Bashed!

• Writer - Joseph Harris
• Penciler - Mike Miller
• Inker - Nghia Lam
• Colorist - Glynis Oliver
• Lettering - Richard Starkings
• Lettering - Comicraft
• Editor - Frank Pittarese
• Editor in Chief - Bob Harras

Summary

  Havok has sent Shard into New York, to get to know her new world. On the subway she sees some locals chasing a mutant boy, Kevin. They corner him, so Shard, reluctant to reveal herself, has to save him. Everyone runs from her, including Kevin, who drops his book bag.

  She looks in his science book and finds him at school. He shows her his power: he is can pull his thumbs all the way down. She laughs: he's not a mutant, just double-jointed. They become friends.

  The next day, she tries to visit him in school again, but a crowd gathers, some to throw stones at her and other to watch. Even Kevin is pressured into throwing a stone; Shard blasts a tree in half, and all of them run away in fear. Shard returns to X-Factor, depressed.

  Note: Havok's team is officially referred to as X-Factor, and is based in New Jersey.