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Secret Empire of Hydra takes over the world and all the X-Men in Xavier Institute goes under lockdown.

In Central Park, a badly scarred Piotr Rasputin is sitting next to Kitty Pryde while the rest of the X-Men were playing baseball. They were talking about his recent injuries sustained during their fight over Manhattan against Alpha Sentinel. It was so severe that it made him turn back to his human form and now he cannot turn to steel anymore.

Rachel Grey kisses Kurt Wagner to return his feelings for her, which she felt when she was unconscious at Infirmary after taking out a Nanoswarm. Anole came in rushing to tell that something strange is happening outside. Doctor Strange appears on hologram to inform them of a Darkforce Dimension dome covering the city.

An assassin is hunting down mutants with a deep personal vendetta, going by the name "X-Cutioner". Inside X-Mansion, one of the new students named Belén was found dead by a gunshot on her head and a cross on her face. Kitty deduces that this is anti-mutant serial killer that Logan and Ororo have been investigating for some time.

After killing another boy named Oscar, the killer picks up Eye Boy and as he was about to get the drop on him, Shadowcat kicks him in the face. Prestige tries to take him out while Piotr moves Trevor away. He quickly came back to help them take down the assailant only to get shot in the face, which Rachel deflects back to him.

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Dust and Rockslide discovers huge amount explosives in Danger Room while looking for X-Cutioner earlier. As Kitty is informed she phase Piotr and Rachel through down with her to defuse the bombs but realizes that she can't. The mansion is quickly evacuated and Kitty goes back to the killer to find a disarming trigger.

Old Man Logan and Storm goes out seeking people in need of help and the former jumps into an alleyway to save an old woman from a demon. After he gutted it down, another one came out from the shadows and seriously injured him before meeting his fate. Nightcrawler faces an angry mob that chases him because of his appearance.

Shadowcat confronts X-Cutioner once again upon saving Pixie from his clutches but gotten depowered by a remote trigger he holds. Turns out, he has a personal vendetta against mutants for losing his family and pulls the trigger but Pete took the bullet before Santo Vaccarro knocks him out cold in time to save their home from blowing up.

Afterwards, Kitty and Pete heads for Washington, D.C. to meet the Congress about Mutant Deportation Act, where Anton Vanko AKA Whiplash made a break for it. He is taken down and despite their role in saving lives, the act progress further.

In Russia, Viktor Komolov of the Solntsevskaya Bratva collects the remains of Arkady Rossovich from The Hand in an attempt to resurrect the Soviet super soldier, Omega Red. Through black magic ritual, he even managed to revive Red but his body was still decaying and he needed to constantly feed on people's life energy to live.

The X-Men are tipped off about Omega Red's rebirth and they all fly to Russia for the Red Death to come at him. They realized that they have been lured there so that Komolov can use Magik' power to keep him alive forever. Colossus regained his armored form just in time and Logan gets a rematch with Arkady after quite a long time.

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X-Men Gold – Evil Empires

X-Men Gold second monthly series follows its second arc in "Evil Empires" that collects issues #07-12 from Marvel Comics by writer Marc Guggenheim (Civil War – Wolverine, Extraordinary X-Men – IvX) with aid from artist Ken Lashley (Black Panther – Deadliest of the Species, X-Men Gold – Back To The Basics), Lan Medina and Luke Ross.

Aside from being a storyline of its own, "Evil Empires" served as one of the many tie-in stories to "Secret Empire" crossover event. Also, Colossus and Shadowcat bonds together once again in between these adventures, which would eventually come to a conclusion in "Til Death Do Us Part" story after a generation long period.

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One of the survivors of a Magneto attack in past, who lost his wife and kid to the madness of the megalomaniac becomes a problem for them. The final issue shed lights on the backstory of another newly introduced villain named Kologoth Antares and how he came to join the newly reformed Brotherhood of Evil Mutants by Mesmero.

Another old villain who used to antagonize Wolverine in general; Omega Red is back again but he tussled with a different version of Logan. The Gold team along with the Blue team of X-Men will join forces to fight back an enemy from past; Mojo from pocket dimension Mojoworld in upcoming "Mojo Worldwide" arc next.
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Suicide Squad – Basilisk Rising | Comics

Suicide Squad – Basilisk Rising | Comics

As her pudding The Joker goes missing (Detective Comics – Faces of Death), Harley Quinn gets crazier than normal and orchestrated a prison break at Belle Reve (Suicide Squad – Kicked in the Teeth), leading Amanda Waller ordering a hunt for her. So, Deadshot is sent to Gotham City with the other squad members to re-capture the rogue Harley Quinn. Meanwhile, Harley stole the carved out face of Joker and fought Savant before taking an unconscious Deadshot captive with her. She placed Joker’s face over Deadshot’s and started recalling her days with him and using this misdirection, Deadshot shoots her in the gut. As all the members of Task Force X is brought back to Belle Reve and prepped up for their brand new missions, Waller checks on their current status.

When Superman showed up in public nearly a year ago, a cult was formed then who believed that they are the good guys in the new age of heroes and villains. They obey the serpent; The Basilisk and draws strength from him. The Basilisk believes that Amanda Waller is the true enemy of the cult and she needs to be eradicated. So, they sent one of their followers to infiltrate the group and kill Waller when they least expect it. The Squad is then sent to Metropolis to kill the Resurrection Man without drawing Superman’s attention. Following that mission, the Suicide Squad is sent after the cult leader of the Basilisk and when the killin' time comes, a traitor among the squad is about to be unmasked.

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After completing their first mission, Task Force X is back in the new volume from their adventure titled ‘Basilisk Rising’. Writer Adam Glass (Flashpoint – Legion of Doom, Deadpool – Suicide Kings) returns teaming up with artist Fernando Dagnino in this second story which took place on the fourth volume of the monthly ongoing series of Suicide Squad, collecting issues #08-13. While Dagnino was doing illustrations for the inner pages artist Ken Lashley has done the covers of each issues. The story is taken to a bit higher ground than its predecessor as a new member joins the ranks of the squad and a traitor hidden among them is also revealed, which leads us to the ‘Death is for Suckers’ storyline.
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