ComicBinding.com » Mutant Massacre http://comicbinding.com A Community for Comic Binding Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:47:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 X-Men / X-Factor http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-men-x-factor http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-men-x-factor#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:30:19 +0000 http://comicbinding.com/?p=523 These are my favorite issues of Uncanny X-Men and the original X-Factor series from the 1980′s. You can’t get better than Mutant Massacre, Fall of the Mutants, The Brood, Genosha, Inferno, and the Outback Era of the X-Men. The mutants ruled the 80′s and these are some of my favorite comics to this day.

Featured Writers: Chris Claremont, Bob Layton, Louise Simonson, John Byrne, Fabian Nicieza, Scott Lobdell
Featured Artists: Paul Smith, John Romita Jr, Walt Simonson, Marc Silvestri, Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Andy Kubert

Volume #1
Uncanny X-Men 164
Uncanny X-Men 165
Uncanny X-Men 166
Uncanny X-Men 167
Uncanny X-Men 168
Uncanny X-Men 169
Uncanny X-Men 170
Uncanny X-Men 171
Uncanny X-Men 174
Uncanny X-Men 175
Uncanny X-Men 176
Uncanny X-Men 177
Uncanny X-Men 178
Uncanny X-Men 179
Uncanny X-Men 183
Uncanny X-Men 192
Uncanny X-Men 193
Uncanny X-Men 197
Uncanny X-Men Annual 9
Uncanny X-Men 201
X-Factor 1

Volume #2
Uncanny X-Men 205
Uncanny X-Men 206
Uncanny X-Men 207
Uncanny X-Men 208
Uncanny X-Men 209
Uncanny X-Men Annual 10
X-Factor 8
X-Factor 9
Uncanny X-Men 210
Uncanny X-Men 211
X-Factor 10
Uncanny X-Men 212
X-Factor 11
Uncanny X-Men 213
Uncanny X-Men 214
Uncanny X-Men 215
Uncanny X-Men 216
X-Factor 12 – Technically some of these X-Factor issues should go before UXM 215/216, but I didn’t want to break up the arcs. The current ordering does have the scenes with Jean’s house getting destroyed out of order. I still prefer this order overall, but that’s just me.
X-Factor 13
X-Factor 14
X-Factor 15
Uncanny X-Men 217
Uncanny X-Men 218

Volume #3
Uncanny X-Men 219
Uncanny X-Men 220
Uncanny X-Men 221
Uncanny X-Men 222
Uncanny X-Men 223
Uncanny X-Men 224
Uncanny X-Men 225
Uncanny X-Men 226
Uncanny X-Men 227
X-Factor 24
X-Factor 25
X-Factor 26
Uncanny X-Men 229
Uncanny X-Men 230
Uncanny X-Men 231
Uncanny X-Men 232
Uncanny X-Men 233
Uncanny X-Men 234
Uncanny X-Men 235
Uncanny X-Men 236
Uncanny X-Men 237
Uncanny X-Men 238

Volume #4
Uncanny X-Men 239
Uncanny X-Men 240
X-Factor 36
Uncanny X-Men 241
X-Factor 37
Uncanny X-Men 242
X-Factor 38
Uncanny X-Men 243
X-Factor 39
Uncanny X-Men 244
Uncanny X-Men 245
Uncanny X-Men 246
Uncanny X-Men 247
Uncanny X-Men 248
Uncanny X-Men 249
Uncanny X-Men 250
Uncanny X-Men 251
Uncanny X-Men 252
Uncanny X-Men 253
Uncanny X-Men 254
Uncanny X-Men 255

Volume #5
Uncanny X-Men 256
Uncanny X-Men 257
Uncanny X-Men 258
Uncanny X-Men 259
Uncanny X-Men 260
Uncanny X-Men 261
Uncanny X-Men 262
Uncanny X-Men 263
Uncanny X-Men 264
Uncanny X-Men 265
Uncanny X-Men 266
Uncanny X-Men 267
Uncanny X-Men 268
Uncanny X-Men 269
Uncanny X-Men 270
New Mutants 95
X-Factor 60
Uncanny X-Men 271
New Mutants 96
X-Factor 61
Uncanny X-Men 272
New Mutants 97
X-Factor 62

