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Issue Details

Issue #477
Published October 2006
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Marts; Nick Lowe (associate); Sean Ryan (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters Vulcan [Gabriel Summers]
Genre superhero
Pencils John Watson (painted)
Inks John Watson (painted)
Colors John Watson (painted)
Letters typeset

22 page X-Men story "The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire: Chapter Three: Vulcan's Progress"

Characters Vulcan [Gabriel Summers]; Shi'ar Imperial Guard [Gladiator; Pulsar; Starbolt; Smasher]; Christopher Summers (flashback); Katherine Summers (flashback); D'Ken Neramani (flashback); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (flashback); Marvel Girl [Rachel Grey]
Synopsis Vulcan flies through space into Shi'ar territory, destroying ships in his path and ultimately commandeering one and gaining the allegiance of its crew through fear. The captain of his new ship tells Vulcan of Shi'ar history, and then the Imperial Guard arrives to stop his advance.
Genre superhero
Script Ed Brubaker
Pencils Clayton Henry
Inks Mark Morales
Colors Wil Quintana
Letters Chris Eliopoulos

2 page Daily Bugle promo (ad from the publisher) "The Pulse Headline News"

Genre superhero
Pencils ? (four different panel reprints)
Inks ? (four different panel reprints)
Colors ? (four different panel reprints)
Letters typeset
Notes Occupies the top slightly more than half of both centerfold pages. The bottom slightly less than half is an ad.

1 page X-Men letters page "X-Mail"

Genre superhero
Script ? (promo copy); Sean Ryan (answers)
Pencils Billy Tan
Inks Danny Miki; Allen Martinez (with)
Colors Frank D'Armata
Letters typeset