The X-Men are called to the scene of a murder that appears to have involved heretofore unknown mutants. The team's resident scientist, Beast, discovers that though the victim was indeed a mutant, his mutation appears to be artificially produced. The team races to a spaceship graveyard in Indonesia in their search for the murderer, who they find huddled over the mysterious Ghost Box, preparing to activate it. The murderer reveals himself to also be a mutant, but commits suicide rather than give the X-Men any information as to his, or the Ghost Box's, origins. With mysterious, artificially created mutants popping up out of nowhere, the X-Men must struggle to unlock the mysteries of the Ghost Box: What is the device's purpose, and why was it sent to Earth?

Collecting ASTONISHING X-MEN #25-30 and GHOST BOXES #1-2.
ISBN-13: 9780785127888

• Expected 25 Nov 2009
• 184 PGS
• $24.99 US

"EXOGENETIC," PART 3
Dead mutants turned into biological weapons...genetically-reprogrammed Brood sleazoids...missing data on Henry McCoy's research computers...the truth about what Abby Brand was trying to burn out on Cruithne. It all adds up to an attempt to remove mutantcy from the planet Earth entirely -- and the rise of the Bio-Sentinels.

• Expected 16 Dec 2009
• 32 PGS
• $2.99 US
• OCT090554