Dates
- Cover date
- January 2008
- In stores
- November 29, 2007
- Pages
- 52
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Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #205 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 75960601772020511
Source ↗ - 2nd printing
2nd Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960601772020531
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition$3.99 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07447001772101
This edition’s page
Story arc: Messiah Complex
This is part 4 of 11. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
Creators
Stories
- Messiah Complex Chapter Five · 24 pages
The X-Men fare badly against Mr. Sinister's forces but learn that he does not have the mutant baby. Wolverine learns from Gambit that Cable has taken the child. The New X-Men battle Lady Deathstrike. Something goes wrong with Sentinel Squad ONE and they begin to attack the X-Men who were left behind at the mansion.
Publisher’s description
A rematch between the X-Men and the Marauders. Will the battle turn in favor of the X-Men this time? Not if Sinister can help it. Meanwhile, Layla and Madrox continue their mission to uncover the truth of mutant extinction.
Reprinted in
X-Men: Messiah Complex (2008), X-Men Milestones: Messiah Complex (2020), X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus (2026)