X-Factor#1
Cover: Walter Simonson & Joe Rubinstein & Michael Higgins
X-Factor #1
“Third Genesis”
writer, inker Bob Layton · artist, inker Jackson Guice · inker Josef Rubinstein · colorist Petra Scotese · colorist Max Scheele · colorist Glynis Oliver · letterer Janice Chiang · cover Walter Simonson, Joe Rubinstein, Michael Higgins
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Cast · 37 characters
AngelBansheeBeastBobby DrakeCameron HodgeCandy SouthernCaptain AmericaColossusCyclopsDane WhitmanHank McCoyHerculesIcemanJanet Van DyneJean GreyKurt WagnerLoganMadelyne Pryor-SummersMarvel GirlMister FantasticNamorNathan Christopher Charles SummersNightcrawlerOroro MunroePhoenixPiotr RasputinReed RichardsRusty CollinsScott SummersSean CassidySteve RogersStormSub-Mariner.The Black KnightWarren Worthington IIIWaspWolverine
Full credits
writer, inker Bob Layton
artist, inker Jackson Guice
inker Josef Rubinstein
colorist Petra Scotese
colorist Max Scheele
colorist Glynis Oliver
letterer Janice Chiang
cover pencils Walter Simonson
cover inks Joe Rubinstein
cover pencils Michael Higgins
Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers
▸ Reveal full plot — may contain spoilers
The original X-Men find out that Jean Grey is still alive and gather for a reunion. Jean explains her near-death experience and the Phoenix phenomenon. The team decides to form X-Factor, a group of mutant hunters whose real purpose is to rescue and help new mutants. Navy man Rusty Collins manifests destructive flame powers, and X-Factor brings him in.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).