• THE SCOOP: Paris is burning -- and the X-Men, too!

• THE STORY: Banshee is betrayed from within his X-Corps -- and suffers the most brutal of consequences! Meanwhile, the group's infiltrator moves his plan into motion by unleashing a firestorm on Paris! The X-Men are caught in the middle -- and it may be too late to save thousands of innocents -- and the X-Corps itself!

• THE CREATORS: The critically acclaimed Wildcats creative team is back as writer Joe Casey and penciler Sean Phillips unite again!