It's the exciting sequel to 2007's Messiah CompleX! Cyclops has complete faith that his son, Cable, will do everything he can to protect the so-called mutant messiah - who he believes will save mutantkind. But he also knows what havoc former X-Man Lucas Bishop has wreaked in the nightmarish future. So now he's sent his black ops team, the X-Force, on a risky, time-traveling mission to save Cable and the child, completely unaware that there's something else waiting for them in the future. Something not even Bishop was counting on...

"Contains material originally published in magazine form as X-Men: the times and Life of Lucas Bishop #1-3, Cable #11-15, X-Force #14-16, X-Force/Cable: Messiah war and X-Men: future history--The Messiah war sourcebook."

Wasteland blues /writer, Duane Swierczysnki ; artists, Jamie McKelvie, Ariel Olivetti -- Messiah war. Chapter one / writers, Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost, artists ; Mike Choi & Sonia Oback -- Messiah war. Chapters two, four & six / writer, Duane Swierczynski ; artist, Arile Olivetti -- Messiah war. Chapters three, five & conclusion / writers, Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost ; artist, Clayton Crain -- X-Men : the life and times of Lucas Bishop / writer, Duane Swierczysnki ; penciler, Larry Stroman.