Craig Kyle Knihy

X-Force returns from the future, but as they race to defuse the Leper Queen and Sapien League's plot, X-23 is captured by the Facility! Now, her only hope is S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Morales...but can either of them survive against Kimura, the one foe X-23 has never beaten? Meanwhile, Wolfsbane is reunited with X-Force - just as Selene's forces descend on Utopia! X-Force fights an unsettlingbattle against Selene's army of undead mutants, including former teammate Caliban and Warpath's brother, Thunderbird! COLLECTING: X-FORCE (2008) 17-25; X-NECROSHA: THE GATHERING; X-FORCE: SEX & VIOLENCE 1-3; MATERIAL FROM X NECROSHA, X-FORCE ANNUAL (2010) 1

The birth of a single mutant child changed the landscape of the X-Men's world. Some saw the baby as mutantkind's last hope; others as its doom. Cable took the girl into the future, believing he could save both "Hope" and their entire species. But Lucas Bishop has wreaked havoc across time and space trying to hunt them down. Now Cyclops sends X-Force into the future to help Cable and Hope - and the Messiah War begins! Can a weakened Cable triumph over Bishop, Stryfe and Apocalypse, raise Hope to adulthood and bring her home? And what happens when Hope's mutant powers manifest? Cable and Hope's survival skills will be put to the test like never before...and the fate of mutantkind rests on their shoulders! COLLECTING: X-FORCE/CABLE: MESSIAH WAR 1, CABLE (2008) 13-25, X-FORCE (2008) 14-16, X-MEN: HOPE 1

X-23's past has returned to haunt the New X-Men! Can she and Hellion rescue Mercury before the horrifying, mutant-eating Predator X is unleashed? Then, the demonic Belasco pulls the X-Mansion into Limbo - and he's looking for Magik! Illyana Rasputin has returned to life, and Belasco will put the New X-Men through a literal hell until he finds her! With the team scattered, wounded and terrified, all hope seems lost. But Illyana has arrived, mad as hell...and she wants her soul back! Can Pixie, of all people, help save the day? And when Magik's quest catches the attention of the other demon lords, the X-Men must help Illyana fi nd herself before an ancient evil is unleashed! COLLECTING: NEW X-MEN (2004) 33-39, 40-42 (A STORIES), 43; X-INFERNUS 1-4, SAGA; MATERIAL FROM X-MEN UNLIMITED (2004) 14; X-MEN: DIVIDED WE STAND 2

Writers Craig Kyle and Chris Yost return to the X-Men!When Wolverine discovers that an old friend is missing, his visit to Canada soon transforms into a hairy situation. The Wendigo virus is running rampant, transforming people into flesh-eating monsters! Now, the X-Men and Alpha Flight must fight to stop the growing tide of Wendigos from consuming everything and everyone in their path...a task made harder when an X-Man falls prey to the deadly disease! Desperate, the X-Men take the fight to the Spirit Realm, but how do the Great Beasts fit into this mayhem? And will even the combined forces of the X-Men and Alpha Flight be enough to save Canada from this cannibalistic plague? Plus: Iceman, Firestar and Spider-Man must renew their amazing friendship to save New York City! Collecting: Amazing X-Men 7-12