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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published March 2010
Cover Price 3.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mark Paniccia; Charlie Beckerman (Assistant); Michael Horwitz (Assistant)

Cover Details - "The Night Is Only Skin Deep!"

Characters Nightcrawler
Genre superhero
Pencils Tom Grummett
Inks Cory Hamscher
Colors Moose Baumann
Letters Tom Orzechowski

1 page X-Men recap "Previously"

Genre superhero
Pencils Tom Grummett
Inks Cory Hamscher
Colors Wil Quintana
Letters Typeset

22 page X-Men story "Southern Comfort"

Characters X-Men--Professor X; Rogue; Nightcrawler; Beast; Sabretooth; GUESTS: Mystique; Nick Fury; Agent Daisy Dugan; Moira MacTaggert; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Amanda Sefton
Synopsis Nick and Daisy try to crack the rogue SHIELD agents who were working for the Consortium and get a little assist from Sabretooth; Tensions flare as Xavier and Beast try to find a cure for mutant burnout; Nightcrawler and Rogue head to Mississippi to answer a cry for help from Amanda Sefton only to learn that it is Mystique who is waiting for them when they arrive; Mystique reveals that she is Nightcrawler's mother; Not trusting her former guardian, Rogue attacks Mystique and accidentally sets off a gas explosion; In order to save Rogue's life, Nightcrawler gives her mouth to mouth resuscitation; Instead of absorbing his psyche and knocking him out, Rogue's touch transforms Kurt into a normal human state while she becomes blue and fuzzy herself.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Graham Nolan
Inks Vicente Cifuentes
Colors Sotocolor
Letters Tom Orzechowski

1 page X-Men illustration "Next Issue!"

Characters Nightcrawler; Rogue; Mystique
Genre superhero
Pencils Tom Grummett
Inks Cory Hamscher
Colors Moose Baumann
Letters Typeset
Notes Presents the cover for next issue at half size as well as miniature covers for issues #18-20.