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X-Factor #3

Marvel · Series began 1986 · April 1986

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Dates

Cover date: April 1986
On sale: January 14, 1986
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition75¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition75¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860214504 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

Barcode 0714860214504 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Ron Frenz, Butch Guiceinks: Joe Rubinsteincolors: Michael Higgins, Petra Goldbergscript: Bob Layton, Jim Shooterletters: Joe Rosen

Stories

Regression Obsession · 23 pages
X-Factor catches up to the captured Beast to find that Maddicks' experiments have caused him to lose his fur. Angel changes to a brown and white costume.

Publisher’s description

Carl Maddicks is conducting mutant-reversing experiments on the Beast in an attempt to reverse the mutation of his own son!

Characters

Scott SummersCyclopsHank McCoyBeastJean GreyBobby DrakeIcemanWarren Worthington IIIMarvel GirlAngelArtie MaddicksCameron HodgeVera CantorTowerEdward PasternakCarl Maddicks

Reprinted in

Essential X-Factor (2005), X-Factor Epic Collection (2017), X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus (2024)