Human CIA officer Moira McTaggart stumbles upon the existence of the Hellfire Membership, a mysterious group led by Schmidt and now referred to as Sebastian Shaw and a number of other different mutants identification operation. Moriah seeks Charles’ recommendation in regards to the mutation, which leads him to staff up with the CIA to kind a activity drive to cease Shaw, together with Raven, Eric, Dr. Hank McCoy, Angel Salvador, Armando Muñoz, Alex Summers and Sean Cassidy.
Armando was killed within the Hellfire Membership’s assault on mutants, and Shaw manipulated Moscow’s navy to put in intercontinental ballistic missiles in Cuba, a battle that grew to become the hotbed of the Cuban Missile Disaster. Within the ensuing battle, Shaw is killed by Eric, whereas Charles is paralyzed from the waist down by bullets deflected by Eric’s magnetism. Ideological variations between the 2 led Eric (now referred to as Magneto) to kind the Brotherhood of Mutants with Raven, the surviving members of the Hellfire Membership, and Angel, whereas Charles determined to return to his West A college was opened for them at Chester Manor. (X-Males: First Class)