Dates
- Cover date
- December 2008
- On sale
- October 29, 2008
- In stores
- October 29, 2008
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$3.99 cover
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960606577600111
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$4.99 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07447002159901
This edition’s page
Story arc: Ghost Boxes
This is part 1 of 1. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes #1
Creators
Stories
- Agent X-13's Report on the Emergency Annexation of Earth-616 · 8 pages
This appears to be an account of how Agent X-13's mission on Earth-616 (as shown in Astonishing X-Men #26) would have gone had he targeted and killed Cyclops first instead of targeting Wolverine. The X-Men rapidly fall apart, and Agent X-13's homeworld sends in "Deathlok-class Security units", which look like Sentinels. One of them had what appeared to be Magneto wired into its chest. They quickly subdued the entire world amidst a staggering loss of life, including the use of nuclear weapons. But Agent X-13 considers none of that to be his problem- he's just a field agent.
- Being an Journal by Miss Emma Frost of New Portsmouth Bay in the State of New Albion [sic] · 8 pages
This story follows what would have happened if Agent X-13's request to target Earth-889 had been granted. Earth 889 is a Steampunk reality, in which Miss Emma Frost leads the X Society from her mansion in New Portsmouth. Using their superior aircraft, they catch up with Agent X-13, but a mishap involving his fireballs and Logan's claws cause a fatal dirigible explosion and crash. As a result, the X Society becomes exiled overnight, with "sentinels" posted outside the mansion. Miss Frost speculates that she may decamp to Europe and possibly even allow Scott to marry her as he has long desired.
- Astonishing X-Men Ghost Boxes Script by Warren Ellis · 11 pages
Publisher’s description
You met Subject X in the pages of Astonishing X-Men! But what was he really doing and who he was doing it for?
Reprinted in
Astonishing X-Men (2004), Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Box (2009), Astonishing X-Men: Exalted (2012)