X-Factor Epic Collection #1 - Genesis & Apocalypse
(2017)

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Volume
1
Price
34.99 USD; 45.00 CAD
Pages
460
On-sale Date
2017-03-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
T
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Brand
Marvel Epic Collection; Marvel [in horizontal box]; Epic
ISBN
978-1-302-90068-7 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781302900687 53499
Editing
Mark D. Beazley (collection editor); Caitlin O'Connell (assistant editor); Kateri Woody (associate managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Walter Simonson (credited)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)
Colors
Matt Milla (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]
Reprints

Epic Collection (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Genesis & Apocalypse (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page. Art is a detail of part of the cover to X-Factor #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Credits for this collected edition.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

What Lurks within the Cocoon? (Table of Contents: 5)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema (signed)
Inks
Tom Palmer (signed)
Colors
Christie Scheele ?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner]; Jean Grey (within the cocoon)
Reprints

What Lurks Below? (Table of Contents: 6)

The Avengers / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
John Buscema (breakdowns)
Inks
Tom Palmer (finishes)
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Jim Novak

First Line of Dialogue or Text
JFK International Airport...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner; the Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; The Enclave [Morlak; Shinski; Zota]; Derek Freeman; Her (flashback); Jean Grey; Melter; Raymond Sikorski; Scourge; Adam Warlock (flashback); Nelson (FBI diver); Carter (FBI diver); Keegan (Melter's henchman)
Synopsis
Sub-Mariner joins the Avengers. The Avengers retrieve a cocoon from the bottom of Jamaica Bay which contains the dormant body of the long-thought-dead Jean Grey of X-Men fame.
Reprints

Like a Phoenix... (Table of Contents: 7)

Fantastic Four / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Jean Grey
Reprints

Like a Phoenix! (Table of Contents: 8)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne; Chris Claremont (pp. 24-29)
Pencils
John Byrne; Butch Guice (pp. 24-26)
Inks
Terry Austin; Butch Guice (pp. 24-26)
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
John Workman

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There she is! Terra firma!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hercules; Black Knight (cameo flashback); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo flashback); Wasp (cameo flashback)]; Jean Grey; Edwin Jarvis; Phoenix [Jean Grey] (flashback); X-Men [Cyclops; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Wolverine; Colossus; Storm; Nightcrawler; Banshee; Professor X] (cameo flashback); Sentinels (cameo flashback); Stephen Lang (cameo flashback); Doctor Peter Corbeau (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Reed Richards manages to free Jean Grey from the capsule the Avengers had found her in. While trying to restore her missing memories, Jean learns that she was replaced by the Phoenix, who in turn was destroyed by the humanity it gained by duplicating Jean.
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Baptism of Fire! (Table of Contents: 9)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]
Reprints

Third Genesis (Table of Contents: 10)

X-Factor / comic story / 42 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Layton
Pencils
Butch Guice
Inks
Bob Layton; Butch Guice; Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Petra Goldberg; Christie Scheele; Glynis Oliver
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somewhere near Anchorage, Alaska...
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Cameron Hodge; Madelyne Pryor; Nathan Christopher Summers; Candy Southern; Mr. Fantastic
Synopsis
The original X-Men find out that Jean Grey is still alive and gather for a reunion. Jean explains her near-death experience and the Phoenix phenomenon. The team decides to form X-Factor, a group of mutant hunters whose real purpose is to rescue and help new mutants. Navy man Rusty Collins manifests destructive flame powers and X-Factor brings him in.
Reprints

X-Factor Vs. the Mutant Menace of Tower!! (Table of Contents: 11)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Zeck (signed)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Angel; Iceman]; Tower
Reprints

Bless the Beasts and Children (Table of Contents: 12)

X-Factor / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Butch Guice (Co-Plot); Bob Layton
Pencils
Butch Guice
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (Finisher)
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Her name is Jean Grey... Amd she is about to die again!
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie; Cameron Hodge; Vera Cantor; Tower; Carl Maddicks
Synopsis
Tower kidnaps Beast for Dr. Carl Maddicks who begins experiments on him. X-Factor searches for their friend.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman; Artie]
Reprints

