In a world of Patriotic Supersoldiers and Teenaged Web - Heads swinging around, in a universe ruled by Hammer welding Gods, comes the infancy of a new brand of Marvel. Set before the world as we know it where the Avengers exist to take on threats to our way of life, in the year of 2017 strange things seem to happen to ordinary individuals.

Somewhere in Africa, a little girl learns to control the weather of her barren homeland. Somewhere in Canada, an amnesiac beast of a man tries to find answers to his identity. These are just two examples of those who have been branded with the term 'Mutant', a sub-species of humanity when a scientist somewhere discovered the gene that links each and every one of them: The X-Gene.

Unfortunately in this uncertain world, there are people who are certain of the dangerous potential that mutant - kind poses to it's Big Brother. They enlisted the cooperation of a radical group of religious zealots known as Friends of Humanity to round them up by any means necessary and bring them to a remote location for processing and detainment if they are deemed too dangerous for society. It is here where the fate of humanity and it's little brother shall be changed forever.

It is here where the X-Men are born, where dreams are forged, and wills are broken. The Weapon X Facility...