Dates
- Cover date
- February 2008
- In stores
- December 5, 2007
- Pages
- 52
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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
Story arc: Messiah Complex
This is part 5 of 11. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
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.
Publisher’s description
Battered by Sinister, the X-Men retreat to the mansion to lick their wounds. But the X-Men's enemies never rest. The school is overrun by a mysterious new player who enlists one of the X-Men's oldest foes.
Reprinted in
X-Men: Messiah Complex (2008), X-Men Milestones: Messiah Complex (2020), X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus (2026)