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Appearing in "I'm Your Man, Part 1"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Deadpool (Vol. 4) #27

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Synopsis for "I'm Your Man, Part 1"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Deadpool (Vol. 4) #27
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Appearing in "Angels and Demons: Part 1 of 6"

Reprint of the 1st story from
X-Force (Vol. 3) #1

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Synopsis for "Angels and Demons: Part 1 of 6"

Reprint of the 1st story from
X-Force (Vol. 3) #1

Cyclops approaches Logan at Angel’s Aerie in Colorado and tells him that 17 hours ago, Matthew Risman, the leader of the Purifiers, turned himself in to S.H.I.E.L.D. With some inside help, he and other Purifiers killed a number of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and stole something in the agency’s custody. Cyclops is convinced Risman is going to use whatever it is against mutants, so he tells Logan that he’s going to lead a new X-Force team to end the Purifier threat permanently.

Logan tells Scott he’ll take care of Risman himself, but he won’t lead a team down that path. Cyclops says he’s already told Warpath - who wants revenge for Caliban’s murder - and X-23, and Wolfsbane wants in as well. X-23 is already at the S.H.I.E.L.D. facility in North Dakota. She reports back to Scott that she has Risman’s scent and can track him. Logan punches Cyclops, angry for bringing Laura into this without talking to him, then tells Rahne to go home.

Sometime later, X-23 is surveilling one of Reverend William Stryker’s churches outside Fargo, North Dakota. Wolverine and Warpath join her. Wolverine gives them both one last chance to turn back, but Laura and James refuse.

Inside the church, Matthew Risman preaches to a group of Purifiers. He thanks a man named Eli for leading them to the item that will allow them to restore the future Sentinel, Nimrod, whose inactive shell is in the group’s possession. Risman believes Nimrod will help them turn the tide against the mutants. Risman opens the canister they stole from S.H.I.E.L.D. and removes the head of Bastion. He replaces Nimrod’s head with Bastion’s, and the Sentinel activates with a warning that it has detected mutants nearby.

Wolverine, X-23, and Warpath are suddenly upon the Purifiers, claws and blades slashing. Risman shouts for X-Force to stand down - somehow, he has Rahne Sinclair captive, and holds a gun to her head. Against Wolverine’s orders, X-23 calls Risman’s bluff and rushes the head Purifier. Risman pulls the trigger.

Appearing in "Angels and Demons: Part 2 of 6"

Reprint of the 1st story from
X-Force (Vol. 3) #2

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Synopsis for "Angels and Demons: Part 2 of 6"

Reprint of the 1st story from
X-Force (Vol. 3) #2

A S.H.I.E.L.D. team surveys the aftermath of a massive fire at a church of Reverend William Stryker’s outside Fargo, North Dakota. As Agent Morales reports back to Maria Hill, another agent alerts her to more bodies underground that were not killed by the fire.

Eleven hours earlier, Wolverine’s X-Force is in a standoff at the church with the Purifiers and their leader, Matthew Risman. Risman has just shot a captive Wolfsbane in the leg, and Wolverine is trying to get X-23 to stand down before Risman does any more damage. X-23 reluctantly sheaths her claws and she, Wolverine, and Warpath drop to their knees and surrender. As the Purifiers bind the three mutants, X-23 produces a detonator and pushes the trigger against Wolverine’s orders. A massive explosion destroys the building and engulfs the remains in flames.

In the ensuing chaos, Risman grabs Wolfsbane and begins to run. X-23 grabs a pistol and pursues him as Wolverine pulls Warpath out from underneath debris. Risman drags Rahne to a waiting helicopter, with Laura hot on his tail. Laura kills three more Purifiers but she can’t reach the helicopter before it takes off.

Back at Angel’s Aerie in Colorado, Logan unloads on Laura, furious at her recklessness with the explosives (that she failed to tell the team about) and for putting Wolfsbane in danger. Laura says rescuing Rahne was not her mission, and Cyclops backs her up. He confirms that killing Risman was her objective and puts the blame for Rahne’s situation on Logan because he didn’t realize how determined she was to get to the Purifiers. Reverend Craig, the sadistic religious extremist who raised Rahne, has joined the Purifiers, and Rahne has learned that he is in fact her father.

Suddenly, Angel arrives and demands to know the reason for the secret meeting at his home. Warpath tells him Rahne has been captured and Warren insists they call the X-Men. Cyclops refuses, saying that Rahne may not be in as much danger as they think, considering that the Purifiers - whose sole purpose as a group is to kill mutants - have decided to take her alive.

X-Force then goes on the hunt. They raid Purifier bases throughout the Midwest looking for Risman. In Tulsa, Wolverine is able to extract a location from a captured Purifier.

Elsewhere, Rahne is being held in a dark room, tied to a chair with her eyelids pried open. Revered Craig enters and injects her with an unknown substance, telling her he will listen to her sins and she “will make amends to the Lord”. Outside, Bastion orders Risman to kill Wolfsbane. Risman insists that William Stryker left specific instructions for what to do with Rahne, but Bastion dismisses Stryker’s plan as destined for failure. Risman insists that per Stryker’s instructions, he has to “protect the oracle and create the choir”. Bastion grows impatient and threatens Risman with an energy blast. Risman finally relents, and Bastion dictates the new plan.

Bastion has sent a group of Purifiers to the bottom of the ocean to retrieve something that can end the X-Men for good, a creature that can “infect and absorb organic matter” - a member of the Technarch called Magus.

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