All-New X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis Omnibus

Background. Beast has a desperate idea: travel back in time, bring the original five X-Men to the present, and confront Cyclops with the young man he used to be. Maybe seeing his idealistic past self will shock him back from the revolutionary path he's on. It doesn't work that way. Instead, young Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Iceman and Angel find themselves stranded in a present that is radically different from the future they expected — and young Jean Grey, still alive in a world where she died twice, may be the most consequential arrival of all.

What's inside. All-New X-Men #1–41, the complete Bendis run with art primarily by Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger and Brandon Peterson. Includes the Battle of the Atom crossover arc and the team's eventual evolution into X-Men '92. ISBN 978-1-302-96634-8.

Why it's worth reading. Bendis's central conceit — five teenagers from 1963 confronting the consequences of the choices their adult selves made — generates genuine dramatic irony that sustains 40 issues. Young Jean Grey discovering what she becomes, young Scott Summers meeting his adult self and being appalled, young Warren Worthington learning what will be done to him: every reveal lands with emotional precision. Stuart Immonen's art is the perfect marriage of classic superhero expressiveness and modern visual clarity.

Edition details. Hardcover omnibus, approx. 1000 pages. ISBN 978-1-302-96634-8. Original English edition (VO).