The mutants of X-Factor are now considered by many to be heroes after their exploits saving the city during the Fall of the Mutants. With fame (and a large alien spacecraft) comes a new set of threats.
There are a few notable things that come out of this run. We learn that Apocalypse's ship is a sentient being who becomes part of the team (and part of the X-Men mythos). It looks like we finally get to the end of the year long subplot in which Beast lost his intellect and became "dumb" (let me stress "finally" -- man did that drag). Cyclops starts looking for his lost son, and the kids learn that they will be sent to a boarding school. We don't see much of "Dark Angel", but that will soon be remedied.
There are a few notable things that come out of this run. We learn that Apocalypse's ship is a sentient being who becomes part of the team (and part of the X-Men mythos). It looks like we finally get to the end of the year long subplot in which Beast lost his intellect and became "dumb" (let me stress "finally" -- man did that drag). Cyclops starts looking for his lost son, and the kids learn that they will be sent to a boarding school. We don't see much of "Dark Angel", but that will soon be remedied.
[2-Stars] 27 - "Gifts" The sudden fame includes a lot of Christmas gifts from grateful citizens for the X-Factor wards. They choose to donate them to the other children in much more need. Meanwhile, Jean visits her parents letting them know she is alive.
[3-Stars] 28 - "Countdown" X-Factor's new headquarters comes alive causing damage to the surrounding community and threatening X-Factor and the children. The ship is sentient and friendly, but it reveals that it's previous master, Apocalypse, still controls it with malicious instructions -- and ticking bomb ready to explode.
[3-Stars] 29 - "Fame!" X-Factor holds a press conference to calm fears about Ship and the danger it poses. A new villain has her eyes set on the Ship. Infectia can make ordinary people into mutants for a short period of time, and she sends three of these powerful "Anti-Bodies" to take Ship by force.
[3-Stars] 30 - "Kiss of Death!" Scott and Jean go to Dallas to learn what they can about Scott's missing son from Freedom Force. Infectia takes the opportunity to target Iceman in a new plot to take Ship. Beast and the kids try their best to foil her plans.
[3-Stars] 31 - "Kiss Off!" Infectia is nothing if not persistent. She doubles her efforts to kiss Iceman in order to make him one of her "Anti-Bodies".
[1-Star] 32 - "The Carbon Copy Avengers" Xartan aliens mimic the Avengers and determine that their biggest threat to world domination is X-Factor. I am not sure anybody has seen the Xartans since Journey Into Mystery #90 (March 1963), and I kinda wish I didn't see them here. This story is as silly as it sounds, and if wasn't for the story continuation, I would've thought this was just a fill-in issue. We learn that Beast is in a coma (as opposed to being dead) as a result of their battle with Infectia.
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