- Script
- Bob Layton
- Pencils
- Butch Guice
- Inks
- Bob Layton; Butch Guice; Joe Rubinstein
- Colors
- Petra Goldberg; Christie Scheele; Glynis Oliver
- Letters
- Janice Chiang
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Factor (first team) [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; GUESTS: Rusty Collins; Cameron Hodge; Madelyne Pryor; Nathan Christopher Summers; Candy Southern; Mr. Fantastic; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Storm; Banshee; Dark Phoenix; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Wasp; Hercules; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]
- 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
Continued from Fantastic Four #286.