X-Factor #39

Dates

Cover date

April 1989

On sale

December 27, 1988

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #39 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition

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• Newsstand edition

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Story arc: Inferno

This is part 29 of 30. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. X-Terminators (1988) #1
2. X-Terminators (1988) #2
3. Power Pack (1984) #42
4. The Avengers (1963) #298
5. X-Terminators (1988) #3
6. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #311
7. The New Mutants (1983) #71
8. The Avengers (1963) #299
9. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #240
10. X-Factor (1986) #36
11. Fantastic Four (1961) #322
12. Power Pack (1984) #43
13. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #146
14. X-Terminators (1988) #4
15. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #312
16. The New Mutants (1983) #72
17. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #241
18. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #147
19. X-Factor (1986) #37
20. Fantastic Four (1961) #323
21. The Avengers (1963) #300
22. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #313
23. Power Pack (1984) #44
24. The New Mutants (1983) #73
25. X-Factor (1986) #38
26. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #148
27. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #242
28. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #243
29. X-Factor (1986) #39
30. Daredevil #265

Creators

Stories

• Ashes to Ashes · 24 pages

  Mr. Sinister has blown up X-Mansion with all of the X-Men inside and only Longshot stands in his way of total victory. Beast shows up and helps Longshot occupy Sinister while the X-Men dig themselves out of the rubble. During the ensuing conflict, Sinister reveals that Cyclops was brought to his orphanage as a boy and manipulated by the villain. Realizing that Sinister is wary of Cyclops' eye beams, the X-Men distract him while Havok uses his powers to supercharge his brother. Cyclops blasts Sinister into oblivion. The X-Men and X-Factor part to carry on their separate missions.

Characters

Reprinted in

X-Men: Inferno (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003), Essential X-Factor (2005), X-Men: Inferno (2009), X-Men: Inferno (2016), X-Factor Epic Collection (2017), X-Men Milestones: Inferno (2019), Phoenix Omnibus (2021), X-Men: Inferno Omnibus (2021), X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus (2024)