Marvel Comics is planning two different omnibus editions in July that feature the early days of X-Factor.
X-Men: Mutant Massacre Prelude Omnibus covers X-Factor as part of the run-up to the Mutant Massacre storyline. The stories, from the early 80s, are written by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, Ann Nocenti, Roger Stern, John Byrne, Bob Layton, Louise Simonson, Bob Harras, Tom Defalco and others, a murderer’s row of X-Men writers. The artists are also legendary, and include John Romita Jr., Barry Windsor-Smith, Rick Leonardi, June Brigman, Arthur Adams, Alan Davis, Dave Cockrum, John Buscema, John Byrne, Butch Guice, Keith Pollard, Mar Silvestri, Bob Layton, and Paul Neary.
The book channel cover is by John Romita Jr., and the Direct Market cover is by Bob Layton.
The 1496-page volume collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #194-209; X-Men Annual (1970) #9-10; New Mutants Special Edition #1; New Mutants Annual #2; Nightcrawler (1985) #1-4; Longshot #1-6; Avengers (1963) #263; Fantastic Four (1961) #286; X-Factor (1986) #1-8 and Annual #1; Iron Man Annual #8; Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #282; and material From Marvel Fanfare (1982) #33, and Classic X-Men #8 and #43.
MSRP is $150, and street date is July 30, 2024.
X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus Vol. 1 is a straight-up history of X-Factor, with many more of the team’s stories. Writers include Roger Stern, John Byrne, Bob Layton, Louise Simonson, Jo Duffy, Bob Harras, Tom Defalco, Walter Simonson, Al Milgrom, Peter David, Chris Claremont, and Jim Shooter. Pencilers include John Buscema, John Byrne, Butch Guice, Keith Pollard, Marc Silvestri, Terry Shoemaker, Walter Simonson, David Mazzucchelli, June Brigman, Sal Buscema, Bob Layton, Tom Grindberg, Paul Neary, Rick Leonardi, Jon Bogdanove, Todd Mcfarlane, and Al Milgrom.
Both covers are by Walt Simonson.
The 1224-page volume collects Avengers (1963) #263, Fantastic Four (1961) #286, X-Factor (1986) #1-26 and Annual #1-2, Iron Man Annual #8, Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #282, Thor (1966) #373-374 and #377-378, Power Pack (1984) #27 and #35, Mephisto Vs. #2, Incredible Hulk (1968) #336-337, Secret Wars II #5, and material from Marvel Fanfare (1982) #40 and Classic X-Men #8 and #43.
MSRP is $125, and street date is July 23, 2024.
Marvel previously collected X-Factor stories by Peter David in an omnibus that was the #90 graphic novel for Diamond Comic Distributors in 2021 (see “Top Graphic Novels – Full Year 2021.
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