X-Factor Vol 1 78

X-Factor Vol 1 #78
Previous Issue	X-Factor #77
Next Issue	X-Factor #79
Art by: Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti
Cover Date	May, 1992
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Tom DeFalco

1. "Playing With Fire!"
Writer(s)	Peter David
Penciler(s)	Larry Stroman Brandon Peterson
Inker(s)	Al Milgrom
Colorist(s)	Mike Thomas
Letterer(s)	Dave Sharpe
Editor(s)	Bob Harras

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 both detect the mutant gene and 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.

See Also

• 4 image(s) from X-Factor Vol 1 78

Links and References

• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 11/7/2010

Footnotes

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