№ 14

X-Factor

February 2007 52 pages 2.99 USD; 3.75 CAD

Synopsis

Madrox's duplicates return from separate missions with drastically different experiences, threatening to fracture his core personality. One dupe has married, another has died, and a third brings back information that contradicts everything the team thought they knew about their current case

Credits

Writer

Peter David

Penciller

Pablo Raimondi

Inker

Pablo Raimondi

Colorist

Brian Reber

Letterer

Cory Petit of Virtual Calligraphy

Characters

Collected In

X-Factor by Peter David: The Complete Collection #2 Complete Collection

Collects X-Factor #13-32, X-Factor: The Quick and the Dead #1, X-Factor Special: Layla Miller #1. Peter David X-Factor Investigations continues with Messiah Complex aftermath.

X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus #2 Omnibus

Collects X-Factor #25-50 and specials. Peter Davids noir-tinged mutant detective agency hits its stride with Messiah Complex tie-ins and beyond.

X-Factor #3 Trade Paperback

Collects X-Factor #13-17. Peter David's X-Factor Investigations tackles mutant cases with noir-style detective work.

X-Factor #3 Trade Paperback

Collects X-Factor #13-17.

In Reading Orders

2000s X-Men

X-Factor: Many Lives of Madrox / Isolationist (2006-2007)

David deepens every character. Rahne's pregnancy. Layla Miller's terrifying precognition. Rictor's depression after losing his powers. Madrox's identity crisis — literally, since his duplicates keep going rogue. The Isolationist sends X-Factor against a villain who absorbs mutant powers. David weaves soap opera, mystery, and superheroics into something uniquely his own. The Messiah Complex tie-in issues (25-27) are among the crossover's best chapters