- Script
- Steven Grant (credited)
- Pencils
- Ariel Olivetti (credited)
- Inks
- Ariel Olivetti (credited)
- Colors
- Christie Scheele (credited)
- Letters
- Richard Starkings (credited as RS); Comicraft (credited); Oscar Gongora (credited as OG)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Man [Nate Grey]; Sister Perpetua; Nicola Zeitgeist; Professor X of Earth 253 (Death); Nightfighter (Death); Citydweller (Death); Technocrat (Death); White Bird (Death); Qabiri; Thor of Earth 253
- Synopsis
- Nate and the heroes of Earth 253 try in vain to stop Qabiri from destroying their world. Nate escapes with Nicola and Perpetua, both different versions of the same person, just before the world explodes.
- Reprints
The Protectorate is an homage to Warren Ellis's run on the series The Authority, published by DC/Wildstorm.