Phalanx Covenant
"The Phalanx Covenant" was a crossover storyline that ran through Marvel Comics' X-Men family of books in September and October 1994. One of its unique aspects was that the X-Men themselves only played a minor role in the story. Plot. The X-Men are attacked by mutant-hating humans who have used the alien Warlock's techno-organic Phalanx virus to turn into techno-organic beings themselves. With these powers, the Phalanx are able to change their shape and assimilate organic matter. The Phalanx are also a hive mind and they are programmed to destroy all  mutants. The Phalanx Covenant was told in three separate storylines: Tie-in issues. "Generation Next" "Life Signs" "Final Sanction" Collected editions. The comics were collected into the "Origin of Generation X" trade paperback, published in 1996. A second printing was published on June 1, 2001 ().