SPOILER WARNING: This article contains spoilers for "IvX" #0, which is on sale now.


She's confronted by the Stepford Cuckoos, the telepathic mutants that also know the truth about Cyclops' death. When they confront her about it, though, Emma tells them they are mistaken. After all, she has video of Cyclops' death at Black Bolt's hands. Emma's not letting this ruse die, even when she's confronted by her own pupils.

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"IvX" #0 interior art by Kenneth Rocafort and Dan Brown

Two months later (a.k.a. six months ago), Emma checked in with Magneto in Poland somewhere just prior to the launch of the current volume of "Uncanny X-Men." As Emma meets with Magneto, Sabretooth, Psylocke and Monet watch.

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"IvX" #0 interior art by Kenneth Rocafort and Dan Brown

Emma doesn't reveal her plan, exactly, but she does tell Magneto that she intends to confront Black Bolt head on. That doesn't sit well with Magneto, who is aware of the power the Inhuman leader possesses. Emma calls Magneto afraid. She has a plan to destroy the other Terrigen cloud, and she plans to use it -- and she will need Magneto's help, as dark things will have to be done and Magneto's the darkest man she knows.

Four months ago, as the current lineup of X-books kicked off, Emma checked in with the teenage X-team as they traveled across the country. Emma threw shade at their RV, but was taken aback upon seeing the teenage Cyclops.

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"IvX" #0 interior art by Kenneth Rocafort and Dan Brown

Without giving away her masterplan, Emma asked if she could count on the time-displaced X-Men's help. She singles out the young Jean Grey in particular as having a role to play and then departs, telling them she'll be in touch.

Two months after that, Emma made her way to her old stomping grounds in New York City: the Hellfire Club. There, the former White Queen meets with an unseen potential ally -- one that will need a "plausible backstory" in order to pull off her part of the plan.

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"IvX" #0 interior art by Kenneth Rocafort and Dan Brown

And that brings the story to yesterday, as Frost descends into the hellish Limbo dimension to meet with Storm and her extraordinary X-Men. Storm's just gotten off the phone with Beast, who has spent the last eight months working with the Inhumans to find a cure for the M-Pox. Beast has requested that a representative from every mutant faction gather on Muir Island for a summit about his findings.

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"IvX" #0 interior art by Kenneth Rocafort and Dan Brown

The issue ends as Emma promises Storm that she has a plan to save the day -- a plan we might see in action when "Inhumans vs. X-Men" launches in two weeks.

"IvX" #1 will arrive in stores on December 14.