Capital Punishment

• Writer - Louise Simonson
• Penciler - Jon Bogdanove
• Inker - Al Milgrom
• Lettering - Task Force X
• Colorist - Glynis Oliver
• Editor - Bob Harras
• Editor in Chief - Tom Defalco

Summary

  The mutants have been freed and have had their powers restored with the help of the Genegineer, whom Hodge has killed. Rictor and Wolfsbane find the wounded Hodge, and Wolfsbane attacks him. She has been transformed by the Genegineer and is much more aggressive and powerful in her wolf form than previously. Storm and Warren arrive and attack Hodge but are defeated, and Hodge tries to repay Warren by decapitation. Havok, Scott, Jean and Wolverine intervene, but Hodge defeats all but the Summers brothers. They confront Hodge on the top of the Citadel and together blast him, but he is kept alive by the power of a demon and manages to pull them both over the edge. Jean catches them, and Rictor collapses the Citadel, burying Hodge's immortal head beneath its rubble.

  Hank has rounded up the remaining mutants and discovered that the magistrates rebelled and captured their insane president. They announce new elections, and Havok and Wolfsbane remain in Genosha to ensure fairness to mutates.

  Back in Westchester, Boom-Boom sprinkles Warlock's ashes on Doug's grave, and there is a promising sparkle of light.