X-Factor Unknown (Updated)

Will's Comic Art Page has this unused X-Factor inventory page for sale.  If anyone knows who the artist was, please let us know! - Update!  John Trumbull and several other eagle eyed readers recognized these as Joe Stanton pencils, from an inventory story that was ultimately published in inventory clearing house Marvel Fanfare 50!  As an E-Man fan, I'm ashamed I didn't catch this myself.  Mark this one as published, and check out the color version below.

 http://www.comicartpage.com/featureddetail.asp?Piece=3451

Art Adams X-Factor

Although it's not unpublished, this Art Adams X-Factor cover was only used on Overstreet's price update, and I'm willing to bet not many people have seen it before.  

Color art from Mycomicshop.com:

http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=171811

Rob Liefeld X-Factor/New Mutants

From Rob Liefeld's blog:

 "...I was given an inventory story written by Howard Mackie featuring X-Factor and the New Mutants. This is well before I would introduce Cable or Deadpool in New Mutants, this was the pre-Cable cast of characters. The idea was that it could be scheduled a either an X-Factor or a New Mutants fill-in story. The focus of the issue is heavily trained on the character of Warlock and his fascination with a character named Madcap. I drew it and presumably, shortly after taking over the regular New Mutants title, the book went in such a different direction that this book was viewed as obsolete."

http://robliefeldcreations.com/?p=3013

http://robliefeldcreations.com/?p=3021

Greatest Comics Never Seen - Wedding of Cyclops and Phoenix

According to an article in Marvel Vision 19, the wedding of Cyclops and Phoenix was originally scheduled for X-Factor #66 in May of 1991.  An editorial decision was made to postpone the wedding so it could take place in X-Men.  However, this cover by Whilce Portacio and Jackson Guice was produced before the event was cancelled.

The End?

According to Bob Layton's website:

"This piece, penciled by Jackson (Butch) Guice was slated to be the cover to X-Factor #2--which featured a story revolving around the Beast--Hank McCoy facing off against the powerful size-changing mutant known as Tower.  However, it was deemed unsuitable because the editors felt it was too soon for a mere, single character on the cover of a team book."

http://www.boblayton.com/Art%20Gallery/artgallery_page4.htm

Unpublished X-Factor

The blog of Julian Perez has an interesting article about an unused X-Factor proposal by Fabian Nicieza and Eric Larsen.  Check out his site here for more information:

http://julianperezconquerstheuniverse.blogspot.com/2010/10/fabian-nicieza-and-erik-larsens-unused.html

X-Factor - Marvel Comics of the 1980's

Courtesy of Jason Shayer's fantastic blog "Marvel Comics of the 1980's", here are several unused covers to X-Factor #1, featuring the original X-Men reunited for the first time since Giant-Size X-Men #1.

Here's a version by Bob Layton that's very similar to the published cover.

Also, here are some unused costume designs:

This last image doesn't show Jean Grey, because it was printed in a Marvel Age article when her return from the dead was still a secret.  

 And finally, here is Walt Simonson's final cover art!  For more great 1980's Marvel masterpieces, check out

http://marvel1980s.blogspot.com/

Thanks, Jason!