#5

Synopsis

The government sends a Sentinel against Vulcan but he quickly destroys it. Cyclops uses this diversion to send Rachel back to the mansion to contact the rest of the X-Men for help. Vulcan takes Cyclops to Muir Island and they wait for Professor X to show up. Xavier arrives, followed quickly by the X-Men. Cyclops is horrified when Xavier admits that Vulcan has been telling the truth--he is part of a previous team of X-Men who died on Krakoa and is also Scott's brother. Vulcan demands that Xavier show them all telepathically, but Charlie admits that he can't do so as he is no longer a mutant.

Reprinted in

• Astonishing X-Men #20
• Astonishing X-Men #21
• Marvel Select Flip Magazine #17
• X-Men: Deadly Genesis #[nn]
• X-Men: Deadly Genesis #[nn]
• Giant Size X-Men 40th Anniversary #[nn]
• War of Kings Prelude: Road to War of Kings Omnibus #[nn]

Credits

Script

Ed Brubaker, J. Michael Straczynski

Pencils

Marc Silvestri, Scott Hanna, Gary Frank, Pete Woods

Inks

Joe Weems, Scott Hanna, Gary Frank, Jon Sibal, Pete Woods

Colours

John Starr, Val Staples, Chris Sotomayor, Brad Anderson

Letters

Dave Lanphear, Virtual Calligraphy, Joe Caramagna

Editing

Axel Alonso

Editor

Mark Paniccia

Assistant editor

Nathan Cosby

Associate

Warren Simons

Editor-in-chief

Joe Quesada

Finishes

Scott Hanna

Layouts

Trevor Hairsine

Characters

• Cyclops
• Scott Summers
• Vulcan
• Charles Xavier
• Iceman
• Hank McCoy
• Havok
• Alex Summers
• Nathaniel Briggs
• Colossus
• Nightcrawler
• Wolverine
• Kurt Wagner
• Marvel Girl
• Beast
• Bobby Drake
• Logan
• Rachel Summers
• Shadowcat
• Kitty Pryde
• Emma Frost
• Professor X
• Piotr Rasputin
• Moira MacTaggert