| Issue | #501 |
| Published | October 2008 |
| Cover Price | 2.99 USD; 3.05 CAD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Nick Lowe; Will Panzo (assistant); Axel Alonso (executive); Joe Quesada (editor in chief); Dan Buckley (publisher) |
| Notes | "Manifest Destiny" logo on cover. Indicia information: Published Monthly except semi-monthly in September by MARVEL PUBLISHING, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. Office of Publication: 417 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and at other mailing offices. © 2008 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved. Newsstand prices: 3.99 USD; 3.99 CAD. Subscription (12 issues): U.S. 27.00 USD; Canada 37.00 USD; Foreign 39.00 USD. U.S. on sale date: 2008-08-20 |
| Characters | Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; Hellfire Cult |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Greg Land (signed) |
| Inks | Jay Leisten (signed) |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Notes | "Manifest Destiny" logo on cover. Indicia information: Published Monthly except semi-monthly in September by MARVEL PUBLISHING, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. Office of Publication: 417 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and at other mailing offices. © 2008 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved. Newsstand prices: 3.99 USD; 3.99 CAD. Subscription (12 issues): U.S. 27.00 USD; Canada 37.00 USD; Foreign 39.00 USD. U.S. on sale date: 2008-08-20 |
| Characters | The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]]; Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh]; The Hellfire Cult [Empath [Manuel de la Rocha]; Red Queen (introduction)] |
| Synopsis | Pixie and her date are beaten by the Hellfire Cult. Scott and Emma discuss their sex life and the "sex-saturated" nature of the X-Men in San Francisco. Later Emma catches Scott assembling a crib for the baby Cable took to the future. A charismatic leader, revealed to be Empath, fires up the Hellfire Cult, and then reports for an S&M session with his boss, the mysterious Red Queen. The next day Pixie, badly injured, makes it back to the base. The X-Men, enraged, lay a trap for the Cult. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Matt Fraction; Ed Brubaker |
| Pencils | Greg Land |
| Inks | Jay Leisten |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Letters | Joe Caramagna [as VC's Joe Caramagna] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Appears after the first 5 story pages. |
| Characters | Michael Turner (in photo) |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | A tribute to the late Michael Turner. |