Civil War: X-Men

Civil War X-Men
Cover of the 1st issue
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Format	Limited series
Publication date	2006
Number of issues	4
Main character(s)	Archangel Beast Bishop Cyclops Iceman
Creative team
Writer(s)	David Hine
Penciller(s)	Yanick Paquette
Inker(s)	Serge LaPointe
Colorist(s)	Stephane Peru

Civil War: X-Men is a four-issue comic book mini-series, published in 2006 by Marvel Comics.

Though published as part of the wider Civil War event, its plot is a continuation of the earlier X-Men: The 198 mini-series.

Prior to the publication of Civil War: X-Men, the events of House of M reduced the mutant population to only 198 known mutants, and the US government has turned the Xavier Institute into a relocation camp patrolled by Sentinel Squad O*N*E*. In Civil War #3, the X-Men declare official neutrality in the superhero civil war.

In X-Men: Civil War #1, X-Force members Domino, Shatterstar and Caliban break the 198 out of the Xavier Institute. Cyclops declines to assist the O*N*E, but Bishop wants mutants to police their own. Bishop is given permission by the government to take Sabra and Micromax to find the escapees. The surviving original X-Men decide to sneak off the grounds to find the escapees before Bishop can arrest them.

In issue #2, General Lazer, head of the O*N*E, discovers Johnny Dee's power to control anyone whose DNA he can digest. Cyclops contacts Captain America, who reveals the Nevada bunker Domino has taken the escaped mutants to. Bishop learns that the President of the United States is considering full amnesty for the 198 and just as Cyclops' team is about to enter the bunker, Bishop and several Sentinels arrive and tell everyone to await the President's decision. Just then, Lazer has Johnny Dee force Cyclops into releasing the full power of his optic blasts on Bishop, but Bishop redirects the energy upwards towards the sky.