The original Uncanny X-Men team of Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Beast, Angel and Iceman take center stage in the new X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus.
With the 1980s already gaga over mutants, the 1986 series turned up at just the right time to add another X-Men title to the racks, beginning with a two-issue return of Jean Grey tease in The Avengers and Fantastic Four which led to the formation of Xavier’s original group of gifted youngsters.
X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus contains the aforementioned The Avengers #263, Fantastic Four #286, and the start of the new series in X-Factor #1-26, X-Factor Annual #1-2.
The Omnibus also contains a ton of crossovers and guest shots in Iron Man Annual #8, The Amazing Spider-Man #282, Thor #373-374 and 377-378, Power Pack #27 and 35, Mephisto vs. … #2, The Incredible Hulk #336-337, Secret Wars II #5, an Angel story from Marvel Fanfare #40, and two Phoenix back-up stories from Classic X-Men #8 and 43.
Writers featured in the Omnibus include Bob Layton, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern, John Byrne, Bob Harras, Tom DeFalco, Walt Simonson, Al Milgrom, Jo Duffy, Peter David, Steve Englehart, Chris Claremont, Jim Shooter, Butch Guice, and Ann Nocenti.
Even more artists are represented in the collection such as Byrne, Milgrom, Walt Simonson, Jackson “Butch” Guice, John Buscema, Keith Pollard, Paul Neary, Bob Layton, Rick Leonardi, Marc Silvestri, Terry Shoemaker, Sal Buscema, Jon Bogdanove, David Mazzucchelli, Tom Grindberg, June Brigman, Todd McFarlane, John Bolton, Mike Collins, Tom Palmer, Terry Austin, Joe Rubinstein, Ian Akin, Brian Garvey, Brett Breeding, Bob McLeod, Bob Wiacek, Al Gordon, Dan Green, Randy Emberlin, Jim Sanders III, Hilary Barta, Joe Sinnott. and Steve Leialoha.
X-Factor begins as a faux-mutant-hunting organization before being drawn into conflict with the debuting Apocalypse (who gives Angel a badass 1980’s makeover), suffering through the Mutant Massacre crossover, and meeting and mentoring new mutants Leech, Boom-Boom, and Rictor.
X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus consists of 1,248 pages for a suggested retail price of $125.00.
Check out the two cover options by Walt Simonson and Joe Rubinstein and the comic shop variant by Simonson.
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