Volume #6
Uncanny X-Men 273
Uncanny X-Men 274
Uncanny X-Men 275
Uncanny X-Men 276
Uncanny X-Men 277
X-Factor 63
X-Factor 64
X-Factor 65
X-Factor 66
X-Factor 67
X-Factor 68
Uncanny X-Men 278
Uncanny X-Men 279
X-Factor 69
Uncanny X-Men 280
X-Factor 70
Uncanny X-Men 281
Uncanny X-Men 282
Uncanny X-Men 283
Uncanny X-Men 284
Uncanny X-Men 285
Uncanny X-Men 286

Volume #7
X-Men 1
X-Men 2
X-Men 3
X-Men 4
X-Men 5
X-Men 6
X-Men 7
X-Men 8
X-Men 10
X-Men 11
X-Men 20
X-Men 21
X-Men 22
X-Men 23
X-Men 24
X-Men 27
Uncanny X-Men 308
X-Men 28
X-Men 29
X-Men 30
X-Men 31
X-Men 32

]]> http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-men-x-factor/feed 0 X-Men (1975-1991): The Claremont Years http://comicbinding.com/mapping/marvel/uncanny-x-men-94-280 http://comicbinding.com/mapping/marvel/uncanny-x-men-94-280#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:09:51 +0000 http://comicbinding.com/?p=469 This is the first part of the massive X-Men map.  It starts with Giant Size #1, because everything prior to that is fairly straightforward, and I think most people are getting those issues via Marvel Masterworks.   I’ll post each section of the complete map as I get them finalized.
I don’t do volume numbers for three reasons:
1.) this was a long project, and I did not bind the volumes in order. I continued to refine the map as I was already sending other books in.
2.) I didn’t know how to count crossovers, since they could be seen as volumes in multiple series.
3.) I used officially produced TPBs and hardcovers in various places, which I was not able to contribute my own number to.

I’ll list the X-Factor volumes in this map, for chronological placement purposes, but for the full map of those books, go to this link:  X-Factor (original team)

Also, I am not binding New Mutants.  If I was, I would probably structure things differently, especially around UXM #167.

The first few volumes are constructed with issues of Classic X-Men.  If a Classic X-Men issue is listed in the map, I’m referring to the backup story.  I’ll refer to the main story by its proper issue number.  Page numbers from an issue of Uncanny (for when an issue is spliced) are referring to the pages in the Classic X-Men reprint, which might be different due to the additional material.

The early volumes were originally designed as standalone books.  Later on, I came up with an alternate map, seen at the bottom of this post.

Second Genesis
Classic X-Men #1 (pg 1-4)
Giant Size X-Men #1 (chap 1)
Giant Size X-Men #3
Giant Size X-Men #1 (chap 2-4)
Classic X-Men #1 (pg 19-32)
UXM #94 (chap 1) [includes all extra material from CXM #2]
Giant Size X-Men #4
Classic X-Men #2 (Storm/Jean)
UXM #94 (chap 2)
UXM #95
Classic X-Men #3 (Thunderbird’s funeral)
UXM #96
Classic X-Men #4 (Nightcrawler/Wolverine)
Classic X-Men #5 (Colossus)
Classic X-Men #10 (Wolverine vs. Sabretooth)
Classic X-Men #11 (Storm and the suicidal writer)
Classic X-Men #15 (Starjammers)

I used the Special Edition X-Men reprint for the Giant Size #1.  That way, I was able to use the brand new back up story in a future volume.  I also used the Giant Size #4 reprints for parts of #94, all of #95, and Classic X-Men #3.  Finally, I used What If? #9 and #23 to pad out the volume.

Phoenix Saga
CXM #14 (Lilandra)
UXM #97
CXM #6 (Jean Grey’s date night)
UXM #98-100
CXM #8 (origin of Phoenix)
UXM #101 (pg 1-9)
CXM #7 (Hellfire Club New Year’s)
CXM #9 (Nightcrawler in hospital)
UXM #101 (pg 10-20)
UXM #102-104
CXM #13 (Phoenix/Misty Knight)
UXM #105-108
CXM #12 (Magneto)

I probably should have moved the CXM #7 backup to a different place, possibly somewhere in the middle of UXM #99, but I’m not completely sure where that story would really work.

