X-Factor
The X-Patriots experience freedom in New York while X-Factor and the government decide their fate.
Collects X-Factor #79-83, X-Factor Annual #7. Peter David early X-Factor work that redefined the team with humor and depth.
Collects X-Factor #71-83, X-Factor Annual #7 and X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David #1-3. Peter David transformative X-Factor run - Havok, Polaris, Multiple Man, and Strong Guy.
Collects The New Mutants Annual #6, X-Factor #55-92, X-Factor Annual #5-8, The X-Men Annual #1, The Uncanny X-Men Annual #16, X-Cutioner's Song, X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David #1-4, X-Factor Epic Collection #7. Peter Davids definitive X-Factor run, from the government team era through X-Cutioneers Song.
Peter David takes over X-Factor and reinvents it as a government-sponsored team. Multiple Man, Strong Guy, Wolfsbane, Polaris, Havok, and Quicksilver. The tone is sharp, funny, and character-driven — unlike anything else in the X-line. Read this.
Genoshan mutant refugees — the X-Patriots — seek asylum and X-Factor must decide whether to protect them or follow government orders. Political themes that will pay off later