- Script
- Chris Claremont (credited)
- Pencils
- Rick Leonardi (credited)
- Inks
- Terry Austin (credited)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Magnification: 100. Scanalysis initiated.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hellfire Club: Black King [Sebastian Shaw] (villain); Black Queen (villain); Tessa (guest, cameo); White Queen [Emma Frost] (villain, cameo)
Hellions: Catseye [Sharon Smith] (villain); Empath [Manuel de la Rocha] (villain); Jetstream (villain); Roulette [Jennifer Stavros] (villain); Tarot [Marie-Ange Colbert] (villain); Thunderbird [James Proudstar] (villain)
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie] (also in a dream); Cypher [Doug Ramsey] (also in a dream); Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh] (also in a dream); Magik [Illyana Rasputina] (also in a dream); Magma [Amara Aquilla] (also in a dream); Mirage [Dani Moonstar] (also in a dream); Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair] (also in a dream)
Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; Sage; Warlock (as the Magus, in a dream); Viper (villain, voice only); Silver Samurai (villain, voice only); Gerhard van Ostamgen
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Cypher dreams that he has been infected by the transmode virus (which, in fact, he has). The New Mutants attend a party at the Hellfire Club, where tensions mount. Selene tells Magma they are related. The New Mutants and Hellions agree to a contest.
- Reprints
The New Mutants appear here following New Mutants Annual (Marvel, 1984 series) #3 and Fallen Angels (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 (in which Sunspot and Warlock take a leave of absence from the New Mutants).