x-men (fictitious characters)

Wolverine forms a new X-Force with the help of Archangel and Psylocke and finds the secret team necessary when he learns Apocalypse has been reborn and must be killed before he can enslave the world.

"In 1935, Max Eisenhardt was just another schoolboy--who happened to be Jewish in Nazi Germany. The definitive origin story of one of Marvel's greatest icons begins with a silver chain and a crush on a girl--and quickly turns into a harrowing struggle for survival against the inexorable machinery of Hitler's Final Solution" -- Excerpt of summary from the book.

Wolverine must turn to his fellow X-Men, as well as Spider-Man and Daredevil for help when he is unable to shake the heavily armed strike force that has followed him back to New York.

Beast Hank McCoy, hoping to discover a cure for the Legacy Virus which only affects mutants, must consider teaming up with an old enemy when the evil Sebastian Shaw, the Black King of the Hellfire Club, kidnaps X-Men pal Moira McTaggart as part of a dangerous plot of revenge.

The Uncanny X-Men have barely had time to find their footing as a team before they must face the evil Dormammu! Can Magik match the demon lord's sorcery? Is she even on the X-Men's side anymore? The Uncanny X-Men have seen what can happen with no control over their powers. It cannot happen again. One mutant learns that once you leave the X-Men, the real world can be a punishing place. Another learns just what it means to be an X-Man. But what, exactly, are they signing up for? Plus: Cyclops and Maneto finally have it out! And which other former ally has signed up with S.H.I.E.L.D. to keep tabs on the X-Men?.

"The X-Man called Storm has always defied a single title. And her desire to better the world has never been limited toonly her own kind. On an ongoing mission to foster goodwill,and safeguard both humankind and mutants, Ororo Munroe will travel the global--confronting villains, gods, monsters and everything in between. She will overthrow tyrants, quell tsunamis and strive to see her dream for the world realized. She is Storm, a hero like no other--and the skies will tremble at the sight of their namesake. But now, Storm must handle the fallout caused by familiar faces from her past. Why is Callisto kidnapping wayward youths from the streets of New York? When an old lover asks for her help, will she answer the call? And can Yukio help Storm deal with the death of Wolverine?"--Back cover.

Collects Uncanny X-Men adventures, originally published in 1979 and 1980, in which the mutant team battles the mutant menace Proteus, the trickster Arcade, White Queen, and other villains. Includes the first appearances of the Phoenix, Emma Frost, and Kitty Pryde,.

Cyclops, studying as part of Professor Charles Xavier's X-Men, struggles with his abilities and embarks on his first tasks.

Discusses how the characters with genetic extras came to be the X-Men.

Describes how Charles Xavier discovered as a boy that he was a mutant and, vowing to work for a world where mutants and humans could live together in peace and understanding, sought out mutants, educated them, and made them the X-Men.