Essential X Factor Volume 3

The X-Men fight crime and battle evil.

The X-Men fight crime and battle evil.

A collection of black-and-white reprints of "X-Men" comics from the 1970s, in which the superhero team faces off against Magneto, the Juggernaut, the Sentinels, and other villains.

Five words to strike fear into the hearts of spies and evildoers everywhere: Jamie Madrox, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Except that when Madrox decides it's time to start gathering in the stray dupes that are still wandering around, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent doesn't especially want to go...and S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't especially inclined to let him go. Plus: Peter David and artist Pablo Raimondi evoke memories of the classic "X-Aminations" with "Re-X-Aminations" as the new team unloads their hopes, fears and darkest secrets to an attentive Doc Samson. Collects X-Factor #13-17.

Collects All-New X-Factor #13-20.

The name wasn't changed to protect the innocent, but everything else was as Peter David took over the series from the founding X-Men! Alumni of the X-Men, the New Mutants and the Avengers join refugees from odd corners of the X-Universe as the government's latest super-effort, but Mister Sinister and his Nasty Boys don't want this team to survive long enough to get its roster straight! Featuring the historic first meeting of the cast of Marvel Knights' Madrox! Collects X-Factor #71-75.

Rick Remender's extraordinary, critically acclaimed X-Force saga is collected across two volumes! Psylocke, Archangel, Deadpool and Fantomex sign up for Wolverine's secret squad of assassins, but their first mission - to deal with the despot Apocalypse, reborn as an innocent child - casts a long shadow. As X-Force struggles to come to terms with their acti ons, startlingly familiar Deathloks att ack from the future, targeting Fantomex for an early execution! And when Archangel unravels, picking up where Apocalypse left off , X-Force must travel to the one place that holds the key to saving him: the Age of Apocalypse! COLLECTING: UNCANNY X-FORCE 1-19, 5.1; WOLVERINE: ROAD TO HELL 1; ALL-NEW WOLVERINE SAGA; X-MEN SPOTLIGHT

Follows the adventures of the X-Men as they face numerous adversaries.