While trying to stop the Phalanx from evolving into its own life-form, X-Factor, Excalibur, and X-Force join forces as a Phalanx-reformed Doug Ramsey returns from the dead and Forge is seduced by the power of the Phalanx. It's part 1 of a 3-part X-Factor/X-Force/Excalibur "Life Signs" crossover! The story's too big for a regular comic so we made it a whopping 48 pages and we topped it off with a foil-stamped cover.