X-Factor

X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus Vol. 4 carries X-Factor Investigations deeper into prophecy, noir fallout and the consequences of Layla Miller's impossible knowledge. The appeal is not event scale; it is ensemble precision. David keeps turning minor emotional choices into long-form consequences, making the book one of the most distinctive mutant runs of the 2000s.

X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus Vol. 3 is the reinvention volume: Jamie Madrox turns X-Factor into a detective agency in Mutant Town after M-Day, and the book becomes mutant noir. Siryn, Rictor, M, Layla Miller and Strong Guy give the series a tone no other X-book has. It is clever, wounded and strange, exactly why this era has its own collector audience.

X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus Vol. 2 is the government-team era at its most character-driven: Havok, Polaris, Multiple Man, Strong Guy and Wolfsbane are less a clean superhero squad than a workplace full of damage, jokes and unresolved pressure. David's gift is making the team funny without making them lightweight, and this volume keeps that balance under escalating stress.

Peter David reinvents X-Factor as a government-sponsored mutant team in one of the most acclaimed X-Men runs of the 1990s. With Havok leading a roster including Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane and Quicksilver, David brought his trademark wit, psychological depth and genre-bending storytelling to the mutant world. This first omnibus covers the team's formation and early missions, blending superhero action with noir-tinged investigations and character-driven comedy. David's X-Factor stands as proof that a team book doesn't need the biggest names to tell the best stories — just a writer who understands character.

X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus Vol. 3 is the transition toward the end of the original-team experiment, carrying the fallout from Apocalypse, Nathan Summers and the team's public identity into a changing 1990s mutant line. The appeal is completion and Cyclops, Jean, Beast, Iceman and Archangel closing the chapter before X-Factor becomes a very different book.

X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus Vol. 2 is the emotional crisis volume of the original-team era. Inferno forces Cyclops, Jean Grey, Madelyne Pryor and baby Nathan into one of the X-line's cruelest family knots, while Judgment War pushes the team into a stranger science-fiction register. It is central for understanding why X-Factor matters beyond the reunion premise.

X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus Vol. 1 is the reunion volume with a cost: Jean Grey returns, the original five form X-Factor, and the team publicly pretends to hunt mutants while secretly rescuing them. Louise and Walt Simonson turn what could have been a nostalgia gimmick into myth, introducing Apocalypse and transforming Angel into Archangel.