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Issue: X-Factor 112 Date: Jul-95 Story: Wreaking Havok Part 1: Unnecessary Evils (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Raven Darkholm (Mystique), Kyle Gibney (Wildchild), Forge Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Random, Yukio; Storm (as a template for Mystique) Villains: Tatsu'o and his Cyber-Samurai, Scarlett McKenzie, Fatale Other Characters: Vera; Sgt. Nakai; Motoki, Sugino, Kaneko, Yoshio Credits: Writer: John Francis Moore Pencils: Jeff Matsuda Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: NOTE: the regular series continues with a new team, after the Age of Apocalypse's finale (X-Men Prime). A jet containing Alex crash lands in Tokyo airport. The rest of the team, tracks him and is attacked by Tatsu'o's Cyber-Samurai. Polaris puts them all down with an E-M pulse. Alex is messed up. He vaguely remembers destroying a dam in Wyoming and being kidnapped in Canada. Scarlett (from Meltdown) shows up and explains that she was taking him to Genosha for his own good, when he woke and caused the plane to crash. He refuses her help and wanders the city aimlessly. In Albany, Random gets a mysterious call, and we learn that Vera is a just a construct made from Random's own goo. Tatsu'o meets with the assassin Fatale, who has been sent to prevent Alex from going with Scarlett. Mystique is on the team to avoid jail-time and has implants to keep her in line. Kyle is on loan from Dept. H. Rahne has left to go to Scotland (Excalibur 90). X-Factor, Scarlett, Fatale, and Yukio all track Alex to Club Kaboom, which has been living up to its name since his arrival. Lorna tries to get him to put on his containment suit, but he refuses. Fatale then stabs him in the back. Issue: X-Factor 113 Date: Aug-95 Story: Wreaking Havok Part 2: Impulsive Behavior (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Mystique, Wildchild, Forge Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Random, Yukio Villains: Tatsu'o, Scarlett McKenzie, Fatale, Sugarman Other Characters: Credits: Writer: John Francis Moore Pencils: Jerry Bingham Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Fatale fends off X-Factor long enough to walk away with Alex's body. He wakes in the hold of a ship, bound in coils that absorb his energy, which is out of control. Yukio had been able to track Fatale, and tries to free Alex. Mystique and Lorna assault Tatsu'o in his bedroom, for information about Fatale, and he directs them to the ship. Meanwhile, Kyle tracks Alex to the docks, with Forge. Fatale attacks Yukio; then Alex's power overloads, exploding the ship. X-Factor rescues Alex from the wreckage, and Yukio emerges wet but alive. Alex, no longer in control of his power, dons his containment suit, last seen in Uncanny 251, Nov. 1989 (?). Scarlett reports to her boss and creator, the Sugarman (from AOA). Issue: X-Factor 114 Date: Sep-95 Story: That Certain Mystique (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Mystique, Wildchild, Forge; Strong Guy Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Storm (as a template for Mystique); Wolfsbane (in flashback) Villains: Fatale, the Dark Beast; Scarlett McKenzie (in flashback) Other Characters: Callahan, MacNeil, Lee, Booker, Willet (in holographic replay) Credits: Writer: John Francis Moore Pencils: Steve Epting Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Color Separations: Digital Chameleon Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: X-Factor returns to Washington. Val has drafted Mystique into the team, to avoid jail, and Forge has implanted her with a device that causes pain if she mimics any X-person for longer than 30 seconds. Fatale reports to her boss and creator, the Dark Beast(from AOA). X-Factor moves their HQ from Georgetown to Falls Edge, VA. Since Alex is out of control, Forge is taking over as team leader. Alex visits Guido, who is in a coma (since iss. 111). Kyle has an incipient crush on Val. Forge replays his experiences in Vietnam for the nth time. Mystique begins testing and manipulating everyone. Issue: X-Factor 115 Date: Oct-95 Story: Reaching Out to Yesterday (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Mystique, Wildchild, Forge Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Christopher and Katherine Summers (in flashback); Scott Summers (Cyclops); Naze (as a vision); Irene Adler (Destiny, in a holographic replay); Random Villains: the Shi'ar (in flashback); the Dark Beast Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Steve Epting Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Alex revisits the Alaskan coast where he lost his parents, and finds that his brother has followed him, to help. They drink in a cabin Alex had built there and in a local bar, talk, and beat up some local bruisers. Mystique tries and fails to get around Forge's security systems. He, meanwhile, is in a holographic representation of the Southwestern desert when Naze appears with a vague but urgent warning. Mystique interrupts, and Forge reminds her that Destiny predicted they would be together. Random is revealed to be under the control of the Dark Beast. Issue: X-Factor 116 Date: Nov-95 Story: Home Comings (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Mystique, Wildchild, Forge, Shard Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Alpha