WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Blind Faith (Father Alexi Garnoff, Marvel) — first appearance
- Doppelganger (Marvel, Wolfgang Heinrich) — first appearance, villain
- Concussion (Mikhail) — first appearance
- Iron Curtain (Simas Androvich) — first appearance
- Mentac — first appearance
- Siberian Tiger (Illich Lavrov) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- October 1986
- On sale
- July 1, 1986
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860258265
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Creators
pencils: Bob Laytoninks: Bob Layton, Brett Breedingscript: Bob Laytoncolors: Petra Goldbergletters: Janice Chiang
Stories
- Grand Design · 40 pages
X-Factor travels to Russia to give a talk on their mutant-hunting techniques. While there they covertly stop Doppelganger, an evil mutant who has been experimenting on other mutants for the Russian government.
Characters
Scott SummersCyclopsHank McCoyBeastJean GreyBobby DrakeIcemanWarren Worthington IIIMarvel GirlAngelCameron HodgeCrimson DynamoBlind FaithIllich LavrovDoppelgangerWolfgang HeinrichSimas AndrovichConcussionIron CurtainMentacSiberian Tiger
Reprinted in
Essential X-Factor (2005), X-Factor Epic Collection (2017), X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus (2024)