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X-Factor #4

Marvel · Series began 1986 · May 1986

first appearance of Frenzy

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Frenzy (Joanna Cargill) — villain, introduction

Dates

Cover date: May 1986
On sale: February 18, 1986
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #4 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 0714860214505 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Canadian price edition0.95 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 0.95 CAD.

Barcode 0714860214505 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Ron Frenz, Keith Pollardinks: Joe Rubinsteinscript: Bob Laytoncolors: Petra Goldbergletters: Joe Rosen

Stories

Trials and Errors · 23 pages
Beast tries to readjust to looking human again. After a training session goes bad, Rusty runs away from X-Factor but falls into the arms of Frenzy who plans on taking him back to her master. X-Factor intervenes and Rusty returns to the fold.

Characters

Scott SummersCyclopsHank McCoyBeastJean GreyBobby DrakeWanda MaximoffScarlet WitchIcemanWarren Worthington IIICharles XavierProfessor XErik LehnsherrMagnetoMarvel GirlAngelPietro MaximoffQuicksilverMadelyne PryorToadMortimer ToynbeeJason WyngardeMastermindJoanna CargillFrenzyRusty CollinsArtie MaddicksCandy SouthernCameron HodgeTower

Reprinted in

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