CATALOG RECORD
X-Factor #1
first appearance of Rusty Collins and Cameron Hodge
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Rusty Collins (Marvel) — first appearance
- Cameron Hodge (X-Factor) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- February 1986
- On sale
- November 12, 1985
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #1 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860214502 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition
Canadian
Printed cover price $1.25.
Barcode 0714860214502 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Third Genesis · 42 pages
The original X-Men find out that Jean Grey is still alive and gather for a reunion. Jean explains her near-death experience and the Phoenix phenomenon. The team decides to form X-Factor, a group of mutant hunters whose real purpose is to rescue and help new mutants. Navy man Rusty Collins manifests destructive flame powers, and X-Factor brings him in.
Characters
Reprinted in
X-Men: Phoenix Rising (1999), Essential X-Factor (2005), X-Men: Phoenix Rising (2009), X-Men: Phoenix Rising (2011), Marvel Firsts: The 1980s (2013), X-Factor Epic Collection (2017), Phoenix Omnibus (2021), X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus (2024)