Set in the shared Marvel Universe, the story stars the titular X-Treme X-Men team.
After events in the main X-Treme X-Men series, Rogue's Identity Absorption powers are out of control - her mind is in chaos, full of people whose powers and memories she once absorbed, she's suffering seizures and she's... dreaming of being eaten alive by dinosaurs?!
The X-Men decide that Rogue's nightmares might actually be some sort of psychic message, so the team heads south to the titular Savage Land, a Lost World where dinosaurs and nomadic tribes still exist. Other teams of X-Men have visited the Savage Land many times before - and they still have enemies there, some of whom are very keen to meet the mutants again…
The first issue was released September 26, 2001. The final issue (#4) was released January 04, 2002.
Xtreme X-Men: Savage Land provides examples of:
- Appropriate Animal Attire: The velociraptors in Rogue's nightmare are dressed in X-Men costumes, and one has Storm's distinctive white hair.
- Attack Reflector: Leash tries to use her Mind Control on Sage, but is unaware of Sage's own psychic abilities. The X-Man's unbreakable will and computer-like brain simply reflect the attack - and when Leash falls under Sage's control, all of the other people Leash had controlled are suddenly freed.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Brainchild reverts Storm's "biological clock" to hundreds of generations before to turn her into a savage warrioress driven by bloodlust and sics her on her teammates.
- Guest-Star Party Member: Beast is here, sporting the feline look from Grant Morrison's New X-Men book. He was part of the cast for the first three issues of the main title, and reappears there near the end of the quest for Destiny's Diaries (issues #18-19).
- I Have You Now, My Pretty: Brainchild captures Storm and offers to make her his queen, but she refuses.
- Keystone Army: Almost all of Brainchild's army is controlled by Leash's Mind Control powers - and when Leash's attempt to control Sage completely backfires, they're all set free. They're also very, very angry about what's been done to them.
- Lizard Folk: The team find a group of humanoid lizards in the Argentinian pampas, then decide to escort them to the Savage Land.
- MindControl: Another signature plot point by Claremont: mutate Leash dominates Thunderbird, and Lupa makes her move on Beast. Storm also undergoes a transformation and is turned into a savage warrioress.
- Raptor Attack: The first issue opens with Rogue trapped in a nightmare, being chased down by a pack of velociraptors. She doesn’t wake up until after they start feasting on her. However, these raptors are all wearing X-Men uniforms, and one has Storm's distinctive white hair.
- Xtreme Kool Letterz: The series inherits the same modified spelling used for the title of its parent book, X-Treme X-Men.
