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Astonishing X-Men #26

Marvel · Series began 2004 · October 2008

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Dates

Cover date: October 2008
On sale: August 13, 2008
In stores: August 13, 2008
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #26 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 75960605543202611
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Newsstand edition$3.99 cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 00928102159908
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Story arc: Manifest Destiny

This is part 4 of 36. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Simone Bianchi, John Cassadayinks: Simone Bianchi, Andrea Silvestri, John Cassadaycolors: Simone Peruzzi, Laura Martinediting: Axel Alonso, Will Panzoscript: Warren Ellisletters: Joe Caramagna

Stories

Ghost Box Part Two · 22 pages
The X-Men track the killer to a semi-functional spaceship at Chapanga Beach. They find the man working on something he calls a Ghost Box. After a difficult fight Cyclops orders the team out of the ship and has Storm shoot it down with lightning. Storm is distressed that Cyclops's orders might have resulted in her killing the man, but Cyclops is unapologetic. The man is still alive, but chooses death rather than revealing more about his purposes beyond referring to "the Annex".

Publisher’s description

It is on a spaceship hovering 300 hundred feet above the twisted wreckage of Chaparanga Beach that the X-Men find its sole inhabitant: the mysterious Subject X. Who is this mysterious man and what does he want from the X-Men?

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)