A pair of detectives named Dukes and Magnus investigate a gruesome murder. The scene is devoid of clues, save for the victim's curious "X" tattoo. Next stop for the Charles Xavier's reform school upstate...

The coroner's men flipped the redheaded corpse over so Dukes and Magnus from Homicide could get a better look at her. 'Better' being a relative term in this case, with the claw marks that slashed her face into a featureless, bloody mask and turned her guts into a butcher shop explosion. Collects X-Men Noir #1-4