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Issue: X-Factor 71 Date: Oct-91 Story: Cutting the Mustard (29 pages) Feature Characters: Alex Summers (Havok), Lorna Dane (Polaris), Guido Carosella (eventually Strong Guy), Jamie Madrox (Multiple Man), Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane), Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver) Regular Characters: Valerie "Val" Cooper, Lockjaw the Inhuman dog Guest Stars: Scott Summers (Cyclops), Professor Charles Xavier; Benjamin Grimm (The Thing), in flashback Villains: Senator Steven Shaffran (Ricochet, in the background) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Larry Stroman Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Michael Heisler Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: This is the beginning of a new team, concurrent with the reorganization of all the X-teams. Lorna tells Guido her fears about being teamed with Alex, her erstwhile lover. Guido flirts with her. Val goes to Genosha to convince Alex to lead the new team, but fails even after standing under a falling girder. Xavier arrives with Scott, lectures Alex, and tells him Lorna will be on the team. That changes his mind, and he flies back to Washington, taking Rahne with him. Pietro gets Lockjaw to transport him down from the Blue Area of the moon, defuses a terrorist bomb, and announces his power is making him age. He joins the team, wanting help in tracking down the evil individual who did this to him. (How the postcard from the evil individual reached the moon is not elaborated.) Jamie plays a practical joke: an un-open-able mayo jar. He is hit in the gut with a shotgun blast, crashes through his window, and falls many stories to the ground. Issue: X-Factor 72 Date: Nov-91 Story: Multiple Homicide (30 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper, Lockjaw Guest Stars: Villains: Prof. Vic Chalker; Senator Steven Shaffran (Ricochet) and Mr. Sinister (in the shadows, last seen pulverized by Cyclops in X-Factor 39) Other Characters: reporter Ariel O'Hare, Guido's masseuse Babette Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Larry Stroman Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Michael Heisler Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Jamie's death is reported on the news. Val screams, Pietro jokes. Lockjaw ports the team to the crime scene, where they finds a dead Jamie and a live one. He is beside himself when he fails to reabsorb his dupe. He now realizes they may have their own thoughts and feelings and be real people. Chalker sees them on TV and plans the destruction of all mutants (although, with a face like that, why should he complain about green hair?) Lorna tries to get back together with Alex. Instead, they rescue a mother and child from a burning building, then they kiss, which makes Rahne jealous. Val holds a press conference announcing the disbanding of Freedom Force and the establishment of X-Factor. Guido picks the codename Strong Guy, and Jamie is accused by a man in the crowd who claims to be him. Issue: X-Factor 73 Date: Dec-91 Story: Crowd Control (30 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Kermit the Frog (on display in the Smithsonian) Villains: Prof. Vic Chalker; Senator Steven Shaffran (Ricochet, in the shadows) Other Characters: Ariel O'Hare Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Larry Stroman Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Michael Heisler Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: From last issue, Jamie fights Jamie, breaking up the press conference and producing 38 more multiples, and the riot spreads out into the street. X-Force render all the Jamies unconscious, which makes all but two disappear. Guido makes an impassioned statement to the press attacking labels and prejudice against mutantkind, and makes up the term "genetically challenged." Chalker finishes building an exo-skeleton to combat mutants, but it doesn't fit him. Lorna warns Alex not to be so serious, like his brother Scott. After interrogating the Jamies, they are still unable to determine which is the original. An evil individual plans to use his "ricochet abilities" on Guido next. Issue: X-Factor 74 Date: Jan-92 Story: Politically Incorrect (29 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Villains: Senator Steven Shaffran (Ricochet), Mr. Sinister (impersonating Edmond Atkinson); Nasty