X-FACTOR Secret Revealed?

X-Factor 259The End of X-Factor is underway! This week Peter David turns the spotlight on the connection between Longshot and Shatterstar in X-Factor #259.

 

Longtime writer David explains how X-Factor is ending and how fans of each member might be satisfied on Marvel.com:

 

“It will be a series of one-issue stories each focusing on one or two characters, trying to give each of them a decent conclusion,” says David.

 

This week’s chapter focuses on one of the longest running mysteries of the book and the Marvel Universe. Longshot escaped Mojoworld and joined the X-Men. Shatterstar was part of the original X-Force and shares a Mojoworld connection to Longshot but has his own complicated history.

 

Longshot has an on-again, off-again romance with Dazzler. Shatterstar’s heart belongs to Rictor but maybe not his wandering eye!

 

X-Factor's Shatterstar and Rictor courtesy Marvel.com
X-Factor’s Shatterstar and Rictor courtesy Marvel.com

David reflected on the memorable couple and the moment they first gave in to their attraction.

 

“When I had Shatterstar kiss Rictor, I wasn’t thinking about it being a big deal. I mean, it was panel five on a six panel page. It wasn’t like I made it a full-page thing and made a big deal about it. It was just something that seemed natural after all this time. This is the 21st century, why are we screwing around with this? I really didn’t think about it being a big deal, which is why it broke me up when some people accused me of doing it specifically to be a big deal,” David says, “I loved when the pregnant Wolfsbane crashed into Shatterstar when she found him in bed with Rictor. I loved that moment, I thought that was great.”

 

Peter David already had a project at Marvel but no word on what it could be.

 

X-Factor #259 arrives today. Where will the members of X-Factor turn up after the book ends? Here are my X-Factor X-pectations.

 

By Editor