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Astonishing X-Men #25

Marvel · Series began 2004 · September 2008

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Dates

Cover date: September 2008
On sale: July 2, 2008
In stores: July 2, 2008
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (6)

Copies of #25 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 75960605543202511
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Variant Edition - Lee Bermejo Cover

Barcode 75960605543202531
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Variant Edition - Dynamic Forces Exclusive - Alex Ross Sketch Cover

Barcode 75960605543202551
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Variant Edition - San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive - Simone Bianchi Sketch Cover

Barcode 75960605543202521
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2nd printing

2nd Printing Variant - Simone Bianchi Cover

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

Barcode 75960605543202541
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Newsstand edition$3.99 cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 00928102159907
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Story arc: Manifest Destiny

This is part 1 of 36. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Simone Bianchi, John Cassadayinks: Andrea Silvestri, John Cassaday, Simone Bianchicolors: Simone Peruzzi, Laura Martinscript: Warren Ellisletters: Joe Caramagna

Stories

Ghost Box · 22 pages
The X-Men are settling into their new headquarters in San Francisco. Storm arrives, explaining that she convinced T'Challa to let her "scope out" the team's current methods as he is helping fund them through Mutantes Sans Frontieres; she was bored in Wakanda. She arrives in time to join the team in new street clothes designed to help them avoid anti-superhero sentiment, as they answer a call from the San Francisco police to help with a mysterious burning body. Clues found send the team, now switched to more traditional superhero gear, to Chaparanga Beach, the graveyard of starships.

Publisher’s description

The X-Men are back to business -- with a new look, a new base of operations, and a mystery to solve that will take them into previously uncharted territory and test them to their core!

Characters

LoganWolverineScott SummersCyclopsOroro MunroeStormHank McCoyBeastEmma FrostHisako IchikiArmor

Reprinted in

Astonishing X-Men (2004), Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Box (2009), Astonishing X-Men Modern Era Epic Collection (2023)