#xfactor32

Again, this isn’t the real Avengers attacking X-Factor’s ship, but it does make for some good artwork of the two teams going at it. (X-Factor #32 – Sep 1988)

The consequence of Hank taking Infectia’s gene altering kiss at the end of the last issue of X-Factor has left him in a furless coma (I wonder if he's chilly), but we all know he doesn’t die, and I’m assuming it’s this turn of events that reverses the degenerative brain disease he’s been suffering from ever since Pestilence touched him during Fall of the Mutants. That Infectia storyline was kind of a long ass tangent to travel down just to get Hank back to where he was before, but oh well. It’ll be nice to have smarmy old Kelsey Grammer Beast back once he wakes up!! (X-Factor #32 – Sep 1988)

This is basically how I measure my own self-worth. Like, if there’s any sort of psychological justification I can use to claim that I can outrun a Sumatran tiger without actually having to provide any kind of real world corroboration to back up what I’m saying, you can bet your sweet ass I’m going to do it, and I’m not going to shut up about it all night. Because honestly, man, adrenaline. If a tiger was chasing me and I thought I was going to die, I could definitely run a four minute mile. Easy! (X-Factor #32 – Sep 1988)

And then there's this scene where Thor sneezes while he's got a mouth full of oatmeal. (X-Factor #32 – Sep 1988)

These panels are significant because, as far as I know, this is the first appearance of the demon N’Astrih who is one of the major villains in the upcoming Inferno crossover. We’ve already spent a significant amount of time in Limbo, and gotten to know it’s inhabitants as Illyana has fought to maintain control of the realm, but this is the first mention of there being any kind of demon overlord calling the shots other than S’ym or Belasco. It’ll be interesting to see how they fill in this particular character’s backstory. (X-Factor #32 – Sep 1988)