- Script
- Louise Simonson (credited)
- Pencils
- Rob Liefeld (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Wiacek (credited)
- Colors
- Mike Rockwitz (credited as M. Rockwitz)
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Where once there was a wall, now there is a hole rimmed with white hot slag...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mutant Liberation Front: Forearm [Michael McCain] (villain); Reaper [Pantu Hurageb] (villain); Strobe [Juliana Worthing] (villain); Tempo [Heather Tucker] (villain); Thumbelina [Kristina Anderson] (villain); Wildside [Richard Gill] (villain); Zero (villain)
New Mutants: Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith]; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Rictor [Julio Richter]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]
Warriors Three: Fandral the Dashing; Hogun the Grim; Volstagg
Balder the Brave; Skids Blevins [Sally Blevins]; Cable [Nathan Summers] (introduction); Rusty Collins; Karnilla; Mystique [Raven Darkhölme] (villain); Ship (cameo); Stryfe (villain) (introduction); Eitri; Wolf Prince
- Synopsis
- The Mutant Liberation Front attacks more research stations. Mystique threatens Skids. A federal agent shoots Rusty. He and Skids allow the MLF to rescue them. The New Mutants return to New York. After trying to stop the MLF, Cable weighs his options.
First (full) appearance of Cable.
- Reprints
Part 2 of 4. Names, powers, and appearances of MLF members Forearm, Reaper, Strobe, Tempo, Thumbellina, Wildside, and Zero are revealed. Rusty and Skids leave the New Mutants. New Mutants appear in New Mutants Annual #5 near the end of this story.