| Issue | #18 |
| Published | December 2006 |
| Frequency | Monthly except semi-monthly in April |
| Cover Price | 2.99 USD; 3.75 CAD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Axel Alonso; Nick Lowe (associate); Sean Ryan (assistant) |
| Characters | Emma Frost [White Queen] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | John Cassaday (signed) |
| Inks | John Cassaday (signed) |
| Colors | Laura Martin (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan; James Howlett]; Colossus [Peter Rasputin]; Emma Frost]; Hellfire Club [Cassandra Nova; Perfection [White Queen]; Sebastian Shaw; Negasonic Teenage Warhead [Ellie Phiminster]] (all except Nova revealed to be mental projections of Emma Frost); S.W.O.R.D [Abigail Brand]; Hisako Ichiki; Blindfold [Ruth Aldine]; Danger; Ord |
| Synopsis | Cyclops, having shot "Emma" (Perfection/White Queen) in the head, continues to shoot the Hellfire Club members, exposing them as mental projections, except for Cassandra Nova who is more persistent. Blindfold restores Beast's personality with a special ball of string he created. Ord and Danger invade the mansion, fighting Hisako and dragging her into the main fight. Cyclops talks Shadowcat down from killing Emma, Ord and Danger break through, and then S.W.O.R.D. teleports the X-Men, Hisako, Ord and Danger onto their ship and flies away with them all. Blindfold prophesies that one of the X-Men will not return. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joss Whedon |
| Pencils | John Cassaday |
| Inks | John Cassaday |
| Colors | Laura Martin |
| Letters | Chris Eliopoulos |