Mike Carey's X-Men

Mike Carey's X-Men run (2006-2012) is one of the longest and most underrated in franchise history. Starting on X-Men #188 and continuing through the title's renaming to X-Men: Legacy, Carey wrote 73 issues anchored by Rogue's journey from broken powerhouse to self-possessed hero. The run spans two eras — the pre-Decimation team book and the post-Messiah CompleX solo character study — with Carey threading Xavier's legacy, the Summers family, and the nature of mutation through both. His Professor X arc in Legacy #208-225 is the definitive examination of Xavier's failures.