Joe Madureira

Continuing the most shocking X-Men event of all! The world groans under the Darwinian conqueror Apocalypse's rule. Under his thumb, America has become a dark and dangerous dystopia where mutants rule, humankind suffers, and survival of the fittest is all! But in the shadows, the freedom fighters known as the X-Men - following a tenuously thin thread of hope - continue their dangerous and multi-pronged plan to restore the true Marvel Universe. As the X-Men battle Holocaust and the Sentinels, Nightcrawler searches for the seer Destiny, Cyclops and Havok clash in the Dark Beast's slave pens, and young Nate Grey meets his maker...literally! Collecting ASTONISHING X-MEN (1995) #2-3, AMAZING X-MEN (1995) #2-3, GAMBIT AND THE X-TERNALS #2, GENERATION NEXT #2, WEAPON X (1995) #2, X-CALIBRE #2-3, FACTOR X #2-3, X-MAN (1995) #2-3, X-UNIVERSE #1 and material from X-MEN: YEAR OF THE MUTANTS COLLECTORS PREVIEW.

Two blockbuster stories in one action-packed book! First, Zeb Wells and Joe Madureira take on Wolverine, teaming him with Elektra and Spider-Man in a climactic battle against the Kingpin! Who will win? Who will lose? Who will get stabbed by something sharp and pointy? It's an epic tale of ninjas, blades, and sweet revenge! Then, best-selling artist Jock spins a tale of sci-fi intrigue! When Wolverine crash-lands on an alien planet, he'll need more than just his healing factor to survive! But even if he adapts to this strange environment and its denizens, a mysterious child has arrived with a single-minded mission - to kill Wolverine. And when the child's past, and its connections to Logan's own, are revealed, Wolverine will have more than mere survival on his mind! COLLECTING: SAVAGE WOLVERINE 6-11.

The techno-organic nightmare known as the Phalanx has risen! Powerful anti -mutant bigots have created the ultimate weapon from the ashes of the deceased alien Warlock: a cold, vicious and unstoppable foe that absorbs all in its path. But these Phalanx are far more than their creators bargained for - and they plan to summon their parent race to overtake Earth! When the Phalanx take out the X-Men, the remaining mutants must split into three teams: to save young mutants from the Phalanx's clutches, to prevent their foes from contacting their homeworld, and to rescue the X-Men! But even with the aid of the rogue Phalanx unit Douglock, can these ragtag groups succeed?COLLECTING UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 306, 311-314, 316-317; EXCALIBUR (1988) 78-82; X-MEN (1991) 36-37; X-FACTOR (1986) 106; X-FORCE (1991) 38; WOLVERINE (1988) 85; CABLE (1993) 16