Phalanx Covenant

"Phalanx Covenant"

Cover of X-Factor 106 (Sept 1994). Art by Steve Lightle.
Publisher Marvel Comics
Publication date September – October 1994
Genre
Main character(s) X-Men
X-Factor
X-Force
Excalibur
Creative team
Writer(s) (Cable, Wolverine)
Larry Hama
(Excalibur, The Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor)
Scott Lobdell
(Excalibur, X-Factor)
Todd DeZago
(X-Force, X-Men)
Fabian Nicieza
Penciller(s) (Cable)
Steve Skroce
(Excalibur)
Ken Lashley, Steve Epting
(The Uncanny X-Men)
Joe Madureira
(Wolverine)
Adam Kubert
(X-Factor)
Jan Duursema, Roger Cruz
(X-Force)
Tony Daniel
(X-Men)
Andy Kubert

"The Phalanx Covenant" was a crossover storyline that ran through Marvel Comics' X-Men family of books in September and October 1994. One of its unique aspects was that the X-Men themselves only played a minor role in the story.

Plot

The X-Men are attacked by the Phalanx, mutant-hating humans who have used the alien Warlock's techno-organic virus to turn into techno-organic beings themselves. With these powers, the Phalanx are able to change their shape and assimilate organic matter. As the Phalanx they are a hive mind, programmed to destroy all mutants.

The Phalanx Covenant was told in three separate storylines:

Publication

Generation Next

Life Signs

Final Sanction

Collected editions

The comics were collected into the Origin of Generation X trade paperback, published in 1996. A second printing was published on June 1, 2001 (ISBN 0-7851-0216-7).

Related issues

Other media

Trivia

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