EXCLUSIVE: Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 3 Cover By Jerome Opena

07/13/2015 06:18 pm EDT

(Photo: Jerome Opena/Marvel)

Marvel Comics has provided ComicBook.com with an exclusive advance solicitation for The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 3.

The new omnibus continues collecting Chris Claremont's historic 17-year run writing the X-Men. This volume includes several classic stories, including the Frank Miller drawn Wolverine miniseries and subsequent wedding, the God Loves, Man Kills graphic novel, and the Brood Saga.

Marvel also provided an exclusive first look at Jerome Opeña's cover for the volume, depicting moments from these classic stories.

Check out the official solicitation text below, and see Opeña's full cover in the gallery at the bottom of the page.

THE UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC OPEÑA COVER

Written by CHRIS CLAREMONT

Penciled by DAVE COCKRUM & PAUL SMITH with

FRANK MILLER, BRENT ANDERSON, BILL SIENKIEWICZ,

WALTER SIMONSON, JOHN ROMITA JR., MICHAEL GOLDEN, BRET BLEVINS, JOHN BUSCEMA, RON FRENZ & SAL BUSCEMA

Covers by JEROME OPEÑA & PAUL SMITH

Experience some of the greatest stories the blockbuster X-Men franchise has to offer! The era's top talents mark milestone after mutant milestone beginning with the "Brood Saga." Then, author Chris Claremont rises to find perhaps his most poignant and challenging expression of the mutant metaphor in "God Loves, Man Kills." His work with Frank Miller on WOLVERINE skyrocketed the character's popularity, setting the stage for his breakout as a global icon. The X-Men classics continue with a look into Professor X's past with Magneto, Kitty Pryde and Colossus's growing romance, Illyana Rasputin's transformation into Magik, encounters with Dracula; Rogue's debut with the X-Men, the first appearance of the Morlocks; and the wedding of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor. Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #154-175, X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) #6-7, MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #5, WOLVERINE (1982) #1-4, SPECIAL EDITION X-MEN #1 and MAGIK (1983) #1-4.

968 PGS./Rated T+ …$99.99

ISBN: 978-0-7851-9922-9

Trim size: oversized

THE UNCANNY X-MEN OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC

SMITH COVER (DM ONLY)

ISBN: 978-0-7851-9923-6

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(Photo: Jerome Opena/Marvel)
(Photo: Jerome Opena/Marvel)
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