Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men #8

In "With Two Beside Them!", Jo and the Widow join a compact Avengers team in a high-stakes mission to free their comrades—and the X-Men—from Magneto’s mind control. With tension rising and loyalty tested, the trio must outthink a master manipulator before the rift between heroes becomes irreversible.

In "And Canst Thou Slay... the Juggernaut?", the Hulk’s violent escape from Hulkbuster base accidentally swaps him with the unstoppable Juggernaut, unleashing both titans into a chaotic clash of brute force. As the X-Men arrive to contain the Juggernaut, the Hulk—unwilling to team up—immediately clashes with his unlikely counterpart, testing the limits of strength and will.

In "Panic Beneath the Earth!", Magneto, freed by the chaotic magnetic disruptions caused by Comet Kohoutek, unleashes his ultimate plan as the Defenders clash with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Amid the escalating conflict, Magneto completes his terrifying creation: Alpha the Ultimate Mutant.

In "And the Wind Howls... Wendigo!", the Hulk seeks solitude in the Canadian wilderness, only to be pulled into a haunting mystery when he stumbles upon a cave tied to the cursed legacy of the Wendigo. There, Marie and Georges, siblings of the man transformed into the monster, attempt to harness the Wendigo's power to restore their brother—unaware their plan may unleash something far worse. When the Hulk awakens from a magical trance, he finds himself locked in a brutal clash with the Wendigo, while Wolverine arrives on the scene, drawn by a government alert and a growing threat in the wild.

In "And Now... the Wolverine!", the enigmatic Canadian agent Wolverine joins forces with the Hulk to confront the terrifying Wendigo. As the monster falls, the uneasy alliance cracks when Wolverine turns on his former ally, sparking a brutal clash between the two titans. With Marie pushing forward on her plan to transfer the Wendigo’s power, the weight of guilt over Paul Cartier’s transformation drives his best friend Georges to make a desperate, life-altering choice.

In "Between Hammer and Anvil!", the Hulk, fresh from a grueling duel with Wolverine and now on the run, finds an unexpected ally in the unlikely Crackajack Jackson. As the two journey toward a prison where Jackson hopes to reunite with his son, a pair of escaped convicts—Hammer and Anvil—wreak havoc after an alien alters their prison chains into deadly weapons. When Jackson finally reaches the prison, the meeting with his son sets off a chain of events that could change everything.