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Issue Details

Issue #502
Published November 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 Features "Manifest Destiny" logo. 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: 2008-09-17

Cover Details

Characters X-Men [Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Wolverine [Logan]]; Hellfire Cult
Genre superhero
Pencils Greg Land (signed)
Inks Jay Leisten (signed)
Colors Justin Ponsor (signed)
Notes Features "Manifest Destiny" logo. 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: 2008-09-17

1 page X-Men recap "Previously in Uncanny X-Men..."

Genre superhero
Letters typeset

1 page X-Men character profile "Cyclops' Strike Files Active Roster"

Characters X-Men [Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Wolverine [Logan]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh]]
Genre superhero
Script Matt Fraction ?; Ed Brubaker ?
Pencils Greg Land
Inks Jay Leisten
Colors Justin Ponsor
Letters typeset

22 page X-Men story "SFX 3: Beginning to See the Light"

Characters X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Wolverine [Logan]; Storm [Ororo Iqadi T'Challa]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; Karma [Xi'an Coy Manh]]; Hellfire Cult [Empath [Manuel de la Rocha]; Red Queen]; Hellions [Jetstream [Haroun ibn Sallah al-Rashid]; Roulette [Jennifer Stavros]; Thunderbird [James Proudstar]; Catseye [Sharon Smith]; Tarot [Marie-Ange Colbert]; Empath [Manuel de la Rocha]] (flashback; cameo)
Synopsis The trap set last issue with Karma as bait succeeds in snaring a member of the Hellfire Cult. Beast tries to cheer up Pixie by having Dazzler visit her hospital bed. Pixie decides to go home to Oakland rather than join the X-Men's attack against the Hellfire Cult, but then decides running away was a mistake. Meanwhile, the Red Queen extracts some information about Emma Frost out of Empath in their S&M session.
Genre superhero
Script Matt Fraction; Ed Brubaker
Pencils Greg Land
Inks Jay Leisten
Colors Justin Ponsor
Letters Joe Caramagna [as VC's Joe Caramagna]