The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants - these are the X-Men Milestones! As Magneto's Acolytes amp up their attacks on Homo sapiens everywhere, the X-teams join forces to put an end to the villainous zealots' mad crusade once and for all. But has their leader, messianic madman Magneto, returned from the dead? And as a mysterious and fatal disease begins creeping through the mutant community, which X-Man will lose a loved one - and buckle under the strain? Tensions come to a head in the most shocking way possible, culminating in a devastating attack on Wolverine -and a showdown between Professor X and Magneto that must be seen to be believed! COLLECTING: UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) 298-300, 303-304, 315; X-FACTOR (1986) 92; X-FORCE (1991) 25; X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) 2; X-MEN (1991) 25; WOLVERINE (1988) 75; EXCALIBUR (1988) 71

The biggest and best adventures of Marvel's mighty mutants - these are the X-Men Milestones! Mutants have never had it worse. The mutant population is down to a mere 181. In the last year, only one mutant has been born - the girl called Hope, believed to be the "Mutant Messiah" who will reignite the species. Hope was raised in the future by Cable, and now the two have returned! But the Human League is bent on eradicating Earth's final mutants - and they see Hope's death as the final nail in the coffin. As Bastion and his allies unleash a merciless all-out assault on the X-Men, everything rests on Hope's shoulders. Will this be mutantkind's end? COLLECTING: SECOND COMING: PREPARE (2009), SECOND COMING (2010) 1-2, UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) 523-525, NEW MUTANTS (2009) 12-14, X-MEN LEGACY (2008) 235-237, X-FORCE (2008) 26-28

Collects X-Force/Cable: Messiah War (2009) #1, Cable (2008) #13-15, X-Force (2008) #14-16, X-Men: Future History – The Messiah War Sourcebook (2009) #1. The biggest and best adventures of Marvel’s mighty mutants — these are the X-Men Milestones! Months ago, Cyclops gave Cable custody of the first mutant born since M-Day, an infant many see as mutantkind’s last hope. Cable took her into the future but soon found himself trapped there — with the relentless Bishop in hot pursuit, intent on killing the child. Now Cyclops has finally located Cable and is sending the black-ops squad X-Force forward in time to help — but Bishop has a horrifying new ally, and X-Force will find a death trap waiting for them! Is the child called Hope the savior of mutantkind or the bringer of the Apocalypse? The past, present and future converge in one blockbuster blowout!

Collects: X-Men: Hope, X-Men: Blind Science, X-Men: Hellbound #1-3 and X-Factor #204-206.

The vicious Marauders have been employed to wipe out the underground mutant community known as the Morlocks, whose only hope of salvation rests in the hands of the X-Men.

Necrosha, the massive event tying X-FORCE, X-MEN LEGACY and NEW MUTANTS! Selene's Inner Circle stands revealed and her master plan has been set into motion. Watch as the the resurrected dead lay siege to the X-Men's headquarters, and the fight to survive the Black Queen's vengeance begins. But while Warpath and Wolverine realize what's happening, they may be too late to stop it. Because Selene is already well on her way to achieving ultimate power half a world away. Plus, the rest of the X-Men fight mutants back from the dead! COLLECTING: New X-Men #32, X-Force #11, #21-25, New Mutants #6-8, X-Men: Legacy #231-234, X-Force/New Mutants: Necrosha One-Shot, X Necrosha: The Gathering, material from X-Force Annual

The psychic vampire Selene is on a mad quest to devour enough souls so she can ascend to godhood, commencing a terrible reign over the planet. And though X-Force stands ready to oppose her and ruin her plans at any cost, the Black Queen has brought backup that may just tilt the balance in her favor: an army of undead mutants she has summoned to occupy X-Force and the X-Men while she carries out her real plan. On the island of Genosha, the Black Queen has brought an even larger army of mutants back to life - and when the time is right, she plans to suck the life back out of every single one of them. COLLECTING: X-NECROSHA; X-NECROSHA: THE GATHERING; X-FORCE (2008) 21-25