THEY'RE BACK! Once they were Xavier's young charges: mutant teens who bore the responsibility of protecting a world that hated them. But time has hardened these five X-Men, forcing them to reimagine their mission and purpose. And now, the original dream team returns to fight the one threat that's haunted them since the day they took on the X-Factor name. Join legendary X-scribe Louise Simonson as she reunites with the title and characters she made famous for an epic in the FOREVER tradition! COLLECTING: X-Factor Forever #1-5, X-Factor #63-64

Collects X-Factor (1986) #21-36, X-Factor Annual (1986) #3, Power Pack (1984) #35. Unexpected evolutions! X-Factor is still coping with the loss of their friend and teammate the Angel when the team is suddenly rocked by a traitor! Cameron Hodge, their former publicist, has a horrific anti-mutant agenda — and an army to back up his plans! Meanwhile, the deadly Apocalypse unveils his fourth Horseman, the razor-winged Death — and he’s all too familiar a face! How can the team fight a close friend turned deadly foe? In the wake of Apocalypse’s attack, X-Factor gains a new home, the bouncing Beast becomes blue and furry once more and the team goes public! But when Cyclops and Marvel Girl begin a search for Scott’s missing son, bizarre mysteries are uncovered — and the flames of an inferno begin to flicker!

Five boys, five months, one incredible dream.

The X-Men fight crime and battle evil.

Peter David's first, transformative X-FACTOR run in one volume! Havok, Polaris, Quicksilver, Multiple Man, Wolfsbane and Strong Guy are the all-new, all-different X-Factor! Sanctioned by the U.S. government to protect humans from mutants -- and vice versa -- they take on threats including Mister Sinister and his Nasty Boys, the Mutant Liberation Front and...the Incredible Hulk?! But their most challenging encounter is on the couch of super hero psychiatrist, Doc Samson! Whether it's battling the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in the shadow of Genosha, or clashing with X-Force during the X-Cutioner's Song saga, this unlikely band of heroes have team chemistry like nothing you've ever seen -- and a unique style of humor that makes this series a true classic! COLLECTING: X-Factor (1986) 55, 70-92; X-Factor Annual (1986) 7-8; Incredible Hulk (1968) 390-392; material from X-Factor Annual (1986) 5-6; New Mutants Annual (1984) 6

Collecting X-Factor (1986) #71-83 and Annual #7 and Incredible Hulk (1968) #390-392. A new team is forged! Cyclops and company have rejoined the X-Men — and now Havok takes charge, leading a new government-sanctioned mutant squad! His recruits include Polaris, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver, Strong Guy and Multiple Man — but will the real Jamie Madrox please stand up? The new XFactor must deal with murder mysteries, identity crises, smear campaigns and more — but Mr. Sinister and his Nasty Boys might be too much for them! The Incredible Hulk awaits in a foreign land, and the Mutant Liberation Front and Brotherhood of Evil Mutants heat things up at home, as the new X-Factor deals with diplomacy, deception and death while protecting Homo sapiens from their genetically challenged brethren and vice versa! X-perience Peter David’s hilarious mutant masterpiece from the beginning!

Collects X-Factor (1986) #84-100, Annual #8. Peter David’s fan-favorite run concludes! X-Factor battles X-Force as Stryfe’s plans come to fruition, but can Professor X’s life be saved…by Apocalypse?! In the aftermath of “X-Cutioner’s Song,” X-Factor gets some much-needed counseling, encounters the maddening mercenary called Random — and finally faces the fearsome Chalker brothers! Helping the mutant X-Patriots leads the team to Genosha, where Madrox must make a frightening choice! And when Quicksilver is tempted by Magneto’s Acolytes, which team will he side with? As Forge takes charge, Polaris is targeted and X-Factor investigates the mysterious Haven! She can help free Wolfsbane from her Genoshan programming, but Haven’s message of enlightenment may mean destruction for the world — and to stop her, a member of X-Factor will die!

The vicious Marauders have been employed to wipe out the underground mutant community known as the Morlocks, whose only hope of salvation rests in the hands of the X-Men.

It was the stuff dreams were made of. It became the ultimate nightmare. Being the first winner of the X Factor in 2004, Steve Brookstein should have had it all. Instead, he tells a story of a man sold down the river by his own record label as they championed the runner-up, G4, and forced him into an album of cover songs. This is the story of what really happened, from vicious personal attacks by Sharon Osborne and Louis Walsh to threats from Max Clifford about going public. A decade on, and Max Clifford is inside and severely discredited. So, too was Andy Coulson, an editor who ran many of the untrue stories about Steve. He has been dubbed a pub singer, a fake, a flop and bitter as the narrative that begun on the show became adopted by journalists who thought he was fair game, frequently reviewing gigs that they hadn't been to or inventing quotes he hadn't said, and always regulated by a toothless Press Complaints Commission. Ten years on, Steve is now able to lift the lid on the show itself and analyse for the first time exactly what Max Clifford said when he rang to say, 'Talk to the press and we'll bury you.'