Flight's Eugene Milton Judd (Puck), Jean-Paul Beaubier (Northstar), Jeanne-Marie Beaubier (Aurora); Random Villains: Dark Beast Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Steve Epting Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Color Separations: Malibu's Hues Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Aurora, a mentally unbalanced French-Canadian, attacks Kyle, angry that he left her, and now able to focus her light as concussing force. Forge is fixing Bishop's holographic projector, which contains the essence of his sister Shard. Dark Beast is monitoring Random, whom he has sent to capture Alex, who had been a prelate in the Age of Apocalypse timeline. Random decides he likes Lorna better than the Dark Beast, but he is being physically controlled by him. Northstar and Puck arrive to stop Aurora from killing Kyle. He talks to her, explaining that for a while his mutation had made him handsome, and they had been in love (Alpha Flight 102-130). When his face went ugly on him again, he left without explanation. Aurora doesn't buy this one, and attacks him again. Mystique impersonates the handsome Kyle and calms her down, but he reveals the trick, and she overextends her powers and collapses. Northstar takes her back to Canada. Issue: X-Factor 117 Date: Dec-95 Story: Adversaries... Old and New (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Mystique, Wildchild, Forge, Shard Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Roma, Random, Naze, Roma Villains: Radha Dastoor (Haven), the Adversary; the Dark Beast, Fatale; Sabretooth (as a template for Mystique) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Steve Epting Inks: Stefano Raffaele, Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Color Separations: Malibu's Hues Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Haven is accosted by Roma, who tells her she has caused the Adversary to be reborn (he had been killed by Forge and the X-Men in Uncanny 227). A Sentinel attacks X-Factor in the new HQ (Forge's idea of a pop quiz). Via Random's glasses, the Dark Beast observes all, and plans to either capture or kill Alex. Havok finally blows the Sentinel to bits, but not before Kyle is thrown into Forge's lab, where he meets the Shard hologram and falls in love. Forge realizes that the Adversary may be back. Naze, in the Southwestern desert, prepares to face the Adversary again, since he knows Forge is not ready. He and Roma team up and start to drive cross-country. Fatale forges Scarlett's name on a note to Alex. He goes to meet her and find out what is going on and is attacked by Random. Issue: X-Factor 118 Date: Jan-96 Story: Havok's Fall (23 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Forge Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Naze, Roma, Random Villains: the Adversary; the Dark Beast, Fatale Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Bryan Hitch Inks: Paul Neary Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: In the desert, Naze battles and is defeated by the Adversary, leaving Roma to contact Forge. While working out with Lorna, Forge is attacked by an invisible agent. Random battles Alex and believes he killed him. He breaks contact with the Dark Beast, only to find out the hard way that Alex is not dead. They pummel each other, and Random claims to be doing this against his will, and that he is not really like he is. Havok brings down the building, and Random emerges with a slimmer body and knocks him out. Fatale ports in and ports back to the Dark Beast with Alex. She has already forged a note from Alex to Lorna, saying that he needs time alone. Roma opens a portal to Falls Edge and contacts Forge, but the Adversary thereby learns his location. Issue: X-Factor 119 Date: Feb-96 Story: The Best Offense (20 pages) Feature Characters: Polaris, Mystique, Wildchild, Forge, Shard, Victor Creed (Sabretooth) Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Storm (as a template for Mystique), Roma Villains: the Adversary, the Friends of Humanity Other Characters: Dr. Pole Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Steve Epting Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Kyle takes Shard joy-riding and tells off Lorna when she tries to stop them. Forge prepares defenses against the Adversary, but Roma warns Forge that technology cannot defeat him. Believing Naze to be dead, the Adversary casts aside his talisman, but Naze's hand then reaches up from the dust and grabs it. Sabretooth had been wounded (in his 1996 one-shot) and taken by the government for rehabilitation. But he breaks out of his medical tank, attacks Val, and is knocked unconscious by the guards just in time. Shard and Kyle and are attacked by the Friends of Humanity in a mosh pit, and Shard knocks them out. Lorna cries about Alex a bit, and then decides she has better things to do than wait around for him. Issue: X-Factor 120 Date: Mar-96 Story: Meeting the Maker (19 pages) Feature Characters: Polaris, Mystique, Wildchild, Forge, Shard, Sabretooth Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Roma, Naze; Storm (as a template for Mystique) Villains: the Adversary Other Characters: Dr. Pole, Trumbull, Ellison Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Mark. D. Bright Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Forge has ignored Naze and Roma's advice and