Magnus Veyron AKA Doctor Magneto and his Brotherhood of the Electrum push mutantkind into the open with a global act of sabotage, forcing humanity to acknowledge mutants. Cassandra Nova assembles her first X-Men—Dean Dawson AKA Cyclops, Julie Grey AKA Phoenix-in-waiting, Amara Munroe AKA Storm, Andy Abrahms AKA Iceman, and Gretchen Lillis AKA Rogue—to prevent war. Unlike the hopeful beginnings of the classic X-Men, this debut is paranoid and messy, where propaganda and fear make mutants terrorists in the public eye before they can become heroes.
