AMAZING ell RECENTLY, COLOSSUS AWOKE FROM A DREAM CONTAINING A STARTLING VISION. THE RUBY OF CYTTORAK, THE SOURCE OF THE JUGGERNAUT'S POWERS, HAD RETURNED TO EARTH AND WAS SEEKING A NEW HOST. COLOSSUS, HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN A HOST TO THE GEM, FELT ITS CALL. SEEKING TO PREVENT THE RUBY FROM FALLING INTO THE WRONG HANDS, THE X-MEN SET OUT 10 FIND IT. ARRIVING AT THE RUINS FROM COLOSSUS’ VISION, THE X-MEN SOUGHT THE RUBY, BUT WERE QUICKLY ATTACKED BY A MASSIVE DEMON, SEEMINGLY CHARGED WITH GUARDING THE GEM. DESPITE HIS PROTESTATIONS, COLOSSUS WAS FORCED TO STAY BEHIND. WITH THE EVENTS OF HIS RECENT PAST LEAVING HIS DECISION-MAKING IN DOUBT, STORM DID NOT TRUST HIM TO AVOID THE TEMPTATION OF THE RUBY'S POWER. COLOSSUS, ANGRY AT BEING LEFT BEHIND AND FEARFUL FOR THE SAFETY OF HIS FRIENDS, HAS NOW TURNED TO PIXIE IN AN ATTEMPT T0 FOLLOW AND PROTECT HIS FELLOW X-MEN le Ge AND AU Ue JO AUT ea wprex CHRISTOPHER YOST srnst JORGE FORNES coors RACHELLE ROSENBERG terrener VC’S JOE CARAMAGNA covery KRIS ANKA ssistat coon KANDER JAROWEY eviroa MIKE MARTS EDITOR IN CHIEF AXEL ALONSO CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER JOE QUESADA PUBLISHER DAN BUCKLEY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ALAN FINE X-MEN CREATED BY STAN LEE AND JACK KIRBY ‘© 2015 Marvel Characters Inc. All rights reserved. All characters featured In this issue and the distinctive names and likenesses thereof, an al related indicia are trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions inthis magazine with ‘those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. WWW.MARVEL.COMx 1 Fl FAR, a n ae j tueae's N's Ala \ Reine ay CRUSHING > “ie! \ ICEMAN! \ Gag " THING! STORM! WEVE GOT COMPANY!(2 \ 6 Se “rigestae WRONG, Y AND NIGHTCRAWLER \ SOMETHING'S HAVE MADE CONTACT WRONG... 4 WITH THEIR TARGETS, "THERE ARE GUNMEN ‘ALL OVER THE PLACE. METHING'S (OF COURSE THEY ‘ARE. LET'S SEE, WHO'S TELEPATHY. RESISTANT? PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE. NO OFFENSE, BUT WHAT'S THE POINT?, /— eT, (we cies... THERE’ | SOMETHING ) ANOTHER Beesence WORSE. Wis. THOUGHTS ARE PAINFUL... ‘THEY BURN. BACK IN THE DAY PROFESSOR X COULD JUST WIN ANY FIGHT ®y SHOWING LIKE EVERYONE'S. GOT AELMET OR ‘ARMOR OR SOME ‘KIND OF PSYCHIC DEFENSES ‘OR--Not. ‘ANOTHER STEP, ST MOHAWK.YOU MAVE POTENTIAL... POTENTIAL TO SERVE THE GREAT CRIMSON LORD CYT TORAK-TT aya AN Ye aT “\