The Odyssey
UXM #109
CXM #26 (Wolverine’s bar story)
CXM #28 (costume party)
UXM #110
CXM #18 (Phoenix and Wolverine camping)
CXM #27 (Cyclops, Phoenix, Wolverine, and creatures)
CXM #17 (Mesmero)
UXM #111-113
UXM #114 (p. 1-12)
CXM #21 (Colossus in the Savage Land)
UXM #114 (p. 13-21)
UXM #115
UXM #116 (p. 1-17)
CXM #22 (Storm in the Savage Land)
UXM #116 (p. 18)
UXM #117
CXM #23 (Nightcrawler’s High Adventure)
CXM #24 (Phoenix’s Vacation)
UXM #118-121
CXM #25 (Wolverine hunting)
CXM #20 (Storm’s nightmare)

Reality Check
UXM #122-124
CXM #30 (Arcade)
CXM #29 (Colossus in Russia)
UXM Annual #3
UXM #125
CXM #31 (Xavier and Lilandra in space)
UXM #126
CXM #32 (Nightcrawler and Wolverine during the Proteus battle)
UXM #127 (p. 1-4)
CXM #33 (Havok and Polaris)
UXM #127 (p. 5-17)
UXM #128
CXM #34 (Hellfire Club)

The backups from Classic X-Men #18, 20, 25-28, and 30-34 were not written by Claremont.

Dark Phoenix
UXM #129-137

Days of Future Past
UXM #138
UXM Annual #4
UXM #139-143

For the previous two volumes, I just used the TPBs that Marvel made back around 2004 or so.  As a result, I don’t have a map for the CXM backups during that time.  But by this point, they were quickly sliding into filler material more than stories that could hold their own in X-Men canon. The backups ended as the series shifted to X-Men Classic.

Going Rogue
UXM #144
Spider-Woman #37-38
UXM #145-148
Avengers Annual #10
UXM #149-150
UXM Annual #5
Bizarre Adventures #27 (Phoenix story)

I goofed on my first attempt to bind this one.  I thought I did my research, and a lot of places list Avengers Annual #10 as taking place between UXM #149-150.  However, actually reading the stories proves that to be impossible.   Just look at Kitty Pryde’s costume that she debuts in #149…she’s still wearing it in #150, and the X-Men are on the same Blackbird flight.  But, rebinding gave me the option to include Spider-Woman #37 and #38  – which I got in reprint form when I picked up Giant Size Spider-Woman #1 for a New Avengers book - which feature Siryn, a plot point picked up on in #148.  Beware of the Avengers Annual #10 reprint that came with the Marvel Legends action figure; it cuts out 9 pages of story, most of it being Rogue’s plot.  In fact, the reprint reduces her down to about 4 panels.  Finally, the Bizarre Adventures story was reprinted in color in December 2017 in the True Believers: Phoenix – Bizarre Adventures one-shot.

The Marvel Fanfare arc (#1-4) with Spidey and the X-Men in the Savage Land, available in TPB, goes here.

Live Free or Die
UXM #151-153
X-Men Unlimited #29 (bu)
UXM #154-167
UXM Annual #6
Special Edition X-Men #1 (bu)
God Loves, Man Kills

Here’s where the Special Edition backup comes into play.  The XMU backup isn’t necessary, but if you’re binding all the way through, you need some place to put it.  This is a large volume, mainly because there is no way to break the story anywhere between #154 and 167.  Also, reprint hunters, beware of X-Men Archives featuring Legion #4, which reprints UXM #161.  It skips the last two pages of the story.  UXM Annual #6 is available in X-Men vs. Dracula #1.

From the Ashes
UXM #168-171
Wolverine #1-4
UXM #172-173
X-Men:  Gold #1 (50th Anniversary special, lead story only)
UXM #174-176

Strange Tales
UXM Annual #7
Marvel Team-Up #135 (Kitty Pryde and Spider-Man)
UXM #177-179
X-Men vs Micronauts #1-4
NM #14
UXM #180
NM #15-17

The New Mutants issues are included to complete the Kitty subplot from UXM #180.  Also, a volume break was placed here because Secret Wars takes place between UXM #180-181, and that seems to be a great place for a volume break.

The Past of Future Days
UXM #181-184
Marvel Fanfare #40 (second story)
UXM #185-191

I bought Marvel’s Premiere hardcover of Kitty Pryde and Wolverine and placed it between these volumes.  The events are alluded to a few times at the end of “The Past of Future Days”, but the mini has to take place before UXM #192, when Kitty and Wolverine return to the team.

Worlds of Adventure
UXM #192 (p. 1-21)
X-Men Annual #8
X-Men/Alpha Flight #1-2
UXM #192 (p. 21-23)
UXM #193-199
NM Special Edition #1
UXM Annual #9
UXM #200-201

Yes, I spliced UXM #192 in the middle of a page.   The caption “Columbia University, New York City, some months later…” is the split point.

—-X-Factor:  Phoenix Rising goes here.

