X-Force



X-Force is published by Marvel Comics. Current price per issue is $2.99.

Last Issues

 * X-Force #25: 31 Mar 2010

Current Issue

 * X-Force #26: 28 Apr 2010

Next Issue

 * X-Force #27: 27 May 2010

Status
Monthly ongoing series.

Main Characters

 * Wolverine


 * Warpath


 * X-23


 * Wolfsbane

Enemies

 * Bastion


 * The Purifiers

X-Force #26
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Hardcovers

 * X-Force, vol. 1: Angels and Demons - Collects #1-6. "There are lines that the X-Men have sworn never to cross. But after the shocking events of Messiah CompleX, Cyclops realizes that some enemies need to be dealt with permanently — and the X-Men can never know about it. Enter Wolverine, Warpath, X-23 and Wolfsbane — X-Force!" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785135529


 * X-Force, vol. 2: Old Ghosts - Collects #7-11. "X-Force is still reeling from the aftermath of their first mission, but there’s no rest for the wicked. Mutantkind’s enemies have multiplied, but Cyclops has a new target for his black-ops team...and even X-Force doesn’t believe who they’re going after next." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785138218


 * X-Force/Cable: Messiah War - Collects #14-16, plus Cable #11-15, X-Men: The Ties an Life of Lucas Bishop #1-3, X-Force/Cable: Messiah War one-shot, & X-Men: Future History—Messiah War Sourcebook. "The birth of a single mutant child forever changed the landscape of the X-Universe. Some see the baby as the last hope for mutantkind's survival; others see it as the bringer of the Apocalypse...No one knows which side is right because Cyclops handed the newborn over to Cable, believing his son could save both the child and mutantkind. But Cable never came back. Now, months later, Cyclops has found his son hiding in the future... and he's sending in the one team that will do what needs to be done in order to ensure the survival of their species... X-Force." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785131574 - (forthcoming, August 2009)


 * X-Force, vol. 3: Not Forgotten - Collects #12-13 & #17-19. "When X-Force was pulled into the future, what was forgotten in the present? The Leper Queen's murderous acts? The Sapien League's attack on the United Nations using two of the X-Men's students? Wolfsbane's reunion with the Asgardian Wolf Prince? H.A.M.M.E.R.'s hunt for X-23? The wait is over. Find out who lives and who dies." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785140190

Trade Paperbacks

 * X-Force, vol. 1: Angels and Demons - Collects #1-6. "When the bloodthirsty, mutant-hating religious sect known as the Purifiers rears its head, the members of X-Force launch themselves into battle with claws out and teeth bared. But the team’s plan is thrown into disarray when the Purifiers get their hands on Wolfsbane. X-Force must make moves to rescue their teammate and put down the Purifiers permanently — but the religious sect has plans of its own, resurrecting some of the most heinous mutant-murderers in history." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785129766


 * X-Force, vol. 2: Old Ghosts - Collects #7-11. "The squad is catapulted into action when the lethal Legacy Virus goes missing, threatening the lives of every mutant on the planet. Wolverine and the young X-23 must attempt to hold the team together as the brutal, damaged histories of Wolfsbane and Archangel threaten to tear everything apart, starting with each other. Meanwhile, clouds are gathering on the horizon, as the mutant-hating cyborg Bastion places many of the X-Men's greatest threats back into positions of power, spewing the same anti-mutant rhetoric for which they were once known. To protect the future of mutantkind, the members of X-Force must deal with all of their old ghosts." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785129774


 * X-Force/Cable: Messiah War - Collects #14-16, plus Cable #11-15, X-Men: The Ties an Life of Lucas Bishop #1-3, X-Force/Cable: Messiah War one-shot, & X-Men: Future History—Messiah War Sourcebook. "The birth of a single mutant child forever changed the landscape of the X-Universe. Some see the baby as the last hope for mutantkind's survival; others see it as the bringer of the Apocalypse...No one knows which side is right because Cyclops handed the newborn over to Cable, believing his son could save both the child and mutantkind. But Cable never came back. Now, months later, Cyclops has found his son hiding in the future... and he's sending in the one team that will do what needs to be done in order to ensure the survival of their species... X-Force." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785131736


 * X-Force, vol. 3: Not Forgotten - Collects #12-13 & #17-19. "An old X-Men foe, the robot Bastion, has assembled a team of bigots whose hatred of mutants rivals his own. Using these assembled mutant-haters as his pawns, he has begun to put his malicious plans into action. Weaponizing the Legacy virus - a scourge that once nearly wiped out all of mutantkind - Bastion has begun infecting mutants, causing them to self-destruct, causing mortal damage to all those around them. As X-Force follows Bastion's trail, attempting to stop the carnage he has set into motion, the stakes are raised when the mutant-hating robot kidnaps three young mutants very close to the team. But when the X-Men's leader, Cyclops, learns the location of what could be mutantkind's last hope, will X-Force abandon their allies to seek it out?" - WorldCat - ISBN 0785135405


 * X-Force, vol. 4: Necrosha - Collects #20-25. "The resurrected dead lay siege to the X-Men's headquarters, and the fight to survive the Black Queen's vengeance begins. But while Warpath and Wolverine realize what's happening, they may be too late to stop it. Because Selene is already well on her way to achieving ultimate power half a world away. And as the rest of the X-Men fight mutants back from the dead, Wolfsbane struggles to survive a very different threat." - WorldCat - ISBN 0785135413 - (forthcoming, April 2010)

Creative Team
Writers: Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost. Artist & Covers: Clayton Crain.

Publishing History
First published in 2008.

A previous X-Force series was published for 129 issues from 1991 to 2002.

Order Codes
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Future Publication Dates
Dates subject to change at the whims of the publisher or distributor. Please see the Diamond Shipping Lists for current information.


 * X-Force #27: 27 May 2010
 * X-Force #28: 30 Jun 2010

News & Features

 * 21 Oct 2009 - X-Position: Craig Kyle and Chris Yost
 * 09 Jun 2009 - X-Position: Craig Kyle & Chris Yost
 * 22 Jul 2009 - Chris Yost: An X-Forced Confession
 * 17 Mar 2009 - X-Position: Craig Kyle & Chris Yost
 * 07 Feb 2009 - NYCC '09: Yost & Kyle on X-Force: Sex & Violence
 * 19 Jan 2009 - War Watch: Chris Yost on the Coming "Messiah War"
 * 23 Dec 2008 - X-Position: Christopher Yost
 * 12 Dec 2008 - Kyle/Yost/Choi Talk "Messiah War"
 * 24 Nov 2008 - Catching up on X-Force With Chris Yost
 * 30 Sep 2008 - X-Position: Christopher Yost
 * 19 Sep 2008 - Vanished: Yost Talks X-Force
 * 02 Jul 2008 - WWC Floorbuzz: X-Men Artist Mike Choi
 * 18 Jun 2008 - Archangel's Back in X-Force. Yeahbuhwhat?
 * 17 Jun 2008 - X-Position: The Force is Strong with Chris Yost
 * 12 May 2008 - Aaron & Huston on X-Force: Ain't No Dog
 * 09 May 2008 - There Will Be Blood: Huston on X-Force Special: Ain’t No Dog
 * 15 Feb 2008 - THE COMMENTARY TRACK: X-Force #1
 * 21 Jan 2008 - The New X-Force - Ready to Run Red

Links

 * Marvel Comics - Publisher's Website
 * X-Force