Regression Obsession (Table of Contents: 14)

X-Factor / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Layton
Pencils
Butch Guice
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Five minutes ago, Hank McCoy, better known to the world as The Beast, hovered on the brink of death.
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Vera Cantor; Senator Thompson; Cameron Hodge; Artie; Tower; Carl Maddicks; Mr. Vallencourt
Synopsis
X-Factor catches up to the captured Beast to find that Maddicks' experiments have caused him to lose his fur. Angel changes to a brown and white costume.
Reprints

The Power of Frenzy! (Table of Contents: 15)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Frenzy
Reprints

Trials and Errors (Table of Contents: 16)

X-Factor / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Layton
Pencils
Keith Pollard (layouts)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (finisher)
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Laguardia airport.
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie; Cameron Hodge; Candy Southern; Headmaster Woodley; Martin Davis; Frenzy [Johanna Cargill]; Tower
Synopsis
Beast tries to readjust to looking human again. After a training session goes bad, Rusty runs away from X-Factor but falls into the arms of Frenzy who plans on taking him back to her master. X-Factor intervenes and Rusty returns to the fold.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Iron Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Angel; Iceman; Beast]
Reprints

When Innocence Dies! (Table of Contents: 18)

Iron Man / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Harras
Pencils
Paul Neary
Inks
Ian Akin; Brian Garvey
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Lois Buhalis

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The time: A few months ago...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Willie Evans Jr; Willie Evans Sr.; Nick Fury; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Mr. Fantastic; Franklin Richards; Dr. Wilburn; Dr. Sorel; Guardsman [Michael O'Brien]; Cameron Hodge; X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Angel; Iceman; Beast]
Synopsis
Iron Man learns Project Pegasus has a young boy in custody. Willie Evans is a powerful mutant who can create anything he can imagine, and the doctors at Pegasus have him under heavy sedation to protect the world from his powers. X-Factor has been contacted by Willy's father who is trying to find his son. They tussle with Iron Man and the Guardsman. Willy wakes up and wreaks havoc at the project. Iron Man and X-Factor scramble to find a way to stop the young boy before he uses his powers to hurt others and himself. Willy's power proves too much for him and he burns himself out.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Layton (signed)
Inks
Bob Layton (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Angel; The Beast; Cyclops; Jean Grey]; Crimson Dynamo [Dimitri Bukharin]; Doppelganger
Reprints

Grand Design (Table of Contents: 20)

X-Factor / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Layton
Pencils
Bob Layton
Inks
Brett Breeding
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Janice Chiang

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On television sets, all across America...
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Jean Grey; Iceman; Angel; Cyclops; The Beast]; Cameron Hodge; Sasha Yasinov; Major Nikolai Lizbek; Crimson Dynamo [Dimitri Bukharin]; Senator Thompson; Doppelganger [Dr. Wolfgang Helmut Heinreich]; Anatoly; Yuri; Father Alexi Garnoff; Mentac, the Living Computer; Concussion [Mikhail]; Iron Curtain [Simas]; Siberian Tiger
Synopsis
X-Factor travels to Russia to give a talk on their mutant-hunting techniques. While there they covertly stop Doppelganger, an evil mutant who has been experimenting on other mutants for the Russian government.
Reprints

X-Factor vs. the Alliance of Evil! (Table of Contents: 21)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Frenz (signed as F)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed as JR)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Alliance of Evil [Tower; Frenzy; Timeshadow; Stinger]
Reprints

Tapped Out (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script
Bob Layton
Pencils
Butch Guice
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Midnight on the Southern Californian coast...
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie; Michael Nowlan; Alliance of Evil [Tower; Frenzy [Johanna Cargill]; Timeshadow; Stinger]; Apocalypse; Madelyne Pryor; Suzy Nowlan; Vera Cantor; Cameron Hodge
Synopsis
Thanks to a tip from Nowlan's wife, X-Factor catches up with their drug addicted foe but the forces of Apocalypse step in and beat our heroes down, taking Nowlan back to his old master.
Reprints

