Volume 15: Welcome to Genosha

The X-Men are dead! At least that’s what the world thinks but Marvel’s mightiest mutants are secretly alive and well in the Australian Outback! Using their death as an advantage they can now secretly strike at their enemies. However, how long can they stay hidden when the Brood and the mutant-exploiting nation of Genosha come calling? X-Factor befriends Apocalypse’s Celestial ship and faces Infectia! But as all three teams fight the Evolutionary War, Limbo’s demons begin to pursue a sinister agenda – on Earth! A spark has been lit and if the X-Men aren’t careful, the flames will fan into an all-out inferno!

Volume 16: The Inferno

The X-Men’s world goes up in flames as the most incendiary mutant crossover of all begins! X-Factor, the New Mutants, the newly-minted X-Terminators and even Power Pack all feel the heat as the Machiavellian geneticist Mister Sinister and the demon lord N’astirh set their respective sights on Cyclops’ wife, Madelyne Pryor!

The New Mutants’ Illyana Rasputin may be lord of Limbo, but how long will that uneasy crown last when Limbo’s demon hordes invade New York? As demons rain down on New York City the X-Men battle Sinister’s Marauders while Madelyne strikes a pact to become…the Goblin Queen! Who threatens to cast a spell that will merge Earth and limbo permanently at the cost of the life of her own innocent son! And when Mister Sinister brings his own agenda into the mix, secrets are revealed that rock Cyclops to the core! The fate of everything hangs in the balance in this fiery epic! Strike the match…fan the flames…and light the Inferno!

Volume 17: Meltdown

An anthology of mutant misadventures! Star trippin’ with the Starjammers! Joined by Professor X and Lilandra, Corsair helms his team on a cosmic quest to find the fabled planet Phalkon. But usurping Shi’ar Empress Deathbird lies in wait, and she’s ready for WAR! Cyclops is joined by the sonic screaming Banshee, the fiery Morlock Callisto and the genetics expert Moira MacTaggert, together they are are all that stand between the evil Master Mold and his unholy goal of global genocide. Havok elects to spend some time alone in the Australian outback. There he meets a new friend, Leila, and must come to terms with if he can love again while fighting the ghost from his past: the Living Pharaoh!

When Colossus, the Russian-born X-Man, decides to take a vacation in America’s Heartland, he little expects to run into the Cold Warriors, a covert organization dedicated to keeping America pure. They are soon out to make him, and the family who has befriended him, into a red stain on the landscape. Finally, two friends. Two mutants. Two X-Men! Havok and Wolverine are ambushed by Russian terrorists while on leave in Mexico. The two find themselves caught in a deadly web of international intrigue and betrayal! Can Alex Summers and Logan thwart a plot to bring the Western world to its knees?

Volume 18: Fever Dream

When Nanny attacks the X-Men’s Australian base, tragedy strikes Storm! Now without their leader the Cyborg Reavers decide to take the X-Men by surprise! To make matters worse the X-Men are betrayed by one of their own. Will the traitor be their salvation or doom them to a fate worse than death? The X-Men are brought to their lowest point as the team slowly breaks apart. Who will rise to take their place? A new team forms on Muir Island but Legion’s secret will first of many tragedies a head for the fledgling team. Hela’s evil spell corrupts Mirage’s Valkyrie side, Doctor Strange lends a magical hand! But to cure Mirage completely, the New Mutants must travel to Asgard, home of the mighty Norse gods! The trouble is, Hela is scheming to murder Odin and conquer Asgard! Will a handful of mortal mutants be enough to defeat the Goddess of Death?

Next up: The Muir Island Saga

Volume 4: The Brood Saga

Beware the Brood! A vicious alien race intent on conquering the universe! Able to transform other species into their own kind, the Brood have infected each of the X-Men, and their metamorphoses will soon be complete. Now Wolverine, the only team member aware that the horrible transformation is about to occur, must enter a battle to save not only the lives of his teammates, but the universe itself! Xavier has believed the X-Men have the died. With the help of Moira he decides to recruit the next generation of Mutants. Cannonball. Sunspot. Moonstar. Karma. Rahne. Their training begins when they are targeted by Sentinels but something much more sinister is lurking in the dark. Something that will turn their greatest fear against them.

Volume 5: Debts and Obligations

The Uncanny X-Men. Magneto, Master of Magnetism. The bitterest of enemies for years. Now, they must join forces against a new adversary who threatens them all and the entire world besides in the name of God. The members of the Stryker Crusade are poised to cleanse the earth, no matter how much blood stains their hands. With Professor X as their enemy and Magneto as their ally, the X-Men undergo an apocalyptic ordeal ordained by a minister gone mad! Wolverine’s vacation from the X-Men is interrupted when he discovers that his beloved, Mariko Yashida, has been married off by her criminal father Lord Shingen! When Shingen humiliates Wolverine in front of Mariko, the hero loses heart, drowning his sorrows in beer, bar fights – and the arms of wild assassin Yukio. But when ninjas attack and betrayal strikes from a most unexpected source, can Wolverine reclaim his honor and rescue Mariko and himself from the trap Shingen has drawn around them both? Then Storm battles Callisto, leader of the outcast mutant Morlocks but why is Storm so unsettled, and what will she do to resolve her inner conflicts? Meanwhile, Rogue joins the X-Men, but how will the team react to the addition of their former foe?

