X-Factor (1st series)

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Series Details
X-Factor (1st series)
Publisher/Imprint: 
Marvel
Publication Date: 
February 1986 to September 1998
Issue Numbering: 
#1-149
Overview: 

Series began as a vehicle to star the original X-Men team. To that end, Jean Grey had been brought back in a two-part Avengers & Fantastic Four story. For the first 25 issues, the team masqueraded as mutant hunters but revealed themselves to be heroes. Following the Muir Island Saga, the title was retooled with a new cast as a government sponsored team, though they evntually went rogue. 

Series ended with #149 to be replaced with Mutant X. X-Factor was originally intended to return following the completion of the Mutant X storyline, but this did not happen. X-Factor (2nd series) would have no connection to this series, but X-Factor (3rd series) was a thematic sequel.

Annuals / Specials: 

9 annuals and a #minus1 issue.

Crossover annuals - #3 (Evolutionary War), #4 (Atlantis Attacks), #5 (Days of Future Present), #6 (Kings of Pain), #7 (Shattershot

Years Published Name of Series Issue Numbering Brief Description
1986 to 1998 X-Factor (1st series) #1-149 team composed of original X-Men, later becomes government sponsored team
2002 X-Factor (2nd series) #1-4 X-files like procedural about mutants
2006 to 2013 X-Factor (3rd series) #1-50, #200-275 Madrox's X-Factor's Investigations
2014 to 2015 All-New X-Factor #1-20 corporate team sponsored by Serval Industries
2020 to 2021 X-Factor (4th series) #1-10 Krakoa era

Crossovers/Events/Major Stories:

#1 - X-Factor formed, first Rusty Collins, first Cameron Hodge
#2 - first Tower, first Artie Maddicks
#3 - Beat reverts to human form
#4 - first Alliance of Evil
#5 - first full Apocalypse
#9-11 - Mutant Massacre
#24-26 - Fall of the Mutants
#33 - Beast returns to furry form
#37-39 - Inferno
#43-50 - Judgement Day story arc
#51 - Acts of Vengeance
#60-62 - X-Tinction Agenda
#65-68 - Endgame storyline, baby Cable sent to the future
#69-70 - Muir Island Saga
#71 - all-new, all different X-Factor becomes government sponsored team
#85-86 - X-Cutioner's Song
#87 - Doc Samson story
#92 - Fatal Attractions
#100 - Madrox dies
#106 - Phalanx Covenant
#109 - new format paper
#125-126 - Onslaught
#149 - last issue

 

 

Issue Summaries
we currently have 224 summaries available for this title
Issue No. Issue Date
X-Factor (1st series) #1 February 1986
X-Factor (1st series) #2 March 1986
X-Factor (1st series) #3 April 1986
X-Factor (1st series) #4 May 1986
X-Factor (1st series) #5 June 1986
X-Factor (1st series) #6 July 1986
X-Factor (1st series) #7 August 1986
X-Factor (1st series) #8 September 1986
X-Factor (1st series) #9 October 1986
X-Factor Annual #1 October 1986
X-Factor (1st series) #10 November 1986
X-Factor (1st series) #11 December 1986
X-Factor (1st series) #12 January 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #13 February 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #14 March 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #15 April 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #16 May 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #17 June 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #18 July 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #19 August 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #20 September 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #21 October 1987
X-Factor Annual #2 October 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #22 November 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #23 December 1987
X-Factor (1st series) #24 January 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #25 February 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #26 March 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #27 April 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #28 May 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #29 June 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #30 July 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #31 August 1988
X-Factor Annual #3 August 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #32 September 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #33 October 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #34 November 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #35 December 1988
X-Factor (1st series) #36 January 1989
X-Factor (1st series) #37 February 1989
X-Factor (1st series) #38 March 1989
X-Factor (1st series) #39 April 1989
X-Factor (1st series) #40 May 1989
X-Factor (1st series) #41 June 1989
X-Factor (1st series) #42 July 1989
X-Factor (1st series) #43 August 1989
X-Factor (1st series) #44 September 1989
X-Factor (1st series) #45 October 1989
X-Factor Annual #4 October 1989
X-Factor (1st series) #46 November 1989

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Last Updated: 
5th September 2023 by Douglas Mangum