Boy Slab Other Characters: Mrs. Shaffran; their daughter, their maid Dora; Baldrick Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Larry Stroman Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Michael Heisler Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: The team is sleeping over at Guido's mansion. Guido moans Kim Basinger's name (and sleeps hanging upside down on gym equipment); Alex moans Lorna's (and Rahne wakes him); Pietro moans Crystal's (and sleeps with a teddy bear). Alex tells Lorna that Rahne has a crush on him. Val calls in Atkinson, who is her ex and a polygraph expert. He determines that Jamie #1 is the fake, so Val releases #2. Slab is on top of the Washington Monument, holding hostages and calling for Guido. X-Factor arrives, and Slab fights and insults Guido, who accidentally knocks the Monument apart and calls down the wrath of Senator Shaffran. Pietro, meanwhile, has collapsed from exertion. Issue: X-Factor 75 Date: Feb-92 Story: The Nasty Boys (45 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Dr. Moira MacTaggert Villains: Senator Steven Shaffran (Ricochet) and Mr. Sinister (impersonating Edmond Atkinson); The Nasty Boys: Slab, Gorgeous George, Hairbag, Ruckus, Ramrod; Prof. Vic Chalker Other Characters: Baldrick Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Larry Stroman Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Michael Heisler Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Guido is arrested for demolishing the Washington Monument (last issue), and, humiliated, he has to be convinced by Alex to stay with the team. Ramrod and Ruckus knock over a convenience store. Jamie #2 reabsorbs #1, leaves the team, and gets into Atkinson's car, who is really Sinister. #2 had made a deal with him, to take over the Jamies and become the primary personality. Shaffran is revealed to have the mutant power to make others screw up, and plans to use it to become president. A doctor examines a much-aged Pietro and says he is just under too much stress. Chalker has refitted his exo-skeleton, but the batteries wear down, and he is stuck inside. Alex realizes that someone has been messing with their powers, and that they released the wrong Jamie. The original Jamie reasserts himself and replaces his multiple. The Nasty Boys immediately attack him until Sinister lets him go. He thinks Jamie will attack the Senator, and tells the Nasty Boys be there for it. X-Factor also arrives, and battle ensues, up and into the capitol. Shaffran reveals himself as a mutant and flies off. Sinister reveals that he manipulated Shaffron into being revealed as an evil mutant, and that he wants Alex and Lorna to be acclaimed as heroes. He suggests Shaffron kill himself, but he shoots at Sinister, instead. He is killed by a ricochet. Note: a 2-page spread of the old and new teams is included Issue: X-Factor 76 Date: Mar-92 Story: X-Communication (30 pages) Feature Characters: Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Villains: The Pantheon: Hector, Ulysses, Prometheus, Atalanta, Ajax Other Characters: Farnoq Dahn, Jolel, his sister Sandah Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Rom Raney, Kevin West Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Michael Heisler Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Note: Hulk 391 precedes this issue. In the country of Trans-Sabal, X-Factor is fighting for Farnoq Dahn against rebels called the Liberators, led by the Pantheon, who have the Hulk as an ally. An unconscious Rahne is captured by locals, and Alex and the Hulk are missing after their fight. Lorna, Jamie, and Guido defeat the Pantheon, while Pietro finds Rahne, who was in a cultural debate with Jolel. Prometheus attacks them, Sandah helps Rahne escape, so Jolel kills her. Rahne loses her temper and kills Jolel. Issue: X-Factor 77 Date: Apr-92 Story: Great X-Pectations (30 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Samuel Zachery Guthrie (Cannonball) Villains: Nasty Boys Hairbag, Slab; Stryfe and the MLF: Zero, Thumbelina, Wildside, Reaper, Forearm, Strobe, Tempo; Prof. Vic Chalker Other Characters: Dr. Tucker, Julio and Mrs. Cortez; Mr. Claudius; Public Defender Victoria "Vicky" Wang Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Larry Stroman Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Michael Heisler Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Tucker tells the Cortez's