| Issue | #53 |
| Published | July 1987 |
| Cover Price | .75 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Ann Nocenti (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief) |
| Characters | Cypher, Mirage, Wolfsbane, Cannonball, Magma. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Rick Leonardi |
| Inks | Terry Austin |
| Characters | Magneto, Cannonball, Cypher, Karma, Magik, Magma, Mirage, Wolfsbane; V: Viper, Silver Samurai (both behind the scenes); GS: Emma Frost, Selene, Sebastian Shaw, Tessa, Hellions (Catseye, Empath, Jetstream, Roulette, Tarot, Tunderbird). |
| Synopsis | Cypher dreams that he has been infected by the transmode virus (which, in fact, he has); the New Mutants attend a party at the Hellfire Club, where tensions mount; Selene tells Magma they are related; the New Mutants and Hellions agree to a contest. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Chris Claremont |
| Pencils | Rick Leonardi |
| Inks | Terry Austin |
| Colors | Glynis Oliver |
| Letters | Tom Orzechowski |
| Notes | The New Mutants appear here following New Mutants Annual #3 and Fallen Angels #1 (in which Sunspot and Warlock take a leave of absence from the New Mutants). |