The world groans under the Darwinian conqueror Apocalypse's rule. Under his thumb, America has become a dark and dangerous dystopia where mutants rule, humankind suff ers, and survival of the fi ttest is all! But in the shadows, the freedom fighters known as the X-Men - following a tenuously thin thread of hope - continue their dangerous and multi-pronged plan to restore the true Marvel Universe.

COLLECTING: ASTONISHING X-MEN (1995) 2-3, AMAZING X-MEN (1995) 2-3, GAMBIT AND THE X-TERNALS 2, GENERATION NEXT 2, WEAPON X (1995) 2, X-CALIBRE 2-3, FACTOR X 2-3, X-MAN 2-3, X-UNIVERSE 1, MATERIAL FROM X-MEN: YEAR OF THE MUTANTS COLLECTORS PREVIEW