Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- X-Men (First appearance)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Death and resurrection) (First appearance)
- Jean Grey (Death and resurrection) (First appearance)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Death and resurrection) (First appearance)
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (Death and resurrection) (First appearance)
- Rogue (Anna Marie) (Death and resurrection) (First appearance)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Death and resurrection) (Main story and flashback) (First appearance)
- Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) (Death and resurrection) (First appearance)
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Death and resurrection) (First appearance)
- Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) (First appearance)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (First appearance)
- The Five (First appearance)
- Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh) (First appearance)
- Proteus (Kevin MacTaggert) (First appearance)
- Fabian Cortez (First appearance)
- Tempo (Heather Tucker) (First appearance)
- Healer (First appearance)
- Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Krakoa (First appearance)
- X-Force (First appearance)
- Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (First appearance)
- Pyro (St. John Allerdyce) (First appearance)
- Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna) (First appearance)
- Bishop (Lucas Bishop) (First appearance)
- Cable (Nathan Summers) (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Sentinels (Main story and flashback)
- Master Mold (Death) (First appearance)
- Orchis (First appearance)
- Bolivar Trask (Joins) (First appearance)
- Henry Peter Gyrich (Joins) (First appearance)
- Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama) (Joins) (First appearance)
- Donald Pierce (Joins) (First appearance)
- Friends of Humanity (First appearance)
- Nimrod (Jubilee 9) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Vindicator (James Hudson) (First appearance)
- President Robert Kelly (First appearance)
- Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Mentioned)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (First appearance)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (First appearance)
- Mystique (Raven Darkhölme) (First appearance)
- Destiny (Irene Adler) (First appearance)
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (First appearance)
- Boom-Boom (Tabitha Smith) (First appearance)
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (First appearance)
- Wiz Kid (Takeshi Matsuya) (First appearance)
- Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (First appearance)
- Dazzler (Alison Blaire) (First appearance)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Toy)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Photo)
- Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex) (Named only)
Races and Species:
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Sentinels (Main story and flashback)
- Humans
- Dinosaurs (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Jubilee 10 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Earth Orbit
- Master Mold satellite (Destroyed)
- Moon
- Asteroid M (Mentioned)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- New York City
- Krakoan Embassy (First appearance)
- Westchester County (Only in flashback)
- Xavier's School for the Gifted (Only in flashback)
- New York City
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Genosha, Indian Ocean (Mentioned)
- Canada (Mentioned)
- Pacific Ocean
- Krakoa (First appearance)
- Arbor Magna (First appearance)
- Krakoa (First appearance)
- Earth Orbit
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Jubilee 9 (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Earth (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Items:
- X-Uniforms
- Adamantium (On Wolverine (Logan)'s claws)
- Magneto's Helmet
- Vindicator's Battle-suit
- Gateways
- Cerebro
- Resurrection Protocols (First appearance)
- Deadpool's Suit
Vehicles:
- X-Men Blackbird (Destroyed)
- Hoverchair
Synopsis for 1st story
The X-Men arrive on the Master Mold satellite to both destroy it and prevent Bolivar Trask from sending a signal. While Wolverine hunts down Trask, the other X-Men engage in battle with a bunch of Sentinels. Gambit accidentally kills himself and Rogue by blowing a hole in the satellite walls. Beast is killed soon after when the Blackbird spacecraft is destroyed, followed by Cyclops being obliterated by a laser beam. Wolverine confronts Trask and claims to want revenge for something terrible that happened to Jubilee, but Wolverine's gloating takes too long and Trask is able to send the signal before being killed. Sensing that they have failed, Jean Grey orders Magneto to destroy the satellite. He does so easily, but dies along with the remaining X-Men in the process.
On Earth, in New York's Krakoan Embassy, Psylocke explains to Robert Kelly, Vindicator, and Henry Peter Gyrich how the X-Men founded Krakoa as a safe-haven for all mutants without hurting any humans, and how they intend to keep that peace for everyone's future. The embassy is then attacked by the Friends of Humanity who still want to kill the mutants, so Psylocke calls in Cable and X-Force via a Krakoan portal to deal with them. She is then called back to Krakoa where the X-Men who died on the Master Mold satellite have been revived, thanks to the mutants' new Resurrection Protocols that let them cheat death. Xavier further explains that Krakoa is an island paradise for mutants, where old grudges are put aside and all are friends. Despite everybody else being happy about it, Wolverine is pissed off that it took the death of Jubilee to unite everyone.
Xavier and Magneto then go see Jubliee, who is hiding in a secret bunker after faking her death to unite everyone. She reveals that she's lived 10 lives, and every time the Orchis Protocols get set up, everything comes crashing down. In space, Trask, now in a Sentinel's body, has assembled Orchis, including Henry Peter Gyrich and Lady Deathstrike, to crush the mutants once and for all.
Solicit Synopsis
THE '90s ARE BACK — AGAIN!
Everyone's favorite '90s incarnations of the X-Men have returned…but this time, everything is even all-newer and all-more different! Mutantkind is taking a huge leap forward by founding their own nation on the island of Krakoa, guided by Professor X, Magneto, and a mysterious long-lived woman who knows more than she should. That's right – the '90s X-Men are tackling the Krakoan Age thirty years early… and it's NOT going to go the way you expect!