
This issue juxtaposes Wither’s story against a memorial for the mutants killed during Decimation. Wither’s powers had killed Laurie Collins and he’s haunted by that memory until Selene—the mutant/vampirish former Hellfire Club Black Queen appears and offers to be his salvation.



Back at the Mansion, the New X-Men mourn their fellow classmates and team-members.

This is a nice, poignant issue that helps establish where the cast are at this point.