Cover by Salvador Larroca. By Chris Claremont / Adam Kubert / Tim Townsend.
Introducing a major new enemy for the X-Men: The conqueror known as Killion! Still in Moscow, the team desperately attempts to pry information from their prisoner, the extra-terrestrial Slaver, but the price of this knowledge may spell doom for Cable and Phoenix! Meanwhile, a team of hard-bitten mercenaries are on their way to Slaver's rescue with orders to eliminate anything that stands in their way!