X-Factor Annual Vol 1 5

Part of the "Days of Future Present" event Part of the "Tribute" story arc X-Factor Annual Vol 1 #5 Published July, 1990 Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco Cover Artist Jon Bogdanove Al Milgrom "Act of Faith (Days of Future Present Pt. 3)" Writer Louise Simonson Penciler Jon Bogdanove Inker Al Milgrom Colourist Brad Vancata Letterer Joe Rosen Editor Bob Harras "Tribute the First" Writer Peter David Penciler David Ross Inker Geof Isherwood Colourist Nelson Yomtov Letterer Joe Rosen Editor Bob Harras Previous Issue Next Issue (series) X-Factor Annual 4 (story) New Mutants Annual 6 (series) X-Factor Annual 6 (story) X-Men Annual 14

I must admit it. You did quite well... for first level mutants.

-- Franklin Richards (Earth-811)

Appearing in "Act of Faith (Days of Future Present Pt. 3)"

Featured Characters:

• X-Factor
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)
  • Iceman (Bobby Drake)
  • Beast (Henry "Hank" McCoy))
  • Archangel (Warren Worthington III)

Supporting Characters:

• Franklin Richards (Earth-811)
• Ship
• Franklin Richards
• Fantastic Four
  • Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)
  • Invisible Girl (Susan Richards)
  • Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
  • The Thing (Benjamin Grimm)
  • Sharon Ventura
• Nathan Summers
• Phoenix (Rachel Summers)
• X-Men
  • Forge
  • Banshee (Sean Cassidy)
• New Mutants
  • Cable
  • Sunspot (Roberto Da Costa)
  • Warlock
  • Boom-Boom (Tabitha Smith)
  • Cannonball (Samuel Guthrie)

Antagonists:

• Ahab
• Sentinels Mk VI

Other Characters:

• Unnamed Hounds

Locations:

• New York
  • New York City
    • Manhattan
      • Liberty Island
      • Baxter Building

Items:

• Tesseract Pocket

Vehicles:

• X-Factor's Ship
• Fantasti-Car MK II
• Ahab's floating base (Destroyed)
  
  

Synopsis for "Act of Faith (Days of Future Present Pt. 3)"

While X-Factor is playing jai alai and Scott and Jean bicker, a grown-up Franklin flies over New York City and decides that Ship doesn't belong there. He dematerializes it. The Fantastic Four explain that they were attacked by Franklin and call on X-Factor for help. Rachel attacks Franklin and is repelled. Jean meets her and refuses to believe she is her daughter. Sentinels attack Franklin atop the Chrysler building, and X-Factor and the Fantastic Four destroy them. Ahab uses his harpoon to turn Rachel back into his hound, but fails. He and his hounds battle X-Factor, the Fantastic Four, and the New Mutants beneath the Statue of Liberty. Torch and Bobby destroy Ahab's portal and reveal his machinery, which Scott destroys. Ahab and his hounds are immediately sucked to their own time. Franklin reappears and tells Scott that his son will be a powerful mutant, but he should never have been born, so he takes him away.

Appearing in "Tribute the First"

Featured Characters:

• Marvel Girl

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

• Mrs. Scully
• Sam Scully (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
• Mrs. Scully's aunt (Only in flashback)
• Several Nazis (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• New York
  • Annandale-on-Hudson
    • Phoenix's grave site
• Germany (Only in flashback)
  • Berlin (Only in flashback)

Items:

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "Tribute the First"

Jean lays flowers at Phoenix's grave, which is marked with her own name. Mrs. Scully tells her life story: she was a rich Jewish girl who had been sent to a Nazi concentration camp. She was allowed to live because she could dance ballet for the commandant. She moved to America, married Sam, and was rejected by her aunt for marrying outside their faith. She is an example to Jean of how to have many lives and yet remain true to herself.

Notes

• The first story is part 3 of 4 of the Days of Future Present crossover event. Though named "Part 2", this story takes place after the New Mutants Annual crossover, which is named "Part 3".
• The second story is a part of the annual story arc, Tribute. Paying tribute to characters who have died over the years.
• In the second story, Mrs. Scully recalls her past during World War II in Nazi concentration camps and her life after that.
• Issue includes bonus pinups of:

Mighty Marvel Masterwork
by Dale Keown & Bob McLeod

Special Sneak Preview of X-Factor: Prisoner of Love #1
by Jackson Guice

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See Also

• 7 Image(s) from X-Factor Annual Vol 1 5
• 2 Reprints of X-Factor Annual Vol 1 5
  

Recommended Reading

• Fantastic Four Annual #23 - Events leading up to this story
• New Mutants Annual #6 - "

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