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Dark X-Men: The Beginning #2

Marvel · Series began 2009 · September 2009

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Dates

Cover date: September 2009
On sale: July 29, 2009
In stores: July 29, 2009
Pages: 44

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Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 75960606929300211
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Story arc: Utopia

This is part 5 of 10. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Also part of: Dark Reign

Creators

pencils: Jae Lee, Leonard Kirk, Michel Lacombe, Paco Diaz Luqueinks: Jae Lee, Leonard Kirk, Michel Lacombe, Guillermo Ortegacolors: June Chung, Brian Reber, John Rauch, Edgar Delgadoscript: Paul Cornell, Marc Bernardin, Adam Freeman, Rob Williamsletters: Rob Steen

Stories

The Temptation of Cloak and Dagger · 11 pages
Norman recruits Cloak and Dagger to his new X-Men team.
Weapon Omega · 11 pages
Norman recruits Weapon Omega to his new X-Men team.
I Am Daken · 11 pages
Norman moves Daken from his Avengers team to his X-Men team.

Publisher’s description

Who are the Dark X-Men and how did they come to be? FIND OUT HERE! Each issue has 3 11-page stories, each dedicated to one of the Dark X-Men and how they came to be part of the team. This first two issues focus on Emma Frost, Mimic, Cloak & Dagger, Daken, Weapon X and Dark Beast!

Reprinted in

Avengers / X-Men: Utopia (2009), Avengers / X-Men: Utopia (2010), Cloak and Dagger: Runaways and Reversals (2018)