X-Cutioner's Song

The Camel's Back

• Writer - Fabian Nicieza
• Artist - Andy Kubert
• Inker - Mark Pennington
• Lettering - Chris Eliopoulos
• Colorist - Joe Rosas
• Editor - Bob Harras
• Editor in Chief - Tom Defalco

Summary

  Note: this is part 7 of the X-Cutioners's Song crossover and occurs after X-Factor 85.

  Reaper is about to do a double-header on Remy and Quicksilver, but Havok slags his scythe and Betsy his mind. Boomer fends off an attack by Forearm. Ororo, Rogue, and Polaris gang up on Dragoness, knocking her right out of her mechanical wings. Bobby ices Thumbelina and Slag before they run away. Cannonball chases down Rusty, and Skids breaks Boomer's jaw. Strobe blinds Rogue, but Polaris binds her in her own metallic costume. Ororo begins to question the MLF about Stryfe.

  In Newfoundland, Bishop, Logan, and Cable have teamed up. Unwilling to kill Dept. K guards, Cable bodyslides them to his space station Graymalkin.

  Strong Guy takes some spiked coffee to Piotr, who is taking out his frustrations on the grounds.

  Hank thinks he should spend less time on adventures and more in the lab. Nothing he tries on Xavier works, and Moira says it may be time to admit defeat.

  Stryfe toys with Scott and Jean, giving them baby food. Then he has Zero take him to Egypt, to confront Apocalypse. He easily defeats the Dark Riders, gets Apocalypse out of his regeneration chamber, and says he's going to kill him.

  Note: continued in X-Force 17.