Kitty Pryde writes a Dear Diary entry covering August 20, her first day of classes at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. She describes other mutants at the school, how Professor X found her and her first X-Men mission, accompanying Wolverine to investigate a powerful mutant presence in an isolated town in West Virginia.

Wolverine and Kitty Pryde travel to Transia in search of Magneto. While there, they come across a town of animal folk who explain that the town's new men have been disappearing at an alarming rate while strange lights have begun emanating from the peak of Mount Wundagore. Wolverine accompanies one of the town leaders to investigate while Kitty attempts to call for additional assistance from the X-Men.

While Professor X, Dr. MacTagert, Banshee and others go out to dinner, Logan stays home to watch the seventh game of the Stanley Cup finals and look after Piotr's sister, Illyana. Kitty Pryde, Siryn and Amp agree to keep Illyana entertained. The girls explore the basement and run a training program involving robot replicas of evil mutants. They soon become bored with the program, leaving it running while they play a game of Spin the Secrets, leading...

Wolverine goes undercover to figure out the motives of an old enemy who is posing as a good guy, tries to stop Kitty Pryde from helping one of Madrox's duplicates, and faces off against the Skrulls with the help of Captain Marvel.

"Wolverine's claws and healing factor have helped him survive some of the most dangerous situations and locales. But what happens when dark magic transforms him into a werewolf?"--

"Cyclops returns to the X-Men. Will Kitty Pryde continue her training with him, or with Wolverine? Scott Summers and Logan duke it out over the right to be her mentor"--