Dates
- Cover date
- February 2008
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #493 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 75960602461249311
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$3.99 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602461302
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
2nd Print Variant
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960602461249331
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Messiah Complex Chapter Six · 24 pages
Everything else gets put on hold as the X-Men and their allies try to defeat Sentinel Squad ONE who have been infected by Cassandra Nova's nano-Sentinels. After a difficult battle, Cyclops has Wolverine form a new X-Force team and sends them to track down Cable and the mutant baby at all costs.
Reprinted in
X-Men: Messiah Complex (2008), X-Men Milestones: Messiah Complex (2020), X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus (2026)