- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Cassaday (signed as ) (illustration)
- Inks
- John Cassaday (signed as ) (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
Page also includes credits and indicia.
- Script
- Christos Gage (credited)
- Pencils
- Juan Bobillo (credited)
- Inks
- Marcelo Sosa (credited)
- Colors
- Chris Sotomayor (credited)
- Letters
- Joe Caramagna of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Joe Caramagna)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Storm; Beast; Kitty Pryde; Colossus]; Abigail Brand; Lockheed; Broo (introduction); Hulk (cameo flashback); No-Name (cameo flashback); Korg (cameo flashback); Elloe (cameo flashback)
- Synopsis
- Though infected by the Brood, Agent Brand convinces the X-Men that the Brood must not be destroyed as they play a significant role in the interplanetary ecosystem. The heroes try to come up with a plan of action but Storm, Beast, and Colossus are attacked and infected.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Brood; SWORD
Broo is not yet named in this story but will later become a student at the Jean Grey School of Higher Learning.