THE WEDDING OF CYCLOPS AND PHOENIX (1994)

1994 was a really low year for Marvel. Possibly the lowest in history. Just about every major title was a mess and filler titles that had been generated to keep up with the early '90s comics boom were floundering. The X-Men's main titles were stuck in time and making little progress. Even the wedding of two of the original X-Men felt like treading water between the last major event and the next. Most people assumed those guys married years ago! Excalibur, X-Factor and X-Force were suffering from terrible line-ups as there just weren't enough decent characters to fill all these books. No wonder Wolverine decided to strike out on his own...

• X-Factor #96-100 (1993-1994) First appearance of Haven; X-Factor take on cult leader Haven; death of Multiple Man.
• Excalibur #72-74 (1993-1994) First appearance of Rory Campbell; the handful of remaining Excalibur members are attacked by the Sienna Blaze and Mister Sinister.

• X-Men #29(pp.1-11) (1994) Psylocke spars with the X-Men's prisoner, Sabretooth.
• X-Force #32 / New Warriors #45 / X-Force #33 / New Warriors #46 (1994) during CHILD'S PLAY.
• X-Men #29(pp.11-20) (1994) Psylocke and Archangel get closer when they take a trip to the Hellfire Club.

• X-Force #34 (1994) The origin of Rictor.
• Cable #9-11 (1994) Cable fights Colossus when he goes up against the former X-Man's fellow Acolytes when they hunt Omega Red.

• Wolverine #76-78 (1993-1994) On his self-imposed exile from the X-Men, Wolverine teams up with Puck and Guardian against Lady Deathstrike; alone again, he tackles Bloodscream and Skullbuster.
• Uncanny X-Men Annual #18[1/2] (1994) Sabretooth breaks out of the Xavier Institute and it's up to Caliban and Shadowcat to bring him in.

• X-Men: The Wedding Album #1[2/3] (p.1) / X-Men: The Wedding Album #1[1/3] / Uncanny X-Men #310 / X-Men #30(pp.1-18) / X-Men: The Wedding Album #1[2/3] (pp.2-12) / X-Men #30(pp.19-22) / X-Men: The Wedding Album #1[3/3] / What If? #60 (1994) Cyclops (Scott Summers) and Jean Grey finally tie the knot; Jean is given the codename Phoenix by Rachel Summers; Cyclops and Phoenix take a leave of absence during THE WEDDING OF CYCLOPS AND PHOENIX.
• Excalibur #75 (1994) Rachel Summers sacrifices herself to save Captain Britain from the timestream; Cap rejoins Excalibur as Britanic; Amanda Sefton joins the team as Daytripper; Meggan returns to the line-up.

• Marvel Comics Presents #152[1/4]-155[1/4] (1994) Wolverine save Tyger Tiger from Abdul Alhazred.
• X-Force Annual #3[2/2] (1994) Siryn briefly returns to Ireland.
• Wolverine #79-82 (1994) First appearance of Zoe Culloden; Cyber shatters Wolverine's bone claws; Wolverine and Excalibur vs Cyber.

• X-Men Unlimited #4 (1994) Nightcrawler and Rogue confront their mother, Mystique.
• X-Factor #101-102(pp.1-22) (1994) Havok quits the team; Polaris and Random vs Avalanche and Commando.

• X-Factor Annual #9[1/2] (1994) X-Factor vs the new-look Professor Power.
• X-Factor #102(pp.22-23) (1994) Polaris goes after Havok to convince him to return to X-Factor.
• X-Men #31-32 (1994) Death of Revanche; Psylocke vs Spiral.

• Uncanny X-Men #311-314 (1994) Bishop vs Sabretooth; the X-Men face the upgraded Phalanx; Emma Frost takes control of Iceman's body.
• Secret Defenders #15-17 (1994) Deadpool joins the Secret Defenders when Doctor Druid takes over the team.

• X-Men Unlimited #5 (1994) Deathbird leads Kree zealots against the Shi'ar; Professor X and Lilandra break up.
• Doctor Strange #69 (1994) On her way to find Havok, Polaris runs into the creature called Strange.
• Incredible Hulk #418 (1994) X-Factor are among the guests at Rick Jones and Marlo Chandler's wedding during WE ARE GATHERED HERE.

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