X-Factor Annual
#8
[Direct]
([May] 1993)
Marvel,
1986 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 3.75 CAD; 2.00 GBP
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- annually
- On-sale Date
- 1993-03-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Jaye Gardner (credited) (assistant editor); Kelly Corvese (credited) (editor); Bob Harras (credited) (group editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
Bagged with Charon trading card.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 (2021) [1/4 page size
] - in X-Factor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2017 series) #8 - X-Aminations (2019) [1/4 page size]
-
[no title indexed]
X-Factor / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Factor: Havok [Alex Summers]; Multiple Man [Jamie Madrox]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Strong Guy [Guido Carosella]
Professor Vic Chalker; Charon; Carnivore; Number One Fan - Reprints
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Charon
X-Factor / comic story / 32 pages
- Script
- Peter David (credited)
- Pencils
- Terry Shoemaker (credited)
- Inks
- Mark McKenna (credited)
- Colors
- Joe Rosas (credited)
- Letters
- Lois Buhalis (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was a dark and stormy night... well... actually... it was dark.... and night...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Factor: Val Cooper; Havok [Alex Summers]; Multiple Man [Jamie Madrox]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Strong Guy [Guido Carosella] (partial origin in flashback); Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
Cloot; Professor Vic Chalker (villain, resurrected, death); Random [Marshall Stone III] (flashback); Charon [Charlie Ronalds] (villain, introduction, origin in flashback); Carnivore (villain, resurrected, death); Number One Fan (villain, resurrected, death); Harry Ronalds (flashback, death); Mrs. Ronalds (flashback, death); Terry; Clarice; Joe; Donna; Mr. Whiskers (death); Phil Donahue - Synopsis
- Charon's origin is told. X-Force battles Charon and deceased former foes.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Charon has an origin similar to Bruce Wayne.
What Have You Got to Hide?
X-Factor / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Skip Dietz (credited)
- Pencils
- Buzz (credited)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (credited)
- Colors
- Carlos Lopez (credited)
- Letters
- Dave Sharpe (credited as Dave Sharp)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last week you lost all my files.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (flashback)
The Avengers: Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (flashback); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (flashback); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (flashback)
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Magneto [Max Eisenhardt] (flashback); Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde] (flashback); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (flashback); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (flashback); Toad [Mortimer Toynbee] (flashback)
Fallen Angels: Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith] (flashback); Devil Dinosaur (Dinosaur World - Earth-78411) (flashback); Moon Boy (flashback); Siryn [Theresa Cassidy] (flashback); Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa] (flashback); Vanisher [Telford Porter] (flashback)
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback); Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards] (flashback); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (flashback)
The Inhumans: Black Bolt [Blackagar Boltagon] (flashback); Crystal [Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff] (flashback); Medusa [Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon] (flashback); Triton (flashback)
Marauders: Harpoon (flashback); Malice [Alice MacAllister] (flashback); Sabretooth [Victor Creed] (flashback)
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie] (flashback); Cypher [Doug Ramsey] (flashback, death); Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh] (flashback); Mirage [Dani Moonstar] (flashback); Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa] (flashback); Warlock (flashback, death); Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair] (flashback)
X-Factor: Val Cooper; Havok [Alex Summers] (origin in flashback); Multiple Man [Jamie Madrox] (origin in flashback); Polaris [Lorna Dane] (origin in flashback); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (flashback); Strong Guy [Guido Carosella] (origin in flashback); Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair] (origin in flashback)
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III] (flashback); Banshee [Sean Cassidy] (flashback); Beast [Hank McCoy] (flashback); Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (flashback); Forge (flashback); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (flashback); Jubilee [Jubilation Lee] (flashback); Legion [David Haller] (flashback); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (flashback); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (flashback); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (flashback)
The Adversary (flashback); Cameron Hodge (flashback); Krakoa (flashback); Living Monolith [Ahmet Abdol] (flashback); Living Pharaoh [Ahmet Abdol] (flashback); Moira MacTaggert (flashback); Luna Maximoff (flashback); Mesmero [Vincent] (flashback); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (flashback); Proteus [Kevin MacTaggert] (flashback); Shadow King [Amahl Farouk] (flashback); Thor [Thor Odinson] (flashback); Zaladane (flashback); Sentinel (flashback) - Synopsis
- Origins of X-Factor members told in flashbacks.
- Reprints
in [no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.9 page
- Script
- Carl Potts (credited) (signed as Carl Potts); ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Carl's Commentary; The Bull's Eye; Hypeline: On Sale This Week.
Crawlin' from the Wreckage
Strong Guy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Skip Dietz (credited)
- Pencils
- Chris Batista (credited)
- Inks
- Jeff Albrecht (credited)
- Colors
- Joe Rosas (credited)
- Letters
- Pat Brosseau (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Some rescue this is going to be, it doesn't look like anyone is left alive down here at all.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Strong Guy [Guido Carosella]
- Synopsis
- Guido saves a puppy.
- Reprints
in [1993 Annuals Charon Trading Card #6 Front]
X-Factor / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages
- Pencils
- Terry Shoemaker (credited) (signed as Shoemaker)
- Inks
- Bob Wiacek (credited) (signed as Wiacek)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Charon
- Reprints
[1993 Annuals Charon Trading Card #6 Back]
X-Factor / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Charon (head shot)
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
X-Factor -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Charon
X-Factor -
3.
What Have You Got to Hide?
X-Factor -
4.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
5.
[no title indexed]
The Bull's Eye -
6.
Crawlin' from the Wreckage
Strong Guy -
7.
[1993 Annuals Charon Trading Card #6 Front]
X-Factor -
8.
[1993 Annuals Charon Trading Card #6 Back]
X-Factor
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