CBR X-Books Forum Frequently Asked Questions Thread

First off, we’re going to ask that posters please DO NOT RESPOND BY POSTING TO THIS THREAD. If you would like to contribute new information, feel there’s an important question that’s not answered here yet, listed to be answered, or feel an answer to an existing question is in some way incomplete or incorrect, please PM user worstblogever to ask for it to be edited/added. We're asking you don't post directly to minimize the side discussion to the actual information folks are looking for.

The original X-Books Forum FAQ was created by mattbib sometime in 2005. During a forum update on 1/25/2012, it was unfortunately lost, and second one was created with the blessing of the X-Books moderators in its stead, with the “Mutant Tracker” portion, at least, recovered in its entirety. On 4/30/2014, a complete forum reboot cleared all previous accounts, and threads, so we’ll have to see what links to previous threads can still be recovered this time out. A FAQ thread will remain a work in progress (with some questions currently still listed as, “PENDING WRITE-UP” in future updates). Other questions and answers will be added over time, as the chronology of the comics goes forward, accordingly. Some answers to questions will also provide a link to other online websites that answer the question in greater detail, when possible. Hopefully, this new FAQ will live up to its predecessor with its overall help as a resource to CBR Forums users.

To skip directly to a post that covers a specific question, feel free to click on the links in the next few posts below to jump to that question/section of the FAQ:


X-Forum Rules:
In case you missed it, there's a thread where all the site’s rules are laid out.. Everyone should read that, and you know, comply.


Questions:
If you have a specific question that can be asked and answered without debate, please post it in the thread linked below. If it qualifies as a FAQ there is a chance it will later be added to this thread once answered.

Thread Where You Can Ask Various X-Related Questions PART IV!

Recommendations:
Here's the link to the Recommendations on What X-Books to Pick Up Thread II.