Nation X: X-Factor Vol 1 1

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March, 2010	January 6, 2010
"A Tale of Two Islands"
	Writer Peter David; Penciler Valentine De Landro; Inker Pat Davidson; Colourist Jeromy Cox; Letterer Cory Petit; Editor Jody Leheup;

Not just any book. The book. The Book of the Others, whence all knowledge comes. To know the past is to know the future. To learn from the past is to change the future. Would you change yours, Scott Summers? It is all here, after all. The reasons why this Utopia of yours will come crashing down all around you. How your enemies will bring you low. How destruction will come upon you, from without and from within. Would you like to see why Utopia cannot possibly work?

-- Crone

Appearing in "A Tale of Two Islands"

Featured Characters:

X-Factor Investigations

Supporting Characters:

Crone (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
X-Men
- Cyclops (Scott Summers)
- Wolverine (Logan)
- Pixie (Megan Gwynn)
- Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier)
- Trance (Hope Abbott) (Cameo)
- Gentle (Nezhno Abidemi) (Cameo)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake)
- Dust (Sooraya Qadir) (Cameo)
- Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith)
- Surge (Noriko Ashida)
- Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro)
- Armor (Hisako Ichiki)
- Onyxx (Sidney Green)
- Emma Frost
- Prince Namor
- Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier)
- Dazzler (Alison Blaire)
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Cameo)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Cameo)
- Warpath (James Proudstar) (Cameo)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Cameo)
- X-23 (Laura Kinney) (Cameo)
- Domino (Neena Thurman) (Cameo)
- New Mutants
  - Mirage (Dani Moonstar)
  - Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  - Magma (Amara Aquilla) (Cameo)
  - Sunspot (Roberto da Costa) (Cameo)
  - Magik (Illyana Rasputin) (Cameo)

Antagonists:

Nazis
- Waffen-SS
  - Otto (Only appearance; dies)^[1]
Sentinels (Only in flashback) (Cameo)

Other Characters:

Void fragment (Cameo)
Sean Madrox (Mentioned)
Summers Rebellion (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Ruby Summers (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Hecat'e (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
- Trevor Fitzroy (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
Eugene O'Neill (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
Lemuel Gulliver (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Humans (Main story and flashback)
Mutants (Main story and flashback)
Cyborgs (Only in flashback)
Lilliputians (Mentioned)

Locations:

Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
  - Poland (Only in flashback)
    - Warsaw ghetto (Only in flashback)
  - United States of America
    - California
      - San Francisco Bay
        Utopia
      - San Francisco (Mentioned)
    - New York (Mentioned)
      - New York City (Mentioned)
        Queens (Mentioned)
        Flushing (Mentioned)
        
        Manhattan (Mentioned)
Earth-1191 (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Only in flashback)
  - United States of America (Only in flashback)
    - New York (Only in flashback)
      - New York City (Only in flashback)
        Manhattan (Only in flashback)

Items:

Book of the Other (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Cyclops' Visor
Wolverine's Suit
X-Uniforms
Banshee's Wings
Shatterstar's Swords
Magneto's Helmet (Cameo)

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "A Tale of Two Islands"

Synopsis not yet written.

Solicit Synopsis

Utopia. The sanctuary for mutants to escape a world that wants them extinct. So is it the ideal home for X-Factor? That's what Cyclops believes when he invites the world's only mutant detective agency to relocate to their floating island retreat and take up residence there. But will Madrox and his team believe that it's the best place for them? What old faces will pop up, and what old acquaintances will be renewed? And will there even be a Utopia left when the mysterious Crone shows up and threatens to bring the entire place crashing down into the Pacific?

Notes

It is unclear when this issue takes place since in the main X-Factor series the group isn't assembled the way it is here until Issue #206 and events from this issue are mentioned in Issue #205.

Trivia

Dazzler and Longshot briefly rekindle their relationship.
Boom Boom, a former mutual romantic interest of Rictor, seems much more at ease with Rictor and Shatterstar's relationship then Wolfsbane.^[2]
Darwin tells Professor X he was looking for after his "death". This is actually how he came into contact with X-Factor.^[3]

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