Direct Edition
| Release: | Jan 31, 1989 |
| Cover: | May 1989 |
The Quality of Hatred! / So Good It Hurts - So Good It Hurts
| Release: | Jan 31, 1989 |
| Cover: | May 1989 |
The Quality of Hatred - The X-Men are badly shaken by their encounter with Proteus, but they don't stop pursuing him. Meanwhile, Proteus heads into town to have a little chat with his father.
So Good It Hurts - Havok is having a hard time reconciling the dangers of life as an X-Man with his love of Polaris.
| Writer | Ann Nocenti |
| Artist | John Bolton |
| Cover Artist | Steve Lightle |
| Penciller | John Byrne |
| Inker | Terry Austin |
| Colorist | Glynis Oliver |
| Letterer | Joe Rosen, Danny Crespi, Tom Orzechowski |
| Plotter | Chris Claremont, John Byrne |
| Scripter | Chris Claremont |
| Editor | Roger Stern, Daryl Edelman, Robert Harras, Bob Harras |
| Editor in Chief | Tom DeFalco |
| Wolverine | James 'Logan' Howlett |
| Colossus | Piotr 'Peter' Nikolaievitch Rasputin |
| Storm | Ororo Munroe |
| Nightcrawler | Kurt Wagner |
| Polaris | Lorna Dane |
| Banshee | Sean Cassidy |
| Phoenix | Jean Grey |
| Moira MacTaggert | |
| Cyclops | Scott 'Slim' Summers |
| Havok | Alexander 'Alex' Summers |
| Proteus | Kevin MacTaggert |
| Joe MacTaggert | |
| Jennie Banks |
| Age | Modern Age |
|---|---|
| Format | Comic |
| Series Group | X-Men |
| Genre | Action | Adventure | Super-Heroes |
| No. of Pages | 32 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |