- Pencils
- Rob Liefeld
- Inks
- Rob Liefeld
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Cable; Domino [Vanessa; Copycat]; Cannonball; Boom Boom; Sunspot; Warpath; Feral; Shatterstar
- Reprints
Gallery of small versions of all three covers, including the wraparound cover to X-Force #1, included in this issue
- Script
- Rob Liefeld (Plot); Fabian Nicieza
- Pencils
- Rob Liefeld
- Inks
- Rob Liefeld
- Colors
- Brad Vancata
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- New Mutants [Cable; Boom Boom; Cannonball; Sunspot; Domino [Vanessa; Copycat]; Warpath]; Feral; Gideon (villain); Masque (villain); Adam (villain); Brute (villain); Shatterstar (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Feral, a Morlock, flees from Masque and ends up at X-Mansion. Cable invites Warpath to join the New Mutants, and after his village is destroyed by the Hellfire Club, he accepts. Gideon convinces Sunspot to leave the team. Cannonball challenges Cable. Shatterstar appears on the floor of the Danger Room.
- Reprints
- Script
- Rob Liefeld (Plot); Fabian Nicieza
- Pencils
- Rob Liefeld
- Inks
- Rob Liefeld
- Colors
- Brad Vancata
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- New Mutants [Cable; Boom Boom; Cannonball; Warpath; Domino [Vanessa; Copycat]; Feral; Shatterstar]; Masque (villain); Brute (villain, death); Hump (villain); Imperial Protectorate (villain); Stryfe (villain); Mutant Liberation Front [Rusty Collins; Skids; Forearm; Kamikaze; Reaper; Sumo; Tempo; Wildside; Zero] (villains); Mojo (cameo flashback); Spiral (cameo flashback); Wolverine (cameo flashback); Storm (cameo flashback);Colossus (cameo flashback); Rogue (cameo flashback)
- Synopsis
- Shatterstar shows up in the Danger Room and the New Mutants have to help him defeat Mojo's Soldiers. Feral also arrives at the Mansion and Cable helps get Masque off of her back. Agreeing to try Cable's new proactive stance in the mutant struggle, the New Mutants leave X-Mansion behind and officially become X-Force.
- Reprints
- Script
- Rob Liefeld (Plot); Fabian Nicieza
- Pencils
- Rob Liefeld
- Inks
- Rob Liefeld
- Colors
- Brad Vancata
- Letters
- Chris Eliopoulos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Force [Cable; Domino [Vanessa; Copycat]; Cannonball; Shatterstar; Warpath; Feral; Boomer]; G.W. Bridge; Sunspot; Gideon (villain); Black Tom Cassidy (villain); Stryfe (villain); Mutant Liberation Front [Forearm; Wildside; Reaper; Thumbelina; Zero] (villains); Nick Fury (cameo)
- Synopsis
- X-Force takes on Stryfe and the MLF and establishes a new base of operations totally separate from their X-Men roots.
- Reprints