In the magazine, Mutant Week, reporter Trish Tilby interviews "three geniuses," the mutant Dr. Henry McCoy, and his human associates Dr. Henry Pym and Dr. Otto Octavius. After Dr. McCoy finishes flirting with the reporter, they discuss if genius is a mutant trait, and they all say no. They then discuss the "Dead-End Syndrome," or a feeling of hopelessness for humans who want to be mutants. Trish brings up a possible cure by studying mutant embryos, but Octavius dismisses it, believing the procedure of advancing humans would be "absurd and dangerous." McCoy agrees, and interrupts before Pym can state his opinion, but Pym finally gets out that not all mutations are good. McCoy tries to stop him from going on, but Pym continues to express his interest in isolating the mutant gene - a dangerous idea. McCoy explains that at Stark Industries, they build robots, and he should stop talking nonsense. Pym goes on to explain mutants are far from being the last on the evolutionary ladder, and McCoy ends the interview before Pym says more and loses his job. Octavius adds that because of people like Pym, "is it any wonder the President and Magnus asked me to inspect Stark Labs?"

The tour brochure for Teleportation Tours describes in depth the places that will be visited on the journey "around the world in 10 hours."

The first stops are at The First Mutant Memorial and Museum of Mutant History. In the Hamptons, tourists will arrive at a monument that honors history's first mutant hero, Namor, where he was first sited. They then go to the Museum of Mutant History that hold relics like photographic proof of Namor's existence pre-WWII, Quicksilver's original battle uniform, Sebastian Shaw's first signed document as the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., a microphone used by Alison Blaire, and Magneto's helmet.

The next stop is the New Mutant Leadership Institute, where mutant leaders of tomorrow are trained. Located where the United Nations Headquarters once stood and built by Magneto himself, tourists are allowed to wander the grounds and even set up a meeting with Professor Mahn.

Then is the Magnus Tribute Memorial on a battleground in Central Park, also where Magneto made his V-Day speech. Courtesy of a telepath who witnessed the speech, tourists will be able to hear and feel the day as it actually happened.

Next are Mutopia and the Temple of Mutopia. The beautiful city is the ideal mutant community where celebrities like Alison Blaire and the pop star Jazz live their everyday lives. The tour will also provide a view of the controversial Temple of Mutopia located on the edge of Human Town.

Last is the Palace of Queen Ororo of Kenya, the Crystal Cathedral, on Mt. Kilimanjaro, where you may even see the Queen herself. You are then teleported directly back home with a complimentary T-shirt and hat.

There is also a coming attraction for the Royal Genoshan Gardens, where you can enter with Lord Magnus's permission and glimpse at the rarely visited monument he built for his own fallen hero. Also mentioned is Lila Cheney's Star Tours, where the interstellar teleporter will show you the stars.

Review: This one shot does a nice job in summing up the exploits of our heroes leading up to the House of M mini-series. Unfortunately the format made it difficult to read the entire thing, as most characters have everyday lives, and their histories weren't all that interesting. Overall, I ended up learning some details of the House of M world we may not have learned otherwise, or that will be revealed at a later date. Characters I didn't expect to see, like Apocalypse and his Horseman Iceman, have full bios (and judging from the artist of their pictures, I guess they'll appear in next month's Black Panther). Some other new faces include Sebastian Shaw, Lorna Dane, and even Charles Xavier. I just hope that this doesn't ruin any 'surprise' element a writer was shooting for. (Lorna has 'unnamed children' ? Professor X is dead?!) But it was particularly useful after reading House of M #4, as it explains what Layla Miller can do. ('Pierce the wall between divergent realities?' How does that make people remember things? Or was that her psychic ability?) And speaking of which, I wonder why Emma's diamond form is not listed under superhuman powers. Does she still have it? While this issue cleared some things up, I find myself asking far more questions.

The ending excerpts were interesting for the most part. I liked that Dr. McCoy flirted with Trish Tilby in the magazine interview, but he comes off as a real jerk in my opinion. He constantly interrupts Pym before he can talk, and even says his human colleagues cannot measure up to a mutant with extreme mental capabilities. Ouch. And Octavius comes off as a real lap dog to the mutant race.

I enjoyed the tour brochure far less. There wasn't much there besides the locations and histories of places that will most likely be revealed as side notes elsewhere. The only part that really caught my attention was in the 'Coming soon.' where they refer to a rarely visited monument of Magneto's fallen hero. I guess that's Xavier, as he's mentioned as dead, but I originally thought that was a red herring. If Magneto has a statue for him, I guess not. But that doesn't mean he can't come back. I mean if Apocalypse, Majik, Synch, Hawkeye, Gwen Stacey, Ben Parker, well, you get the idea.

I was a bit underwhelmed by this one shot, but not because of the writing, which I liked and feel was done well. The premise of House of M has the majority of characters leading normal or fairly simple lives, so a handbook devoted to them isn't too catching. But I liked it for the most part, and would suggest it to anyone who's interested in the House of M and wants to know everything about it.