X-Factor #8 [Newsstand]
(September 1986)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Barcode
0714860214509
Editing
Don Daley (assistant editor); Bob Harras (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #8 [Direct].

Freedom Force Wants Them-- X-Factor Wants Them-- But Rusty and Skids Just Want Out!! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Marc Silvestri
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Freedom Force: Avalanche [Dominikos Petrakis]; Blob [Frederick Dukes]; Mystique [Raven Darkhölme]
X-Factor: Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Rusty Collins; Skids [Sally Blevins]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer credited cover inks possibly to Joe Rubinstein. Terry Staats verified with Joe via Facebook messenger on 29 September 2018 that he indeed ink this cover.

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Lost and Found! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Louise Simonson (credited)
Pencils
Marc Silvestri (credited) (breakdowns)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein) (finishes)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra Scotese)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The X-Factor organization ads promised to investigate and resolve...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Freedom Force: Avalanche [Dominikos Petrakis] (villain); Blob [Frederick Dukes] (villain); Destiny [Irene Adler] (villain); Mystique [Raven Darkhölme] (villain); Pyro [St. John Allerdyce] (villain); Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter] (villain); Spiral [Rita Wayword] (Mojoverse) (villain)
X-Factor: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Vera Cantor; Rusty Collins; Cameron Hodge; Artie Maddicks; Skids [Sally Blevins]; Trish Tilby (also in flashback on video screen); Rita Wayword; Shelton
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Since he is wanted by the government, Freedom Force shows up to take Rusty Collins away from X-Factor.
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Daryl S. Herrick, James P. Stancil, Adam Van Loan, and Charles J. Sperling.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Freedom Force Wants Them-- X-Factor Wants Them-- But Rusty and Skids Just Want Out!!
    X-Factor
  2. 1. Lost and Found!
    X-Factor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    X-Changes
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