Extraordinary X Men

Publication History

Jeff Lemire was brought on board to reboot the X-men series All New X-Men became the new flagship X Title and UNcanny X-Men was taken over by Magneto. Humberto Ramos was the penciller and Victor Olazaba the inker.

X-Haven

After the release of the Terrigen Mist, Storm, Iceman and Magik have decided to leave the Westchester and establish X-Haven in the Limbo dimension. However, before they go they try to recruit old friends, Colossus, living quietly in Russia; Nightcrawler, recently abducted; and All-New X-Men Jean Grey, who is attending college. Jean initially refuses to join, but reveals that she has sensed Wolverine, who should be dead. Storm is successful in only recruiting Colossus, but as he and Magik go to investigate Nightcrawler's disappearance, they are abducted by the Marauders. Mister Sinister is experimenting on blending Inhuman DNA with Mutant DNA. He hopes that Magik's sorcery will be the key, since all previous experiments failed. When he knocks out Magik, the defenses for X-Haven fall apart and demons start attacking the school. Storm, Ice Man, Anole, Glob Herman, Ernst, and Cerebra (who is implanted into a Sentinel) try to defend, while Forge creates a failsafe shield. Back in NYC, Jean Grey is disgusted when she sees humans attacking an Inhuman, thinking he's a mutant. She uses her powers and her current boyfriend Chris is disgusted that he's dating a mutant. She then meets with Old Man Logan and convinces him that since he's from a different timeline he won't kill the X-Men in this dimension and she'll do whatever she can to protect him from himself. They are then teleported to X-Haven and help with the final defenses before Forge powers up a shield. With X-Haven safe, they travel to Nightcrawler's last location and Wolverine tracks them into the sewers where they confront Mister Sinister and the Marauders. He reveals he's only trying to save the mutant race, but they are doomed for extinction. His only experiment to blend the Inhuman and mutants was a clone of Cyclops, who then rampages through New York City. After the battle, Storm announces that the X-Men are opening X-Haven to any mutant seeking sanctuary from the Terrigen Mist, but they will not attack humans or Inhumans. The speech goes viral and mutants respond from around the world.

Apocalypse Wars

After a successful mission in the Savage Land to rescue Sunfire, Storm give Colossus permission to train a team of students for battles. Anole, No-Girl, Glob Herman, and Ernst begin training. Storm doesn't trust Sunfire, since she claims that "he and Cyclops" caused the Terrigen Mist. They then rescue Nightcrawler, who is being hunted down by a mob in Germany. Storm and Jean delve into his mind to rid him of his mental instability, but find out he discovered a mutant genocide, which unhinged him. Cerebro then discovers 600 mutant signatures, called the Ark, in Toyko and agrees to send Colossus and this young team to investigate. Sugar Man was experimenting with mutant genomes and starts a self destruct, but Colossus and his team teleport with it into the future. Storm and the Extraordinary X-Men quickly follow, but the one minute delay turns into 12 months difference in the future time line, called Omega World. Glob, No-Girl, Ernst, and Anole have been on the run from the new Horseman of Apocalypse: Colossus, Deadpool, Moon Knight, and Venom. The team loses the mutant genomes, but then tracks down the horseman to Apocalypses temple. Wolverine gets absorbed by Venom and the rest of the team deal with the Horseman, so Storm and Nightcrawler teleport into the temple to find the genomes. They find Apocalypse, now a millennia old, using every last vestige of his energy in keeping Beyond World from collapsing. He has been attempting to create his vision of a perfect world. He believes mutant-kind is doomed, so he destroyed the Ark. Nightcrawler is furious and stabs him, then Omega World begins to collapse. Magik finally rejoins them, but after finding out that her protege, Sapna, is fated to destroy the X-Men, and subdues Colossus and returns them home. Storm also brings the elderly Apocalypse since Colossus is still in Horseman form. Back in the present, Magik also finds that Sapna has abandoned X-Haven and Apocalypse is forced to revert Colossus, but instead uses the last of his power to teleport Colossus to Clan Akkaba.