X-Factor #15 [Direct]
(April 1987)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-01-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bobbie Chase (assistant editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (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
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Angel [Warren Worthington III]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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Whose Death Is It, Anyway? (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
His millionaire parents named him Warren Worthingon III.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Horsemen of Apocalypse: Famine [Autumn Rolfson] (introduction, villain); Pestilence (introduction, villain); War [Abraham Kieros] (introduction, villain)
Morlocks
Morlocks: Ape (guest, cameo); Beautiful Dreamer (guest, cameo); Caliban (guest); Erg (guest); Leech (guest); Masque (villain); Tar Baby (guest, cameo)
X-Factor: Angel [Warren Worthington III] (apparent death); Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Apocalypse [En Sabah Nur] (villain); Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith]; Rusty Collins; Artie Maddicks; Madelyne Pryor-Summers (hallucination); Ship (first appearance); Skids [Sally Blevins]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Morlocks return to the tunnels. Scott is shown Maddie's corpse in Alaska and returns home to try and help Angel. Apocalypse continues to gather his Horsemen. A forlorn (and wingless) Angel leaves the hospital and takes off in a plane that explodes over the ocean.
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers: Brian Kinney, Brian P. Daly, Josip Marinic, Darrin Helsel, B.D., and Peni Robinson.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Factor
  2. 1. Whose Death Is It, Anyway?
    X-Factor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    X-Changes
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