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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published August 2009
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Axel Alonso; Daniel Ketchum (assistant); Joe Quesada (editor in chief); Dan Buckley (publisher); Alan Fine (executive producer)
Notes Indicia information: Published Monthly 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 additional mailing offices. © 2009 Marvel Characters, Inc. Newsstand prices: 3.99 USD; 3.99 CAD Subscription prices (12 issues): U.S. 27.00 USD; Canada 37.00 USD; Foreign 39.00 USD. U.S. on-sale date: 2009-06-24.

Cover Details

Characters X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Storm [Ororo Iqadi T'Challa]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]]
Genre superhero
Pencils Simone Bianchi (signed)
Inks Simone Bianchi ?
Colors Simone Peruzzi ?
Notes Indicia information: Published Monthly 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 additional mailing offices. © 2009 Marvel Characters, Inc. Newsstand prices: 3.99 USD; 3.99 CAD Subscription prices (12 issues): U.S. 27.00 USD; Canada 37.00 USD; Foreign 39.00 USD. U.S. on-sale date: 2009-06-24.

1 page recap "Previously in Astonishing X-Men"

Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Laura Martin
Letters typeset
Notes Background image is a detail from the cover to issue #1 of this series.

22 page X-Men story "Ghost Box, Part 6"

Characters X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Storm [Ororo Iqadi T'Challa]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]]; Abigail Brand; Forge
Synopsis Forge reveals his plan for dealing with the alternate dimensions of the Ghost Boxes to the X-Men.
Genre superhero
Script Warren Ellis
Pencils Simone Bianchi
Inks Simone Bianchi (ink washes); Andrea Silvestri (ink washes)
Colors Simone Peruzzi; Morry Hollowell; Simone Bianchi
Letters Chris Eliopoulos
Notes The ink washes credit reads "Simone Bianchi and Andrea Silvestri" while the colorist credit reads "Simone Peruzzi with Morry Hollowell and Simone Bianchi".