X-Factor #92
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeX-Factor #92 carries permanent historical weight as the debut of Exodus (Bennet du Paris), an Omega-level psionic mutant who became one of the most enduring Magneto-adjacent antagonists of the 1990s and beyond — later serving on Krakoa's Quiet Council. It simultaneously functions as Part 1 of 'Fatal Attractions,' the six-part 1993 crossover that Marvel staged to mark the X-Men's 30th anniversary, a narrative that reshaped the entire franchise by leading directly to Colossus's defection to the Acolytes and Magneto's forced removal of Wolverine's adamantium. The issue also plants the seed for a key thematic strand of 'Fatal Attractions' — the near-religious reverence the Acolytes hold for Quicksilver as the son of Magneto — which drives much of the crossover's human drama. As a double-sized special with an embedded lenticular Havok hologram, it stands as a textbook artifact of early-1990s Marvel's gimmick-cover era, making it both a story milestone and a production curio.
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The issue was plotted collaboratively by writer Scott Lobdell and penciler Joe Quesada, with J.M. DeMatteis scripting the finished dialogue; Al Milgrom inked, Glynis Oliver colored, and Richard Starkings lettered, all under editor Kelly Corvese and group editor Bob Harras during Tom DeFalco's tenure as editor-in-chief. The wraparound cover features a lenticular hologram of Havok designed by Dario Grangroth from original artwork by Quesada, Milgrom, and colorist Tom Smith — part of the publishing initiative to give each 'Fatal Attractions' chapter installment its own embellished cover. The origins of the larger crossover stretch back to a 1992 X-Writers conference where Peter David, half-jokingly, suggested that Magneto could rip the adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton; as Fabian Nicieza later recalled, no one laughed because everyone recognized it as a genuinely powerful idea, and that offhand pitch grew into 'Fatal Attractions.' The issue went on sale May 11, 1993, with a July 1993 cover date.
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- First appearance of Exodus (Bennet du Paris), an Omega-level mutant with vast psionic abilities — telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation — created by Scott Lobdell and Joe Quesada.
- Part 1 of the six-part 'Fatal Attractions' crossover, which also ran through X-Force #25, Uncanny X-Men #304, X-Men (vol. 2) #25, Wolverine (vol. 2) #75, and Excalibur #71, and was designed to celebrate the X-Men's 30th anniversary.
- Story titled 'The Man Who Wasn't There'; plotted by Scott Lobdell and Joe Quesada, scripted by J.M. DeMatteis, inked by Al Milgrom, colored by Glynis Oliver; editor Kelly Corvese, group editor Bob Harras.
- Double-sized issue (approximately 68 pages) featuring a wraparound cover with an embedded lenticular Havok hologram designed by Dario Grangroth, a production technique applied to each installment of 'Fatal Attractions.'
- Exodus appears only briefly and silently — observed by the X-Factor team's aircraft without their knowledge — establishing him as a mysterious figure before his full debut in the crossover's next chapter, X-Force #25.
- Acolyte Seamus Mellencamp is killed in this issue by Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox), though he later appears alive without explanation in Heroes for Hire vol. 1 #16.
- The issue reveals that Val Cooper had been secretly under the Acolytes' influence (via a creature introduced in X-Factor #87), and exposes Project: Wideawake's new Sentinel program at Camp Hayden to the full X-Factor team.
- The issue has been reprinted in: X-Men: Fatal Attractions hardcover (2012), X-Men: Fatal Attractions trade paperback (2016), X-Factor Epic Collection vol. 8 — X-Aminations (2019), X-Men Milestones: Fatal Attractions (2019), Marvel: The First 80 Years (Titan, 2020), and X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus vol. 1 (2021).
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Reprinted in Facteur X #32 (1994), Marvel Exklusiv #10 (1998), X-Men: Fatal Attractions #[nn] (2012), X-Men: Fatal Attractions #[nn] (2016), X-Factor Epic Collection #8 (2019), X-Men Milestones: Fatal Attractions #[nn] (2019), Marvel: The First 80 Years #[nn] (2020), X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus #1 (2021), X-Men - La Collection Mutante #44 (2022), X-Men: Fatal Attractions Omnibus #[nn] (2024)
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