A team of X-Men from the future time travel to the present in order to convince the original five X-Men--Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Iceman, and Jean Grey--to return to their own time, or face the destruction of their world.

"Contains material originally published in magazine form as All-New X-Men #16-17, Uncanny X-Men #12-13, Wolverine & the X-Men #26-27, X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1-2, X-Men #5-6"--Title page verso. Chiefly illustrations.

X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 / writer, Brian Michael Bendis ; artist, Frank Cho with Stuart Immonen & Wade von Grawbadger -- All-New X-Men #16-17 / writer, Brian Michael Bendis ; penciler, Stuart Immonen -- X-Men #5-6 / writer, Brian Wood ; penciler, David Lōpez -- Uncanny X-Men #12-13 / writer, Brian Michael Bendis ; penciler, Chris Bachalo -- Wolverine and the X-Men #36-37 / writer, Jason Aaon ; penciler, Giuseppe Camuncoli -- X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 / writer, Jason Aaron ; penciler, Esad Ribic with Giuseppe Camuncoli.