Volume 6: Death Hunt

Mystique and the Brotherhood strike at the X-Men while Kitty is kidnapped by the Morlocks? Then learn the origin of Magik! Colossus’ 7-year-old sister Illyana Rasputin has been snatched away by Belasco, demon lord of Limbo! Though the X-Men rescue her what seems like seconds later, those seconds represent a years-long ordeal for Illyana. One that starts with losing a piece of her soul. As Illyana becomes more and more corrupted by dark magic she receives help from an unexpected ally. Will the terrors of Limbo completely corrupt her soul or will she be able to defeat Belasco? Can good triumph over evil when Illyana doesn’t know which one she is anymore?

Before the New Mutants can settle in with their new recruits they must try to rescue Kitty from the clutches of Emma Frost! It’s the New Mutants Vs the Hellions! Then things go from bad to worse as the Demon Bear that has haunted Moonstar’s dreams come to horrifying life! It took her parents and now has returned from Dani. As she lies on the brink of death the New Mutants must face their fears and prejudices and learn to work together. Meanwhile, Wolverine teaches Colossus some tough love with the help of Nightcrawler and the Juggernaut?! Rachel Summers arrives from the future but is hunted by Selene and Kitty gets in over her head in Japan. Finally, Rogue is public enemy number one and anti-mutant sentiment threatens the passage of a law that will strip every mutant in the United States of their rights.

 Volume 7: Life Death

It begins with Wolverine’s return to Japan, where the young Kitty Pryde has found herself in over her head with the yakuza and ends up face-to-face with the granddaddy of all ninjas, Ogun! The man in the dire mask is dead-set on remaking Chicago’s favorite mutant teen into an intangible assassin! But Ogun’s plans for Kitty’s future pale before the role he played in Wolverine’s past and the clawed Canadian vows to bring down his former teacher even if it means his death…or Kitty’s! It’s an adventure that will change both characters forever!

Meanwhile in America, the X-Men face the Hellfire Club and Kulan Gath turns all of Manhattan and all Marvel’s heroes into a barbarian horde. Can the X-Men, Avengers and Spider-Man restore the world? Then, in the All-New, All-Different X-Men 100th issue, a ghost from the team’s past confronts them on one of their most devastating moments. Bobby Drake, the X-Men’s coolest hero, gets the spotlight all to himself in a fun-filled, time-tripping adventure taking him from the safety of his parents’ home to a point in time decades before he was born. Family issues, alien beings, miniature time machines and a struggle against the deadly and enigmatic being known as Oblivion all play a part in a story illustrating just how powerful a force of nature Iceman can be on his own!

Volume 8: The Gift

Otherworldly wonder at the top of one world! In the Arctic Circle, the X-Men and Alpha Flight find a power that could save the world at the cost of destroying…what? But cost is no object when the power is revealed as a gift from Loki, who doesn’t like it when his gifts are returned! When the God of Lies loses his own prize, he decides one bad turn deserves another and sets his magic against the X-Men, only for the New Mutants to take the fall…and rise to Asgard! The X-Men ride to the rescue, but can even the mightiest mutants survive the multiple magics of myth?

As the All-New, All-Different X-Men celebrates their 100th issue, a ghost from the team’s past confronts them on one of their most devastating moments. Then with blade in hand, Nightcrawler swashbuckles his way through an other-dimensional solo adventure! Finally the time-tossed future Sentinel known as Nimrod strikes, the Power Pack meets Wolverine and the Juggernaut’s back in town!

Next up: Factor of X

Back to Deadly Genesis

Volume 1: All New, All Different

Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, Banshee, Sunfire and Thunderbird are mutants endowed with unique abilities. These mutants, born as children of the atom, are summoned by Professor X to rescue the original X-Men, an underground organization sworn to protect those that fear and hate them. However, when the dust settles and the new class meets the old spark fly!

Volume 2: Dark Phoenix

An epic tale of triumph and tragedy! When the Dark Phoenix rises, suns grow cold and universes die! Gathered together by Professor Charles Xavier to protect a world that fears and hates them, the X-Men had fought many battles, been on adventures that spanned galaxies, grappled enemies of limitless might, but none of this could prepare them for the most shocking struggle they would ever face. One of their own, Jean Grey, has unwittingly attained power beyond conception – and been corrupted, absolutely. The X-Men must decide: Is the life of the woman they cherish worth the existence of an entire universe?

 Volume 3: Days of Future Past

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: Relive the legendary first journey into the dystopian future of 2013 – where Sentinels stalk the Earth, and the X-Men are humanity’s only hope…until they die! Also featuring the first appearance of Alpha Flight who have come to claim Wolverine but the return of the Wendigo puts a crimp in their plans! Learn how Wolverine first met the Hulk. Ms. Marvel takes on the Brotherhood and Rogue which leads to a battle that will forever change her life and Kitty meets a demon for Christmas!? Then X-Men team with the Amazing Spider-man in his adventure to the Savage Land- a land that time forgot. There, the heroes unearth a world-threatening secret hidden that can threaten all humanity. Finally, it’s the slugfest no one can forget! Webs won’t stop him, electricity won’t stop him – a wrecking ball to the face won’t stop him! But with friend and ally Madame Web near death, Spider-Man’s got to stop the Juggernaut somehow!

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