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Issue Details

Issue #20
Published February 2007
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 40
Editing Axel Alonzo; Sean Ryan (assistant); Nick Lowe (associate); Andy Schmidt (associate)
Notes The extra 4 pages come from the Dark Tower preview indexed below.

Cover Details

Characters Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]
Genre superhero
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Laura Martin
Letters typeset
Notes The extra 4 pages come from the Dark Tower preview indexed below.

Cover Details

Characters Beast [Hank McCoy]
Genre superhero
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Laura Martin
Letters typeset
Notes Variant Edition

1 page X-Men recap "Previously in Astonishing X-Men"

Genre superhero
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Laura Martin
Letters typeset

23 page X-Men story "Unstoppable Part Two"

Characters The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki] (joins the X-Men; takes code name)]; S.W.O.R.D. [Abigail Brand; Syrden; Lockheed]; Ord; Powerlord Kruun; Sylatin; Danger (off-panel)
Synopsis Some S.W.O.R.D. personnel are sent towards the planet in a fast armored decoy ship as the main ship breaks apart. As it draws fire, Agent Brand, the X-Men and Hisako escape in two smaller pods. The pod carrying Colossus, Shadowcat, Wolverine and Hisako breaks up on entry and they are separated. Hisako starts to freak out a little bit and Wolverine tells her to take off the suit or act like an X-Man because he's putting her on the team. She chooses Armor as her code name. Colossus and Shadowcat fight their way out of their landing site, but word of their presence reaches Powerlord Kruun, who has captured Ord and many of the soldiers. Sydren, Lockheed and other soldiers are still free. Colossus is disturbed by the prophecy that he will commit genocide. While Kitty reassures him that there is no one set future, Cyclops, Emma, Beast and Agent Brand find a large stone mosaic of Colossus crushing the Breakworld and its sun in the tomb where all of the teams were to meet.
Genre superhero
Script Joss Whedon
Pencils John Cassaday
Inks John Cassaday
Colors Laura Martin
Letters Chris Eliopoulos

4 page The Dark Tower promo (ad from the publisher) "The Gunslinger Born"

Genre western; occult
Script Stephen King (Creative Director; Executive Director); Robin Furth (Plotting; Consultation) Peter David; ? (promotional text)
Pencils Jae Lee
Colors Richard Isanove
Letters Chris Eliopoulos
Editing John Barber; Ralph Macchio (senior);
Notes One page of promotional text, two pages of previews and a page of cover art, printed on slightly heavier paper as the centerfold (stapled with the normal staples of the issue).