Marvel Comics has announced another hardcover omnibus for fans to get excited about with the entire run of John Byrne’s X-Men: The Hidden Years. The book will be released as a 624-page hardcover omnibus that will arrive on OCtober 3rd, 2023. Priced at $100, both editions will feature different covers by Byrne.
Written, penciled, and lettered by Byrne, with inking by Tom Palmer and color work by Gregory Wright, the run was designed as a bridging work between the first X-Men run in 1970 and the restart with Giant-Size X-Men #1.
The set will collect:
- X-Men: The Hidden Years #1-22
- Fantastic Four (1961) #102-104
- material from X-Men (1991) #94
- Amazing Adult Fantasy #14.
Plot Concept: Comics legend John Byrne bridges the gap between the X-Men’s classic and all-new, all-different eras! In this series, skillfully woven between the X-Men’s 1970 cancellation and 1975 revival, thrill to previously unknown exploits of the strangest teens of all as they search the Savage Land for Magneto! Iceman goes it alone; tragedy strikes Angel; and Beast, Cyclops and Marvel Girl encounter a young mutant named Ororo! The X-Men head into space with the Fantastic Four, Sauron soars again, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants returns, and the team faces the mysterious group the Promise! Plus: Sentinels, Kraven the Hunter, the Mole Man and the Yeti!
