Spidey shows up at X-Mansion late at night to warn his buddies about the dangers posed by presidential candidate Graydon Creed; Mystique fantasizes about killing her son (the aforementioned Creed); Beast and Cyclops are on a transatlantic flight (tailing J. Jonah Jameson no less) when Havok rips the top off of the plane and dukes it out with his brother; Bastion kills a Bugle reporter who has uncovered the secret of Creed's parentage.