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 35 of 39. 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 Uncanny X-Men #239
7. X-Factor #35
8. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #311
9. The New Mutants (1983) #71
10. The Avengers (1963) #299
11. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #240
12. X-Factor (1986) #36
13. Fantastic Four (1961) #322
14. Power Pack (1984) #43
15. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #146
16. X-Terminators (1988) #4
17. Daredevil #262
18. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #312
19. The New Mutants (1983) #72
20. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #241
21. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #147
22. X-Factor (1986) #37
23. Fantastic Four (1961) #323
24. The Avengers (1963) #300
25. Daredevil #263
26. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #313
27. Power Pack (1984) #44
28. The New Mutants (1983) #73
29. X-Factor (1986) #38
30. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #148
31. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #242
32. Excalibur #6
33. Web of Spider-Man #48
34. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #243
35. X-Factor (1986) #39
36. Daredevil #265
37. Excalibur #7
38. Damage Control #4
39. X-Factor Annual #4

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.

Publisher’s description

Mr. Sinister and Cyclops' twisted history is revealed as their destructive showdown comes to a head. Can Cyclops' surpass the artificial limitations that Sinister has imposed upon him?

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)