Prehistory

• Writer - Steve Seagle
• Penciler - Chris Bachalo
• Inker - Tim Townsend
• Lettering - Richard Starkings
• Lettering - Comicraft
• Lettering - Albert Deschesne
• Colorist - Steve Buccellato
• Editor - Mark Powers
• Editor in Chief - Bob Harras

Summary

  Note: this occurs after X-Men II:75.

  While Rogue runs off, upset, Sauron uses the life energy stolen from Logan to attack the team. Sam blasts into him, and Bobby and Ororo lower the temperature, since he's cold-blooded. Sauron drops Sam onto electrical wires; he blasts to keep immune but hits the ground hard.

  Sauron fled the doomed Savage Land, mailed himself to New York, and went on a killing spree, especially seeking mutants to drain. Rogue interrupted while he attacked Logan, and now he shoots Ororo, hypnotizes Bobby and makes him encase himself and Jubilee in ice, and tussles with Maggott.

  In space, Bishop admits his attraction to Deathbird, but he knows she's lying, claiming he's paralyzed and the rest of the X-Men are dead. Their craft is attacked.

  Rogue finds Joseph unconscious in the mansion and gives him mouth-to-mouth. Marrow sees them and thinks they're a couple.

  Sauron tosses Maggott to the ground; he has his slugs chew up the dirt for a soft landing, right on top of Ororo and Sam. Sauron knocks out Jubilee and stands triumphant.

  In the Ptarmigan Creek suburb of Anchorage, Alaska, Scott practices his optic blast on tostado shells, but he's still in pain. He is alarmed to see Jean wearing her Phoenix uniform.

  Logan recovers and attacks Sauron. Then Jubilee drops him with a few fireworks. The rest recover and plan to hand him over to SHIELD. Logan wants to find Rogue, but she has taken a cab into the city, to the Agee Institute.