Dates
- Cover date
- November 2007
- On sale
- September 19, 2007
- Pages
- 44
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #42 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$2.99 cover
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960605544904211
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$3.99 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602185811
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Creators
Stories
- Children of X-Men Part 1 · New X-Men · 22 pages
While the X-Men discuss the best way to protect their young charges who insist on putting themselves in harm's way, the New X-Men are trying to figure out which one of them is the youngest mutant on earth.
- Endangered Species Chapter 12 · 8 pages
Beast and Dark Beast visit the Guthrie farm to try and discover why five of the ten children in the family manifested mutant powers. While Beast is distracted, his evil counterpart experiments on one of the boys with tragic results.
Characters
Reprinted in
X-Men: Endangered Species (2008), New X-Men: The Quest for Magik - The Complete Collection (2019)