Utopia

While San Francisco is still reeling from the onslaught of the Dark Avengers, Rogue struggles to cope with the power and perspective of a God, the young X-student Trance undergoes a terrifying transformation, and X-Men Legacy takes a dramatic new direction.

UTOPIA TIE-IN
Rogue, Gambit and Danger go to join the X-Men in San Francisco, only to find it in flames. The Dark Avengers have come into town and are taking no prisoners. Wait, the whole problem is that they ARE taking prisoners. Norman Osborn has the city of San Francisco in the palm of his hands and mutants are being forced to take sides. Will they side with Cyclops and the X-Men? Or go to Osborn and his Dark X-Men? What side will the returning mutants and one of the X-Men’s most powerful foes take?

 Deadpool is turned away by Cyclops. But as Dagger explains; he's just looking for a place where he could feel wanted much like all the other mutants were who apart of the X-Men. Considering them hypocrits, he decides to head home. After Cyclops finds out that a certain Mr. Kincaid (Mercury's father) is 'in the pocket' of Osborn's pocket, he decides to take matters into his own hands and send out Archangel's legal team to resolve the situation. In another matter, Cyclops and Wolverine ask Domino to keep an eye on Deadpool and invite him to join the X-Men. On a rooftop, Domino confronts Deadpool, who ignores her until she admits she's there to offer him a part in the X-Men. In disbalief - he turns a gun on her, saying that she is here to kill him. Getting her to step back onto a cracked rooftop window, he shoots the weak glass beneath her and she falls down into a pile of 372, 844 pancakes. Sharing the pancakes not long after, he explained how he knew all along that she wasn't here to kill him, due to the fact that no back-up crew came to help Domino. Reporting back to Cyclops, Domino explains the situation and that Deadpool would join on one condition... he gets to wear his own home-made uniform. Cyclops agrees and Deadpool is in! Seeing Mr. Kincaid on the TV, Deadpool asks who he is and Domino explains that Cyclops is already dealing with it, but Deadpool has his own plan... ASSASSINATION!"

The Dark Avengers take on the Uncanny X-Men!

Kicking off the 6-part crossover event, rising star Matt Fraction (UNCANNY X-MEN, INVINCIBLE ) is joined by X-artist supreme Marc Silvestri (X-MEN: MESSIAH COMPLEX, CIVIL WAR: THE INITIATIVE ONE-SHOT) to bring you a story that shakes the foundations of the Marvel Universe.

When mutant riots break out in San Francisco, Norman Osborn declares martial law and sends the Dark Avengers in to quell the riots and take down the X-Men. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Don’t miss the first Avengers/X-Men crossover in over 15 years!

NOTE:  This story continues in Uncanny X-Men #513.

"UTOPIA: CHAPTER 3" The DARK AVENGERS/ UNCANNY X-MEN crossover continues! San Francisco teeters on the brink of absolute chaos and the X-Men keep getting in the way of Norman's vision of law and order. So Norman takes his game to the next level: who are the DARK X-MEN? And will Norman's Avengers play nice with Norman's X-Men? Here's a hint: no.

Norman's X-Men, as led by Emma and Namor, are the face of mutant law and order! The X-Men look played out of position as Osborn's dark reign falls over California-- but Scott Summers isn't done yet. The X-Men strike at Norman, at H.A.M.M.E.R., at his fraud X-Men and his sham Avengers all at once! This is the book where, at long last, the Marvel Universe starts to fight back-- and it sets the stage for next month’s unbelievable conclusion in UNCANNY X-MEN/DARK AVENGERS - EXODUS