From events like the Legacy Virus to the mutant genocide of the island nation Genosha, the X-Men and their mutant comrades are constantly entrenched in tragedy, terror, and shocking revelations.

During the Krakoa Era — a time when the X-Men were based on the living mutant island of Krakoa — the X-Men were very different than the team that many got reacquainted with during X-Men ’97.