Revolution? When did it become a revolution? What the hell do you think you're doing? 
- —Past Cyclops to Present Cyclops
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- X-Men (Extinction Team) (Main story and flashback)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Main story and flashback)
- Emma Frost (Main story and flashback)
- Magik (Illyana Rasputin) (Main story and flashback)
- Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (Main story and flashback)
- X-Men (Past)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Past)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Past)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Past)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Past)
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Past)
Supporting Characters:
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Mentioned)
Antagonists:
- Phoenix Force (Mentioned)
Other Characters:
- Unnamed U.S. officials and police
- Benjamin (First appearance)
- Unnamed students at University of Texas
- Unnamed media
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Canada (Main story and flashback)
- Alberta (Main story and flashback)
- Near Roanoke (Main story and flashback)
- Weapon X Facility (First appearance as New Charles Xavier School For Mutants) (Only in flashback)
- Near Roanoke (Main story and flashback)
- Alberta (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- California (Only in flashback)
- San Francisco (Only in flashback)
- Golden Gate Bridge (Only in flashback)
- San Francisco (Only in flashback)
- Texas
- Austin
- University of Texas
- Austin
- California (Only in flashback)
- Canada (Main story and flashback)
- Limbo (Mentioned)
Items:
- Cyclops' Visor
- Magneto's Helmet
- Soulsword
- Skateboard
Vehicles:
- Helicopter (Only in flashback) (Destroyed)
- Hummers (Only in flashback) (Destroyed)
- Semi Trucks (Only in flashback) (Destroyed)
- Police cars (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for 1st story
While talking with Magneto, the present Cyclops realizes that their powers are fluctuating after their exposure to the Phoenix Force in the previous war; he can contain his optical blasts without his visor, but has trouble maintaining them when they are used, and Magneto is having trouble with his own magnetic powers. They attempt to rescue Emma Frost from captivity, but she is also having trouble with her powers as her telepathy appears to be weakened even if she can still turn into her diamond form. Magik, however, has gained new abilities from her exposure to the Phoenix Force. Having set up a base in an old Weapon X facility, the three of them depart to rescue a new group of mutants, but are subsequently confronted by the original X-Men, with the young Cyclops challenging his future self to justify his current talk of a "revolution".
Solicit Synopsis
• The flagship X-Book marches on! • The original 5 X-Men are back, but that’s not all that’s happening.
• What happened to the Phoenix 5 from AVENGERS VS X-MEN?