Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1

Dates

Cover date

September 2009

In stores

July 8, 2009

Pages

44

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition

  Barcode 75960606929300111

  Source ↗
• 60's Decade Variant

  Barcode 75960606929300121

  This edition’s page
• San Diego Comic Con Sketch Variant

  Barcode 75960606929300131

  This edition’s page
• 2nd printing

  Second Printing

  Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Utopia

This is part 3 of 10. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Dark Avengers / Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1
2. The Uncanny X-Men #513
3. Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1
4. X-Men: Legacy #226
5. Dark X-Men: The Beginning #2
6. The Uncanny X-Men #514
7. X-Men: Legacy #227
8. Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3
9. Dark Avengers / Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1
10. Dark X-Men: The Confession #1

Also part of: Dark Reign

Creators

Stories

• Namor / Norman · 11 pages

  Norman recruits Namor to his new X-Men team.

• Mimic · 11 pages

  Norman recruits Mimic to his new X-Men team.

• Dark Beast · 11 pages

  Norman recruits Dark Beast to his new X-Men team.

Publisher’s description

Who are the Dark X-Men and how did they come to be? FIND OUT HERE! Each issue has 3 11-page stories, each dedicated to one of the Dark X-Men and how they came to be part of the team. This first two issues focus on Emma Frost, Mimic, Cloak & Dagger, Daken, Weapon X and Dark Beast!

Reprinted in

Avengers / X-Men: Utopia (2009), Avengers / X-Men: Utopia (2010), Essential X-Men (2010)