And Now--Apocalypse! (Table of Contents: 23)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Apocalypse
Reprints

Apocalypse Now! (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script
Louise Simonson
Pencils
Butch Guice
Inks
Bob McLeod
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
San Diego, California!
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Michael Nowlan; Apocalypse; Tower; Frenzy; Timeshadow; Stinger; Sergeant Gorelli; Joe Simsky; Ruby; Suzy Nowlan
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: 25)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ron Frenz
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Bulk; Glow Worm
Reprints

Fallout! (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script
Louise Simonson
Pencils
Butch Guice
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein) (finisher)
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I don't know about you, Jean...
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie; Bulk; Glow Worm; Skids; Trish Tilby; Vera Cantor; Cameron Hodge; Tower
Synopsis
Things get a little hot for X-Factor as people start protesting their mutant hunting headquarters. The dilemma comes to a head when a pair of powerful mutants calls X-Factor out and they have to split their forces and employ disguises in their quest to "hunt" the mutants at the same time as they are really helping them.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Spider-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rick Leonardi
Inks
Bob Layton
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Marvel 25th Anniversary Cover

The Fury of X-Factor! (Table of Contents: 28)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Pencils
Rick Leonardi
Inks
Bob Layton
Colors
Nel Yomtov
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
6:30 AM.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Cameron Hodge; Betty Leeds; X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Iceman; Beast; Angel [Warren Worthington III]]
Synopsis
In the wake of Flash Thompson's escape, everyone is looking for the man believed to be the Hobgoblin. Jameson hires X-Factor to bring in Spider-Man by telling them he is a mutant. Still reeling from his battle with Rhino, Spidey takes on X-Factor.
Reprints

Freedom Force Wants Them-- X-Factor Wants Them-- But Rusty and Skids Just Want Out!! (Table of Contents: 29)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Marc Silvestri
Inks
Joe Rubinstein ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Freedom Force [Mystique; Blob; Avalanche]; Skids
Reprints

Lost and Found! (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script
Louise Simonson
Pencils
Marc Silvestri (breakdowns)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein) (finishes)
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Joe Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie; Skids; Trish Tilby; Cameron Hodge; Vera Cantor; Freedom Force [Mystique; Blob; Avalanche; Pyro; Destiny; Spiral; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]]
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: 31)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marc Silvestri (signed)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Freedom Force [Mystique; Blob; Avalanche; Pyro; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]]
Reprints

Spots! (Table of Contents: 32)

X-Factor / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Louise Simonson
Pencils
Terry Shoemaker
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Many people believed that the emergence of mutants sounded the death knell of humanity...
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie Maddicks; Skids; Trish Tilby; Cameron Hodge; Magneto; Leech; Caliban; Val Cooper; Freedom Force [Mystique; Blob; Avalanche; Pyro; Destiny; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]]
Synopsis
X-Factor rescues Rusty from Freedom Force. The Mutant Massacre begins in the Morlock tunnels.
Reprints
Keywords
Mutant Massacre

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Bolton
Inks
John Bolton
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Classic X-Men # 8 and #43 ran back-up stories...

Indexer Notes

Introduction to the section of this collection reprinting stories from the "Classic X-Men" title.

I Am Phoenix! (Table of Contents: 34)

X-Men / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
John Bolton
Inks
John Bolton
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

First Line of Dialogue or Text
All that is... I am.
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Colossus; Banshee; Wolverine; Storm; Professor X; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]]; Peter Corbeau; Phoenix Force
Reprints

Flights of Angels (Table of Contents: 35)

X-Men / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Mike Collins
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Joe Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Portraits and patterns of a life.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Jean Grey; Cyclops; D'Bari Aliens; Shi'ar; Mr. Sinister
Synopsis
After Jean is killed, she has a conversation with the personification of Death in the guise of a construction worker.
Reprints

Here Comes... X-Factor! (Table of Contents: 36)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Layton
Inks
Butch Guice
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprint of the cover to Marvel Age #33

The Mutant Report (Table of Contents: 37)

text article / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jon Zimmerman
Pencils
Bob Layton
Inks
Butch Guice
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text feature from Marvel Age #33 about the forthcoming X-Factor title.

