The Ties That Bind

• Writer - Terry Kavanagh
• Penciler - Mike Miller
• Inker - Bud LaRosa
• Colorist - Mike Thomas
• Lettering - Richard Starkings
• Lettering - Comicraft
• Editor - Jason Liebig
• Editor in Chief - Bob Harras

Summary

  In New York, Nate works out with the FF in their base in the West Side piers. He breaks the rules, swiping the psi-bafflers from Ben, then playing with his mind so he bashes Johnny and Reed. Sue sneaks up and makes him stand down.

  Nate had come to them, asking help in tracking down the other AOA exiles, and Reed was trying to test his powers. Reed finds his limits, which he believes are self-imposed. A mysterious creature goes through the computer systems and takes data on Nate to Apocalypse in Egypt.

  Nate bonds with Franklin over ice cream, both are impossibly powerful mutants. Reed can't do anything to help him, so he flies off, and Caliban attacks him in mid-air.