Second Coming
2010The final chapter of the Messiah Trilogy. Cable and Hope Summers return to the present, triggering Bastion's endgame: a massive anti-mutant operation using the combined forces of the Purifiers, the Sapien League, and Nimrod Sentinels from the future. Bastion traps the X-Men on Utopia inside an impenetrable energy dome and opens a portal to a future timeline, sending endless waves of Nimrod Sentinels to annihilate them. Nightcrawler is killed saving Hope from Bastion. Cable sacrifices himself to close the time portal. When Hope's power finally manifests, she destroys Bastion and sparks new mutant activations worldwide — Decimation is reversed. The Messiah Trilogy ends with the most hard-won victory in X-Men history.
14 core issues, 8 optional tie-ins/crossovers
PrologueSetup for the crossover; recap of the Messiah Trilogy so far
Chapter 1 — Cable and Hope arrive in the present; Bastion activates his plan; the Purifiers attack
Chapter 2 — X-Men send teams to intercept Cable and Hope; Bastion's forces close in
Chapter 3 — New Mutants engage Cameron Hodge and the Right
Chapter 4 — Rogue leads a team against Bastion's forces
Chapter 5 — Nightcrawler is killed by Bastion while teleporting Hope to Utopia
Chapter 6 — Nightcrawler's death reverberates; Hope arrives on Utopia; Bastion activates the dome
Chapter 7 — The energy dome traps the X-Men; teams scramble to find a way out
Chapter 8 — Rogue and the X-Men fight to hold the line inside the dome
Chapter 9 — Bastion opens a time portal; Nimrod Sentinels pour through from the future
Chapter 10 — All-out war against the Nimrod Sentinels on Utopia
Chapter 11 — X-Force enters the time portal to destroy the Master Mold in the future
Chapter 12 — The X-Men hold the line; Cable's techno-organic virus worsens
Chapter 13 — Cable sacrifices himself to close the time portal; X-Force destroys the Master Mold
Chapter 14 — Hope's Phoenix-like power manifests; Bastion destroyed; new mutant activations worldwide; Cyclops disbands X-Force
Tie-InCannonball leads a team into Limbo to rescue Magik
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Tie-InThe X-Club tries to breach the dome from outside using science
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Tie-InX-Factor deals with Second Coming fallout from their own angle