(Cover Date: September, 1987)

Summary: While watching TV showing Bobby's icing of Central Park, Rusty & Rictor get into an argument whether mutants can only destroy. X-Factor arrives back at their HQ with Hank sick & Bobby iced up. Both are taken to the infirmary for treatment. After Rusty says he is going to Central Park to melt the ice, he & Rictor get into a scuffle about whether it is wise to do so. Jean shows up to put a stop to it. Later that night, Artie wakes up to find Rusty missing from his bed. Rusty is in Central Park trying to melt the ice off of a tree. It comes down at once & buries him. Through his mental projection, Artie shows Skids & Rictor that Rusty is in danger. Skids & Rictor take the subway to Central Park & tear down X-Factor posters while enroute. Rusty & Skids find a violent gang standing over Rusty. The threesome use their powers to send the gang running. The threesome then combine their powers to remove the ice from Central Park. In the morning, Bobby sees on TV a message in ice that the threesome left about knowing mutants by their deeds. more