| Issue | #78 |
| Published | August 1989 |
| Cover Price | 1.00 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief) |
| Characters | Hela, Freedom Force (Destiny, Blob, Mystique, Crimson Commando, Pryo, Avalanche), Warlock, Rictor, Sunspot, Boom Boom, Cannonball, Rusty, Wolfsbane. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Rick Leonardi |
| Inks | Al Williamson |
| Characters | Boom Boom, Cannonball, Mirage, Rictor, Rusty, Skids, Sunspot, Warlock, Wolfsbane; SC: Brightwind; V: Hela, Freedom Force (Avalanche, Blob, Crimson Commando, Destiny, Mystique, Pyro, Super Sabre); GS: Dr. Strange; GA: X-Factor's Ship. |
| Synopsis | Freedom Force, who want Rusty to register in accordance with the Mutant Registration Act, attack the New Mutants; the team splits up, with Skids trying to protect Rusty on Liberty Island; Ship disappears; Dr. Strange transports the New Mutants to Asgard. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Louise Simonson |
| Pencils | Rick Leonardi |
| Inks | Al Williamson |
| Colors | Glynis Oliver |
| Letters | Joe Rosen |
| Notes | Part 2 of 8. Ship's disappearance is explained in X-Factor #43. |