The Uncanny X-Men #490
In "The Extremists Part Four," Warpath and Hepzibah confront Masque and his forces in the Morlock tunnels, only to find themselves outmatched. As tensions rise among the underground mutants, Skids reveals a mysterious prophecy written by the late Morlock Qwerty, sparking a rift between factions—leading Storm and Caliban to seek peace with the pacifist Morlocks in an underground cathedral, just before Masque destroys it. With Xavier abandoning his pursuit of Magneto to aid Storm, the stakes grow higher than ever. Written by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Salvador Larroca, with colors by Jason Keith and letters by Virtual Calligraphy and Joe Caramagna, the cover by Salvador Larroca captures the chaos and urgency of the moment.
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Warpath and Hepzibah track down Masque and his crew in the Morlock tunnels but the battle goes badly for our heroes. Skids explains that a Morlock named Qwerty wrote a prophetic book concerning the fate of all mutants right before M-Day and a rift has developed in the underground dwellers as to the interpretation of the tome. She takes Storm and Caliban to meet Delphi and the pacifist Morlocks in an underground cathedral right before Masque blows it up and brings the house down. Xavier calls off his hunt for Magneto to come to Storm's aid.
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