X-Factor (Vol. 1)

Line: Uncanny 
Status: Ongoing 
 
==Details==
X-FACTOR
 Writer: PETER DAVID
 Artist: MITCH GERADS
 Concept: Think Leverage… with mutants.
 Cast:
 1. Polaris
 2. Quicksilver
 3. Gambit
 4. Shatterstar
 5. Jamie Madrox
 6. Layla
 Supporting: Danger, Warlock
 Antagonists: Serval Industries, Singularity Investigations, X-Cell, Damian Tryp
==Issues==
X-FACTOR #0 
 Written by PETER DAVID
 Plot by BANEOFKINGS
 Art by MITCH GERADS
 Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
“THE PRISON JOB”
Jamie Madrox receives a mysterious message in the middle of the night, and he’s drawn to a holding cell in a high-tech security prison just outside New York where he runs into mutant thief, Gambit! But what’s Gambit doing behind bars, and how will this lead to the new X-Factor?
 32pgs/Rated T...$2.99
X-FACTOR #1 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
"THE VENICE JOB" Part One of Three 
X-Factor’s first case takes them global – specifically to Venice, in search of an Italian mutant teenager who is wanted by the authorities. Hired by her multimillionaire parents to make sure that she remains safe, their first twenty four hours as bodyguards aren’t going well, especially when the teenager doesn’t want to be found! 
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99 
X-FACTOR #2 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
"THE VENICE JOB..." Part Two of Three 
Following last issue's twist ending, the teenager who they were ordered to protect – has died? Could the first mission of the new X-Factor team end in complete failure? Or was she really faking her death? Whatever the truth, team X-Factor are going to have to rob the most highly guarded bank in Venice to find out – something that happens to be Gambit’s specialty! 
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99 
X-FACTOR #3 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“THE VENICE JOB” Part Three of Three 
When the bank heist goes wrong, Gambit, Polaris and Shatterstar find themselves on the run from the Venice Law Enforcement as they attempt to put their escape plan into action, using what the city’s best known for in an attempt to escape: the water. A high speed chase through the canals of Venice begins, and should any of the mutants get caught – then they are on their own, because the backup is busy sorting out their own problems! 
Quicksilver, Jamie Madrox, and Layla weren’t very much good at being backup anyway. And their problems might just be more pressing than Gambit’s team, because it turns out that not only is the dead teenager who they were trying to protect alive, but she’s also a captive of Serval Industries! But what is Serval doing in Italy and what are its plans for the girl? THE FIRST ARC OF X-FACTOR CONCLUDES HERE! 
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99 
X-FACTOR #4 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“THE CORPORATE ESPIONAGE JOB” Part One of Two 
Almost immediately after the team sets foot back in America, they’re recruited for their next mission, and it’s a game of high stakes corporate espionage! Their new employer wants them to infiltrate Serval Industries, to find out what they’re hiding. But what is Serval Industries hiding, really? It’s something that they’re willing to kill anybody in order to protect! 
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99 
X-FACTOR #5 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“THE CORPORATE ESPIONAGE JOB...” Part Two of Two 
Captured mutants are being brainwashed and turned into Serval’s own personal army. And to make matters worse, they have Quicksilver! It’s a brainwashed Quicksilver vs. Polaris as the X-Factor team attempt to make the best out of a very bad situation, made even worse by Gambit’s involvement. Because, knowing Gambit - it always is! 
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99 
X-FACTOR #6 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“AERIAL CONFLICT!” ONESHOT! 
PETER DAVID and MITCH GERADS deliver a Christmas Special, that's also entirely NEW READER FRIENDLY. If you've ever wondered what the X-Factor get up to at Christmas, this is going to be the issue for you. And if not, you'll probably want to read it anyway, because it's far from your typical Holiday Drama! But what are the X-Factor up to instead? Ever heard of the movie "SNAKES ON A PLANE"? Well, this issue's a bit like like that. Except without the snakes. Or at least... Sort of without the snakes. 
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99 
X-FACTOR #7 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“SPACE PRISON” ONESHOT 
***Weapons of Mass Mutation!*** 
You’ve learned how the X-Factor spends their Christmas Break. Now learn what they get up to on New Year’s Eve – and of course, it’s not what you’d expect. Unless you were expecting the hunting of an escaped Decepticon in a newly built space prison! 
• A Space Prison built by SHIELD as a way to hold a captured alien species who mean to do mankind harm has been compromised, and now the current lone inhabitant, a Decepticon, is on the loose – and the only superhero team available to stop the Decepticons are the X-FACTOR! 
• As the Decepticon is hunting down the prison guards and scientists observing its every move one by one in a determined bid to escape, the X-Factor are put into the Space Prison as they attempt to prevent it from doing so! 
• However, as the team are about to learn, stopping one Decepticon may be harder than initially thought, because not only do they have to keep the alien from escaping, they also have to keep the prison from crashing down to Earth! 
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99 
X-FACTOR #8 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“DOWN TO EARTH” Part One of Two 
***Weapons of Mass Mutation!*** 
The Space Prison carrying a Deception has crashed down to Earth, with the X-Factor helpless to stop its fall. Now, in Tokyo, the mutants have one last chance to see the mission through, stop the Decepticon, who has gained valuable SHIELD and mutant intelligence from the information at the prison, from linking up with his fellow invaders whilst avoiding detection from the law who are still looking for them after their last job in the city went horribly wrong. But whoever said that being a member of the X-Factor would be an easy ride? 
