Dates
- Cover date
- January 2008
- On sale
- November 21, 2007
- In stores
- November 21, 2007
- Pages
- 52
Values
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Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #44 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 75960605544904411
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$3.99 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602185801
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
2nd Printing Variant - Humberto Ramos Cover
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960605544904431
This edition’s page
Story arc: Messiah Complex
This is part 3 of 11. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
Creators
Stories
- Messiah Complex Chapter Four · New X-Men · 22 pages
The New X-Men infiltrate the Purifiers and learn that they do not have the mutant baby. The X-Men track down Mr. Sinister's forces. The New X-Men find that they are not only up against the Purifiers but also Lady Deathstrike and the Reavers.
- The X-Men · 1 pages
"Discovered in a decommissioned S.H.I.E.L.D. safehouse, below is a list of little known facts about the X-Men that Nick Fury had personally collected to be used or leveraged when necessary."
- Fury's Files: [The Avengers] · 1 pages
"Discovered in a decommissioned S.H.I.E.L.D. safehouse, a list of little known facts about the Avengers was discovered that Nick Fury personally collected to be used or leveraged when necessary."
Publisher’s description
The New X-Men have been ordered to remain at the mansion while the more experienced teams search for the abducted mutant baby. But the last generation of mutants isn't content on the sidelines, launching a sneak attack on the Purifiers instead. But have they confronted an enemy that's out of their league?
Characters
Reprinted in
X-Men: Messiah Complex (2008), X-Men Milestones: Messiah Complex (2020), X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus (2026)