Who Did You Think Was the Fifth Member of X-Factor? (Table of Contents: 38)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Layton
Inks
Bob Layton
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprint of the cover to Marvel Age #39.

The Fifth Factor (Table of Contents: 39)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek
Pencils
Bob Layton
Inks
Butch Guice
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text feature on X-Factor originally published in Marvel Age #39.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
Fred Hembeck ?
Letters
Fred Hembeck

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With me today, is Scott Summers.
Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Fred Hembeck cartoon from Marvel Age #33.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Smith (credited) (signed as PMS)
Inks
Paul Smith (credited) (signed as PMS)
Colors
Liquid! (credited as Liquid! Graphics) (signed as LIQUID!)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The cover for the 1999 collection "X-Men: Phoenix Rising" sans cover copy or trade dress.

All My Fault (Table of Contents: 42)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Kurt Busiek
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprint of the introduction to the 1999 collection "X-Men: Phoenix Rising".

The Rise of "The Rise of Apocalypse" (Table of Contents: 43)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprint of an article in the 1998 "Rise of Apocalypse" TPB.

[Fantastic Four #286 Original Pages] (Table of Contents: 44)

Fantastic Four / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reed... that sound!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Jean Grey; Hercules; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Captain America; Phoenix

Indexer Notes

Five pages, written and drawn by John Byrne, intended to show Jean Grey's fate and her replacement by the Phoenix at the end of X-Men #100. Editorial descisions meant these pages were never used, and replaced by pages scripted by Chris Claremot and illustrated by Jackson Guice.

The Mutant Report (Table of Contents: 45)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unused cover to X-Factor #1, reprinted from Marvel Age #64.

A Second X-Factor #1 Unused Cover (Table of Contents: 46)

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

Pencils
Butch Guice (credited as Jackson Guice)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

A second unused cover for X-Faxtor's debut issue that had been released as an art print.

X-Factor #8 Unused Cover (Table of Contents: 47)

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

Pencils
Jerry Ordway (credited) (signed as Jerry Ordway)
Inks
Jerry Ordway (credited) (signed as Jerry Ordway)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Freedom Force [Mystique; Blob; Spiral; Pyro; Avalanche; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]]
Reprints

Classified Top Secret (Table of Contents: 48)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

House ad for the debut of X-Factor that appeared in Marvel titles in Fall 1985.

Amazing Heroes #83 Cover Art (Table of Contents: 49)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Butch Guice (credited)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

X-Factor cover from Amazing Heroes #83.

Overstreet's Price Update #5 Cover Art (Table of Contents: 50)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Arthur Adams (credited) (signed as Arthur Adams)
Inks
Bob Wiacek (credited) (signed as Bob Wiacek)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

X-Factor cover from Overstreet's Price Update #5.

[Original Art] (Table of Contents: 51)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema; John Byrne; Walter Simonson; Butch Guice; Keith Pollard; Bob Layton
Inks
Tom Palmer; Terry Austin; Joe Rubinstein; Butch Guice; Brett Breeding
Letters
various

Indexer Notes

A selection of eight pages of original art, presented here four to a page.

At the Mercy of X-Factor! (Table of Contents: 52)

Spider-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
M. C. Wyman (credited) (signed as Wyman)
Inks
Bill Anderson (credited) (signed as Anderson)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Iceman; Beast; Angel]
Reprints

Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 7 TPB Cover Art (Table of Contents: 53)

Fantastic Four / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Terry Austin (credited)
Colors
Tom Chu (credited)

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art to Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 7 sans trade dress and cover copy.

