| Issue | #23 |
| Published | January 2008 |
| Cover Price | 2.99 USD; 3.05 CAD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Axel Alonso; Nick Lowe (associate); Will Panzo (assistant) |
| Characters | Wolverine [Logan]; Breakworlders |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | John Cassaday |
| Inks | John Cassaday |
| Colors | Laura Martin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | John Cassaday |
| Inks | John Cassaday |
| Colors | Laura Martin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Variant Edition |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | John Cassaday |
| Inks | John Cassaday |
| Colors | Laura Martin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]]; S.W.O.R.D. [Abigail Brand; Sydren; Lockheed]; Powerlord Kruun; Sylatin; Aghanne; Dafi; Danger |
| Synopsis | Aghanne and Dafi discuss news that one of the X-Men is dead and their worries about their plans. The remaining X-Men and S.W.O.R.D. split up to head to their next targets. Kruun revives Cyclops to interrogate him while Armor gets herelf and Wolverine captured by trying to rescue some civilians, Beast and Agent Brand further analyze the prophecy, and Shadowcat and Colossus bring Aghanne into the action. Emma reestablishes contact with Scott as Beast and Brand reveal that the prophecy is recent, and reads more like a plan. We then find out that all of this, including Cyclops, Wolverine and Armor's capture was planned telepathically just before Cyclops left the larger ship. Also, Scott's powers work just fine as he demonstrates by blasting Kruun and tearing a huge hole in the roof of his tower, summoning the rest of the X-Men to him for the final attack. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joss Whedon |
| Pencils | John Cassaday |
| Inks | John Cassaday |
| Colors | Laura Martin |
| Letters | Chris Eliopoulos |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | David Finch |
| Inks | Danny Miki |
| Colors | Frank D'Armata; Jason Keith (New X-Men cover) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | House ad for the first four issues in the Messiah Complex crossover, showing their covers: Messiah Complex one-shot; Uncanny X-Men 492; X-Factor 25; New X-Men 44 |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby; John Cassaday; David Finch; Billy Tan |
| Inks | Sol Brodsky?; John Cassady; Danny Miki; Jon Sibal |
| Colors | ?; Laura Martin; Frank D'Armata; Brian Haberlin |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Facts about the Marvel universe including some behind-the-scenes notes about character creation, ostensibly from Nick Fury's files. Artwork on the page includes bits of art from Astonishing X-Men ad from the covers of X-Men (1963 series) #1, X-Men: Messiah Complex, and X-23 #3. |
| Characters | New Exiles [Morph [Kevin Sydney] (Earth-1081); Sabretooth [Victor Creed] (Earth-295; AoA); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Shadowcat [Cat Pryde] (Earth unkonown); Mystiq [Raphael-Raven Darkholm] (Earth-797); Rogue [Anna Raven] (Earth-1009); Sage [Tessa]] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | ?; Tom Grummett |
| Pencils | Tom Grummett |
| Letters | typeset; Tom Grummett |
| Notes | Promotional text plus character sketches with comments from artist Tom Grummett. |
| Characters | Matt Fraction (photo); Iron Fist [Danny Rand] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | ?; Matt Fraction |
| Pencils | ?; ? (photo) |
| Inks | ?; ? (photo) |
| Colors | ?; ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Matt Fraction interview. |
| Characters | Iron Man [Tony Stark] (Ultimate) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Pasqual Ferry |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | House ad for Ultimate Iron Man 4-issue limited series. |
| Characters | Wasp; Shadowcat; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Luke Cage; Psylocke; Mary Jane Parker; Squirrel Girl; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Dead Girl; Galactus; Clea; Mystique; Gambit |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | J. Michael Straczynski; Marc Sumerak; Brian Reed; Brian Michael Bendis; Dan Slott; C.B. Cebulski; Joe Quesada; Frank Cho; Chris Yost; Fred van Lente; Matt Fraction; Jeff Parker; Craig Kyle; Christina Strain |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Marvel comics creators talk about who from the Marvel Universe they would date. Art is in the form of details from various sources. |