Dates
- Cover date
- 2004
- On sale
- 2004
- Pages
- 632
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #5 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- 2nd printing
Second Edition
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 978078512692851999
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Stories
- Whose Life Is It, Anyway? · 23 pages
Kitty comes to terms with Storm's punk look. The X-Men leave for Secret Wars.
- Tokyo Story · 22 pages
The X-Men return from the Secret Wars and find themselves in Japan where a large dragon is menacing Tokyo (go figure). Wolverine promises to look after a little girl (Amiko) whose parents are killed. Senator Kelly proposes the Mutant Control Act.
- Madness · 22 pages
Rogue (thinking she is Carol Danvers) rescues one of Ms. Marvel's old flames from SHIELD and tries to rekindle their relationship. Fury decides to go after Rogue.
- He'll Never Make Me Cry · 22 pages
Colossus breaks up with Kitty because of events in Secret Wars and Wolverine and Nightcrawler decide to teach him a lesson by making him go one-on-one against the Juggernaut.
- The Past...of Future Days · 22 pages
Forge has created a weapon that takes away superpowers. Selene chases a time-tripping Rachel right into the X-Men's arms.
- Public Enemy! · 22 pages
Storm interferes in the government's Rogue hunt and has her powers stripped.
- Lifedeath · 40 pages
"Once upon a time, there was a woman who could fly." Storm comes to grips with the loss of her powers. Dire Wraiths attack.
- Wraithkill · 22 pages
The Dire Wraiths come after Storm and Forge. Naze is killed and the Adversary takes his form.
- Legacy of the Lost · 22 pages
The X-Men beat back the Dire Wraiths with magical help. The Adversary totally takes over Naze. Lee pulls Magneto out of the ocean. Rachel joins the team and recaps her history (From Uncanny #141 and 142).
- Two Girls Out to Have Fun · 22 pages
Storm leaves the team for awhile. Rachel and Magma invade the Hellfire Club to go after Selene, the new Black Queen.
- An Age Undreamed of · 25 pages
Kulan Gath (Conan villain) turns Manhattan into a medieval nightmare.
- Raiders of the Lost Temple · 25 pages
Selene and Kulan are beaten and things stop being so medieval. Nimrod arrives in the present day.
- Fun 'n' Games · 22 pages
Wolverine and Kitty return from Japan (where they were starring in the Kitty Pryde and Wolverine miniseries). Magus attacks. Xavier is beaten up.
- Warhunt 2 · 40 pages
Callisto rescues Professor X and returns him to the mansion decked out in Morlock gear (which the rest of the X-Men find incredibly funny). The Hellions capture Banshee and dare the X-Men to come and rescue him. The X-Men prevail but Thunderbird comes after Xavier in retaliation for his brother's death (way back in X-Men #95). Xavier talks him out of his quest for revenge and both Thunderbird and Firestar are asked to join the team (and both decline).
- Juggernaut's Back in Town · 22 pages
Interfering in a battle between Juggernaut and Nimrod, Rogue absorbs all of the X-Men's powers for the first time. Storm is in Africa.
- It Was a Dark and Stormy Night · 22 pages
Power Pack's parents forget who they are and the kids end up in the Morlock tunnels with a new family. The X-Men intervene.
- What Was That?! · 22 pages
A group of campus mutie haters take on the X-Men. The X-Men try to adjust to having Magneto around. Kitty smokes one of Wolverine’s cigars.
- To Save Arcade? · 22 pages
Kitty and Colossus navigate one of Arcade's deadly traps.
- Lifedeath: From the Heart of Darkness · 23 pages
Storm solo adventure in Africa
- Scavenger Hunt · 40 pages
Impossible Man steals X-Mansion during an X-Men baseball game and the scavenger hunt fun begins. The X-Men chase Impy to the Shield Helicarrier (where he absconds with Fury's eye patch), the Savage Land (where Zabu is the target), Avenger's Mansion (to make off with the Wasp's wardrobe), and to the offices of Marvel Comics (where he tries to steal Stan Lee).
- The Adventures of Lockheed the Space Dragon and His Pet Girl, Kitty · 38 pages
Illyana's fairy tale.