Phantoms

• Writer - Howard Mackie
• Penciler - Duncan Rouleau
• Penciler - Trevor Scott
• Inker - Jaime Mendoza
• Inker - Scott Hanna
• Lettering - Comicraft
• Lettering - Richard Starkings
• Colorist - Glynis Oliver
• Editor - Frank Pittarese
• Editor in Chief - Bob Harras

Summary

  Greystone remembers his childhood in the future: being branded with an "M" for mutant, to avoid being hunted down by the hound Micah and the Sentinels. His powers were triggered by this trauma, and he attacked the guards. Micah killed his mother, but before he could get revenge, the Summers rebellion started, and all was confusion.

  In the present, Havok trains his team during a lightning storm in Central Park. Greystone sees a newspaper story about a kidnapped child named Micah Leash, whom he thinks is the same person, and he goes off with Fixx to find and kill him. They follow the psychic trail from the schoolyard where he was nabbed. Archer appears, to prevent their committing murder.

  They find a cult which had kidnapped many children and is about to give them "the mark of the beast," and they defeat them. Greystone is unable to kill the child, and they hope that saving him from the cult is enough.

  Archer recalls the life of his host body (international terrorist Jude Black), and calls Rachel, but she hangs up on him. He decides to make Jude's life his own.

  Forge appears in response to Havok's request and gives him keys to one of his properties and a rebuke for turning his back on X-Factor.