Weary of battling for mutant supremacy, Magneto offers to transport all mutants to an orbiting asteroid named Asteroid M where they can live peaceful and human-free lives.
Storm, and grouchy humbug Wolverine go last-minute shopping in Manhattan, only to be caught in a life-or-death crisis involving Leech, the littlest Morlock.
When Cyclops flies solo to a tiny desert community, his plane is blasted out of the sky. Injured and unable to use his powers, he discovers a friend is missing and the town is caught in the grips of a militant, mutant-only hate group.
Quicksilver of the mutant team X-Factor and his sister, the Scarlet Witch of the Avengers, learn from their dying father, that they were adopted. Magneto, who is looking for his estranged wife, may hold a clue to the Maxinoff twins' past.