X-Men #178

Dates

Cover date

January 2006

Pages

52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #178 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition$2.50 cover

  Direct Edition

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  Barcode 75960601772017811

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• Newsstand edition$2.99 cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07480801772002

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Story arc: Decimation

This is part 5 of 34. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. New X-Men #20
2. Mutopia X #5
3. Generation M #1
4. Wolverine (2003) #36
5. X-Men (2004) #178
6. X-Men #177
7. X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1
8. Wolverine (2003) #37
9. New X-Men #21
10. Son of M #1
11. Generation M #2
12. X-Men: Deadly Genesis #2
13. Wolverine (2003) #38
14. New X-Men #22
15. Son of M #2
16. Generation M #3
17. Sentinel Squad O*N*E #1
18. X-Men: Deadly Genesis #3
19. Son of M #3
20. Generation M #4
21. Sentinel Squad O*N*E #2
22. New X-Men #23
23. Wolverine (2003) #39
24. X-Men: Deadly Genesis #4
25. Sentinel Squad O*N*E #3
26. Son of M #4
27. Generation M #5
28. Wolverine (2003) #40
29. X-Men: Deadly Genesis #5
30. Son of M #5
31. Sentinel Squad O*N*E #4
32. Sentinel Squad O*N*E #5
33. Son of M #6
34. X-Men: Deadly Genesis #6

Creators

Stories

• House Arrest Part Two: The Transmogrification of Robert Drake · 23 pages

  The Sentinel Squad allies with the X-Men against the Sapien League. Iceman regains his powers while Polaris and Gazer lose theirs.

Characters

Reprinted in

Decimation: X-Men - The Day After (2006), X-Men by Peter Milligan: Blood of Apocalypse (2021), X-Men: Decimation Omnibus (2024)