Essential X-Factor, Vol. 1 by Louise Simonson

Despite being the newest, it really thrived during these crossovers, telling such big stories that they almost felt like the main title. This was the first of the big 3 crossovers uniting the X titles. XF 5-8 – Louise Simonson takes over with 6 and lasts through 62.Avengers 263, Fantastic Four 286 – These issues set up the return of the main team and lead into X-Factor 1.Italics=optional with a note to let you decide for yourself I’m sure you could piece them together easily enough if you wanted, but this is made with the mindset of someone only reading X-Factor.īold=important or official part of the story While I wrote lists for other X-Men runs, each is supposed to function by itself rather than part of some master list. Once alerted the team would confront the person and, if they actually were a mutant, try to help them by inviting them back to base to stay and learn their powers. The basis of the team is that X-Factor advertises themselves as humans who hunt down mutants, taking advantage of prejudice to get people to call on anyone they suspect of being a mutant. …But fans missed the originals so Marvel jumped through some silly hoops and retconned everyone back to their original versions. Jean was dead, and Cyclops ceded leadership of the team to Storm before retiring to Alaska with his wife and newborn son.

When this series started the main X-Men team was full of all new people while Angel, Iceman and Beast had left to bump around between college and groups like the Champions, Defenders and Avengers.

Essential X-Factor, Vol. 1 by Louise Simonson