Juggernaut; Professor X; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Dr. Mann; Cyttorak; The Exemplars [Stonecutter; Tempest; Inferno; Carnivore; Decay; Conquest; Bedlam]
Synopsis
Juggernaut fights to free himself from Cyttorak's control as our heroes fight to free themselves from the God Machine. Juggernaut finds himself on the side of the angels in attempting to put down the Exemplars and their nefarious plot to enslave human kind. The heroes are victorious. The day is won. I got to use the word "nefarious" in an index.
Irene Merryweather; Jacob Shaw (death in flashback); Querida Chantel (death in flashback); Sebastian Shaw [Black King] (origin, villain); Tessa (villain); Warren Worthington Jr. (cameo flashback); John Braddock (cameo flashback); Harry Leland [Black Bishop] (cameo flashback); White Queen [Emma Frost] (cameo flashback); Donald Pierce [White King] (cameo flashback); Sentinels (cameo flashback); X-Men [Storm; Wolverine; Cyclops; Jean Grey; Banshee]; Magneto; Trevor Fitzroy [White Rook]; Mastermind; Selene [Black Queen]; Hellions [Jetstream; Catseye; Roulette; Empath; Tarot] (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Irene is captured and given a full, if concise, origin of Sebastian Shaw by Tessa. Shaw lets Irene know that her story on his life will never see print right before he offers her admission into his little club.