№ 8

X-Factor

August 2006 36 pages 2.99 USD; 4.25 CAD

Synopsis

X-Factor investigates a series of mysterious deaths in Mutant Town while tensions rise between the depowered mutant population and an increasingly hostile human neighborhood. Rictor struggles with the loss of his powers as the team uncovers a conspiracy targeting survivors of M-Day

Credits

Penciller

Dennis Calero

Inker

Dennis Calero

Colorist

José Villarrubia

Characters

In Reading Orders

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