. not really all that vital. hard to find.

Uncanny X-Men (1981) Issues #245-251 - havok depression era begins. 248 is really important because he thinks he kills storm. lots of alex happening in these pages. Alex leaves the team in 251. - why read? alex is sad boy hours. he's scruffier than usual so that's cute. - why not? issue 245 is... weird. The rest is pretty okay.

ALEX BRAINWASH INTERLUDE

X-Tinction Agenda (lots of issues) - I actually haven't read these ones but i'll include them here for completion. - alex is brainwashed, typical. happens to him a lot.

NEW X-FACTOR

X-Factor Issues #71-END - I like x-factor a lot. Just read the whole run. Alex being a leader. alex being a cool guy. alex refusing the call. - why read? Alex's good costume. one of his best runs. important for the future. please read.

MUTANT X

Mutant X (ALL) - mutant x is an entirely alex-centric alt uni. Alex demonstrates his reality-hopping powers for the first time. - while this is an alt uni, it's main universe alex. please read.

UNCANNY SCHOOL

Uncanny X-Men (1981) Issues #411-412 - where was alex during mutant x? unresponsive. Alex and Annie's relationship begins. skip if you wanna. not that important. - why read? this stuff becomes important in Exiles, otherwise it's meh. - why not? Austen's story is kind of weird. lots of uncomfortable little bits that may not sit right. women overly sexualized. whatever.

ALEX LEAVES LORNA AT THE ALTAR

Uncanny X-Men (1981) Issues #420- (the Event is issue 425) - alex comes back in 420. 9/11 is explained to him. alex and lorna weirdness. alex leaves lorna at the altar. At the altar. alex and annie smooch, bobby girlfriend stealing incident #2. - why read? If you want to know why people hate alex. - why not? writer is weird about women. all the women are weird. lots of lust both ways. the ugly costume is back in 423.

EXILES LORE DROP

Exiles (2001) Issues #28-30 - alex lore drop. that boy can hop dimensions. basically a typical evil alex story - why read? lore drop. (i think it's an important lore drop) - why not? boring austen nonsense. alex is pretty much evil the whole time.

UNCANNY SCHOOL BUT HIS COSTUME IS BETTER (eventually)

X-Men (1991) Issues #157-187 (better costume on 166) - bobby and alex are being nasty to each other. alex is being nasty to annie. alex says "GET DOWN" a lot. - why read? Idk. alex is there. he does stuff. - why not? weird about chinese people i suppose. but that's mostly just legacy stuff. kinda boring. skippable.

ALEX IN SPACE!

Uncanny X-Men (1981) Issues #475-486 - space bullshit starts happening, and this is the first time havok and James Proudstar team up. 477 is a vulcan issue skip if you need to save time. Most of this is just usable as backstory for "Emperor Vulcan". - Why read? Havok in space. nuff said - why not? alex is kinda rude to Lorna here and they get back together anyway. basically just backstory for "emperor vulcan"

X-Men: Emperor Vulcan (2007) (ALL) - this is where space gets GOOD. Alex now leads the starjammers, and there's a lot of character moments for him here. - why read? GOOD havok in space. nuff said - why not? not really particularly relevant to modern alex stuff.

X-Men: Kingbreaker (2008) (ALL) - now i said vulcan was where is gets good but this is where it gets AWESOME. It's part of the massive "War of Kings" event but it should be fine. probably the best alex in space story. - why read? space torture :3 alex gets space tortured :3 also some MAJOR aura farming in issue 4 - why not? war of kings can get exhausting and its not that relevant to his modern story.

WAR OF KINGS HELL - if you want to read war of kings you can. up to you. Not too much havok action besides some cool captain-ing.

X-Men Legacy (2008) Issues #254-258 - skippable, really. explains how the starjammers get back to earth. lots of gambit and rogue if you like that. decent amount of mind control happening. - why read? completionism, continuity, or if you just want to see more havok. - why not? not really all that much character moment stuff happening.

BACK ON THE GROUND (WITH TRON COSTUME)

X-Men Legacy (2008) Issue #259 - alex and scott conversation. typical alex-scott conversation. - why read? just a little bonus material before we start x-factor investigations. shows you what 2010's scott is going to look like. - why not? nothing of real importance.

X-Factor (2005) Issues 230, 233-2 - havok is back with x-factor investigations. you might need some context for the rest of the stuff happening. 230 just has alex and lorna showing up as an end tease. 231 & 232 are madrox-only issues. 236 & 237 has no alex (or alex of value). lots of stuff happens here. alex and lorna break up again. - why read it? Great character moments. - why not? mostly about the rest of xfi and might not make sense if you're only jumping in for alex.

UNCANNY ERA

Uncanny Avengers (2012) (ALL) - "how about alex?" Alex is asked to lead a team yet again (good ol refusal of the call). Alex does a lot of fun avengers stuff! plus new love interest: janet van dyne aka the wasp?? - why read? alex has a lot of great moments. - why not? alex goes full centrism here. ugly costume.

