Under the tutelage of Professor Xavier, the most powerful telepath on the planet, the mutants learn to master their powers. All the favorite mutant heroes are back and will battle with Mr. Sinister, Omega Red and more of the most fiendish villains on earth.

"The stories that built the Marvel Universe, from the brilliant minds of legendary creators -- now available in an accessible new format the whole family can enjoy! See the X-Men from the very beginning with the debut of Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Iceman and Marvel Girl -- Professor X's original teen team with a mission to forge peace between man and mutantkind! Thrill to their first encounter with the Master of Magnetism, Magneto -- and meet his Brotherhood...

Collects no. 11-21 of "X-Men" comics, telling the story of the origins of the mutant heroes under the leadership of Professor Xavier, and marking the earliest appearances of Magneto, Juggernaut, the Sentinels, and Mimic.

The X-Men travel to Russia for a family reunion with Colossus' parents - and his little sister Illyana, formerly the fan-favorite New Mutant known as Magik! But the villainous Soul Skinner is on the loose, and the Russian government is prepared to stop him by any means necessary. Even if that means using a little girl and shattering a family. Then: Betsy Braddock returns! But if Betsy's back, then who is Psylocke?

The original five students of Professor X--Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel and Beast--are plucked from the past and brought to the present. But what they find, the state that their future selves are in and the state of Xavier's dream, is far from the future they dreamed of. And how will the X-Men of the present deal with their past coming crashing forward?

Collects Astonishing X-Men (2004) #19-24 & Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1. After shocking and brain-smashing events, the X-Men are off to protect the Earth from its destruction at the hands of the Breakworld. And when it's all over, nothing will ever be the same! No, really, we mean it! Whedon and Cassaday prove they are more than Astonishing: They are unstoppable!

With the emergance of the world's first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

Mutant mentor Professor X is in a coma as protesters lay siege to Xavier Institute. Meanwhile, his evil twin Cassandra Nova is returning to Earth with the backing of the Shi'ar Empire.