"Eve of Destruction"

Stranded a few years in the past, on the moon of the Skrull homeworld, the X-Men are about to bear witness to the consumption of this world by the almighty Galactus. Professor Xavier pleaded with Galactus to avert the coming catastrophe, but despite his efforts, Galactus rebuffs him. In another part of the moon, Wolverine and Shadowcat fight some Skrulls, aided by the three renegade Skrulls that bear the guises of Thunderbird, Captain Marvel, and Adam Warlock. During the fight, their three Skrull allies are mortally wounded, but not before one of them transfers his knowledge of piloting a Skrull starship to Shadowcat. Nearby, the previously injured Marrow emerges from the healing medical chamber Gambit placed her in. She now looks beautiful and with controlled bone growth! Eventually, the X-Men gather together, and Shadowcat pilots the last remaining Skrull lifeboat away moments before Galactus consumes the entire world. The team tries to figure out how to return home, considering they are stranded several years in the past. Shadowcat eventually places everyone in suspended animation, leaving the ship in auto-pilot and programming it to wake them up when they reach their own time and planet. When the team wakes up, they find out that they are, indeed, entering the Earth’s atmosphere. However, they also find out that Kitty miscalculated and programmed them to wake up a bit earlier than they were supposed to, namely, during their most recent conflict against Magneto that ended in bitter defeat for the team! The X-Men consider this a chance to intervene and literally change history by defeating Magneto, when suddenly their ship is struck and violently repelled by energies coming from Magneto’s tower-base.

Jul 1999

Marvel

90

$1.99

X-Men Vol. 2

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