X-Men: Phoenix Rising Premiere HC Back-Cover Art (Table of Contents: 54)

X-Men / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Bolton (credited)
Inks
John Bolton (credited)
Colors
Chris Sotomayor (credited)

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Art from the back cover of the Marvel Premiere Edition of "X-Men: Phoenix Rising" sans cover copy.

[Essential X-Factor Vol. 1 Cover] (Table of Contents: 55)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Matt Milla

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]
Reprints

[Back Cover Artwork] (Table of Contents: 56)

X-Factor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Frenz (signed)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Colors
Veronica Gandini (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Apocalypse

Indexer Notes

Back cover of this collection sans cover copy and trade dress.

One Triumphant Return, One Diabolical Debut! (Table of Contents: 57) (Expand) /

X-Factor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Factor
  2. 1. Epic Collection
  3. 2. Genesis & Apocalypse
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. What Lurks within the Cocoon?
    The Avengers
  7. 6. What Lurks Below?
    The Avengers
  8. 7. Like a Phoenix...
    Fantastic Four
  9. 8. Like a Phoenix!
    Fantastic Four
  10. 9. Baptism of Fire!
    X-Factor
  11. 10. Third Genesis
    X-Factor
  12. 11. X-Factor Vs. the Mutant Menace of Tower!!
    X-Factor
  13. 12. Bless the Beasts and Children
    X-Factor
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    X-Factor
  15. 14. Regression Obsession
    X-Factor
  16. 15. The Power of Frenzy!
    X-Factor
  17. 16. Trials and Errors
    X-Factor
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Iron Man
  19. 18. When Innocence Dies!
    Iron Man
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    X-Factor
  21. 20. Grand Design
    X-Factor
  22. 21. X-Factor vs. the Alliance of Evil!
    X-Factor
  23. 22. Tapped Out
    X-Factor
  24. 23. And Now--Apocalypse!
    X-Factor
  25. 24. Apocalypse Now!
    X-Factor
  26. 25. [no title indexed]
    X-Factor
  27. 26. Fallout!
    X-Factor
  28. 27. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  29. 28. The Fury of X-Factor!
    Spider-Man
  30. 29. Freedom Force Wants Them-- X-Factor Wants Them-- But Rusty and Skids Just Want Out!!
    X-Factor
  31. 30. Lost and Found!
    X-Factor
  32. 31. [no title indexed]
    X-Factor
  33. 32. Spots!
    X-Factor
  34. 33. ["Classic X-Men # 8 and #43 ran back-up stories..."]
  35. 34. I Am Phoenix!
    X-Men
  36. 35. Flights of Angels
    X-Men
  37. 36. Here Comes... X-Factor!
    X-Factor
  38. 37. The Mutant Report
  39. 38. Who Did You Think Was the Fifth Member of X-Factor?
    X-Factor
  40. 39. The Fifth Factor
  41. 40. ["With me today, is Scott Summers."]
  42. 41. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  43. 42. All My Fault
  44. 43. The Rise of "The Rise of Apocalypse"
  45. 44. [Fantastic Four #286 Original Pages]
    Fantastic Four
  46. 45. The Mutant Report
    X-Factor
  47. 46. A Second X-Factor #1 Unused Cover
    X-Factor
  48. 47. X-Factor #8 Unused Cover
    X-Factor
  49. 48. Classified Top Secret
  50. 49. Amazing Heroes #83 Cover Art
    X-Factor
  51. 50. Overstreet's Price Update #5 Cover Art
    X-Factor
  52. 51. [Original Art]
  53. 52. At the Mercy of X-Factor!
    Spider-Man
  54. 53. Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 7 TPB Cover Art
    Fantastic Four
  55. 54. X-Men: Phoenix Rising Premiere HC Back-Cover Art
    X-Men
  56. 55. [Essential X-Factor Vol. 1 Cover]
    X-Factor
  57. 56. [Back Cover Artwork]
    X-Factor
  58. 57. One Triumphant Return, One Diabolical Debut!
    X-Factor
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