When the Merc with a Mouth is hired to rub out Wolverine, sparks will fly! But when both men can regenerate any wound in minutes, how can either one expect to finish off his foe? And whoever wins will have to face Wolverine's murderous son, Daken! Then: The Skrulls have infiltrated Earth, but nobody warned them about Deadpool! The invaders replicate Deadpool's healing factor in a new generation of Super-Skrulls - but why is Deadpool himself leading...

The X-Men glimpse into a dark future, and then must try to prevent it from becoming a reality.

The climax of four years of X-Men stories is the X-Event of 2010! What started in HOUSE OF M with the Decimation of mutantkind and erupted with the first new mutant birth in MESSIAH COMPLEX finishes here. In the epic crossover SECOND COMING, Cyclops' faith pays off when Cable returns to the present with Hope, the girl he believes to be the mutant messiah. But will she be the savior or destroyer of mutantkind? We may never know, as she is the target...

"Scott Summers: team leader of the X-Men is always helping people in need. Also: never happy! Maybe a visit from Batroc the Leaper & the Circus of Crime can shed some light on what makes Cyclops tick! See how he learned to control his powers as a new student at Professor Charles Xavier's school for gifted students"--P. [4] of cover.

A secret society has resurrected En Sabah Nur, putting into motion events that will turn this age of heroes into an Age of Apocalypse! To hold them back, Wolverine and Archangel bring together Fantomex, Deadpool, and Psylocke to form The Uncanny X-Force! Their mission - kill Apocalypse by any means.

"Before the Brotherhood and his greatest battles with the X-Men, there was a man named Erik Magnus. He was working hard, gathering mutants to join his cause. Does the young Magneto have what it takes to build an army?"--P. [4] of cover.