Reprints Marvel Graphic Novel #5.
*"If a man believeth not, he is condemned already..."
The Uncanny X-Men. Magneto, master of magnetism. The bitterest of enemies for years. But now they must join forces against a new adversary who threatens them all and the entire world besides...in the name of God. The members of the Stryker Crusade are poised to cleanse the earth, no matter how much blood stains their hands. With Professor X as their enemy and Magneto as their ally, the X-Men undergo an apocalyptic ordeal ordained by a minister gone mad! One of Chris Claremont's most powerful and influential stories, the partial basis for X2 is reprinted here for the first time in years.
If a mind offend thee...
Reverend William Stryker: Quiet. Well-respected. A man f God. And one of the X-Men's deadliest enemies. He's best remembered today as the man who dealt the X-Men one of their most crippling blows, masterminding the deaths of dozens of students--but the first time he practiced what he preached, Marvel's mightiest mutants barely survived at all.
Armored assassins are targeting mutants, and Professor Charles Xavier's efforts to calm the public seemingly end with the deaths of Cyclops, Storm and himself! But their faked deaths are the first step in Stryker's plan to use the Professor in a genocidal onslaught against mutantkind! Stryker takes control of Xavier, body and mind--but it's the Professor's soul that faces the greatest challenge when it seems his team's only ope is the magnetic megalomaniac they were forged to fight!
With the public against them and Magneto to lead them, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde's faith in their own dream is shaken...and Stryker thinks they haven't got a prayer. *Source: Dust Jacket