Retribution
UXM #202-209

Mutant Massacre
X-Factor #8-9
UXM #210
NM Annual #2
UXM Annual #10
UXM #211
X-Factor #10
NM #46
Thor #373
Power Pack #27
Thor #374
UXM #212
X-Factor #11
DD #238
UXM #213
X-Factor #12-15

I’m not one of those that likes to keep X-Men and X-Factor separate during the Massacre.

Old Soldiers
UXM #214-219
FF vs. X-Men #1-4
X-Men vs. Avengers #1-4
X-Factor Annual #4 (bu – Doom vs. Magneto)

Fall of the Mutants
UXM Annual #11
UXM #220-227

It is not necessary to include any other Fall of the Mutants issues, because each of the three X-series had separate storylines for this “event.”

—-two X-Factor volumes go here:  Fall of the Mutants, and Kiss of Death

Down Under
UXM #228-234
UXM Annual #12
UXM #235-238

Annual #12 is part of the Evolutionary War.  I have the EW omnibus to read that story as a whole, but many of the annuals work well separated into their parent series.

Inferno
X-Factor #33
X-Terminators #1
X-Factor #34
X-Terminators #2
UXM #239
X-Factor #35-36
UXM #240
X-Terminators #3
NM #71
X-Terminators #4
NM #72
UXM #241
X-Factor #37
NM #73
UXM #242
X-Factor #38
UXM #243
X-Factor #39
X-Factor Annual #4 (Inferno aftermath backup)
X-Factor #40

This is the official Marvel HC that came out in 2009.  If binding, I would offer an alternative and move New Mutants #73 to before X-Factor #37, so that the direct continuation of X-Factor #37 to UXM #242 is intact.

—-X-Factor:  Judgement War takes place here

Siege Perilous
UXM #244
UXM Annual #13 (b/u)
UXM #245-269

The main story of UXM Annual #13 is part of Atlantis Attacks.  I’m saving that for it’s own bind and not worrying about trying to place those annuals in the context of their main series.   Originally, I was going to do this as two volumes, split somewhere around the Acts of Vengeance arc in #256-258, but for the sake of being cheap, just made one large book.

—-X-Factor:  The Raven Saga goes here.

Days of Future Present
Fantastic Four Annual #23
NM Annual #6
X-Factor Annual #5
UXM Annual #14

—-X-Factor:  Feeling Blue goes here.

X-Tinction Agenda
UXM #270
NM #95
X-Factor #60
UXM #271
NM #96
X-Factor #61
UXM #272
NM #97
X-Factor #62
UXM #273

Kings of Pain
NM #98-100
NM Annual #7
New Warriors Annual #1
UXM Annual #15
X-Factor Annual #6

—-X-Factor:  Endgame goes here.

Crossroads
UXM #274-279
X-Factor #69
UXM #280
X-Factor #70

I originally planned to make #273-277 it’s own volume called “Crossroads”, and then have the Muir Island Saga – the rest of the issues in this volume - be it’s own book.  But, in the interest of fewer volumes, I came up with this arrangement.  This also helps the continuity, since X-Factor and the New Mutants guest star in #273.

Alternate mapping of early volumes:

When I decided to redo the early part of my collection, I tightened the map up a bit.  A lot of the Classic X-Men stories were removed when I used a trade of the Masterworks volume reprinting UXM #101-110.  Most of those stories weren’t extremely relevant, and the few that I kind of wish I could keep would have caused pacing problems anyway.  I also cut out as many non-Claremont backup stories as possible.

Second Genesis
Classic X-Men #1 (pg 1-4)
Giant Size X-Men #1 (chap 1)
Giant Size X-Men #3
Giant Size X-Men #1 (chap 2-4)
Classic X-Men #1 (pg 19-32)
UXM #94 (chap 1) [includes all extra material from CXM #2]
Classic X-Men #2 (Storm/Jean)
Giant Size X-Men #4
UXM #94 (chap 2)
UXM #95
Classic X-Men #3 (Thunderbird’s funeral)
UXM #96
Classic X-Men #4 (Nightcrawler/Wolverine)
Classic X-Men #5 (Colossus)
UXM #97
CXM #6 (Jean Grey’s date night)
UXM #98-100
CXM #8 (origin of Phoenix)
UXM #101-110

The Odyssey
CXM #17 (Mesmero)
UXM #111-113
UXM #114 (p. 1-12)
CXM #21 (Colossus in the Savage Land)
UXM #114 (p. 13-21)
UXM #115-117
CXM #23 (Nightcrawler’s High Adventure)
CXM #24 (Phoenix’s Vacation)
UXM #118-124
UXM Annual #3
CXM #29 (Colossus in Russia)

Proteus (Marvel Premiere Classic HC)
UXM #125-128
CXM #32-33, 36

This map rejoins with the Dark Phoenix Saga TPB above.

