Astonishing X-Men #2 (2004)

Written by WARREN ELLIS Pencils and Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI 'GHOST BOX,' PART 2 The superstar team of Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi take the X-Men to the 'Second Stage'! 'Messiah Complex' pulled the X-Men team together, 'Divided We Stand' tore them apart. Now the X-Men are back to business -- with a new look, a new base of operations, and a mystery to solve that will take them into previously uncharted territory and test them to their core. It all starts on a spaceship hovering 300 hundred feet above the twisted wreckage of Chaparanga Beach. Its sole inhabitant: the mysterious Subject X. Five minutes -- just five minutes is all he needs, all he's asking for. Can the X-Men afford to give it to him? 32 PGS./Rated T+