Longshot disappears in his own illusion. Nanny decides the X-Men need her help and a battle ensues as she tries to capture them for their own good. Havok blasts Nanny's ship and Storm is caught in the cross-fire.
The Mandarin conditions Psylocke to be his assassin. Psylocke takes a mind trip courtesy of Mojo where she kills her fellow X-Men and is remade into an Asian with cybernetic eyes.
X-Men [Psylocke; Wolverine; Storm; Banshee; Moira MacTaggert; Lorna Dane [Polaris]]; Jubilee; Forge; Rose Wu; Ruth Wu; Matsuo Tsurayaha (villain); The Hand (villain); Shadow King (villain); Legion (villain); Carol Danvers (cameo as an illusion); Nick Fury (cameo as an illusion)
Synopsis
Wolverine and Jubilee arrive in Hong Kong just in time to run up against Lady Mandarin.
X-Men [Wolverine; Psylocke; Banshee; Forge; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Moira MacTaggert; Sharon Friedlander]; Jubilee; Mandarin (villain); Li Fong (villain); Matsuo Tsurayaba (villain); The Hand (villain); Legion (villain); Jean Grey; Mariko Yashida; Yukio; Carol Danvers; Nick Fury (All cameos as Illusions)
Synopsis
Psylocke tries to condition Wolverine to serve The Hand and ends up breaking her own programming. The heroes head for home. Forge joins the Muir Island X-Men.
X-Men [Wolverine; Psylocke]; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (flashback); Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Jubilee; Seraph (flashback); Ivan Petrovitch (flashback); Baron Strucker (villain, flashback); Jonin (villain, flashback); The Hand (villain); Matsuo Tsurayaba (cameo); Fenris [Andrea Strucker; Andreas Strucker] (cameo)
Synopsis
Story cuts between a 1941 battle between Wolverine and Captain America trying to save a young Natasha Romanoff from the clutches of Baron Strucker and Present Day where Wolverine, Captain America, Black Widow and Psylocke face off against Strucker's children.
X-Men [Rogue]; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Legion; Gateway; Magneto; Val Cooper; Lila Cheney; Amanda Sefton; Moira MacTaggert; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Mystique (villain); Shadow King (villain); Donald Pierce (villain); Lady Deathstrike (villain); Reavers [Pretty Boy; Bonebreaker; Cole; Macon; Reese] (villain); Cylla (villain); Skrull Prime (villain); The Host (villain); Master Mold (villain)
Synopsis
Rogue emerges from the Siege Perilous back to Australia and the arms of the Reavers. The Siege splits Rogue and Ms. Marvel into two beings. Rogue absorbes Gateway's powers and sends herself to the Savage Land. Ms. Marvel ends up on Muir Isle where she is possessed by the Shadow King. Rogue and Ms. Marvel fight to the death in the Savage Land, but Magneto interferes. Magneto transports Ms. Marvel's powers back into Rogue.
X-Men [Storm; Wolverine; Forge; Gambit; Banshee; Psylocke; Jubilee]; Moira MacTaggert; Lila Cheney; Guido; X-Factor [Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman; Beast; Archangel]; New Mutants [Cable; Cannonball; Sunspot; Rictor; Boom-Boom [Tabitha Smith]]; Shadow King (villain); Magneto (cameo); Iron Man (cameo); Wolfsbane [Rahne] (cameo); Captain Britain (cameo); Lady Deathstrike (cameo); Professor X (cameo)
Synopsis
Forge, Jubilee, and Gambit officially join the X-Men. All the X-Folk wander around the mansion wondering what pattern the next phase of their lives should take.
Magneto, Rogue, Fury and Ka-Zar begin their fight with Zaladane in the Savage Land. Lila teleports the X-Men to Deathbird's lair where they are trapped.
X-Men [Storm; Wolverine; Psylocke; Forge; Banshee; Gambit; Jubilee]; Nick Fury; Ka-Zar; Shanna; Zabu; Nereel; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Magneto; Deathbird; Manacle; Lilandra; Lila Cheney; Imperial Guard [Gladiator; Titan; Tempest; Bolt; Oracle; Earthquake; Smasher; Warstar]; Zaladane (villain, death); Col. Yuri Vassilyavich Semyanov (villain, death); Shadow King (villain); Skrull Professor X (villain); Skrull Starjammers [Corsair; Hepzibah; Raza; Ch'od] (villains); War-Skrulls (villains); Skrull Prime (villain); Savage Land Mutates [Barbarus; Gaza; Amphibius; Brainchild; Worm; Lupo] (villains)
Synopsis
The X-Men help Xavier and Lilandra overthrow Deathbird, but things aren't always what they seem. Magneto is captured by Zaladane and she attempts to steal his powers. Rogue, Ka-Zar and Fury come to the rescue. Magneto kills Zaladane.
Lila spirits most of the X-Men and Deathbird away from Lilandra's clutches. Wolverine kills Xavier, but another takes his place. The Starjammers are sent to kill the X-Men. The plot is revealed--It's always the flamin' Skrulls isn't it.