By Gail Simone
Professor X is gone. Now, a core group of essential X-Men must find a way to rise again. All bonds among the mutant community seem to be slipping away, and Rogue reluctantly finds herself as the hero designated to bring them back together. But a fearless, malignant power is out there hunting mutants, and it has a terrible secret that may destroy what remains of the X-Men. Rogue can count on Gambit and Wolverine, but they'll soon welcome back another friend - just in time to face four uncontrollable and wild mutants in the swamps of Louisiana. But will a grieving Rogue take Xavier's place in guiding them to the light? Or will a darkness from the past destroy the X-Men, one at a time?.
Collecting: Uncanny X-Men (2024) 1-6, X-Men (2021) 35 (C story), Free Comic Book Day 2024: Blood Hunt/X-Men 1