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Issue: X-Factor Epic Collection #1
Publication Date: January 2002
 
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Title: Genesis & Apocalypse
Is Variant Variant: Second Edition
Rating: T
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/10/2021
Volume: 1
Pages: 460
ISBN: 9781302928506
UPC/EAN: 978130292850653999
Price: $49.99 CAD
$39.99 USD
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Cardstock covers; glossy interiors
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]
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Epic Collection

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Thor; Spider-Man; Iron Man; Black Widow; Captain America; Luke Cage; Iron Fist; Misty Knight; Wolverine; Doctor Strange; Hulk; Daredevil
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House ad for the "Epic Collection" range.
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Genesis & Apocalypse

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Title page. Art is a detail of part of the cover to X-Factor #1.
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What Lurks within the Cocoon?

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Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner]; Jean Grey (within the cocoon)
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What Lurks Below?

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Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner; the Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; The Enclave [Morlak; Shinski; Zota]; Derek Freeman; Her (flashback); Jean Grey; Melter; Raymond Sikorski; Scourge; Adam Warlock (flashback); Nelson (FBI diver); Carter (FBI diver); Keegan (Melter's henchman)
JFK International Airport...
Sub-Mariner joins the Avengers. The Avengers retrieve a cocoon from the bottom of Jamaica Bay which contains the dormant body of the long-thought-dead Jean Grey of X-Men fame.
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Like a Phoenix...

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Jean Grey
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Like a Phoenix!

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Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hercules; Black Knight (cameo flashback); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo flashback); Wasp (cameo flashback)]; Jean Grey; Edwin Jarvis; Phoenix [Jean Grey] (flashback); X-Men [Cyclops; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Wolverine; Colossus; Storm; Nightcrawler; Banshee; Professor X] (cameo flashback); Sentinels (cameo flashback); Stephen Lang (cameo flashback); Doctor Peter Corbeau (cameo flashback)
There she is! Terra firma!
Reed Richards manages to free Jean Grey from the capsule the Avengers had found her in. While trying to restore her missing memories, Jean learns that she was replaced by the Phoenix, who in turn was destroyed by the humanity it gained by duplicating Jean.
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Baptism of Fire!

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]
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Third Genesis

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Cameron Hodge; Madelyne Pryor; Nathan Christopher Summers; Candy Southern; Mr. Fantastic
Somewhere near Anchorage, Alaska...
The original X-Men find out that Jean Grey is still alive and gather for a reunion. Jean explains her near-death experience and the Phoenix phenomenon. The team decides to form X-Factor, a group of mutant hunters whose real purpose is to rescue and help new mutants. Navy man Rusty Collins manifests destructive flame powers and X-Factor brings him in.
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X-Factor Vs. the Mutant Menace of Tower!!

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Angel; Iceman]; Tower
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Bless the Beasts and Children

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie; Cameron Hodge; Vera Cantor; Tower; Carl Maddicks
Her name is Jean Grey... Amd she is about to die again!
Tower kidnaps Beast for Dr. Carl Maddicks who begins experiments on him. X-Factor searches for their friend.
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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman; Artie]
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Regression Obsession

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Vera Cantor; Senator Thompson; Cameron Hodge; Artie; Tower; Carl Maddicks; Mr. Vallencourt
Five minutes ago, Hank McCoy, better known to the world as The Beast, hovered on the brink of death.
X-Factor catches up to the captured Beast to find that Maddicks' experiments have caused him to lose his fur. Angel changes to a brown and white costume.
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The Power of Frenzy!

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Frenzy
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Trials and Errors

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie; Cameron Hodge; Candy Southern; Headmaster Woodley; Martin Davis; Frenzy [Johanna Cargill]; Tower
Laguardia airport.
Beast tries to readjust to looking human again. After a training session goes bad, Rusty runs away from X-Factor but falls into the arms of Frenzy who plans on taking him back to her master. X-Factor intervenes and Rusty returns to the fold.
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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Angel; Iceman; Beast]
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When Innocence Dies!

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Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Willie Evans Jr; Willie Evans Sr.; Nick Fury; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Mr. Fantastic; Franklin Richards; Dr. Wilburn; Dr. Sorel; Guardsman [Michael O'Brien]; Cameron Hodge; X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Angel; Iceman; Beast]
The time: A few months ago...
Iron Man learns Project Pegasus has a young boy in custody. Willie Evans is a powerful mutant who can create anything he can imagine, and the doctors at Pegasus have him under heavy sedation to protect the world from his powers. X-Factor has been contacted by Willy's father who is trying to find his son. They tussle with Iron Man and the Guardsman. Willy wakes up and wreaks havoc at the project. Iron Man and X-Factor scramble to find a way to stop the young boy before he uses his powers to hurt others and himself. Willy's power proves too much for him and he burns himself out.
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X-Factor [Angel; The Beast; Cyclops; Jean Grey]; Crimson Dynamo [Dimitri Bukharin]; Doppelganger
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Grand Design

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X-Factor [Jean Grey; Iceman; Angel; Cyclops; The Beast]; Cameron Hodge; Sasha Yasinov; Major Nikolai Lizbek; Crimson Dynamo [Dimitri Bukharin]; Senator Thompson; Doppelganger [Dr. Wolfgang Helmut Heinreich]; Anatoly; Yuri; Father Alexi Garnoff; Mentac, the Living Computer; Concussion [Mikhail]; Iron Curtain [Simas]; Siberian Tiger
On television sets, all across America...
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.
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X-Factor vs. the Alliance of Evil!

