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X-Factor #81

Marvel · Series began 1986 · August 1992

first appearance of Prodigal and Bart Coswell

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Prodigal (Marvel) — introduction
Bart Coswell (Marvel) — introduction

Dates

Cover date: August 1992
On sale: June 16, 1992
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #81 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition$1.25 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 edition$1.25 cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07148602145208
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Australian edition1.80 AUD cover

Australian

Printed cover price 1.80 AUD.

Barcode 07148602145211
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Creators

pencils: Larry Stromaninks: Al Milgromscript: Peter David, Stan Leecolors: Kevin Tinsleyletters: Richard Starkings

Stories

Belles of the Ball · 22 pages
The fight between X-Factor and the Belles concludes. A ship of refugee mutants from Genosha arrives in New York.

Publisher’s description

Cyber, the mutant mentor of Hell’s Belles, confronts X-Factor at a hotel in Virginia. Havok shows his true colors in battle, while Strong Guy finds himself in grave danger. Will the team be able to stop Cyber before his reign of terror continues?

Characters

Pietro MaximoffQuicksilverAlex SummersHavokRahne SinclairWolfsbaneJamie MadroxMultiple ManGuido CarosellaStrong GuyValerie CooperSilas BurrCyberProdigalRachel ArgosyRhapsodyMarilyn MaycroftShrewBriquetteFlambeTremoloBart CoswellVague

Reprinted in

X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David (2005), X-Factor Epic Collection (2017), X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus (2021)