Ultimate Factor-X #[nn]

In "Sinister Neglect," the uneasy leadership of Cyclops fractures as his younger brother Alex struggles with resentment, while Mr. Sinister's absence sends shockwaves through Factor X's fragile hierarchy. With Apocalypse looming and the Morlocks caught in the crossfire, old tensions rise as alliances shift and secrets surface—especially when Angel, Scarlett McKenzie, and Henry Peter Gyrich arrive with their own agendas.

In "Abandoned Children," Cyclops's growing alliance with Apocalypse stirs tension with his younger brother, who secretly covets the power for himself. As Havok watches his brother’s shift in loyalty, he begins to plot a way to turn the tide—while Cyclops races to free Polaris from the clutches of the Dark Beast, whose twisted experiments push her to the brink.

In "Open Wounds," the fractured trust between Cyclops and Havok reaches a breaking point when long-buried secrets about their brother’s past with Apocalypse come to light. With Jean Grey captured and brought to the Dark Beast, the siblings are forced into a brutal confrontation—one that tests loyalty, memory, and the cost of redemption.

In "Reckonings," Cyclops and Havok face off in a brutal clash of wills as Apocalypse’s orders to exterminate his prisoners hang in the balance. With Jean Grey at his side and the fate of countless lives resting on their choices, the brothers must confront not just their past, but the cost of their future.