№ 85

X-Factor

December 1992 36 pages 1.50 USD; 1.80 CAD; 1.00 GBP

Synopsis

Bishop, Wolverine, and Cable fight and reach a tentative understanding while the X-teams find and engage the MLF in battle.

Part of Event

X-Cutioner's Song core

Credits

Writer

Peter David , Scott Lobdell , Fabian Nicieza , Stan Lee

Penciller

Jae Lee , Larry Stroman , Rick Parker

Inker

Jae Lee , Al Milgrom , Rick Parker

Colorist

Glynis Oliver , Paul Mounts , Rick Parker

Letterer

Richard Starkings

Characters

Collected In

X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David #4 Trade Paperback

Collects X-Factor #84-89, X-Factor Annual #8. Peter David X-Factor — the Havok-led government team in the early 90s.

X-Force Epic Collection #2 Epic Collection

Collects Cable - Blood and Metal #1-2 and material from 6 other series. The complete X-Cutioner Song - Stryfe, Cable, and the Legacy Virus.

X-Factor Epic Collection #8 Epic Collection

Collects X-Factor #84-100 and material from 3 other series. Peter David X-Factor through X-Cutioner Song and beyond.

X-Men Milestones: X-Cutioner's Song Trade Paperback

Collects X-Men #14-16 and material from 3 other series. Stryfe frames Cable, kidnaps Cyclops and Jean, unleashes the Legacy Virus.

X-Men: X-Cutioner's Song Trade Paperback

Collects X-Men #14-16, X-Force #16-18, X-Factor #84-86, Uncanny X-Men #294-297. The X-Cutioneers Song -- Cable, Stryfe, and the Legacy Virus saga begins.

X-Men: X-Cutioner's Song Trade Paperback

Collects X-Men #14-16; X-Force #16-18; X-Factor #84-86; The Uncanny X-Men #294-297.

X-Cutioner's Song Trade Paperback

Collects Uncanny X-Men #294-296, X-Factor #84-86, X-Force #16-18, and X-Men #14-16. The X-Cutioneers Song -- Stryfe frames Cable and the Legacy Virus is unleashed.

X-Men Epic Collection #21 Epic Collection

Collects Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, X-Force, and X-Men from the early 90s. Bishops debut era and the buildup toward X-Cutioneers Song.

X-Men: Blue & Gold - Mutant Genesis Omnibus Omnibus

Collects X-Men #1 [Special Collectors Edition], 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, The Uncanny X-Men #281-297, X-Force Annual #1, The X-Men Annual #1, The Uncanny X-Men Annual #16, X-Factor Annual #7, X-Force #16-18, X-Factor #84-86, X-Men: Odd Men Out. The 1991 Blue and Go...

X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus #1 Omnibus

Collects The New Mutants Annual #6, X-Factor #55-92, X-Factor Annual #5-8, The X-Men Annual #1, The Uncanny X-Men Annual #16, X-Cutioner's Song, X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David #1-4, X-Factor Epic Collection #7. Peter Davids definitive X-Factor run, from the government team era through X-Cutioneers Song.

In Reading Orders

90s X-Men

X-Cutioner's Song (Late 1992)

Part 6. Stryfe's true identity and motivations start to surface.

90s X-Men

Hidden Gem: Peter David's X-Factor (1991-1993)

Peter David takes over X-Factor and reinvents it as a government-sponsored team. Multiple Man, Strong Guy, Wolfsbane, Polaris, Havok, and Quicksilver. The tone is sharp, funny, and character-driven — unlike anything else in the X-line. Read this.

Peter David's X-Factor

X-Cutioner's Song (#84-86)

X-Factor's chapters of the X-Cutioner's Song crossover. Stryfe, Cable, and Apocalypse collide. X-Factor's issues focus on the team's role in the larger conflict and Havok's confrontation with the Dark Riders