- Script
- Louise Simonson (credited)
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (credited)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (credited as Allen Milgrom)
- Colors
- Gregory Wright (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters fostered the young mutants...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marauders
Marauders: Malice [Alice MacAllister] (villain, possesses Polaris); Polaris [Lorna Dane] (possessed by Malice); Sabretooth [Victor Creed] (villain)
X-Factor: Archangel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers] (also origin in flashback); Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Longshot (Mojoverse); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Mister Sinister [Nathaniel Essex] (villain); Madelyne Pryor-Summers (cameo flashback)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Mr. Sinister has blown up X-Mansion with all of the X-Men inside and only Longshot stands in his way of total victory. Beast shows up and helps Longshot occupy Sinister while the X-Men dig themselves out of the rubble. During the ensuing conflict, Sinister reveals that Cyclops was brought to his orphanage as a boy and manipulated by the villain. Realizing that Sinister is wary of Cyclops' eye beams, the X-Men distract him while Havok uses his powers to supercharge his brother. Cyclops blasts Sinister into oblivion. The X-Men and X-Factor part to carry on their separate missions.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Inferno
Continued from The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #243.