Duet

• Writer - Louise Simonson
• Penciler - Walt Simonson
• Inker - Al Milgrom
• Lettering - Joe Rosen
• Colorist - Tom Vincent
• Editor - Bob Harras
• Editor in Chief - Tom Defalco

Inferno

Summary

  This issue is part of the Inferno crossover.

  Atop the demonized Empire State Building, Madelyn plans to sacrifice Nathan and other infants to make a permanent bridge from Limbo to earth, and also to avenge herself on Scott, who abandoned her.

  Madelyn "brings out the demon" in the X-Men and X-Factor, who are soon battling each other instead of her. Storm accuses Scott of having betrayed Xavier's dream by leading a team of mutant hunters, but he convinces her that it was all Cameron Hodge's doing.

  Dazzler and Longshot attack Angel, who is tempted to join Madelyn but instead frees Jean and Wolverine. Havok attacks Scott while Jean tries to get Nathan away from Madelyn, who encloses them both in a force bubble. She reveals that she was created by Sinister, a clone of Jean with memories implanted by the Phoenix after it died on the moon. Sinister set her up to marry and breed with Scott, and when Jean returned, he attempted to eradicate her, but she fled to the X-Men. She "died" with them and took charge of their computer systems to help alienate them from X-Factor. Finally, she allied herself with demons.

  Scott, Dazzler, and Havok break through Madelyn's force bubble. She explodes like a bomb, trying to kill all of them, but the X-Men use their powers to shield each other, and she succeeds only in killing herself. A piece of the Phoenix appears and returns Madelyn's memories to Jean.

  The demons vanish, and New York returns to its normal, slightly less than demonic state.

  Beast refuses to allow Warren to keep the name Dark Angel, instead calling him Archangel. X-Factor vows to find and stop Sinister.