prepared technological defenses against the Adversary, which he gets through by temporarily possessing Mystique. Sabretooth is fitted with a state-of-the-art restraining collar. Val learns he is to be a member of X-Factor and is furious. Weapons prove ineffective against the Adversary, who traps Roma and kills X-Factor, just as Forge's fellow soldiers were killed in Vietnam. Forge still refuses to fight magic with magic, and loses his bionic hand and leg. The Adversary leaves to destroy the world and promises to return and kill Forge last. Naze then appears, wanting to prepare Forge to fight the Adversary mystically. Issue: X-Factor 121 Date: Apr-96 Story: The True Path (19 pages) Feature Characters: Polaris, Mystique, Wildchild, Forge, Sabretooth Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Roma, Naze Villains: the Adversary; Bowser (Val's boss, in shadow) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Steve Epting Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Forge dreams of his experiences in Vietnam and realizes the Adversary had been there, too. He finally agrees to reclaim his heritage as a mystic, and Naze takes him to the Southwest to prepare him while Roma distracts the Adversary. Val goes to her boss, saying Sabretooth should not be made a part of the team. He responds by ordering Sabretooth to kill her, which he cannot do because of the restraining collar. Val is ordered to accept him into X-Factor. The Adversary fells Roma and attacks Forge, who realizes that he must unite magic with technology, to create order and oppose the Adversary's chaos. He uses the spirit spell and his mutant-power-negating gun (Uncanny 185) to return X-Factor's souls to them, and the Adversary is defeated. NOTE: a team pin-up follows. Issue: X-Factor 122 Date: May-96 Story: The Faces of Truth (20 pages) Feature Characters: Polaris, Mystique, Wildchild, Forge, Sabretooth Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Naze Villains: Graydon Creed (as a template for Mystique) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Jeff Matsuda Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: NOTE: new looks all 'round: Lorna with short hair, Forge with a buzz cut and moustache, Kyle with an earring and stubble. Val has a lead on the man who attacked Mystique in Wyoming (X-Men Prime) and tells Mystique, who is impersonating Forge. Lorna trains with Kyle, who is concerned because Shard has not been seen since the Adversary's attack (iss. 120). Mystique has gone alone to a government base, where she finds many dead men and is attacked by Sabretooth (the father of her child Graydon Creed). X-Factor arrives, and Polaris restrains Sabretooth. Val explains that he has a restraining collar, but Sabretooth explains that they were never supposed to see what they have seen and must now die. Issue: X-Factor 123 Date: Jun-96 Story: It Begins... Again! (22 pages) Feature Characters: Polaris, Mystique, Wildchild, Forge, Shard, Sabretooth Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Senator Robert Kelly Villains: the Hound, Graydon Creed, Harper Other Characters: Henry, Gladstone Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Jeff Matsuda Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Sabretooth leaps past X-Factor to attack the Hound, a genetically enhanced government mutant hunter who attacks them all. Polaris drops a few tons of metal on him, but that doesn't hold him long. Back in Virginia, secret agents break through Forge's security and tap into his data banks, but Shard stops them. The Hound has been modified to kill all mutants against his will. Polaris stops him with a mega-blast that leaves her glowing with energy. Forge taps into the computers, and gets the name Rory Campbell (currently working with Excalibur). He is interrupted by government stooges with big guns. X-Factor is ordered to leave the building and ask no further questions. When Val returns a few days later with Kelly, the whole facility has been covered-up and replaced with a farm. Sabretooth warns Val that someday soon the government might fit her with a restraining collar, too. Graydon is running for president and gets a large cash donation from Harper, who is working with the Hound program. Issue: X-Factor 124 Date: Jul-96 Story: Future Memories (21 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Mystique, Wildchild, Forge, Shard, Sabretooth Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Random; the Blob, Wolverine, Iceman, Storm, Archangel (as holograms) Villains: Fatale; Bowser (Val's boss, in shadow) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Jeff Matsuda Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Glynis Oliver Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor: Kelly Corvese Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: X-Factor trains in a virtual reality New York, year 2013. The program goes awry, however, when Forge is able to "kill" the Blob and Sabretooth Wolverine. Shard is also pulled in, and Kyle stops Sabretooth from attacking her. Alex is an unconscious captive of the Dark Beast. Random tells him he is going to protect Polaris, but Fatale reminds him that the Dark Beast expects him just to spy on X-Factor. Lorna welcomes him as a friend. Val reports to her boss, and chooses not to tell him about Shard.
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