X-Factor #18 [Direct]
(July 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
1987-04-14
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved By the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
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:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor: Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #18 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for X-Factor (1986 series) #18 [Newsstand]
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The Enemy Within! (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
Scott, everybody! You made it!
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Caliban; Cyclops [Scott Summers] (also in flashback); Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Apocalypse [En Sabah Nur] (villain); Rusty Collins; Cameron Hodge (villain); Leech; Artie Maddicks; Phoenix [Jean Grey] (guest, flashback and also hologram); Rictor [Julio Richter]; Ship; Skids [Sally Blevins]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Hodge tries to drive Cyclops crazy by making him believe that Jean is Phoenix. Apocalypse begins Angel's transformation.
Reprints

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

X-Changes / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers: Kasey Quevedo, Neil Foley, Malcolm Bourne, James J. Brannon, and Charles J. Sperling.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Factor
  2. 1. The Enemy Within!
    X-Factor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    X-Changes
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