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Dark X-Men: The Beginning #3

Marvel · Series began 2009 · October 2009

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Dates

Cover date: October 2009
On sale: August 26, 2009
In stores: August 26, 2009
Pages: 44

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Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 75960606929300311
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Story arc: Utopia

This is part 8 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, Jock, Paul Davidsoninks: Jae Lee, Leonard Kirk, Jock, Paul Davidsoncolors: June Chung, Brian Reber, Dave Stewart, Rain Beredoscript: Paul Cornell, Jason Aaron, Simon Spurrierletters: Rob Steen

Stories

Hidden Depths · 11 pages
Emma is invited into Namor's mind to try and discover why he agreed to become one of Norman's X-Men.
Get Mystique [Slight Return] · 11 pages
Norman recruits Mystique to his new X-Men team by offering to deliver Wolverine up for vengeance.
The One That Got Away · 11 pages
Norman fails to recruit Aurora to his new X-Men team.

Publisher’s description

The conclusion to the anthology that illustrates the conception of the Dark X-Men. If you’re reading UTOPIA and think you know the whole story, think again. In this issue, Emma Frost convinces Namor to join the team. And learn where Professor X fits into UTOPIA. Also, witness the first Marvel Comic with art by JOCK (Losers, Green Arrow: Year One)!

Reprinted in

Avengers / X-Men: Utopia (2009), Avengers / X-Men: Utopia (2010), Essential X-Men (2010), Wolverine by Jason Aaron Omnibus (2011), Wolverine by Jason Aaron: The Complete Collection (2013)