X-Men #2/2003

In "E Is for Extinction of X-Men [Three of Three]," Jean and Hank race through the wreckage of Genosha to save Emma, a city reduced to ash after a catastrophe that claimed sixteen million lives. As the weight of that loss settles, Charles makes a bold, world-shaking choice—going on television to finally reveal the truth about himself.

In "The Man from Room X," Domino calls the X-Men to Hong Kong after the murder of Risque, pulling them into a deadly mystery that unravels a sinister plot tied to John Sublime and his Third Species initiative. As the team investigates, they uncover a hidden captive mutant whose identity could reshape the future of mutantkind.

In "The Hill," a young woman named Rose arrives at the isolated Howlett estate to care for the frail James Howlett, a boy heir to privilege and secrets. Amid the estate’s sprawling grounds and shadowed halls, she forms an unlikely bond with James and his loyal dog, Dog—son of the estate’s troubled groundskeeper, Thomas Logan—forging a friendship that blooms in quiet rebellion against the cold, rigid world around them.