- Script
- Brian K. Vaughan
- Pencils
- Michael Ryan
- Colors
- Matt Milla
- Letters
- Rus Wooton; Virtual Calligraphy
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mystique; Shortpack; Shepard (villain); The Quiet Man (villain)
- Synopsis
- Mystique tries to recover a withered mutant alchemist's hand that can still turn lead into gold. It is revealed that Shortpack knows and has worked with Shepard, the agent of The Quiet Man who has asked Mystique to kill Xavier.
- Reprints
Michael Ryan's uninked pencil art is used in this story.