#8

Synopsis

Danger convinces Emma to help her sneak aboard the Secret Avengers' quincarrier to free an electronic soul who has been calling out for help. The soul she finds, however, is Machinesmith who tries to tempt her in the virtual world while trying to take over her body in the physical world. Danger makes short work of the villain and Emma tries to console her for her misguided attempt at heroism.

Reprinted from

• The Uncanny X-Men #162
• Astonishing X-Men #38
• Astonishing X-Men #40
• Astonishing X-Men #42
• Astonishing X-Men #43
• Astonishing X-Men: Children of the Brood #[nn]

Credits

Script

Christos Gage, James Asmus, Chris Claremont

Pencils

Salvador Larroca, Juan Bobillo, Arthur Adams, David Yardin, Gabriel Hernández Walta, Dave Cockrum

Inks

Salvador Larroca, Marcelo Sosa, Arthur Adams, Gabriel Hernández Walta, Norman Lee, Bob Wiacek

Colours

Frank D'Armata, Chris Sotomayor, Guru eFX, Jim Charalampidis, Rachelle Rosenberg, George Roussos, Glynis Oliver

Letters

Joe Caramagna, Virtual Calligraphy, Tom Orzechowski

Assistant editor

Alex Starbuck, Nelson Ribeiro

Collection editor

Jennifer Grünwald

Editor, special projects

Mark D. Beazley

Senior editor, special projects

Jeff Youngquist

Characters

• Kitty Pryde
• Ororo Munroe
• Storm
• Lockheed
• Abigail Brand
• Piotr Rasputin
• Colossus
• Beast
• Hank McCoy