X-Factor #29 [Direct]
(June 1988)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-02-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bobbie Chase (assistant editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #136.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Watch Out, World! Are You Ready for Infectia and the Anti-Bodies?! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Walter Simonson (signed as Simonson (brontosaurus))
Inks
Walter Simonson (signed as Simonson (brontosaurus))
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Infectia [Josephine]; Anti-Bodies
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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Fame! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Louise Simonson (credited)
Pencils
Walter Simonson (credited)
Inks
Bob Wiacek (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra Scotese)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Harold -- no! No... you're not a mutant.
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith] (cameo); Rusty Collins; Death [Warren Worthington III]; Infectia [Josephine] (villain); Leech (cameo); Artie Maddicks (cameo); Madelyne Pryor-Summers (TV screen); Rictor [Julio Richter]; Ship; Skids [Sally Blevins] (cameo); Trish Tilby; Anti-Bodies (villains, death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Reporters swarm X-Factor asking about the danger their gigantic ship poses to the city. The deadly Infectia makes a trio of powerful monsters whom she sends to take X-Factor's ship for herself. When they fail, she sets her sights on Iceman.
Reprints

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

X-Changes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: G. Jeffrey Barrus, Dave Kessinger, Bill Murphy, Bill Farrand, and Lon Wolf.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Watch Out, World! Are You Ready for Infectia and the Anti-Bodies?!
    X-Factor
  2. 1. Fame!
    X-Factor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    X-Changes
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