The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants - these are the X-Men Milestones! As Magneto's Acolytes amp up their attacks on Homo sapiens everywhere, the X-teams join forces to put an end to the villainous zealots' mad crusade once and for all. But has their leader, messianic madman Magneto, returned from the dead? And as a mysterious and fatal disease begins creeping through the mutant community, which X-Man will lose a loved one - and buckle under the strain? Tensions come to a head in the most shocking way possible, culminating in a devastating attack on Wolverine -and a showdown between Professor X and Magneto that must be seen to be believed! COLLECTING: UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) 298-300, 303-304, 315; X-FACTOR (1986) 92; X-FORCE (1991) 25; X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) 2; X-MEN (1991) 25; WOLVERINE (1988) 75; EXCALIBUR (1988) 71

The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants - these are the X-Men Milestones! Mutants have never had it worse. The mutant population is down to a mere 181. In the last year, only one mutant has been born - the girl called Hope, believed to be the "Mutant Messiah" who will reignite the species. Hope was raised in the future by Cable, and now the two have returned! But the Human League is bent on eradicating Earth's final mutants - and they see Hope's death as the final nail in the coffin. As Bastion and his allies unleash a merciless all-out assault on the X-Men, everything rests on Hope's shoulders. Will this be mutantkind's end? COLLECTING: SECOND COMING: PREPARE (2009), SECOND COMING (2010) 1-2, UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) 523-525, NEW MUTANTS (2009) 12-14, X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 235-237, X-FORCE (2008) 26-28

Collects X-Force/Cable: Messiah War (2009) #1, Cable (2008) #13-15, X-Force (2008) #14-16, X-Men: Future History – The Messiah War Sourcebook (2009) #1. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! Months ago, Cyclops gave Cable custody of the first mutant born since M-Day, an infant many see as mutantkind’s last hope. Cable took her into the future but soon found himself trapped there — with the relentless Bishop in hot pursuit, intent on killing the child. Now Cyclops has finally located Cable and is sending the black-ops squad X-Force forward in time to help — but Bishop has a horrifying new ally, and X-Force will find a death trap waiting for them! Is the child called Hope the savior of mutantkind or the bringer of the Apocalypse? The past, present and future converge in one blockbuster blowout!

Collects: X-Men: Hope, X-Men: Blind Science, X-Men: Hellbound #1-3 and X-Factor #204-206.

Collects Excalibur (1988) #42-58, Excalibur: XX Crossing (1992) #1, material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #110. Alan Davis returns to Excalibur! The legendary artist takes over the writing chores to steer Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, Phoenix, Captain Britain and Meggan to new heights of greatness — and madness! The troublesome Technet return to wreak havoc! The Captain Britain Corps puts Brian Braddock on trial! Meggan searches for her past! And Excalibur deals with the offbeat arrivals of Kylun and Cerise! But what is the fearsome threat of the Anti-Phoenix, and who has been pulling Excalibur’s strings since the very beginning? Plus: Secrets of the Phoenix Force are revealed, the Crazy Gang makes its bizarre return and Captain Britain’s sister, Psylocke, stops by — to help battle their older brother, the insane Jamie Braddock! Guest-starring Spider-Man and the X-Men!

The psychic vampire Selene is on a mad quest to devour enough souls so she can ascend to godhood, commencing a terrible reign over the planet. And though X-Force stands ready to oppose her and ruin her plans at any cost, the Black Queen has brought backup that may just tilt the balance in her favor: an army of undead mutants she has summoned to occupy X-Force and the X-Men while she carries out her real plan. On the island of Genosha, the Black Queen has brought an even larger army of mutants back to life - and when the time is right, she plans to suck the life back out of every single one of them. COLLECTING: X-NECROSHA; X-NECROSHA: THE GATHERING; X-FORCE (2008) 21-25

The vicious Marauders have been employed to wipe out the underground mutant community known as the Morlocks, whose only hope of salvation rests in the hands of the X-Men.

The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants - these are the X-Men Milestones! And this event rocked not only the X-titles, but the entire Marvel Universe! For months, the force of nature known only as Onslaught has struck from the shadows - but when the X-Men discover Onslaught's startling true identity, the villain's plan kicks into high gear! Determined to punish mankind for a litany of sins, Onslaught laid siege to the X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four and more - kicking off a cataclysmic conflict destined to deprive a world of its most revered icons! Earth's greatest heroes face their ultimate enemy in an explosive saga that transformed the Marvel Universe! COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (1981) 333-337, X-Men (1991) 53-57, Onslaught: X-Men (1996), Onslaught: Marvel Universe (1996), Onslaught: Epilogue (1996), Avengers (1963) 401, Fantastic Four (1961) 415, Wolverine (1988) 104, Cable (1993) 35

Only Emma Frost protested when Wolverine brought X-23 into Xavier's. Now, her worst fears are realized when the Facility sends a team to capture Cessily while she's away from the institute with X-23.

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