This ends the Claremont era, as next comes X-Men #1, which remixes the entire X-franchise.
The mapping continues:
X-Men 1991-1994
X-Men 1995-2001
2001-2008
Messiah Era

]]> http://comicbinding.com/mapping/marvel/uncanny-x-men-94-280/feed 7 X-Factor #1-70: The Original Team http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-factor-original-team http://comicbinding.com/mapping/x-factor-original-team#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:42:50 +0000 http://comicbinding.com/?p=383 This map is designed to bind the first 70 issues of X-Factor, but still have volume breaks where it is convenient to bounce back and forth between X-Factor and X-Men.  Yes, there are some small volumes.

X-Factor:  Phoenix Rising
Avengers #263
Fantastic Four #286
X-Factor #1-4
X-Factor Annual #1
X-Factor #5-7

X-Men/X-Factor:  Mutant Massacre
X-Factor #8-9
UXM #210
New Mutants Annual #2
UXM Annual #10
UXM #211
X-Factor #10
New Mutants #46
Thor #373
Power Pack #27
Thor #374
UXM #212
X-Factor #11
Daredevil #238
UXM #213
X-Factor #12-15

The two annuals are included as part of my comprehensive X-Men project.  If you’re just doing X-Factor, you can skip them.

X-Factor:  Fall of the Mutants
X-Factor #16
Thor #377-378
X-Factor#17-20
Hulk #336-337
X-Factor Annual #2
X-Factor #21-26

For Thor #377, I only used two pages that showed Iceman being captured, and in Thor #378, I cut out any pages that didn’t tie directly into the plot with Iceman.  Some like to use all of #377-379, but that’s a bit overkill for an X-Factor book.

X-Factor:  Kiss of Death
X-Factor #27-29
X-Factor Annual #3
X-Factor #30-32

Inferno
X-Factor #33
X-Terminators #1
X-Factor #34
X-Terminators #2
UXM #239
X-Factor #35-36
UXM #240
X-Terminators #3
NM #71
X-Terminators #4
NM #72
UXM #241
X-Factor #37
NM #73
UXM #242
X-Factor #38
UXM #243
X-Factor #39
X-Factor Annual #4 (Inferno aftermath backup)
X-Factor #40

This is the official Marvel HC that came out in 2009.  If binding, I would offer an alternative and move New Mutants #73 to before X-Factor #37, so that the direct continuation of X-Factor #37 to UXM #242 is intact.  Also, the main story of Annual #4 goes in an Atlantis Attacks volume, which the Doom/Magneto backup goes in a volume with the X-Men vs Avengers mini-series.

X-Factor:  Judgement War
X-Factor #41-50

X-Factor:  The Raven Saga
X-Factor#51-58

I probably could have combined these into one volume.

Days of Future Present
Fantastic Four Annual #23
NM Annual #6
X-Factor Annual #5
UXM Annual #14

The NM Annual is listed as part 3, and X-Factor as part 2. As explained on the first page of the NM Annual, it was originally scheduled to be part 2, but it was running late, so they released X-Factor first. The proper reading order is what I have listed above, even though it looks like parts 1, 3, 2, 4.  Another alternative is getting the Days of Future Past OHC which contains this crossover along with the original arc and several other related and spin-off issues.

X-Factor:  Feeling Blue
X-Factor #59
Prisoner of Love
X-Factor Annual #5 (bu)
MCP #85-92 (Beast story)
Marvel Fanfare #50

A sort of catch-all book, but necessary, since #59 clearly takes place between Days of Future Present and X-Tinction Agenda, but doesn’t really fit well with either book.

X-Tinction Agenda
Uncanny X-Men #270
New Mutants #95
X-Factor #60
Uncanny X-Men #271
New Mutants #96
X-Factor #61
Uncanny X-Men #272
New Mutants #97
X-Factor #62
Uncanny X-Men #273

Kings of Pain
NM #98-100
NM Annual #7
New Warriors Annual #1
UXM Annual #15
X-Factor Annual #6

X-Factor:  Endgame
X-Factor #63-68

X-Men:  Crossroads
UXM #274-279
X-Factor #69
UXM #280
X-Factor #70

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