《X-Men: Battle of the Atom》

The X-Men's past, present and future collide in an uncanny event 50 years in the making! In a desperate bid to save Xavier's dream, the Beast brought the original X-Men forward to the present. Now, with the timeline - and all of existence - in jeopardy from their presence, they must go back. But faced with the horror of what fate would have in store for them, young Cyclops and Marvel Girl are intent on staying and forging their own destiny. And as debate rages and tempers flare, the X-Men of the future arrive with a dire warning, seeking to prevent history's greatest mistake! Celebrate the X-Men's 50th anniversary with a time-twisting epic for the ages!

COLLECTING: ALL-NEW X-MEN 16-17, UNCANNY X-MEN 12-13, WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN 36-37, X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM 1-2, X-MEN 5-6

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS is an award winning comics creator, "New York Times" bestseller, and is the current writer of "All New X-Men" and "Uncanny X-Men", which debuted at number one on national sales charts. He is one of the premier architects of Marvel's Ultimate comics line and has won five Eisner awards, including two 'Best Writer of the year' and was honored with the prestigious Inkpot award for comic art excellence. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Cho was born in Seoul, Korea, and at the age of 6 he and his parents came to the U.S. He never had any formal training in art, and taught himself to draw and write by reading art books and comics. At the University of Maryland, he created the award winning college strip, University 2, which ran in the campus newspaper. Upon graduating from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor degree in Nursing, he signed with Creators Syndicate Inc.

Stuart Immonen has illustrated Fantastic Four and, like Dan Jurgens, is best known for both writing and drawing the adventures of Superman.