X-Factor #26

Dates

Cover date

March 1988

On sale

1987

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #26 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  This edition’s page
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07148602145203

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Story arc: Fall of the Mutants

This is part 8 of 12. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. X-Factor (1986) #24
2. The New Mutants (1983) #59
3. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #225
4. X-Factor (1986) #25
5. Power Pack #35
6. The New Mutants (1983) #60
7. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #226
8. X-Factor (1986) #26
9. Captain America (1968) #339
10. Daredevil #252
11. The New Mutants (1983) #61
12. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #227

Publisher’s description

X-Factor under arrest! As the NYPD closes in on X-Factor, a series of mysterious explosions rocks Manhattan. Can X-Factor prove themselves as true heroes amidst the chaos?

Reprinted in

X-Men: The Fall of the Mutants (2002), Essential X-Factor (2005), X-Men: Fall of the Mutants (2011), X-Factor Epic Collection (2017), X-Men Milestones: Fall of the Mutants (2019), X-Men: Fall of the Mutants Omnibus (2021), X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus (2024)