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Issue Details

Issue #493
Published February 2008
Cover Price 2.99 USD Dir 3.99 News
Pages 52
Editing Nick Lowe; Will Panzo (Assistant); Axel Alonso (Executive)

Cover Details - "Finch Cover"

Characters Cable
Genre superhero
Pencils David Finch
Inks Danny Miki
Colors Jason Keith
Letters Typeset

Cover Details - "Cheung Cover"

Characters Cyclops; Gentle [Nezhno Abidemi]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Cheung
Inks John Dell
Colors Justin Ponsor
Letters Typeset
Notes Cover sports Messiah Complex trade dress.

Cover Details - "2nd Print Cover"

Characters Wolverine; Warpath; Hepzibah; X-23; Caliban; Wolfsbane [Rahne]
Genre superhero
Pencils Billy Tan
Inks Danny Miki
Colors Frank D'Armata
Letters Typeset
Notes Cover sports Messiah Complex trade dress; Cover image is taken from an in-story splash page.

1 page X-Men recap "Previously in Messiah Complex..."

Genre superhero
Letters Typeset

24 page X-Men story "Messiah Complex Chapter Six"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Angel; Storm; Bishop; Beast; Iceman]; GUESTS: Gentle [Nezhno Abidemi]; Cable; Cannonball; X-Force [Wolverine; Warpath; Hepzibah; X-23; Caliban; Wolfsbane [Rahne]]; New X-Men [Hellion [Julien Keller]; Rockslide [Santo Vaccarro]; Mercury [Cessily Kincaid]; Dust [Sooraya Qadir]]; VILLAINS: Sentinel Squad ONE; Mr. Sinister; Mystique; CAMEOS: Stepford Cuckoos; Jean Grey (Photo)
Synopsis Everything else gets put on hold as the X-Men and their allies try to defeat Sentinel Squad ONE who have been infected by Cassandra Nova's nano-Sentinels; After a difficult battle, Cyclops has Wolverine form a new X-Force team and sends them to track down Cable and the mutant baby at all costs.
Genre superhero
Script Ed Brubaker
Pencils Billy Tan
Inks Danny Miki; Allen Martinez
Colors Frank D'Armata
Letters Joe Caramagna
Notes Cont. from X-Men #205; Cont. in X-Factor #26