X-men chronicles comic books issue 1

1st printing. Dawn of Apocalypse. "Origins" Age of Apocalypse story, script by Howard Mackie, pencils by Terry Dodson, inks by Klaus Janson; Magneto has founded the X-Men to create the peaceful co-existence between humans and mutants; Due to growing hatred towards mutants, he has set up a special school located in Wundagore Mountains to train young mutants how to control their abilities; His X-Men are: Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch, Storm, Colossus, Jean Grey, and Iceman; He joins them all in their training in the danger room and introduces them to their newest recruit, Weapon X; When Weapon X's berserker rage takes over Magneto instructs Jean to calm him down telepathically; Meanwhile, in New York City, a giant ship has appeared, belonging to the evil mutant Apocalypse, who is making himself known to the world and beginning his edict of survival of the fittest. Beast illustration by Ian Churchill and James Pascoe. Magneto/Rogue illustration by Tom Grummett and Matthew Ryan. Weapon X illustration by Jae Lee. Factor X illustration by Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary. X-Men illustration by Ian Churchill and Tim Townsend. Gambit and His X-Ternals illustration by Tony Daniel and Kevin Conrad. Generation Next illustration by Paul Smith. Angel illustration by Val Semeiks and Bob McLeod. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $3.95.