The Phoenix is coming. The planet-destroying entity that once possessed Jean Grey is heading for Earth, and the world governments are on high alert. At the mutant haven Utopia, they know why it's coming -- Hope, the first mutant born since the mutant race was decimated, has been exhibiting Phoenix-like powers since the day she arrived. The Avengers want to take Hope into custody, but they'll have to get past the X-Men -- eye-beam-wielding Cyclops, telepath Emma Frost and a newly empowered Colossus -- to get her.