- Script
- Howard Mackie
- Pencils
- Jeff Matsuda
- Inks
- Art Thibert
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver; Graphic Color Works (as GCW) (enhancements)
- Letters
- Richard Starkings; Comicraft
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Factor [Forge; Mystique; Sabretooth; Polaris; Wildchild; Shard; Val Cooper]; Multiple Man (guest); Guido (guest); Havok (guest); Bowser (villain); Dark Beast (cameo); Fatale (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Forge fakes X-Factor's death to get out from under government control. Havok tries to recruit Madrox for the Brotherhood. Guido twitches.
- Reprints
Jeff Matsuda pencil credit from letters page of issue #134.
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- Comicraft; typeset
Letters from readers: Bill McLaughlin Jr., Sean Downs, Sanjay Woolcott, Donn Newell Jr., Lancelot Elarinoff Jr., Dan Graf, Michael Jones, Joe Hook