32 PGs./Rated T+...$2.99 
X-FACTOR #9 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“DOWN TO EARTH” Part Two of Two 
***Weapons of Mass Mutation!*** 
Team X-Factor is trapped in a towering Tokyo Skyscraper as a Decepticon holds all but Shatterstar hostage! However, there’s just one problem – Shatterstar didn’t make it out because he was arrested by the resident law enforcement, rendering him behind bars! However, SHIELD isn’t exactly going to leave their allies alone and cut-off, especially when the Decepticon they’re currently facing contains crucial information about their organization! With only 6 hours remaining before he can contact Megatron, Shatterstar and SHIELD are going to have to come up with a plan. 
Introducing a New Ally to the X-Factor, SHIELD Agent Harper Keen, making her Age of Marvels debut. However, there’s a problem. Keen has some sinister secrets of her own from a mysterious past that’s about to come to light once again, just when the X-Factor, and the world, didn’t need it to. 
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99 
X-FACTOR #10 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE!” Part One of Three! ***AGE OF MARVELS/NEW DAWN CROSSOVER*** 
Something’s happened to time, and following the defeat of the Decepticon, who at the last minute, activated a reality-teleporting device, the X-Factor have found themselves in another world – trapped and cut-off from their own with no way back! 
This world looks like their own, but with subtle differences. For example, rather than the Avengers – there’s the superhero team called the Justice League! And they’re 60 miles from a place called Central City, which doesn’t exist in their own Earth! 
So naturally, the X-Factor decide to go and check out this new City and these new heroes in the hope that one might be able to get them back home. However – it isn’t necessarily heroes that they meet first. 
It's the Rogues! 
Find out what happens when the X-Factor, with Quicksilver - come face to face with another speedster in next month's issue of THE FLASH! 
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99 
X-FACTOR #11 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE” Part Three of Three ***AGE OF MARVELS/NEW DAWN CROSSOVER*** 
Continued from this month’s issue of DC’s New Dawn THE FLASH! 
The groundbreaking crossover between the Age of Marvels Universe and the DC New Dawn ‘Verse continues – with not one, not two, but THREE Speedsters locked in a race across Central City with the outcome being filmed for the whole world to see. However, there’s a problem – should they drop below 88 mph, then the bombs strapped to their chests by the insane villain known as The Trickster will explode – and not even Barry Allen, Wally West or Quicksilver can survive such a catastrophic explosion! But even they can’t keep running forever, so unless the X-Factor, working with Harrison Wells, can stop the bombs from going off – while in motion – a seemingly impossible task – the race will end before they get to settle the truth concerning who really is the fastest man alive! 
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99 
X-FACTOR #12 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“HUNT OR BE HUNTED” ***Oneshot*** 
Someone’s trying to steal the Declaration of Independence, you guys. And seeing as it’s not Nicholas Cage, the X-Factor, lead by Gambit, find themselves called in to not only work out why the Statue is being stolen, but also – who’s stealing it! The X-Factor, normally the ones commiting the heist in the first place – have the tables turned when they have to protect one of the most valuable documents in American History! 
32 PGs./Rated T...$2.99 
X-FACTOR #13 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“THE UNDERWATER JOB” Part One of Two 
X-Factor goes James Bond when a secret organization deep underground has stolen a Nuclear Warhead and plans to launch it on SHIELD’s HQ and the only man for the job is... Gambit? He’s just as surprised as anyone when SHIELD come knocking at his door, but it just so happens that Gambit is uniquely qualified to do this sort of job. Because there are some high stakes on the line, and the game for the nukes may just be decided in a poker tournament, deep beneath the ocean. 
So naturally, Gambit intends to use this as a distraction, and sneak in the X-Factor team right under the noses of the organization, an organization named FEAR. 
Yes, really. Because if you’re going to have a secret organization, you might as well name it something stupid. 
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99 
X-FACTOR #14 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“THE UNDERWATER JOB” Part Two of Two 
Deep Underwater, the battle for the future of Planet Earth is fought when a high stakes heist of a Nuclear Warhead goes horribly wrong leaving the X-Factor compromised and the mercy of the terrorist organization known as FEAR (We’re not sure what it stands for either, it just sounds cool). The only one who can get them out of their current situation is Quicksilver; however he himself has been lured into a problem of his own, and may fall victim to a trap of his own making. 
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99 
X-FACTOR vs. GRAND THEFT AUTO V #15 ***Assistant Editor's Month*** 
Plotted by BANEOFKINGS 
Written by PETER DAVID 
Art by MITCH GERADS 
“THE BIG SCORE” 
Theme Song: On Days Like These, Matt Monro & Quincy Jones 
Welcome to Los Santos, X-Factor! We hope you enjoy your stay! The X-Factor find themselves called in by SHIELD to investigate when they learn that former criminal Michael Townley is back in the game. However, when Gambit learns of the possibility of one of the biggest scores in history of the criminal underworld – who is he to say no, especially when SHIELD learn that the “Big Score” also contains valuable SHIELD Intel previously kept hidden? However, they must first navigate the combined interests of the FIB and Merryweather as well as the initial hostilities of Michael’s partners in crime, the unhinged Trevor Phillips, and the young rookie Franklin Clinton! 
32pgs/Rated T.../$2.99 
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