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The Uncanny X-Men #501

Marvel · Series began 1981 · October 2008

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Dates

Cover date: October 2008
On sale: August 20, 2008
In stores: August 20, 2008
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition

Barcode 75960602461250111
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Story arc: Manifest Destiny

This is part 6 of 36. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Greg Landinks: Jay Leistencolors: Justin Ponsorscript: Matt Fraction, Ed Brubakerletters: Virtual Calligraphy, Joe Caramagna

Stories

SFX 2: All Tomorrow's Parties · 22 pages
Pixie and her date are beaten by the Hellfire Cult. Scott and Emma discuss their sex life and the "sex-saturated" nature of the X-Men in San Francisco. Later Emma catches Scott assembling a crib for the baby Cable took to the future. A charismatic leader, revealed to be Empath, fires up the Hellfire Cult, and then reports for an S&M session with his boss, the mysterious Red Queen. The next day Pixie, badly injured, makes it back to the base. The X-Men, enraged, lay a trap for the Cult.

Publisher’s description

Things start out grim for the newest X-Girl as the team gets settled into its new secret headquarters. What's the secret project Scott's been building? And is anyone prepared for the menace of the Hellfire Cult?

Reprinted in

Uncanny X-Men: Manifest Destiny (2009), Uncanny X-Men: Manifest Destiny (2009), Essential X-Men (2010), Uncanny X-Men by Matt Fraction: The Complete Collection (2013)