- Script:
- Mariano Nicieza
- Pencils:
- J.R. Justiniano
- Inks:
- Roy Richardson
- Colors:
- Kevin Tinsley
- Letters:
- Janice Chiang
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Jean Grey; Storm; Wolverine; Psylocke; Iceman; Beast; Archangel; Bishop; Rogue; Gambit; Forge; Jubilee]; X-Factor [Havok; Polaris; Quicksilver; Guido]; X-Force [Cable; Cannonball; Sunspot; Rictor; Boomer [Tabitha Smith]; Shatterstar; Siryn; Feral]; Apocalypse (Villain); Stryfe (Villain); Dark Riders [Gauntlet (Villain); Foxbat (Villain); Psynapse (Villain); Tusk (Villain); Hardrive (Villain)]; The Watcher (Cameo); Mr. Sinister (Cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Apocalypse is unable to cure Professor X of Stryfe's technovirus and he dies; On the moon, Stryfe is blasted by Xavier's death scream which causes him to accidentally drop the force bubble keeping Cyclops and Jean alive so they die too; The X-Men attack Apocalypse and he kills many of them; Forge gathers the surviving mutants and makes them all X-Men; They fly to the moon where Stryfe and Apocalypse are fighting over a time vortex machine; Realizing Cable and the X-Men are the closest thing he has left of a family, Stryfe sacrifices himself to destroy Apocalypse.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Based on the "X-Cutioner's Song" story that ran in the X-Books from November 1992 to December 1993.