X-Factor #1
In "The Mountaintop Part 1: The Player," X-Factor #1 (2002) launches a gripping new chapter with writer Jeff Jensen and artist Arthur Ranson, whose bold visuals bring to life the uneasy alliance of Cathy Gray and Aaron Kearse—two former victims of mutant violence now fighting for justice. As they pursue a chilling killer who leaves a mutant martyr nailed to the Hollywood sign, the F.B.I. taskforce grapples with the fragile line between vengeance and civil rights, all under Sean Phillips’ striking cover.
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Cathy Gray had a baby daughter whose mutant powers manifested early and killed her. Aaron Kearse had an arm withered by a mutant crook. Now the two of them are on an F.B.I. taskforce advocating mutant civil rights and hot on the trail of a killer who nailed a suspected mutant to the famous Hollywood sign.
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