#523

Synopsis

Nightcrawler becomes very upset when he discovers that Cyclops has sanctioned X-Force to covertly do the X-Men's dirty work, including killing their enemies. The New Mutants discover where Cable and Hope are hiding out and the X-Men move in to intercept them just as Stryker and the Purifiers attack.

Reprinted in

• X-Men: Second Coming #[nn]
• X-Men Milestones: Second Coming #[nn]
• X-Men: Second Coming #[nn]
• X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus #[nn]

Credits

Script

Matt Fraction

Pencils

Adi Granov, Terry Dodson

Inks

Adi Granov, Rachel Dodson

Colours

Adi Granov, Justin Ponsor

Letters

Joe Caramagna, Virtual Calligraphy

Editor

Nick Lowe

Associate editor

Daniel Ketchum

Characters

• Wolverine
• Logan
• Cable
• Nathan Summers

Other printings & variants

• Iron Man By Design Variant Cover by Mike Perkins
• Finch Cover
• 2nd Print Variant
• 3rd Printing Variant - Terry Dodson Connecting Cover
• Granov Cover - Newsstand