- Script
- John Ostrander (credited)
- Pencils
- Bryan Hitch (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Neary (credited)
- Colors
- Joe Rosas (credited); Malibu Coloring (credited as Malibu) (separations)
- Letters
- Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Jean Grey; Storm; Wolverine; Beast; Iceman; Bishop; Cannonball]; William Connover; Hannah Connover; Brood (villain); Firstborn Brood (villain); Brood Empress (villain); Josey Thomas (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- The Brood Empress sends her Firstborn assassins to Earth to destroy a woman implanted with a Brood Queen who is resisting the change. The X-Men come to the rescue as the woman happens to be the wife of a pastor who is a strong mutant's rights activist. Bishop speculates that Hannah's resistance may usher in a new evolutionary phase of the Brood. Wolverine just wants to kill her and all like her.
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