X-Factor #86

Dates

Cover date

January 1993

On sale

November 17, 1992

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #86 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition$1.50 cover

  Direct

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

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition$1.50 cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07148602145201

  This edition’s page
• Australian edition2.25 AUD cover

  Australian

  Printed cover price 2.25 AUD.

  Barcode 07148602145204

  This edition’s page

Story arc: X-Cutioner's Song

This is part 10 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. X-Factor (1986) #84
2. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #294
3. X-Force (1991) #16
4. X-Men (1991) #14
5. X-Factor (1986) #85
6. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #295
7. X-Force (1991) #17
8. X-Men (1991) #15
9. X-Men (1991) #16
10. X-Factor (1986) #86
11. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #296
12. X-Force (1991) #18
13. X-Men (1994) #15

Creators

Stories

• One of These Days... [X-Cutioner's Song Part 10] · 22 pages

  Cyclops and Jean try to escape from Stryfe. Apocalypse helps the X-Men cure Xavier of the techno-organic virus that is killing him.

Characters

Reprinted in

X-Cutioner's Song (1994), X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David (2005), X-Men: X-Cutioner's Song (2011), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), X-Men: X-Cutioner's Song (2016), X-Force Epic Collection (2017), X-Factor Epic Collection (2017), X-Men Milestones: X-Cutioner's Song (2019), X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus (2021), X-Men: Blue & Gold - Mutant Genesis Omnibus (2025)