PHALANX COVENANT (1994-1995)

And I finally found the time to pick up the (ALMOST) COMPLETE X-MEN UNIVERSE READING ORDER from where I left off. Welcome back! Last time, I covered the wedding of the two dullest X-Men - Cyclops and Phoenix - during what was a pretty uneventful period for Marvel's mutants.

This time, the fan is pelted with excrement as the X-Men's unwitting war with the Phalanx takes hold. But where is everybody...?

PLUS: Deadpool returns! Generation X are born! And Wolverine teams up with the Punisher and Ghost Rider... again!

• Excalibur #78-81 (1994) First appearance of Douglock; a Phalanx who looks like Doug Ramsey joins Excalibur; Moira MacTaggert and Professor X come close to hooking back up while working on a cure for the Legacy Virus.
• X-Force #35-37 (1994) X-Force face-off against a new mutant-hunting Nimrod robot and those tedious Externals that nobody liked.

• X-Factor #103-105 (1994) Malice possesses Havok and Polaris to make them fight each other; Malice dies, allowing them to join forces against Mister Sinister and the Nasty Boys; Havok and Val Cooper return to X-Factor.
• Spider-Man Unlimited #6 (1994) Cyclops cameo.
• Deadpool #1-4 (1994) Deadpool and Siryn get close (against Banshee's wishes) when they clash with Juggernaut, Black Tom Cassidy and a rogue Interpol agent.

• Cable #15 (1994) First appearance of Sarah (the future Marrow); Cable and Domino's awkward date turns into a trip to the collapsed Morlock tunnels and a hunt for Thornn.
• X-Men Annual #3[2/2] (1994) Interpol send Banshee on a mission to track down a Hydra faction.
• Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1-4 (1994) Cyclops and Phoenix wake up in the future, where they get a chance to raise the young boy who will become Cable; death of Rachel Summers.

• X-Men #35 (1994) Back in the present, SHIELD task Cyclops and Phoenix with helping the reality-warping Sunset Grace.
• Uncanny X-Men #316 / X-Men #36 / Uncanny X-Men #317 / X-Men #37 (1994) First appearance of Blink, M, Skin and Synch; the X-Men are kidnapped by the Phalanx, leaving it up to Banshee, Emma Frost, Sabretooth and Jubilee to locate the next generation of mutants before those freaky aliens during PHALANX COVENANT: GENERATION NEXT.

• Wolverine #85 (1994) Wolverine, Cable, Cyclops and Phoenix begin their mission to rescue the missing X-Men during PHALANX COVENANT: FINAL SANCTION.
• X-Factor #106 / X-Force #38 / Excalibur #82 (1994) Held away from the X-Men, the three mutant other mutant teams interrupt the Phalanx as they attempt to conquer Earth during PHALANX COVENANT: LIFE SIGNS.

• Cable #16 (1994) Cable, Wolverine, Cyclops and Phoenix rescue the X-Men and launch their last-ditch assault on the Phalanx during PHALANX COVENANT: FINAL SANCTION.
• Ghost Rider #57 (1995) Wolverine and Ghost Rider vs the Next Wave.

• Ghost Rider/Wolverine/Punisher: The Dark Design (1994) Wolverine, Ghost Rider and the Punisher are tricked into helping Blackheart kill Mephisto and take over Hell.
• X-Force #39 (1994) The Professor (the future version of Ship) uses a rejected Phalanx body as his own, becomes Prosh and leaves for outer space.

• X-Men Unlimited #6 (1994) Sauron attacks Phoenix, Polaris, Cyclops and Havok while they're stranded in the Savage Land.
• Cable #17-19 (1994-1995) First appearance of Deadbolt and Hurricane; Cable, Domino, Storm and Caliban face Cable's son, Tyler Dayspring in Egypt; Tyler becomes Genesis and tries to claim the throne of Apocalypse.

• Uncanny X-Men #318 (1994) Jubilee and Banshee leave the X-Men to join Generation X, alongside Emma Frost, Husk, M, Skin and Synch as Generation X at the old Massachusetts Academy; the original school becomes the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. 
• War Machine #1-2 (1994) First appearance of the Advisor; Cable, Deathlok and War Machine fight the Advisor and each other.

• Secret Defenders #18-19 (1994) Archangel and Iceman lower them selves to helping the Secret Defenders against Swarm.
• X-Men Annual #3[1/2] (1994) Shinobi Shaw invites Storm to join the Hellfire Club.

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