—Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr)Xavier warned that my war against humanity would consume me. He never fully understood the truth of it. The conflict gave me purpose... but it also fed a deeper compulsion... one as bottomless as my need to protect my people. Perhaps I never recognized it myself. Here... at the end... I see it clearly... the awful powers that have guided my hand. Anger. Hatred. Fear. These forces... more than any other... have fueled me... defined who I am... and carved out the legacy I will leave behind. (...) I let my own fury drown out the voices of the people I swore to defend. Mutants have been burdened... scarred by my actions. My war will not consume me... For there is nothing left to be consumed.
Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Death) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- X-Men (Only in flashback)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Only in flashback)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Only in flashback)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only in flashback)
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Only in flashback)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Only in flashback)
- Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (Only in flashback)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Only in flashback)
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (Only in flashback)
- Marrow (Sarah) (Only in flashback)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Only in flashback)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Only in flashback)
- Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) (Only in flashback)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Only in flashback)
- Rogue (Only in flashback)
- Polaris (Lorna Dane) (Death)
- Briar Raleigh (Death)
- Dr. Alda Huxley (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:
- Nimrod Sentinels from Earth-1610 (Destruction)
Other Characters:
- U.S. Army (Only in flashback)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
- Russian Naval Forces (Only in flashback)
- Leningrad crew (Death) (Only in flashback)
- Dimitri Semyanov (Unidentified) (Death)
- Leningrad crew (Death) (Only in flashback)
- United Nations (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Only in flashback)
- Thor (Only in flashback)
- Vision (Only in flashback)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Only in flashback)
- S.H.I.E.L.D (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback) (Destruction)
- Earth (Main story and flashback) (Destruction)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback) (Destruction)
- Florida (Only in flashback)
- Cape Citadel (Only in flashback)
- New York (Destruction)
- New York City (Destruction)
- Manhattan (Destruction)
- Times Square (Destruction)
- Manhattan (Destruction)
- New York City (Destruction)
- Missouri (Only in flashback)
- Cape Girardeau (Only in flashback)
- Florida (Only in flashback)
- Atlantic Ocean (Only in flashback)
- Antarctica (Only in flashback)
- Genosha (Mentioned)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback) (Destruction)
- Asteroid M (Only in flashback)
- Avalon (Only in flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback) (Destruction)
- Earth-1610 (Destruction)
- Earth (Destruction)
- Heaven (Mentioned)
- Hell (Mentioned)
Items:
- Magneto's Helmet (Main story and flashback)
- Cyclops' Visors (Only in flashback)
- Mobile Power Amplifiers
- Hoverchair (Only in flashback)
- Mjolnir (Only in flashback)
Vehicles:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarriers (Destruction)
- Leningrad (Only in flashback) (Russian submarine) (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
• With the Earth on the verge of destruction, the Master of Magnetism is determined to be mutantkind’s savior once more...
• But at what cost?Notes
- There are multiple flashbacks to key moments in Magneto's past:
- The attack on Cape Citadel from X-Men #1.
- Destroying the Leningrad sub in Uncanny X-Men #150.
- Becoming sovereign of Genosha in X-Men (Vol. 2) #87.
- Facing the X-Men's Blue Team within the wreckage of the Leningrad in X-Men (Vol. 2) #1.
- Attacking Hammer Bay in X-Men (Vol. 2) #2.
- Fighting the Avengers in Avengers #111.
- Defending Asteroid M, also in X-Men (Vol. 2) #1.
- Removing the adamantium from Wolverine's body in X-Men (Vol. 2) #25.
- Killing Dr. Eli Hatcher in Magneto (Vol. 3) #1.