Eve of Destruction

• Writer - Scott Lobdell
• Writer - Salvador Larroca
• Inker - Scott Hanna
• Inker - Tim Townsend
• Colorist - Hi-Fi Design
• Ass't Editor - Pete Franco
• Editor - Mark Powers
• Editor in Chief - Joe Quesada

From the Ashes of the Past...

Still Another Genesis

Summary

  Magneto's ambassador Cargill is illegally captive in the Pentagon; Jean wipes the federal agents' minds and frees her.

  Jean-Paul (formerly of Alpha Flight; openly gay and Quebecois) is in Philadelphia (as in the Tom Hanks movie), signing his book, "Born Normal." A man posing as a fan pulls a machine gun, but he's not super-fast, so Jean-Paul turns it round on him. Jean arrives and questions his mere celebrity, but he claims to be happy.

  In Boston Common, a mob attacks Hector, age 16, a sick mutant with invisible skin. Jean arrives and freezes the mob. She recruits him to save a world that hates and fears him.

  Paulie returns to a mafia front in Brooklyn. In the Marines he learned he is invulnerable. He wants half; the mobsters shoot him, ruining his suit, so he beats them up. Jean arrives, expresses disgust, and recruits him. They drive to the mansion just as Leyu flies in. She's Shiro's little sister and is using his Sunfire costume; neither Yashida is particularly keen on helping the X-Men. Paulie is knocked through the door; he has a problem with "limp wristed" Jean-Paul, who beats him rapid-fire till his nose bleeds.

  Jean says Magneto has declared war on humanity, abducted Xavier and displayed him as a symbol of foolish pacifism. Most X-Men are gone fishin' (for Destiny's diaries, X-Men II:109; X-Treme X-Men), so she needs an interim team. Meanwhile, Logan and Scott are already in Genosha.

  They need to leave immediately, without training, with Cargill agreeing to be their guide. The doorbell rings, but the neither mansion security nor Jean's telepathy detects anyone. She opens the door to find Dazzler, a bit worse for wear.