- Script
- Ed Brubaker
- Pencils
- Clayton Henry
- Inks
- Mark Morales
- Colors
- Wil Quintana (see note)
- Letters
- Chris Eliopoulos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Vulcan [Gabriel Summers]; Shi'ar Imperial Guard [Gladiator; Pulsar; Starbolt; Smasher]; Christopher Summers (flashback); Katherine Summers (flashback); D'Ken Neramani (flashback); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (flashback); Marvel Girl [Rachel Grey] (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Vulcan flies through space into Shi'ar territory, destroying ships in his path and ultimately commandeering one and gaining the allegiance of its crew through fear. The captain of his new ship tells Vulcan of Shi'ar history, and then the Imperial Guard arrives to stop his advance.
- Reprints
Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009) lists the colors credit as Wilfred Quintana.
- Script
- Sean Ryan (answers); ? (promo copy)
- Pencils
- Billy Tan
- Inks
- Danny Miki; Allen Martinez (with)
- Colors
- Frank D'Armata
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
Letters from readers: Nick Marino, Stacia Robbins, Chad Ewell