Dates
- Cover date
- February 2008
- On sale
- December 19, 2007
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #45 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 75960605544904511
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$3.99 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00928102185802
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: David Finch, Humberto Ramos, Simone Bianchi, Lee Weeksinks: Danny Miki, Carlos Cuevas, Simone Bianchicolors: Jason Keith, Edgar Delgadoscript: Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Brian Reed, Mike Carey, Robert Kirkman, Peter David, Bryan Hitch, C. B. Cebulski, Leinil Francis Yu, Joe Quesada, Marc Guggenheimletters: Dave Sharpe
Stories
- Messiah Complex, Chapter Eight · New X-Men · 23 pages
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Most Wanted · 1 pages
"Discovered in a decommissioned S.H.I.E.L.D. safehouse, a list of little-known facts about the S.H.I.E.L.D. Most Wanted that Nick Fury had personally collected to be used or leveraged when necessary."
Characters
Laura KinneyX-23Yuriko OyamaLady Deathstrike
Reprinted in
X-Men: Messiah Complex (2008), X-Men Milestones: Messiah Complex (2020), X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus (2026)