(Cover Date: December, 1987)

Summary: X-Factor breaks into the science museum where Cameron Hodge is holding their young mutant charges. XF fights against The Right's smile-face soldiers & Hodge. Apocalypse tests Death (Archangel) against his other Horsemen for leadership of the group. The young mutants escape when the power is cut, & Rictor helps fight against the soldiers. Iceman cracks Hodge's ruby quartz armor, allowing Cyclops to take him down. They find that "Hodge" is actually his robot avatar. XF leaves with their charges before Hodge destroys the museum. Apocalypse teleports XF away to be tested against his Four Horsemen.