(W) Duane Swierczynski (A) Gabriel Guzman (CA) Marko Djurdjevic. Written by DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI Penciled by GABRIEL GUZMAN Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC PRELUDE TO "X-MEN: SECOND COMING" EVENT! The penultimate chapter in the X-Men saga that began with "Messiah CompleX" continues here! Now that Hope's told Cable that she's ready to join the X-Men in the present* Cable risks it all to repair his busted time machine. Finally* after years of being stuck in a one-way trip to oblivion* Cable and Hope leap into the past. But the Mutant Messiah and her surrogate father miss the mark by more than a few hundred years* finding themselves in a primitive Manhattan and hunted by a mutant who just doesn't know the meaning of the word "quit." 32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$2.99