that their baby may be a mutant. Wang, Claudius, and Val debate the civil rights of evil mutants, while the MLF break Hairbag and Slab out of X-Factor's installation. (Slab is Thumbelina's brother Kris.) As they escape, Rahne snags Stryfe's arm through Zero's portal, and X-Factor almost capture him. Instead, they just get his left gauntlet. Chalker has super-powered his exo-skeleton, but he left wiring exposed and is electrocuted when it rains. Val and Alex debrief Jamie about the Nasty Boys and realize that Sinister is alive. Sam flies in and offers to take Rahne back to X-Force, but she likes Alex better than Cable. Lorna chooses to let Sam leave, angering Alex. Stryfe plans to have the MLF kill Tucker and destroy his clinic, before unborn mutants can be detected. Issue: X-Factor 78 Date: May-92 Story: Playing with Fire! (30 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Scott Summers (Cyclops), Prof. Charles Xavier Villains: Stryfe and the MLF: Zero, Thumbelina, Wildside, Reaper, Forearm, Strobe, Tempo; Mr. Sinister, Nasty Boy Hairbag Other Characters: Dr. Tucker, Victoria Wang Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Larry Stroman, Brandon Peterson Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: David Sharpe Colors: Mike Thomas Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Tempo warns Tucker that he is about to be attacked. Val shows X-Factor their new Danger Room, but they think it's hokey. Val, in uniform, leads the team to Tucker's clinic in Kansas, which is being attacked by the MLF. Rahne, for moral reasons, and Pietro, for personal ones, opt out of the mission. The MLF slice through the police, kill Tucker, and start searching for his research materials. X-Factor arrives and beats off the MLF. Rahne helps Lorna, feeling she was in her debt from last issue. Lorna lest Rahne destroy Tucker's research. Reaper loses a leg in escaping. Pietro regrets not at first appreciating his human daughter Crystal. Issue: X-Factor 79 Date: Jun-92 Story: Rhapsody in Blue (30 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Sean Young as Catwoman Villains: Rachel Argosy (Rhapsody); Hells Belle Marilyn Maycroft (Shrew); Cyber Other Characters: Harry and Mrs. Sharp; Dick and Margaret Roper; police captain O'Day, commissioner Bill Warden Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Jim Fern Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Michael Heisler Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Sharp's wife finds him dead, and Rhapsody looking in the window. When the police try to catch her, she plays a violin and flies away. Pietro teaches himself the piano to win a $20 bet from Guido, who leaves on a date with Sean Young. Lorna, window-shopping, is attacked by Cyber and hospitalized in serious condition. Rhapsody was a school teacher whose mutancy developed as an adult. The school board fired her, led by Harry, and now she is suspected of murder. Pietro and Jamie help the police get her, but she pulls out a flute and makes them hallucinate. She doesn't get all Jamie's duplicates, however, and is captured. She claims innocence, and Jamie convinces Pietro to side with her. Issue: X-Factor 80 Date: Jul-92 Story: Belles + Whistles (30 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Villains: Rachel Argosy (Rhapsody); Hells Belle Marilyn Maycroft (Shrew), FlambČ, Vague, Briquette, Tremolo; Cyber Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Larry Stroman Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Michael Heisler Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco "Rahne's World" gag suggested by: Myra David Synopsis: Rahne falls asleep waiting in the hospital and dreams her own version of Wayne's World. Lorna is awake, with her jaw wired shut, and remembers that her attacker mentioned Maycroft. Jamie and Pietro try to vindicate the imprisoned Rhapsody. They search Roper and Sharp's office and confront Roper, and Jamie uses his duplicates to observe him continuously. Rhapsody, meanwhile, uses a policeman's harmonica music to strangle him. Guido, Alex, and Rahne guard Shrew, who is testifying against her former employers, a drug cartel. They fight off the other Belles, but Cyber scratches Guido with poison. If Shrew is not turned over in nine hours, he dies. Issue: X-Factor 81 Date: Aug-92 Story: Belles of the Ball (30 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Villains: Rachel Argosy (Rhapsody); Hells Belle Marilyn Maycroft (Shrew), FlambČ, Vague, Briquette, Tremolo; Cyber Other Characters: Sgt. Murphy, Bart Coswell; Genoshan refugees (eventually X-Patriots) Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Larry Stroman Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Kevin Tinsley Colors: Rich S. Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Briquette overheats the boiler, so X-Factor has to evacuate the hotel, but it explodes with Guido inside. He emerges from the rubble, pounds the ground to release excess kinetic energy, and explains that he has been poisoned. Rhapsody breaks out of jail and flies off with Jamie. She admits killing Sharp (too much ecstasy), so Jamie and Pietro return her to prison. Val gets a doctor to prepare an antidote for Guido, but he doesn't trust it. He would rather give the crooked Shrew up rather than risk his life. So Alex drinks the same poison, putting his own life on the line, and they both drink the antidote. Coswell tries to turn a Genoshan ship away from New York harbor, but a mutant on board shames him for not welcoming immigrants and corrodes all the weapons to dust. X-Factor meet with the Belles, pretend to give them Shrew, then attack and defeat them with Shrew's help. Alex whispers to Pietro that he didn't really drink poison, just tap water. Issue: X-Factor 82 Date: Sep-92 Story: Sittin' by the Dock of the Bay (30 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Villains: The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Sauron, Toad, Pyro, Blob, Phantazia Other Characters: Marilyn Maycroft (Shrew); Bart Coswell; X-Patriots including Prodigal, Lukas, Jo Beth (Pirouette) Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Rurick Tyler Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Kelly Corvese Group Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Sauron comes alive (last seen dead in X-Force 9) beneath the same dock at which a boatload of Genoshan refugees awaits entry to the US. Val berates Jamie for the Rhapsody fiasco (see issues 79-81), and Alex berates Val for not talking to him first. Lorna returns from the hospital, jaw still wired but otherwise ready for action. Shrew has testified safely. Guido reveals his last name is Carosella and gets a kiss. The government wants to send the Genoshans back to their own country, but they don't trust that things are better there since the X-Tinction Agenda. The Brotherhood attacks and wants the Genoshans to join them. Pietro captures Toad but is felled by Phantazia. X-Factor then attacks in earnest (leaving Pietro temporarily twitching on the ground!). Sauron tells Rahne he killed Sam (X-Force 7, but he got better), and she transforms to wolf, striking out at Sauron and Lorna. X-Force subdues the Brotherhood, and agrees to escort the Genoshans home to prove that conditions there are okay. Issue: X-Factor 83 Date: Oct-92 Story: Painting the Town (30 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Polaris, Strong Guy, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver Regular Characters: Val Cooper Guest Stars: Jenny Ransome, Philip Moreau Villains: Cameron Hodge as an illusion; Prof. Rick Chalker Other Characters: Bart Coswell, X-Patriots including Prodigal, Lukas, Pirouette, Taylor Credits: Writer: Peter David Pencils: Mark Pacella Inks: Al Milgrom Letters: Richard Starkings Colors: Glynis Oliver Editor: Kelly Corvese Group Editor: Bob Harras Editor-in-Chief: Tom DeFalco Synopsis: Ransome and Moreau arrive to help the X-Patriots deal with the US government, and Lukas attacks Moreau because his father was the Genegineer. Alex knocks him down. Rahne, herself a mutate (see New Mutants 96), talks to the others. Alex offers to escort the X-Patriots around New York, and forces Val to let him without legal papers. Chalker, to avenge his brother Vic's death (iss. 77) has made himself Number One Fan. With razor-sharp fan blades for hands, he is unable to open the door, and when he angrily slaps his forehead, it isn't pretty. X-Factor split up, taking various Genoshans to the playground, a bar, the Statue of Liberty, a disco, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. At the museum, Taylor starts a cold fire sculpture, is identified as a mutant, and beaten by some locals wielding a baseball bat. Rahne weeps over him while Jamie gets an ambulance.
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