Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	December 1998
Cover Price	1.99 USD; 2.80 CAD
Pages	38
Editing	Glenn Greenberg; Pete Franco (Assistant)
Notes	Gatefold Marvel Universe Guide front cover.

Cover Details - "Blood Brothers Prelude: The End of the World is Nigh!"

Characters	X-Man
Genre	superhero
Pencils	J. H. Williams III ?
Inks	Mick Grey ?
Colors	Mark McNabb
Letters	Typeset

2 page X-Man recap "Previously in X-Man"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Various
Inks	Various
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Design by Comicraft's Eric Wong.

22 page X-Man story "A Blood Brothers Prelude: Crossing Borders"

Characters	FEATURE: X-Man [Nate Grey]; GUESTS Madelyne Pryor; Ness; Slaine (Death); Blaquesmith; VILLAINS: Manx (Death); Dawn; Dusk; Tech-Gnomes
Synopsis	Nate and Maddie follow the trail of Tech-Gnomes and find it leads to Blaquesmith who ends up sending them to Latveria.
Genre	superhero
Script	Terry Kavanagh
Pencils	Mark Pajarillo
Inks	Bud LaRosa
Colors	Mike Thomas
Letters	Richard Starkings; Comicraft; Emerson Miranda