WHAT IF 46 (1989)

Cover pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Ian Akin. What If Cable Had Destroyed the X-Men?, script by Kurt Busiek, pencils by Tod Smith, inks by Ian Akin; With the Muir Isle saga concluded and a house full of X-Men, Professor X tears into his many teams for their recent incompetence; Cable storms off with the New Mutants, even though Xavier tells the X-Men to stop him; In retaliation, Cable blows up Xavier, Scott and Jean, leaving the X-Teams without their head players; The mutants split between Storm who wants to apprehend Cable and Wolverine who wants to kill him; As the X-Men concentrate on Cable, the world explodes with evil mutants taking full advantage of the situation; With the world in chaos, Magneto feels he must step in and take over. 36 pgs.