The Story of the Year

• Writer - Scott Lobdell
• Penciler - Joe Madureira
• Penciler - Rodney Ramos
• Inker - Tim Townsend
• Lettering - Comicraft
• Colorist - Team Bucce
• Editor - Mark Powers
• Editor in Chief - Bob Harras

Summary

  Note: this is part of the Operation: Zero Tolerance (OZT) crossover.

  JJJ wants the mutant story, and he doesn't believe TV reports that OZT was a response to an attack by the X-Men. He says Bastion is violating civil rights and is suspicious of the deaths of his reporter Bandouveris (iss. 339) and of Graydon Creed (X-Factor 130).

  Peter has gone to get a picture of Gyrich, just in time to rescue him from Callisto and Marrow.

  Somewhere distant, Remy kvetches about his life as an X-Man, and a mysterious something comes up behind him.

  JJJ has no luck getting information from senators Kelly or Ralston, but Bastion visits his office and drops off a CD-ROM of data on the X-Men, revealing their real identities. The story of the decade.

  Callisto just wants the mutant point of view to be heard, but Marrow is out for blood. Gyrich's Secret Service bodyguards (the same that guarded Creed) transform into Prime Sentinels, and they try to blast Marrow and Spider-Man, but Callisto takes the shot. The Sentinels decide to kill all witnesses, and Spider-Man orders a hasty retreat.

  Gyrich and the police shoot the Sentinels, which will keep them down long enough for reinforcements to come. Marrow jumps at Gyrich, but Spider-Man stops her and lectures her. Gyrich pulls a gun and tries to arrest her, but Spider-Man tells him to back off. Marrow takes the fallen Callisto into the sewers to find a healer.

  JJJ tells Bastion that he will uncover his background, the real story, destroys the disk, and kicks him out.