Astonishing X-Men #1
In "Once More With Feeling," Scott Lobdell and Joe Madureira launch a bold new era for the X-Men, with Apocalypse’s reign of terror reshaping the world and Magneto leading the last stand. When Bishop arrives with a shocking truth—that this reality hinges on the past death of Charles Xavier—new arrivals Blink and Sunfire bring even darker news: Apocalypse’s enforcer Holocaust has returned, and the X-Men may not survive the fight. The cover by Joe Madureira and Tim Townsend captures the grim urgency of a team facing a mission they know could be their last.
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Apocalypse rules the world and Magneto and his X-Men are the last bastion of hope for a rapidly dying humanity. To complicate things, the stranger, Bishop, has arrived and told Magneto that this reality is false and solely due to the untimely death of Charles Xavier in the past. As the X-Men discuss this conundrum, Blink and Sunfire arrive at X-Mansion and tell their teammates that Apocalypse has once again begun culling human beings through his agent, Holocaust. The X-Men prepare to face Holocaust and bid their farewells, realizing that this mission is most likely of the suicide variety.
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