Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- X-Men
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Past)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Past)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Past)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Past; temporarily controlled by the White Queen)
- Jimmy Hudson
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Past)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hellfire Knights
- New Tian's strike force
- White Queen (Emma Frost)
- King Xorn (Controlled by the White Queen)
- Miss Sinister (Claudine Renko) (Cameo)
- Bastion (Sebastion Gilberti) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Remy LeBeau (Earth-616)
- James Howlett (Earth-616)
- Piotr Rasputin (Earth-616)
- Shiro Yoshida (Earth-616)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Mentioned)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Mentioned)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Psychic projection only)
- Jean Grey (Referenced)
- Hydra (Mentioned)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (As hologram)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Mutant Robots
- Mutants
- Cyborgs
- Atlanteans (Mentioned)
- Sentinels (Cameo)
Locations:
- Earth
- Hydra Nation
- California
- New Tian
- San Francisco Bay
- Utopia
- Xorn's Throne Room
- New Atlantis
- Utopia
- San Francisco Bay
- New Tian
- California
- Vietnam
- Annamite Mountains
- Hydra Nation
- Hell (Invoked)
- Astral Plane
Items:
- Wolverine's Suit
- X-Uniforms
- Inhibitor Collar
- Cyclops' Visor
- Xorn's Helmet
- Cosmic Cube (Fragment)
- Mothervine (Behind the scenes)
- Captain America's Uniform (As hologram)
- Magneto's Helmet
Vehicles:
- Blackbird (Mentioned)
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
SECRET EMPIRE TIE-IN!
• JEAN and JIMMY continue their assault on EMMA’s stronghold, trying to free their teammates…
• ...Meanwhile, CYCLOPS must fight to free himself from a particularly hellish mindscape.
• Can the X-MEN win against HYDRA when all hope is lost?Trivia
- The cover for this issue pays homage to the cover of X-Men #50.
