#xfactor27

Jesus Christ have these two not managed to deplete their sexual tension yet?? Do they have to fly around town in their costumes and act like their tongues are caught in a Chinese finger trap?? Gag me out the front door with these two. (X-Factor #27 – Apr 1988)

And now we bring you… a very special Christmas issue of X-Factor, filled with holiday love and cheer, only a few months too late for Christmas. Seriously, why is there a Christmas issue being published in April. Why is there a Christmas issue being published at all?? Cause this is a thing that ever happens in comic books. Like a god damn episode of the Golden Girls or something. God damn it now I wish I was watching the Golden Girls. That Sophia is such a firecracker. (X-Factor #27 – Apr 1988)

I have to apologize for these scans. As I’ve mentioned, I’m reading these issues from the Inferno Prologue omnibus, which is awesome, but there are no scans of these restored X-Factor issues that are worth a good god damn anywhere on the Internet. Not on Marvel Unlimited or from their store, or even within the murky shadows of the Darknet (Pirate Bay counts as the Darknet, right? Shut up don’t ruin my fantasy that I’m some illicit hacker when I use Google to get to the Pirate Bay). I’ve been doing the best with what I’ve got, going so far as to take photos of the smaller panels right out of the very book I’m reading (just like I used to do!), but I can’t bring myself to scan the pages of the omnibus myself and risk damaging the spin. So some of these posts are going to look like shit. Anyway, this scene is noteworthy, because months after her resurrection Jean finally goes to see her family, who she probably doesn’t even realize disowned her when she turned into the Dark Phoenix (since she was in suspended animation at bottom of Jamaica Bay when the Phoenix assumed her identity). (X-Factor #27 – Apr 1988)

Scott is finally forced to confront the fact that HIS MOTHERFUCKING WIFE IS STILL ALIVE. Of course she’s still alive!! You spent about 2 god damn seconds looking for her!! I’m glad after all these months you can pull your dick out of Jean long enough to catch the evening news to see she’s still alive. What an intolerable asshole. And of course, the second he becomes even remotely emotionally challenged, he runs off to his hiding spot to be alone. Talk about an asshole who absolutely cannot deal. (X-Factor #27 – Apr 1988)

Hey alright! What are we drinking??? Wait is this just a glass of Sierra Mist? Apocalypse, are you telling me you can’t molecularly conjure up a god damn bottle of Tito’s for me to splash my god damn drink with? Have you really been drinking nothing but this garbage for the last 3000 years?? Your parties suck and I’m glad you lose all your battles. (X-Factor #27 – Apr 1988)

Then he got an idea. An awful idea! Warren got a wonderful, awful idea! “I know just what to do!” he laughed in his throat. “I’ll make a quick Santy Claus hat and a coat!” And he chuckled and clucked, “What a great grinchy trick! With this coat and this hat, I’ll look just like Saint Nick!” (X-Factor #27 – Apr 1988)