Feared by a world unwilling to accept those who are different. Led by their teacher, Professor Charles Xavier, the X-Men are dedicated to protecting humanity from the forces of chaos, hoping to one day rid the world of an even greater darkness?the prejudice that has made them outcasts. Returning from another dimension, the X-Men discover that Earth is now ruled by one of the most notorious tyrants the world has ever known?Doctor Doom. Far more disturbing than the police state in which they find themselves, however, is the fact that some of the world's greatest Super Heroes?including the X-Men's closest friends?have allied themselves with the legendary villain. Searching for answers, hunted by old enemies and former allies, the mutant adventurers face their greatest challenge: deposing an armor-clad madman with an entire world against them. Standing between them and victory, though, is their deadliest enemy?the malevolent Magneto, who has his own plans for dominating the world?

First, it was Doctor Doom. Then, Magneto.Two men with a common to become absolute master of the Earth.Through the use of the Cosmic Cube, a device whose reality-bending powers allowits possessor to create their own version of a perfect world they were eachable to bring their dreams to life, if only for a short time. Fortunately,the group of mutant Super Heroes called the X-Men were able to shatterthose dreams before they destroyed the planet. But n ow the Cube has fallen into the hands of the infamous Red Skull, whosetwisted philosophies are a reflection of those once voiced by the madmanwho created him during the darkest days of World War II. And unlike hisvillainous predecessors, the Skull is in complete control of the Chaos energiesgenerated by the Cube, for the people of the world, there will be no awakeningfrom this living nightmare. With time running out, the X-Men must make onefinal, desperate attempt to destroy this "Chaos Engine" and restore Order tothe cosmos before their entire reality is wiped from existence by an all-powerfulalien race. But in order to save the world from Armageddon, one of the X-Menmust be willing to risk his, or her, life an action that will create lastingrepercussions not only for the team of uncanny mutants, but for the very fabricof reality itself...