Matt Fraction became co-author from #500, and sole author from #504. The entire X-Men team relocated to San Francisco – first to the city, and then, after the “Utopia” crossover with Dark Avengers, to an island named Utopia in San Francisco Bay. The Nation X storyline focused on the return of the re-powered Magneto, and him coming to Utopia. The Second Coming crossover saw the return of Hope Summers, the baby from the “Messiah Complex” arc, to the present day, as a young adult; and the emergence of the “Five Lights”, the first new mutants to have arisen (apart from Hope) since the Decimation. Nightcrawler was killed during this storyline and the Beast left in protest after his discovery of Cyclops’ secret death squad X-Force. Kieron Gillen took over co-authorship of the series with #531, and became sole writer from #534.1. The original series ended with #544.
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