The Phalanx, a technological virus, has invaded Earth! Bent on world domination, the deadly alien has begun to infect all Earth beings on contact. Slowly but surely, the Earthling becomes one with the alien mind… and must obey!
The Uncanny X-Men are the only obstacle to the Phalanx onslaught. They are impervious to the virus's power. To combat them, the Phalanx has already begun to replace powerful X-Men foes with its own clones. These robotic versions of the illations are programmed to seek out and destroy the X-Men. As a second line of offense, the Phalanx is also reactivating the Sentinels, huge mechas created to destroy mutants. And for the coup de grace, the Phalanx is targeting Magneto, the sworn X-Men arch-enemy! The Phalanx has a final bio-horror in store that even the X-Men cannot escape. With the merest touch, any Phalanx being can extract strands of genetic DNA from any mutant. Once an X-Man's genetic blueprint falls into the Phalanx's control, it can be copied… and copied again. The result: X-Men clones! The X-Men could charge into combat, only to perish at the hands of their own mirror images! Psylocke could fall by the psychic knife while staring into her own enraged face. The Beast could be crushed by his own sledgehammer fists. Wolverine could be slashed to ribbons by his own lethal adamantium claws! Once the Phalanx annihilates the X-Men, the rest of the world will be ripe for enslavement. Will all the X-Men's enemies succumb to the Phalanx virus? Will Magneto be replaced by a Phalanx dupe? Or will he change his allegiance and join with the X-Men to combat this seemingly unstoppable, all-consuming being? The X-Men are about to square off with their worst enemies, including themselves. They must destroy the Phalanx, or face their doom! |