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Volume 44: Dark Seduction

As Bishop searches for his missing sister Shard he finds a trail of destruction that eventually hurls him into the future! Finding himself in a strange and unfamiliar place, our hero discovers that Earth is now a place that resembles the middle ages: primitive villages and clans have replaced cities, the fight for survival has replaced law and order… civiliziation as we know it has fallen! Alone and confused, Bishop must stop the man that has brought him here before the madman claims the entire world as his own!

Then the Cajun rages on! Join Gambit on a time-tossed trip to the 19th century, and discover how the Thieves Guild was shaped by Candra…and Mr. Sinister! Back in the present, Remy needs help and Rogue flies to his aid! Magneto rules Genosha! But with his powers on the fritz he must depend on Polaris to help him forge it into a new mutant utopia. There isn’t a line he’ll cross to make his dream a reality but it may include him taking on the Avengers!

Volume 45: New Dawn

Legendary X-Men writer Chris Claremont returns to usher in a mutant revolution! And his uncanny roster mixes classic favorites with fresh additions including Cable, Cecilia Reyes, Tessa and the new Thunderbird! But who will lead the revamped X-Men? Would you believe Gambit and Rogue?! Foes both old and new threaten, from the nefarious Neo, the Crimson Pirates, Stryfe and the N’Garai! But whose side are Lady Deathstrike and Senator Kelly on?

Volume 46: Maximum Security

Welcome to Earth: penal colony for the universe’s deadliest villains! When the civilized alien races-influenced by the Supreme Intelligence and his newly-evolved Kree-tire of Earth’s involvement in their affairs, they decide to make it their new prison planet! Featuring all the world’s greatest heroes-including the Avengers, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four-against the most bizarre and deadly threats they can conceive of! And on the forefront of the villainous attack? Ronan the Accuser and Ego the Living Planet!

Thanks to Gambit’s evolving powers, he can finally greet Rogue with a kiss but as his abilities get more unstable, any thoughts of romance will be short-lived. Gambit’s destiny looms as he takes leadership of the Thieves Guild assuming he can survive an Assassination Game against deadly villains like Bullseye, Constrictor, Zaran, Deadpool…and Archangel? Gambit will finally discover the secret of his mysterious patron, the New Son but is he hero or villain, and what will Gambit have to sacrifice to triumph?

Volume 47: Dream’s End

For too long mutants were threatened by the twin specters of the Legacy Virus and anti-mutant politics. Now, the X-Men hope to end both threats! Mystique’s Brotherhood of Mutants has deadly plans for Senator Robert Kelly who, in the wake of Graydon Creed’s assassination is now running for President! However their machinations could mean the very literal death of Xavier’s dream and all humans! Then Beast finally discovers a cure for the Legacy Virus! But saving millions requires one final, fatal, sacrifice.

Volume 48: Eve of Destruction

The X-Men’s two wild cards unite in one unpredictable adventure!? Bishop has been captured and it’s up to everyone’s favorite ragin’ Cajun to free him! There’s only one problem, Bishop’s captors are the X-Men! What dark forces are behind the X-Men’s villainy? And can Gambit survive their combined power? Then, Magneto menaces the world once again! While he threatens the world with war the X-Men are trapped in Genosha! It’s up to Phoenix to lead a new team to victory but can she manage it? Can they?

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