Astonishing X-Men #2

Publisher
Marvel
Year
1995
Month
4
LastChanged
1/16/2024 4:46:29 AM
After Xavier
No Exit
The Age of Apocalypse

Summary

  Rogue leads her team to Chicago to stopHolocaust's culling. The crowd is panicked, andSunfire goes berserk, so Rogue has to absorb his powerwhile the team guides the humans to safety. She seeshis memories of the massacre in Japan, and that heblames himself for not stopping it.

  In Westchester, Magneto cradles his son, sayinggoodbye in case the world dies.

  Apocalypse is angry at Abyss's failure to stop theevacuation of Maine. But Rex has located Magneto'sbase.

  Sabretooth asks a reluctant Blink to teleport him andWild Child to Holocaust, a suicidal delaying tactic.Rogue tries to stop it, but Blink zaps her and thensends them along to Indianapolis. Sabretooth wakesWild Child, and they confront Holocaust, who tells himthe location of the Infinite processing plant.Sabretooth sends Wild Child off with that information,then fights.

  Nemesis's first kill was the Scarlet Witch, for whichMagneto destroyed him, and now he is Holocaust, inbody armor. Sabretooth lets loose on him, rips off hishelmet, but then collapses.