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Alliance of Evil [Tower; Frenzy; Timeshadow; Stinger]
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Tapped Out

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie; Michael Nowlan; Alliance of Evil [Tower; Frenzy [Johanna Cargill]; Timeshadow; Stinger]; Apocalypse; Madelyne Pryor; Suzy Nowlan; Vera Cantor; Cameron Hodge
Midnight on the Southern Californian coast...
Thanks to a tip from Nowlan's wife, X-Factor catches up with their drug addicted foe but the forces of Apocalypse step in and beat our heroes down, taking Nowlan back to his old master.
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And Now--Apocalypse!

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Apocalypse Now!

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Michael Nowlan; Apocalypse; Tower; Frenzy; Timeshadow; Stinger; Sergeant Gorelli; Joe Simsky; Ruby; Suzy Nowlan
San Diego, California!
X-Factor tracks down the Alliance of Evil and has their first encounter with Apocalypse. Michael Nowlan dies during the fight.
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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Bulk; Glow Worm
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Fallout!

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie; Bulk; Glow Worm; Skids; Trish Tilby; Vera Cantor; Cameron Hodge; Tower
I don't know about you, Jean...
Things get a little hot for X-Factor as people start protesting their mutant hunting headquarters. The dilemma comes to a head when a pair of powerful mutants calls X-Factor out and they have to split their forces and employ disguises in their quest to "hunt" the mutants at the same time as they are really helping them.
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Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Marvel 25th Anniversary Cover
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The Fury of X-Factor!

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Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Cameron Hodge; Betty Leeds; X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Iceman; Beast; Angel [Warren Worthington III]]
6:30 AM.
In the wake of Flash Thompson's escape, everyone is looking for the man believed to be the Hobgoblin. Jameson hires X-Factor to bring in Spider-Man by telling them he is a mutant. Still reeling from his battle with Rhino, Spidey takes on X-Factor.
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Freedom Force Wants Them-- X-Factor Wants Them-- But Rusty and Skids Just Want Out!!

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Freedom Force [Mystique; Blob; Avalanche]; Skids
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Lost and Found!

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie; Skids; Trish Tilby; Cameron Hodge; Vera Cantor; Freedom Force [Mystique; Blob; Avalanche; Pyro; Destiny; Spiral; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]]
Since he is wanted by the government, Freedom Force shows up to take Rusty Collins away from X-Factor.
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Spots!

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Artie Maddicks; Skids; Trish Tilby; Cameron Hodge; Magneto; Leech; Caliban; Val Cooper; Freedom Force [Mystique; Blob; Avalanche; Pyro; Destiny; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]]
Many people believed that the emergence of mutants sounded the death knell of humanity...
X-Factor rescues Rusty from Freedom Force. The Mutant Massacre begins in the Morlock tunnels.
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Classic X-Men # 8 and #43 ran back-up stories...
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I Am Phoenix!

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X-Men [Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Colossus; Banshee; Wolverine; Storm; Professor X; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]]; Peter Corbeau; Phoenix Force
All that is... I am.
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Flights of Angels

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Jean Grey; Cyclops; D'Bari Aliens; Shi'ar; Mr. Sinister
Portraits and patterns of a life.
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Here Comes... X-Factor!

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The Mutant Report

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Text feature from Marvel Age #33 about the forthcoming X-Factor title.
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Who Did You Think Was the Fifth Member of X-Factor?

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The Fifth Factor

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With me today, is Scott Summers.
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All My Fault

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The Rise of "The Rise of Apocalypse"

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Fantastic Four #286 Original Pages

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Jean Grey; Hercules; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Captain America; Phoenix
Reed... that sound!
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Five pages, written and drawn by John Byrne, intended to show Jean Grey's fate and her replacement by the Phoenix at the end of X-Men #100. Editorial descisions meant these pages were never used, and replaced by pages scripted by Chris Claremot and illustrated by Jackson Guice.
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The Mutant Report

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A Second X-Factor #1 Unused Cover

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X-Factor #8 Unused Cover

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Rusty Collins; Freedom Force [Mystique; Blob; Spiral; Pyro; Avalanche; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]]
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Classified Top Secret

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Amazing Heroes #83 Cover Art

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X-Factor cover from Amazing Heroes #83.
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Overstreet's Price Update #5 Cover Art

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Original Art

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At the Mercy of X-Factor!

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Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 7 TPB Cover Art

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Essential X-Factor Vol. 1 Cover

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X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Iceman]; Apocalypse
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One Triumphant Return, One Diabolical Debut!

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