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| Civil War X-Men | |
|---|---|
 Cover of the 1st issue | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Format | Limited series |
| Publication date | 2006[1] |
| No. of issues | 4 |
| Main character(s) | Archangel Beast Bishop Cyclops Iceman |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | David Hine |
| Penciller | Yanick Paquette |
| Inker | Serge LaPointe |
| Colorist | Stephane Peru |
Civil War: X-Men is a four-issuecomic bookmini-series, published in2006 byMarvel Comics. The series was written byDavid Hine,Fabian Nicieza, Peter David, and Dennis Calero. The illustration of the mini-series was done byStaz Johnson andDennis Calero. Though published as part of the widerCivil War event, its plot is a continuation of the earlierX-Men: The 198 mini-series.
Prior to the publication ofCivil War: X-Men, the events ofHouse of M reduced themutant population to only 198 known mutants, and the US government has turned theXavier Institute into arelocation camp patrolled bySentinel Squad O*N*E*. InCivil War #3, the X-Men declare official neutrality in thesuperhero civil war.
InX-Men: Civil War #1,X-Force membersDomino,Shatterstar, andCaliban break the 198[clarification needed] out of the Xavier Institute.Cyclops declines to assist theOffice of National Emergency (O*N*E), butBishop wants mutants to police their own. The Government gives Bishop permission to takeSabra andMicromax to find the escapees. The survivingoriginal X-Men decide to sneak off the grounds to find the escapees before Bishop can arrest them.
In issue #2, General Lazer, head of the O*N*E, discoversJohnny Dee's power to control anyone whose DNA he can digest.Cyclops contactsCaptain America, who reveals the Nevada bunker Domino has taken the escaped mutants to. Bishop learns that thePresident of the United States is considering fullamnesty for the 198, and just as Cyclops' team is about to enter the bunker, Bishop and several Sentinels arrive and tell everyone to await the President's decision. Just then, Lazer hasJohnny Dee forceCyclops into releasing the full power of his optic blasts on Bishop, but Bishop redirects the energy upwards towards the sky.
In issue #3,Valerie Cooper stumbles onto Lazer and Johnny Dee's machinations, and she becomes head of the O*N*E and calls a cease fire. However, Lazer has already initiated a self-destruct sequence in the bunker the 198 are in.
In issue #4, the X-Men team up with Bishop,Iron Man, andMs. Marvel to save the 198 from the exploding bunker. Johnny Dee kills Lazer while Val Cooper is interrogating him, andJohnny Dee is locked away in prison. The 198 walk away intact and separate, while Bishop leaves the X-Men. He is later seen talking to Val, who tells him the O*N*E were given too much discretionary power at the expense of mutant civil rights and that the President has appointed an oversight committee to make changes. The first being that the Xavier Institute becomes a community for mutants, with residency being voluntary and open to all who wish to reside there, and that the O*N*E would no longer be authorized to restrict their comings and goings. The second change is that the Sentinels would remain on the grounds, but for protection only, and that mutants would be free to come and go as they pleased. Val offers Bishop a job with the O*N*E, which he accepts.
| Title | ISBN | Collects |
|---|---|---|
| Civil War: X-Men | ISBN 978-0-7851-9571-9 | Civil War: X-Men (2006) #1–4,Cable & Deadpool #30–32, andX-Factor (2006) #8–9 |
