(X-Men Chronicles I#2 (fb) - BTS) - Through unrevealed circumstances, Bennett du Paris was captured by the Madri. Sensing his enormous psionic potential, the Madri started a series of invasive experiments on his brain. Upon learning of Bennett's plight, Magneto (Erik Lensherr) launched a one man rescue mission, singlehandedly dispatching Apocalypse's order of priestly scholars.
(Amazing X-Men I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Magneto personally oversaw Bennett's recovery and training and allowed him to join the X-Men as Exodus. Aware of his new recruit's potentially limitless power, Magneto felt it necessary to limit Bennett's access to the full array of his abilities, fearing it might otherwise corrupt him. Fiercely loyal to Magneto, Exodus accepted the X-Men's leader's judgement without question.
(Amazing X-Men I#1 (fb) - BTS) - Exodus fell in love with his fellow X-Man Dazzler.
(Amazing X-Men I#1) - Aware the
Human High Council was sending its Sentinel fleet to Maine to help the
remaining humans escape Apocalypse's culling, Magneto set aside a squad
of X-Men to aid the effort. He had them train against a Sentinel created
by Dazzler (Alison Blaire) using her hard light powers. The objective
was for Exodus to expose the robot's mainframe so Quicksilver could
quickly insert a disc with an override virus that would force the robots
to recognize the X-Men as allies. However, after repeated attempts, the
X-Men were still a few tenths of a second too slow. Taking a break,
Dazzler lit a cigarette much to Exodus's chagrin, since it made her
breath smell like garbage. After their training session, Magneto saw the
team off to Maine. Because the team's sole aircraft was already in use,
Iceman prepared to take the others to Maine using his moisture/inversion
method. Magneto decided against it, because that would exhaust everyone
beyond the point of usefulness. Instead, he informed Exodus he had the
power to teleport them all, simply by thinking he was able to do so.
Ever trusting of Magneto's judgement, Exodus focused his mind and
instantly transported himself and his teammates to Maine.(Amazing X-Men I#1 - BTS) - The X-Men's arrival was noticed by the Madri and the Brotherhood of Chaos.
(Amazing X-Men I#1) - The X-Men approached a group of human refugees who had set up camp, waiting for the Sentinel evacuation fleet. When the Sentinels arrived, Exodus and the others proceeded with their planned attempt to insert the reprogramming disc. However, the Brotherhood's technopath Madison Jeffries had discreetly scrambled the disc's data so only his team was marked safe from Sentinel persecution.
(Amazing X-Men I#2) - The X-Men fought the Brotherhood to a standstill but they were no match for the Sentinels. Exodus was getting ready to actively damage the robots, but held back because the robots were vitally needed for the rescue effort. He was spared the choice by Storm who whipped up a massive electromagnetic storm that collectively froze up the Sentinel mainframes. Exodus and Dazzler were then tasked to undo Jeffries' damage and reprogram the Sentinels.
(Amazing X-Men I#2 - BTS) -
Quicksilver and Storm chased down the Madri that had accompanied the
Brotherhood. Once inside the Madri aircraft, they met Apocalypse's new
Horseman Abyss who used his psionic scream to hurt the human refugees.
Quicksilver managed to use his superspeed to turn Abyss' powers against
him, which temporarily defeated him. By the time the X-Men reassembled,
Exodus and Dazzler had restored the Sentinels and the evacuation was
well underway. (Amazing X-Men I#3) - The X-Men returned home using the captured Madri aircraft, only to discover Apocalypse's forces had recently attacked their headquarters. With Magneto, his son Charles, the robotic Nanny and their houseguest Bishop missing, the X-Men got some answers when Iceman came across the Infinite Vanisher who had been injured chasing Nanny and Charles in the tunnels under their base. Quicksilver ordered Exodus and Dazzler into the tunnels to go look for Charles and Nanny.
(Amazing X-Men I#3 - BTS) - When Quicksilver learned Bishop had been taken to the Madri's central temple in Quebec, he knew there was no time to waste. Not able to wait for Exodus and Dazzler to return, he ordered the team to leave without them in order to save Bishop.
(Gambit & the X-Ternals I#4) - Exodus and Dazzler found Nanny's wrecked form in the sewers. Pressing on, they didn't locate Charles (who had been taken to Apocalypse by the traitor Guido), but they did rescue Gambit, Jubilee and Lila Cheney from a cave-in. Together, they returned to the Xavier estate.
(Amazing X-Men I#4) - Exodus and
the others emerged from the sewers to meet up with Rogue's band of
X-Men. Exodus and Dazzler had to restrain the furious Rogue when she
learned Gambit had allowed Guido to take her son. Moments later, they
were joined by the returning Colossus and Shadowcat who had brought
Illyana Rasputin. Then Nightcrawler teleported in with the recruited
seer Destiny. A little after that Quicksilver's team arrived with the
newly rescued Bishop. With all their forces in place, the X-Men prepared
to take the fight to Apocalypse himself.