My four favorite "X-Factor 40" covers from August! Which one is your favorite?
Art by John Romita Jr., Art Adams, Larry Stroman and Steve Lightle.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXmen #XMenBlue #XFactor #ClassicXMen
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@austingorton.bsky.socialMy four favorite "X-Factor 40" covers from August! Which one is your favorite?
Art by John Romita Jr., Art Adams, Larry Stroman and Steve Lightle.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXmen #XMenBlue #XFactor #ClassicXMen
@austingorton.bsky.social266 - Daredevil #238 - 9/23/1986
Mutant Massacre comes to Daredevil, as Claremont taps his X-Men editor to join in on the crossover fun.
Cover by Art Adams. Interiors by Ann Nocenti & Sal Buscema.
@austingorton.bsky.social264 - X-Men (vol. 2) #25 - 9/21/1993
Granted, not the most X-Factor-y of issues, but it does features two members on the cover, one of whom gets the hologram.
Cover by Andy Kubert. Interiors by Fabian Nicieza & Kubert.
@austingorton.bsky.social263 - Uncanny X-Men #240 - 9/20/1988
I wish Polaris and Sabretooth's tenure in the Marauders together came up more when they were on X-Factor together.
Cover by Marc Silvestri. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Silvestri.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXmen #Polaris #Sabretooth
@austingorton.bsky.social262 - New Defenders #138 - 9/19/2012
Siryn's tenure in X-Factor ends as she becomes the new Morrigan and leaves the group.
Cover by David Yardin. Interiors by Peter David & Leonard Kirk.
@austingorton.bsky.social261 - New Defenders #138 - 9/18/1984
New Defenders is one of those books I really need to revisit in more detail sometime.
Cover by Chris Warner. Interiors by Peter B. Gillis & Don Perlin.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #NewDefenders #Angel #Beast #Iceman
@austingorton.bsky.social260 - X-Factor #72 - 9/17/1991
Madrox is dead! I guess that's the end of the Multiple Man. 😁
Cover by Larry Stroman. Interiors by Peter David & Stroman.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XFactor #Havok #Polaris #StrongGuy #Wolfsbane #Madrox
@austingorton.bsky.social259 - Hellions #4 - 9/16/2020
Segovia channeling Jim Lee from Uncanny #270.
Cover by Stephen Segovia. Interiors by Zeb Wells & Segovia.
@austingorton.bsky.social258 - X-Factor #84 - 9/15/1992
Strong Guy busting into X-Force like "X-Cutioner's Song" into the "X-Patriots" story.
Cover by Larry Stroman. Interiors by Peter David & Jae Lee.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XFactor #Quicksilver #Shatterstar #Polaris #StrongGuy #Wolfsbane #Havok
@austingorton.bsky.socialX-Factor40 Runners-up from the week of 9/6 to 9/12. Which ones do you think should have made the cut?
Art by Billy Tan, Bob Layton, David Yardin & Neal Adams.
#XmenADay #XFactor40 #XMen
@austingorton.bsky.social257 - Marvel Team-Up #124 - 9/14/1982
Find someone to love you the way J.M. DeMatteis loves Professor Power.
Cover by Ed Hannigan. Interiors by J.M. DeMatteis & Kerry Gammill.
@austingorton.bsky.social256 - X-Factor #108 - 9/13/1994
The unofficial prelude to "Legion Quest" and the runup to "Age of Apocalypse."
Cover by Steve Epting. Interiors by John Francis Moore,
Todd DeZago & Jan Duursema.
@austingorton.bsky.social255 - Iceman (vol. 4) #1 - 9/12/2018
The miniseries follow-up to Grace's Iceman ongoing, proving "cancelling a book then giving it a mini" isn't just a 2026 thing.
Cover by W. Scott Forbes. Interiors by Sina Grace & Nathan Stockman
@austingorton.bsky.social254 - X-Factor #128 - 9/11/1996
Someday I'm going to figure out if Wild Child was put on X-Factor cuz of Age of Apocalypse, or if he was used in AoA cuz of plans to put him in X-Factor.
Cover by Jeff Matsuda. Interiors by Howard Mackie & Matsuda.
@austingorton.bsky.social252 - X-Men #50 - 9/10/1968
Polaris makes her cover debut with one of the series' most iconic covers!
Cover by Jim Steranko. Interiors by Arnold Drake & Steranko.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXMen #Polaris #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Angel #Beast #Iceman
@austingorton.bsky.social251 - Marvel Age #45 - 9/9/1986
"Mephisto vs. Everyone" would have been a great name for the eventual "Mephisto vs. __" limited series.
Cover by John Buscema. Interiors by various.
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #MarvelAge #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Angel #Beast #Iceman
@austingorton.bsky.social251 - Uncanny X-Men #224 - 9/8/1987
This might be the only cover where Havok & Longshot appear together alone (without any other X-Men/X-Factor members)
Cover by Marc Silvestri. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Silvestri.
@austingorton.bsky.social249 - Uncanny X-Men #326 - 9/7/1995
This is stealth one of the best drawn issues of Joe Mad's run.
Cover by Joe Madureira. Interiors by Scott Lobdell & Madureira.
@austingorton.bsky.social248 - X-Factor (vol. 3) #243 - 9/5/2012
Thoughts on Rachel's Prestige look?
I'm generally pro-cape, but this just felt like a weird mishmash of things.
Cover by Dan Mora. Interiors by Marc Guggenheim & Lan Medina.
