X-Factor Annual #6 [Direct]
([August] 1991)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.00 USD; 2.50 CAD; 0.90 GBP
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1991-06-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Suzanne Gaffney (credited) (assistant editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Kings of Pain Part 4 (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Mike Mignola (credited) (signed as Mignola)
Inks
Mike Mignola (credited) (signed as Mignola)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Factor: Archangel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Jean Grey; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
Harness; Piecemeal; Proteus [Kevin MacTaggert]
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Cover Thumbnail for X-Factor Annual (Marvel, 1986 series) #6 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for X-Factor Annual (1986 series) #6 [Newsstand]
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Cover gallery

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Terry Shoemaker
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
Brad Vancata
Letters
typeset
Characters
New Warriors [Namorita; Nova: Firestar; Chord; Speedball; Marvel Boy]; X-Force [Cable; Shatterstar; Feral]; Polaris; Siryn; Multiple Man; Legion
Reprints

King of Pain [Kings of Pain Part 4] (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Factor / comic story / 35 pages (report information)

Script
Fabian Nicieza (credited)
Pencils
Terry Shoemaker (credited)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited)
Colors
Brad Vancata (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We have a site fix, everyone. According to the topographical display, the nexus of the event activity is definitely Edinburgh.
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Warriors: Andrew Chord (guest); Firestar [Angelica Jones] (guest); Marvel Boy [Vance Astrovik] (guest); Namorita (guest, also in flashback); Night Thrasher [Dwayne Taylor] (guest); Nova [Richard Rider] (guest); Silhouette [Silhouette Chord] (guest); Speedball (guest, also in flashback)
X-Factor: Archangel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Jean Grey; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
X-Force: Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith] (guest); Cable [Nathan Summers] (guest); Cannonball [Sam Guthrie] (guest); Domino [Vanessa Carlysle] (guest); Feral (guest, also in flashback); Shatterstar (guest); Warpath [James Proudstar] (guest, also in flashback)
Robbie Baldwin; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo on video screen); Captain Britain [Brian Braddock] (cameo on video screen); Gideon (villain); Harness (villain, also in flashback); Legion [David Haller] (guest); Moira MacTaggert (guest); Multiple Man [Jamie Madrox] (guest); Piecemeal (villain, also in flashback, death); Polaris [Lorna Dane] (guest, also in flashback); Proteus [Kevin MacTaggert] (villain, also in flashback, death); Red Guardian [Josef Petkus] (cameo on video screen); Siryn [Theresa Cassidy] (guest, also in flashback); Toad [Mortimer Toynbee] (villain)
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Keywords
Edinburgh; Kings of Pain; Manhattan

Indexer Notes

Kings of Pain continued from X-Men Annual (Marvel, 1970 series) #15.

The Killing Stroke Part Three: Sacrificial Lambs (Table of Contents: 3)

Freedom Force / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Fabian Nicieza (credited)
Pencils
Steven Butler (credited)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited)
Colors
Mike Thomas (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mission directive: liberate German physicist Reinhold Kurtzmann from occupied Kuwait----or terminate Kurtzmann, thereby denying the Iraqi army access to him.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Desert Sword: Aminedi (villain); Arabian Knight (villain); Black Raazer (villain); Sirocco (villain); Veil (villain, death)
Freedom Force: Avalanche [Dominikos Petrakis]; Blob [Frederick Dukes]; Crimson Commando; Pyro [St. John Allerdyce]
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Keywords
Kuwait City

Indexer Notes

Continued from X-Men Annual (Marvel, 1970 series) #15.

Tribute The Third (Table of Contents: 4)

Mystique / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Peter David (credited)
Pencils
Guang Yap (credited)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein (credited)
Colors
Steve Buccellato (credited as Buccellato); Marie Javins (credited as Javins)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
'Destiny! Destiny! No escaping destiny!' --Gene Wilder 'Young Frankenstein'
Genre
drama; superhero
Characters
Destiny (guest flashback); Mystique [Raven Darkhölme]; Captain Kirk
Synopsis
Mystique attempts to pour Destiny's ashes into the ocean but the wind instead blows them back into her face.
Reprints
Keywords
ashes; ocean; urn

Indexer Notes

The quote at the beginning by Gene Wilder is misquoted, it is suppose to be "Destiny! Destiny! No escaping that for me!"

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Kings of Pain Part 4
    X-Factor
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. King of Pain [Kings of Pain Part 4]
    X-Factor
  4. 3. The Killing Stroke Part Three: Sacrificial Lambs
    Freedom Force
  5. 4. Tribute The Third
    Mystique
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