X-23 Omnibus Vol. 1

Background. X-23 — Laura Kinney — was created for the X-Men: Evolution animated series by Craig Kyle as a female clone of Wolverine, designed to be the perfect weapon from birth. Her origin story, detailing the systematic dehumanization of a child by the Facility program, was adapted into the comics by Kyle and Christopher Yost in a sequence that remains one of the most emotionally devastating origin stories in Marvel's library. This omnibus covers her introduction and integration into the wider Marvel Universe.

What's inside. X-23 Omnibus Vol. 1 collects the Kyle & Yost X-23 limited series establishing her origin (X-23: Innocence Lost and X-23: Target X), her appearances in NYX where she worked as a street-level survivor before finding the X-Men, and her early integration into the New X-Men: Academy X cast. This represents the complete foundational X-23 library before her role expanded dramatically in later years.

Why it's worth it. The Innocence Lost and Target X limited series are among the most powerful origin stories in Marvel's 21st-century output — Kyle and Yost don't soften the systematic abuse of the Facility program, and the result is a character whose trauma is genuinely earned rather than gestured at. Reading this omnibus makes everything Tom Taylor later achieved with the character in All-New Wolverine more emotionally resonant.

Edition details. Hardcover omnibus. US edition published by Marvel Comics. ISBN 9781302951603.