Powers of X Vol 1 3

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Release Date	August 21, 2019
Cover Date	October, 2019
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Editor-in-Chief	C.B. Cebulski
Rating	T+ (13 and up)
Original Price	$4.99
Pages	40

1. "This Is What You Do"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Jonathan Hickman
Penciler(s)	R.B. Silva
Inker(s)	R.B. Silva
Colorist(s)	Marte Gracia
Letterer(s)	Clayton Cowles
Editor(s)	Jordan D. White Annalise Bissa

 It's okay... I have what I need now. And this... this is what you do. 

—Mother Akkaba

Appearing in "This Is What You Do"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  • Last Horsemen of Apocalypse
    • Pestilence / North (Name revealed) (Death)
    • Death / Xorn (Kuan-Yin Xorn) (Death)
    • Famine / Krakoa (Possesses the corpse of Doug Ramsey)
    • War / Wolverine (James Howlett)
  • Rasputin IV (Death)
  • An unnamed Cardinal (Death)
  • Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) (Death)

Supporting Characters:

• Mother Akkaba (Moira Kinross) (Death)

Antagonists:

• Man-Machine Supremacy
  • Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar) (Death)
  • Nimrod the Lesser (Death)
  • Unnamed Sentinels (Death)
• Church of Ascendancy (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Externals (Named only)
• Lorna Dane (Named only)
• Emma Frost (Named only)
• Cylobel (Named only)
• Quentin Quire (Named only)
• Piotr Rasputin (Named only)
• Gunther Bain (Named only)
• Kitty Pryde (Named only)
• Laura Kinney (Named only)
• Kurt Wagner (Named only)
• Rachel Grey (Named only)
• Francis Freeman (Named only)
• Percival (Emmanuel Cortez) (Named only) (Name revealed)
• Master Mold (Named only)
• Avengers (Named only)
• Annihilation Wave (Named only)
• Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex) (Named only)
• Charles Xavier (Named only)
• Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Named only)
• First Horsemen of Apocalypse (Named) (Deceased)
  • Death (Named only) (Deceased)
  • Famine (Named only) (Deceased)
  • Pestilence (Named only) (Deceased)
  • War (Named only) (Deceased)

Races and Species:

• Cyborgs
• Humans
• Chimeras
• Mutants
• Hounds (Named only)
• Sentinels
• Krakoas
• Gods (Mentioned)
• Shi'ar (Named only)

Locations:

• Moira 9 (Year One Hundred)
  • Milky Way
    • Solar System
      • Earth
        • The Nexus
          • Temple of Concordance (Only appearance; destruction)
          • Tower of Nimrod the Lesser
          • SalCen Khennil (Named only) (Destroyed)
        • Thebes, Upper Egypt, Africa (Mentioned)
        • Asia (Named only)
          • Akkaba (Named only)
          • Kyr (Named only) (Destroyed)
          • Tian (Named only) (Destroyed)
        • Krakoa, Pacific Ocean (Named)
      • Asteroid Belt
        • Asteroid K
          • Krakoa
            • No-Place Hub
      • Mars (Named only) (Destroyed)
        • Sinister Breeding Pits (Named only) (Destroyed)
  • Heaven (Mentioned)
  • Hell (Mentioned)
  • Shi'ar Galaxy (Named only)
• Moira 1 (Moira's first life) (Named only)
• Moira 2 (Moira's second life) (Named only)
• Moira 3 (Moira's third life) (Named only)
  • Muir Research Institute, Muir Island, Scotland, United Kingdom, Earth (Named only)
• Moira 4 (Moira's fourth life) (Named only)
• Moira 5 (Moira's fifth life) (Named only)
  • Faraway, Earth (Named only)
• Moira 7 (Moira's seventh life) (Named only)
  • Sentinel Headquarters, Adirondack Mountains, New York, USA, Earth (Named only)
• Moira 8 (Moira's eighth life) (Named only)
• Marvel Prime Universe (Named only)
  • Genosha, Earth (Named only)
  • House of X, Krakoa, Pacific Ocean, Earth (Named only)

Items:

• Techno-Organic Virus
• North's Helmet
• Xorn's Helmet
• X-Uniforms
• Death Seed
• Soulsword
• Wolverine's Suit
• Flowers of Krakoa
  • Gateways
  • No-Place

Events:

• Human-Machine-Mutant War

Synopsis for "This Is What You Do"

As the Church of Ascendancy, dedicated to the worship of the machines, is hosting a sermon at the Temple of Concordance, the X-Men arrive and attack. Omega Sentinel watches from the Human-Machine Monolith and tries to convince Nimrod the Lesser of the need to investigate, but he refuses, dismissing the attack as meaningless. Omega heads off alone to confront the X-Men where she and her squadron of Sentinels gain the upper head, prompting Rasputin IV to remove Death's mask, unleashing the black hole contained within his head, killing both the remaining X-Men and the Sentinels.

Meanwhile, Apocalypse leads War and Famine into an old machine databank in order to retrieve an information crystal. They are successful in finding it, but are intercepted by Nimrod. Famine opens a portal for them to retreat through, and Apocalypse stays behind to buy them time. War and Famine escape, with Apocalypse seemingly succumbing to Nimrod. Back in the safety of Asteroid K, War releases Mother Akkaba, also known as Moira Kinross, from her stasis. He presents her with the information crystal, force-feeding the information into her mind. As per Apocalypse's request, and with Moira's consent, War then kills Moira, in order for her to start over again, now armed with the knowledge of exactly when in time Nimrod emerges.

Solicit Synopsis

As Xavier sows the seeds of the past, the X-Men’s future blossoms into trouble for all mutantdom. Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (NEW AVENGERS, INFINITY, FF) continues reshaping the X-Men’s past, present and future with breakout artist R.B. Silva (UNCANNY X-MEN)!

See Also

• 26 image(s) from Powers of X Vol 1 3
  • 1 reprint(s) of Rasputin IV (Moira 9) from Powers of X Vol 1 3 002.jpg
• 2 reprint(s) of Powers of X Vol 1 3

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