X-Factor #42 [Direct]
(July 1989)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-03-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

All That Glitters... (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Arthur Adams (signed as Arthur Adams [circles])
Inks
Arthur Adams (signed as Arthur Adams [circles])
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Troll Associates: Phay; Phee; Phough; Phumm; Phy
X-Factor: Archangel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Alchemy [Tommy Jones]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Cover Thumbnail for X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #42 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for X-Factor (1986 series) #42 [Newsstand]
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All That Glitters... (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Louise Simonson (credited)
Pencils
Arthur Adams (credited)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited as Allen Milgrom)
Colors
Tom Vincent (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the dwarf-troll, Phy, kidnapped Tom Jones, Tom's mother believed...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Troll Associates: Phay (villain, turned to gold); Phee (villain, turned to gold); Phough (villain); Phumm (villain); Phy (villain)
X-Factor: Archangel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Alchemy [Tommy Jones]; Ophelia Jones; Nathan Christopher Charles Summers
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
X-Factor has been captured by the trolls, but they manage to free themselves. Alchemy stops the menace of the trolls.
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Harris Rotman, Todd Johnson, Jeff Mitchell, P.L. Good, Erik Huffline, Mike Kelly, Ryan Humphries, Mike, and Stephanie Fernandez.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. All That Glitters...
    X-Factor
  2. 1. All That Glitters...
    X-Factor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    X-Changes
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  • Daniel Nauschuetz
  • Mike Nielsen
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  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
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