The most brutal X-crossover of all rocks X-Factor — and forever changes Angle’s life!When the savage Sabretooth and his fellow Marauders go on a killing spree targeting the Morlocks, a community of mutant outcasts living beneath the streets of Manhattan, X-Factor joins unlikely allies Power Pack and Thor to save as many lives as possible. But what terrible sacrifice will Warren Worthington III be forced to make? In the wake of tragedy, Boom-Boom returns — bringing big trouble for Beast and Iceman. Cyclops goes looking for his wife and son only to find an old enemy! And tensions will soon boil to the surface between Scott and Jean! Plus: Bobby struggles to control his powers, Apocalypse returns with three deadly Horsemen, X-Factor battles the Hulk and Scott and Jean return to the moon as the team shares an uncanny encounter with the Inhumans!COLLECTING: X-Factor (1986) #10-20; X-Factor Annual (1986) #2; Thor (1966) #373-374, #377-378; Power Pack (1984) #27; Incredible Hulk (1968) #336-337Written by Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson & Peter DavidPenciled by Walter Simonson, Marc Silvestri, David Mazzucchelli, June Brigman, Sal Buscema, Jon Bogdanove & Todd McFarlane
Contributors: (W) Louise Simonson; Walter Simonson (A) Terry Shoemaker; Marc Silvestri (CA) Walt Simonson
Writer and editor Louise Simonson launched Power Pack and Web of Spider-Man and wrote memorable runs on New Mutants and X-Factor — helping map out the “Mutant Massacre,” “Inferno” and “X-Tinction Agenda” crossovers. Her major editorial credits include Star Wars and Uncanny X-Men. At DC, she wrote multiple Superman titles and became one of the main creative forces behind the “Death of Superman” saga; her scripts also appeared in Detective Comics, New Titans and more. She returned to Marvel to write the Galactus the Devourer limited series and 1999-2000’s Warlock, starring characters from New Mutants. Her later Marvel work includes the limited series Jean Grey and Power Pack: Into the Storm.After achieving industry acclaim for DC’s award-winning “Manhunter” feature in Detective Comics, Walter Simonson moved to Marvel where he introduced multiple characters and concepts from both myth and outer space during his revered run scripting and penciling Thor. He collaborated with his wife, Louise, on both X-Factor and Wildstorm’s World of Warcraft, later returning to Marvel to illustrate Brian Michael Bendis’ Avengers.In addition to illustrating annuals for New Mutants, X-Factor and X-Force, Terry Shoemaker helped conclude the “Heroes Reborn” version of Iron Man and contributed to the armored Avenger’s subsequent relaunch. He also penciled Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes for DC, CyberRad for Continuity and Zealot for Image, as well as several Wildstorm stories.Industry giant Marc Silvestri entered the upper echelon of comics innovators in the late ’80s during fan-favorite, record-breaking runs on Uncanny X-Men and Wolverine. Silvestri left Marvel in 1992 to co-found Image Comics; his imprint, Top Cow, is one of its four longstanding autonomous studios. At Image, Silvestri created some of today’s most popular properties — including Cyberforce, Witchblade, Weapon Zero and The Darkness. Silvestri has returned to the world of Marvel’s mutants on New X-Men and X-Men: Messiah Complex.