| Issue | #9 |
| Published | November 1995 |
| Cover Price | 1.95 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Lisa Patrick |
| Characters | X-Man; Dark Beast |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Steve Skroce |
| Inks | Bud LaRosa |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | FEATURE: X-Man [Nate Grey]; GUEST: Blaquesmith; VILLAN: Dark Beast |
| Synopsis | Nate has a confrontation with the Dark Beast with Blaquesmith looking on. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jeph Loeb (Plot); John Ostrander |
| Pencils | Rob Haynes (pgs. 1-10); Steve Skroce (pgs. 11-16) |
| Inks | Bud LaRosa; W.C. Carani; John Lowe; Scott Hanna; Mark Pennington |
| Colors | Mike Thomas; Malibu Hues |
| Letters | Richard Starkings; Comicraft |
| Characters | FEATURE: Blaquesmith |
| Synopsis | Knowing that Nate is heading for Xavier's, Blaquesmith tries to beat him there. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | John Ostrander |
| Pencils | Lee Weeks |
| Inks | Bill Sienkiewicz |
| Colors | Paul Becton; Malibu Hues (Separations) |
| Letters | Richard Starkings; Comicraft |