Early Frost

• Writer - Scott Lobdell
• Penciler - Lee Weeks
• Inker - Bill Sienkiewicz
• Lettering - Chris Eliopoulos
• Colorist - Steve Buccellato
• Editor - Bob Harras
• Editor in Chief - Tom Defalco

Summary

  Frost has broken out of her coma (iss. 281)by taking over Bobby's body (iss. 311), and she's using his powers much better than he ever did. Warren and Ororo chase her; she doesn't believe her students are dead (iss. 282), jumps in the Hudson, and freezes it behind her. Xavier recalls Warren and Ororo; Sean and he are in the Blackbird, and he knows where she's headed.

  Bishop works out against a robot in the Danger Room. He has recreated a hologram of his sister and commanding officer, Shard, who critiques his performance. He misses her. Jubilee enters and asks about her; Bishop says she's dead, and he killed her.

  Frost gets to the Frost Enterprises building, but she doesn't know how to de-ice, and the guards find her skulking outside. She demands to enter the building; they shoot a hold in her chest, but that doesn't stop her. She melts and slides into the building, taking out the guards there but chiding herself for being unaccustomed to physical combat. She says she founded the Hellions to protect her, but also to help them. She gets to her computer and sees that Fitzroy killed them all. She cries out, saying she'll never forgive herself, and when guards surround her, she tells them to kill her.

  Xavier arrives and telepathically stops the guards. She tells him she set the Hellions up as targets; he says he has also felt that responsibility; Sean takes her hand, saying they can't bring back the dead, but they can build a new future. He carries her out; Xavier looks at the roster of dead Hellions and vows, "Never again."