X-Factor #-1 [Direct Edition]
(July 1997)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1997-05-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Barcode
759606021451 99911
Editing
Jason White (assistant editor); Kelly Corvese (editor); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Jeff Matsuda
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Sinister; Alex Summers [Havok]
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A Summers Tale (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Howard Mackie
Pencils
Jeff Matsuda
Inks
Art Thibert
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Richard Starkings; Comicraft
Genre
superhero
Characters
A narrator [Stan Lee]; Havok [Alex Summers]; The Blandings (Alex's adoptive family) [unnamed parents; Haley, his older sister; Todd, the older brother (dead)]; Vince (a local bully); Vince's gang; Mr. Sinister; Forge (cameo); Mystique (cameo); Polaris (cameo); Shard (cameo); Wildchild (cameo)
Synopsis
Alex's early life is explored in flashback. He is adopted by the Blandings to replace their older son, Todd. Todd was an excellent athlete and scholar, and despite trying his best, Alex doesn't ever quite measure up. Some local bullies and Mr. Sinister want to make sure Alex never fits in, however.

Indexer Notes

The narrator in this story bears a passing resemblance in both looks and speech to Stan Lee.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 2 pages (report information)

X-Factor Reactor (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Factor Reactor / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Kelly Corvese; Jason White; Bob Harras
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Letters from readers with answers, and explantion of several Marveldom acronyms.

Zero Tolerance (Table of Contents: 4)

X-Men / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Charles Xavier; Bastion
Synopsis
A discussion of the upcoming Zero Tolerance story line for the X-Men.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Factor
  2. 1. A Summers Tale
    X-Factor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. X-Factor Reactor
    X-Factor Reactor
  5. 4. Zero Tolerance
    X-Men
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