X-Factor #6 [Direct]
(July 1986)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-04-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Editing
Don Daley (assistant editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

And Now--Apocalypse! (Table of Contents)

X-Factor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Frenz (signed as Frenz)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed as Rubinstein)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Apocalypse [En Sabah Nur]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Apocalypse Now! (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Factor / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Louise Simonson (credited)
Pencils
Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice)
Inks
Bob McLeod (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra Scotese)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! Sergeant! Sergeant Gorelli!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Alliance of Evil: Frenzy [Joanna Cargill] (villain); Stinger [Wendy Sherman] (villain); Timeshadow (villain); Tower [Edward Pasternak] (villain)
X-Factor: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Apocalypse [En Sabah Nur] (villain, first full appearance); Michael Nowlan (villain, death); Sergeant Gorelli (guest); Joe Simsky (guest); Ruby (guest); Suzy Nowlan (guest, death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
X-Factor tracks down the Alliance of Evil and has their first encounter with Apocalypse. Michael Nowlan dies during the fight.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Changes / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Scott Pixley, Timothy A. Holl, Terrence Willey, Matt Tauber, Marion Huysmans, Ronna M. Boujo, and Franklin Lowe.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. And Now--Apocalypse!
    X-Factor
  2. 1. Apocalypse Now!
    X-Factor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    X-Changes
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