X-Factor Vol 1 78

X-Factor Vol 1 #78 Published May, 1992 Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco Cover Artist Joe Quesada Jimmy Palmiotti "Playing With Fire!" Writer Peter David Penciler Larry Stroman Brandon Peterson Inker Al Milgrom Colourist Mike Thomas Letterer Dave Sharpe Editor Bob Harras Previous Issue Next Issue X-Factor #77 X-Factor #79

Appearing in "Playing With Fire!"

Featured Characters:

• X-Factor
  • Strong Guy (Guido)
  • Multiple Man (Jamie)
  • Havok (Alex)
  • Polaris (Lorna)
  • Wolfsbane (Rahne)
  • Quicksilver (Pietro)
  • Valerie Cooper

Supporting Characters:

• X-Men
  • Cyclops (Scott)
  • Professor X

Antagonists:

• Stryfe
• The Mutant Liberation Front
  • Tempo
  • Wildside
  • Strobe
  • Reaper
  • Forearm
  • Zero

Other Characters:

• Doctor Tucker - (Death)
• Victoria Wang, public defender
• Slab (Christopher Anderson) (Mentioned)
• Mister Sinister
• Hairbag (Mr. Suggs)
• X-Force (Mentioned)
• Jean Grey (Mentioned)
• Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (Mentioned)
• Cable (NAthan Summers (Mentioned)
• MLF medics
• Luna (Mentioned)
• Crystal (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants

Locations:

• Washington, D.C.
  • Georgetown
    • X-Factor headquarters
• Kansas City
  • Tucker Free Clinic

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor

Vehicles:

• X-Factor jet
  
  

Synopsis for "Playing With Fire!"

X-Factor faces the M.L.F. at a clinic where the doctor claims to be able to detect the gene that creates mutation an can remove it before birth.

Notes

• Reaper loses the lower half of his right leg after Zero's portal is disrupted.
• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]

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Recommended Reading

Links and References

• X-Factor at Wikipedia
• X-Factor at Marvel Subscriptions
• X-Factor series index at Comicbookdb.com
• X-Factor series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
• X-Factor series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 11/7/2010

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