Scintillating stylist Marc Silvestri begins to craft his legacy as an X-Men art legend!Collecting two years of X-Men stories from the height of the late-’80s zeitgeist, The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 6 delivers new characters, new creators and a whole lot of new trouble for Marvel’s mutant phenomenon! This beautifully restored volume opens with the “Mutant Massacre,” where the X-Men — alongside new member Psylocke — confront the genocidal threat of Sabretooth and the Marauders. It closes with “Fall of the Mutants,” a time- and space-bending epic that propels the team to the Australian outback and into the crosshairs of the deadly Reavers. Rounding out this era are limited-series showdowns with the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the devil himself, Mephisto; rare one-shots like Spider-Man vs. Wolverine; and a trove of Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe entries!COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (1981) #210-231, X-Men Annual (1970) #11, Mephisto Vs. (1987) #3-4, Spider-Man Vs. Wolverine (1987) #1, Fantastic Four vs X-Men (1987) #1-4, X-Men vs Avengers (1987) #1-4; material from Marvel Fanfare (1982) #38, Best of Marvel (1987), Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition (1985)Written by Chris Claremont & Roger Stern with Al Milgrom, Christopher Priest, Jim Shooter, Tom Defalco & Jo DuffyPenciled by Marc Silvestri, Jon Bogdanove & Alan Davis with Rick Leonardi, Butch Guice, John Buscema, Mark Bright, John Romita Jr., Bret Blevins, Barry Windsor-Smith, Kerry Gammill, Keith Pollard, Colleen Doran & Marshall Rogers
Contributors: (W) Chris Claremont; Roger Stern (A) Marc Silvestri; Jon Bogdanove (CA) Marc Silvestri
Industry legend Chris Claremont is best known for his epic sixteen-year run on Uncanny X-Men. Claremont’s focus on the themes of prejudice and tolerance struck at the hearts of comics fans, and he built an unparalleled following during the next three decades. Under his pen, the X-Men franchise spawned a vast array of spin-offs, many of them written by Claremont himself. His other credits include Iron Fist, Ms. Marvel, Power Man and Spider-Woman. Claremont has returned to the X-Men universe in New Exiles, GeNext, X-Men Forever, Chaos War: X-Men and Nightcrawler.Roger Stern enjoyed well-regarded runs on Amazing Spider-Man, in which he introduced Captain Marvel (Monica Rambeau) and the Hobgoblin; Avengers; and Captain America. He launched West Coast Avengers and wrote numerous tie-in miniseries starring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. At DC, he relaunched Atom and co-created Starman (Will Payton) before participating in one of comics’ most shocking events: the 1992 “Death of Superman.” He later returned to Marvel to write Amazing Spider-Man and related titles.Industry giant Marc Silvestri entered the upper echelon of comics innovators in the late ’80s during fan-favorite, record-breaking runs on Uncanny X-Men and Wolverine. Silvestri left Marvel in 1992 to co-found Image Comics; his imprint, Top Cow, is one of its four longstanding autonomous studios. At Image, Silvestri created some of today’s most popular properties — including Cyberforce, Witchblade, Weapon Zero and The Darkness. Silvestri has returned to the world of Marvel’s mutants on New X-Men and X-Men: Messiah Complex.Jon Bogdanove began as the penciler, and eventually became the writer, of Power Pack. He also illustrated the acclaimed Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men miniseries and contributed to several other X-comics before migrating to DC in the early 1990s and beginning a lengthy run on Superman: The Man of Steel.