1996
Issues released:
Regular Titles:
- Adventures of the X-Men #1-9
- All-New Exiles #4-11
- Cable (1st series) #27-38
- Excalibur (1st series) #93-104
- Generation X #11-22
- Generation X Annual '96
- Professor Xavier and the X-Men #3-14
- Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #328-339
- Uncanny X-Men Annual '96
- Wolverine (2nd series) #97-108
- Wolverine Annual '96
- X-Factor (1st series) #118-129
- X-Force (1st series) #50-61
- X-Force & Cable Annual '96
- X-Man #11-22
- X-Men (2nd series) #48-59
- X-Men Annual '96
- X-Men 2099 #28-35
- X-Men Adventures Season III #11-13
- X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #10-13
- X-Nation 2099 #1-6
One-shots & Mini series released this year:
- Archangel #1
- Askani’son #1-4
- Badrock/Wolverine #1
- Black Knight: Exodus #1
- Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1-4
- Hot Shots: X-Men #1
- Logan: Path of the Warlord #1
- Logan: Shadow Society #1
- Magneto (1st series) #1-2
- Nightman/Gambit #1-3
- Onslaught: Marvel Universe #1
- Onslaught: X-Men #1
- Phoenix Resurrection #0
- Phoenix Resurrection: Aftermath #1
- Pryde and Wisdom #1-3
- Rise of Apocalypse #1-2
- Road to Onslaught #1
- Sabretooth: In the Red Zone #1
- Sabretooth and Mystique #1
- Star Trek/X-Men #1
- Starjammers (1st series) #4
- Storm (1st series) #1-4
- Tales from the Age of Apocalypse #1
- Venom: Tooth and Claw #1-2
- Wolverine Encyclopaedia #1
- X-Force: Youngblood #1
- X-Force Megazine #1
- X-Men 2099: Oasis #1
- X-Men Archives: Captain Britain #7
- X-Men/Clandestine #1-2
- X-Men: Brood #1-2
- X-Men: Earthfall #1
- X-Men: Books of Askani #1
- X-Men Firsts #1
- X-Men: Wrath of Apocalypse #1
- Xavier Institute Alumni Yearbook #1
- X.S.E. #1-2
Direct Market Editions had slicker, higher quality paper. Newsstand variants appear to have stopped the month after the Onslaught crossover event finished.
Important Events:
- Exodus’s backstory as a Crusader and subject of Apocalypse is revealed - Black Knight: Exodus
- Cable discovers Sugar Man’s secret lab and his history with Genosha - Cable (1st series) #28
- Phillip Moreau is kidnapped by the Sugar man and never seen again - Cable (1st series) #28
- Cable and X-Man finally confront each other - X-Man #14/Cable (1st series) #30
- Cable beaten to within an inch of his life by Post - Cable (1st series) #33
- Cable’s son Tyler Dayspring is killed by Wolverine - Wolverine (2nd series) #100
- Dark Beast imprisons the mainstream Beast and assumes his identity - X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #10
- Onslaught tries to bring peace to the world by any means necessary and goes up against the world’s heroes - Onslaught event
- When Cable fought Onslaught’s forces his TO virus went out of control and he had to be healed by Nathanial Richards - Cable (1st series) #36
- More of Cable’s youth is revealed - Askani’Son #1-4
- Ch’vayre is killed - Askani'son #4
- Excalibur face off against Black Air - Excalibur (1st series) #94-100
- Kitty discovers that Douglock cannot be Cypher when she phases into the latter’s grave and finds his body - Excalibur (1st series) #104
- Mister Sinister’s past and his connection to Apocalypse is revealed when Jean Grey and Cyclops travel to the 1800’s - Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1-4
- Emplate revealed to be Monet’s brother - Generation X #12
- Turned into a vampiric mutant by Emplate, Synch attacks his family but is stopped by his team - Generation X #15
- Skin attacked by the X-Cutioner - Generation X #17
- Joseph is believed to be Magneto by some Acolytes whilst Exodus builds New Avalon - Magneto (1st series) #1
- Shadowcat and Wisdom help track down a killer who has been targeting mutants - Pryde and Wisdom #1-3
- Apocalypse’s early years are revealed - Rise of Apocalypse #1-2
- Psylocke is critically injured by Sabretooth - Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #328
- Wolverine and Archangel travel to the Crimson Dawn dimension and use the Crimson Blood to save Psylocke’s life. Psylocke now has the Crimson Dawn tattoo over her eye and is able to teleport through shadows - Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #330
- After Sabretooth injures Psylocke he is tracked down and seemingly killed by the X-Men and police - Sabretooth: In the Red Zone #1
- Storm is kidnapped and taken to the Hill where she finds Mikhail Rasputin and the Morlocks. - Storm (1st series) #1-4
- Bastion appears and starts preparing for Operation: Zero Tolerance
- Archangels metal wings moult off and reveal feathered ones underneath - Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #338
- Iceman and Cannoball infiltrate Graydon Creed’s political campaign posing as volunteers - Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #338
- Wolverine’s friends at the Princess Bar are murdered - Wolverine (2nd series) #98
- After they try to re-bond Adamantium onto his skeleton Wolverine kills Genesis and most of the Dark Riders - Wolverine (2nd series) #100
- Havok leaves X-Factor - X-Factor (1st series) #118
- Shard joins X-Factor - X-Factor (1st series) #120
- After saving his life and fitting him with a collar that stops him from hurting people, Val Cooper is angry at being told Sabretooth is joining X-Factor - X-Factor (1st series) #121
- Forge defeats the Adversary once again - X-Factor (1st series) #121
- Multiple Man revealed to be alive - X-Factor (1st series) #128
- Boom Boom changes her name to Meltdown - X-Force (1st series) #51
- Shatterstar’s DNA revealed to be identical to Longshot’s - X-Force (1st series) #51
- Gideon is killed by Selene - X-Force (1st series) #52
- The other Externals, Cruel and Absalom, are also killed - X-Force (1st series) #54
- Rictor returns to X-Force to help Shatterstar with his identity crisis - X-Force (1st series) #59
- X-Force travel to Mojoverse to rescue a kidnapped Shatterstar and Cable - X-Force (1st series) #61
- X-Man meets Thredony - X-Man #13
- X-Man and Cable join forces to take on Exodus - X-Man #13-14, Cable (1st series) #30-31
- Holocaust and X-Man fight - X-Man #16
- Sugar Man and Dark Beast team up to try and kill Bishop - X-Men (2nd series) #48
- Jean discovers Onslaught’s link to Xavier - X-Men (2nd series) #54
- Onslaught rips the Gem of Cytorrak from Juggernaut’s body - X-Men (2nd series) #54
- Thanks to Dr. Strange the Juggernaut gets the Gem back - X-Men Unlimited (1st series) #12
- After the Onslaught event Xavier is powerless and is imprisoned by Val Cooper - X-Men (2nd series) #57
- Hannah Connover struggles with being infected with a Brood Queen and helps thwart an invasion by the aliens - X-Men: Brood #1-2
First Appearances:
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Cable (1st series) #26 |
X-Men (2nd series) #50 |
Generation X #12 |
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Generation X #12 |
Generation X #12 |
Sabretooth and Mystique #1 |
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Pryde and Wisdom #2 |
Regular Page Count:
22 pages
Regular Cover Price:
$1.25 - $1.50 - Newstand Editions, $1.95 Direct Market Editions
Last Updated:
22nd March 2018 by Dean Clayton