Written by NICK SPENCER Art by PACO MEDINA Cover by KAARE ANDREWS The world is in a state of sheer panic. The United States government has been outed as the creator of the X-Gene and mutants have been branded terrorists. It is in this insanity that the X-Men emerge. How will these former X-Men fair in a world where they are criminals? Will they be willing to defend mankind when all of humanity cries out for their imprisonment? 32 PGS./Rated T+