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Issue Details

Issue #205
Published January 2008
Cover Price 2.99 USD Dir; 3.99 News
Pages 52
Editing Nick Lowe; Will Panzo (Assistant); Axel Alonso (Executive)
Notes Cover sports Messiah Complex trade dress; Statement of Ownership average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 130,816.

Cover Details - "Finch Cover"

Characters Wolverine; Rogue; Gambit; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Mr. Sinister; Lady Deathstrike
Genre superhero
Pencils David Finch
Inks Danny Miki
Colors Jason Keith
Letters Typeset
Notes Cover sports Messiah Complex trade dress; Statement of Ownership average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 130,816.

Cover Details - "Campbell Cover"

Characters Emma Frost [White Queen]; X-23; Pixie
Genre superhero
Pencils J. Scott Campbell
Inks J. Scott Campbell
Colors Avalon Studios; Edgar Delgado
Letters Typeset
Notes Cover sports Messiah Complex trade dress.

Cover Details - "2nd Print Cover"

Characters Storm
Genre superhero
Pencils Chris Bachalo
Inks Tim Townsend
Colors Brian Reber
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 Five"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men [Cyclops; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Storm; Wolverine; Nightcrawler; Colossus; Angel; Beast; Bishop; Iceman]; GUESTS: Sentinel Squad ONE; X-Factor [Multiple Man; Layla Miller]; New X-Men [X-23; Hellion [Julien Keller]; Surge [Noriko Ashida]; Rockslide [Santo Vaccarro]; Pixie; Mercury [Cessily Kincaid]; Anole]; VILLAINS: Mr. Sinister; Gambit; Mystique; Lady Mastermind; Malice; Vertigo; Arclight; Scalphunter; Riptide; Scrambler; Tempo; Random; Franzy [Johanna Cargill]; Exodus; Amelia Voght; Sunfire; Lady Deathstrike; Reavers; CAMEO: Cable
Synopsis The X-Men fare badly against Mr. Sinister's forces but learn that he does not have the mutant baby; Wolvie learns from Gambit that Cable has taken the child; The New X-Men battle Lady Deathstrike; Something goes wrong with Sentinel Squad ONE and they begin to attack the X-Men who were left behind at the mansion.
Genre superhero
Script Mike Carey
Pencils Chris Bachalo
Inks Tim Townsend
Colors Brian Reber
Letters Cory Petit
Notes Cont. from New X-Men #44; Cont. in Uncanny X-Men #493