Marvel Comics X-Men: The Shattering Trade Paperback Graphic Novel 1999 Wolverine

Book Specifications

• Creative Team: Written by Alan Davis, Terry Kavanagh, Jay Faerber, Mike Raicht, and Howard Mackie. It features illustrations by Adam Kubert, Tom Raney, and Rob Jensen, with a dynamic cover by Brandon Peterson.

• Publication Date: July 8, 2009.

• Page Count: 288 pages.

• ISBN-13: 978-0785137337.

• Issues Collected: Collects the complete storyline across Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 1) #372–375, X-Men (Vol. 2) #92–95, Astonishing X-Men (Vol. 2) #1–3, and X-Men Yearbook 1999.

Story Synopsis & Significance

The narrative serves as the direct prelude to the famous Apocalypse: The Twelve saga. The story begins with a shockwave: Professor Charles Xavier has grown erratic, harsh, and defensive. Believing there is an active traitor or an alien Skrull infiltrator inside the mansion, Xavier shockingly disbands the X-Men entirely, fracturing the team.

As the broken heroes scatter across the globe to cope with the exile:

• The Mannites: Cyclops and Jean Grey are forced to independently gather a strike team to protect a group of highly evolved, super-powered children known as the Mannites.

• The Arrival of Death: The team faces the ultimate threat of Apocalypse’s newest, most ruthless Horseman: Death. In a brutal battle, this enigmatic executioner defeats the fractured mutants and changes Wolverine's life forever in a staggering twist ending