EVIL ALEX ERA (Kinda skippable)

Avengers & X-Men: Axis (2014) (ALL) - alex gets personality-swapped and turns evil. does a bunch of evil things. gives into his rage and all that. - why read? to understand his issues later down the line, even up to 10 years after. some good character bits. - why not? he's evil the whole time. kinda boring. abusive to jan

Uncanny X-Men (2013) Issue #32 - evil alex visits scott. - why read? cute summers moment - why not? just one issue. nothing of consequence happens.

IvX (Inhumans Vs. X-Men) (2016) Issues #5-6 - evil alex fights for scott against the inhumans. - why read? some interesting alex moments. - why not? fleeting mini-moments. not important or really all that interesting. ivx is confusing

X-Men Blue (2017) Issues #7-9 - being evil n stuff. yawn. evil alex meets lorna. - why read? see him b evil. lorna beats the crap out of alex. - why not? boring. he doesn't have much of a personality.

X-Men Blue (2017) Issues #23-28 (+31) - alex evil arc continues. yawn. eventually gets reverse-reversed and is mopey again. alex's scars are healed. - why read? end of alex evil arc if you cared about that at all - why not? alex evil arc is boring.

ALEX ANNOYING ERA (skip if possible)

Astonishing X-Men (2017) Issues #13-17 - alex is annoying and ineffective - why read? tbh i dont know why you would. maybe to see why ppl hate alex so much. - why not? hes annoying and nobody likes him and he's ineffective and awful

ALEX BACK ON THE X-MEN AND IT'S GOOD THIS TIME

Uncanny X-Men (2018) Issues #12-END (+War of the Realms X-Men, ALL) - alex is back on the new x-men and working with scott. mr sinister is here too so you get some classic interactions. War of the Realms is more than eventslop, it's pretty good for alex. WotR sits between 15 and 16. - why read? alex is nice and working with a team again. lots of scott & alex moments. - why not? nothing romantic happens here, if you're reading for that. not much bearing on continuity.

ALEX ON KRAKOA

X-Men (2019) Issues #1, 8-9 - alex was presumed dead and presumed resurrected on krakoa. Issue 1 is a cute summers family dinner. 8-9 are more of the summers brothers. - why read? cute, and alex interacting with his brothers. - why not? ugly costume is back.

Hellions (2020) (ALL) - we all know by now that alex and resurrections dont mix well. of course he Came Back Wrong. and mr sinister is a little too interested. plus... MADDIE IS BACK?? - why read? amazing alex work. tons of lore importance and character moments. - why not? only reason. ugly costume.

Havok is often seen in cameos drinking at the bar on Krakoa.

Avengers & Moon Girl + X-Men & Moon Girl - cute interlude. not much character stuff but he is here. - why read? cute and fluffy - why not? nothing of lore value

X-Men (2021) Issues #15-16 - alex crashes out on a mission and nearly ruins the whole thing - why read? more information - why not? not important to overall story, besides a piece of alex's motivations in dark web

DARK WEB

Dark Web (2022) Issue #1 - this is where the going get good. maddie is back and she is MAD. - why read? introduces Dark Web. hilarious. - why not? you could just skip to...

Dark Web: X-Men (2022) (ALL) - the goblin prince outfit is back. its back. god thank you its back. Dark Web is pretty much all about Maddie and her struggles with being a person. Alex really cares about Maddie - why read? goblin prince. lots of alex character moments. lots of alex/maddie. genuinely funny at times. - read it.

Dark Web Finale (2023) #1 - wraps up dark web. alex joins maddie and dangit hes in the ugly costume again. for a split second life was wonderful. lot of important developments happen here for the future - why read? last glimpse at goblin prince. also explains the situation characters are in when we get to dark x-men - why not? it's like, half about chasm.

ALEX WORKING FOR MADDIE

Dark X-Men (2023) (ALL) - a bunch of people died at the fall of krakoa and alex is nervous. heaps and loads of alex development and character moments - why read? alex is a primary character and gets a lot of good stuff - why not? lots of blood and manipulation. ugly costume

X-Men: From the Ashes Infinity Comic Issues #7-9 - do not skip this. it's about alex and maddie. turns out maddie has been attic-wife-ing alex. alex realizes that maybe he can't fix her and leaves. - why read? very important developments, you probably would be confused without it. - why not? hard to access but that's about it

NEW LIFE SAME LOSER

X-Factor (2024) (ALL) - x-factor as a goofy flop USA strike force with a social media presence. Alex continues to search for purpose. - why read? alex's most recent appearance (besides AoR), some decent character work - why not? everyone is a loser. jokes can be unfunny.

Sinister’s Six (2025) (ALL) - alt timeline where alex works for mr sinister again. fun character moments. - why read? alex has another kid so we get to see him parent again - why not? he doesn't remember this, it was an alternate timeline.