Dates
- Cover date
- June 2010
- On sale
- April 28, 2010
- In stores
- April 28, 2010
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (7)
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 75960606282902611
Source ↗ - 2nd printing
2nd Printing Variant - Tom Raney Cover
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960606282902651
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
3rd Printing Variant - Mike Choi Connecting Cover
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960606282902661
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition$3.99 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00928102169805
This edition’s page
Story arc: Second Coming
This is part 2 of 23. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Second Coming: Prepare #1
- X-Men: Second Coming #1
- The Uncanny X-Men #523
- New Mutants #12
- X-Factor #204
- X-Men: Legacy #235
- X-Force #26
- The Uncanny X-Men #524
- X-Men: Hellbound #1
- New Mutants #13
- X-Factor #205
- X-Men: Legacy #236
- X-Force #27
- X-Men: Blind Science #1
- The Uncanny X-Men #525
- X-Men: Hellbound #2
- New Mutants #14
- X-Factor #206
- X-Men: Legacy #237
- X-Force #28
- X-Men: Hellbound #3
- X-Men: Second Coming #2
- Wolverine Weapon X #16
Creators
Stories
- Second Coming Chapter Five · 23 pages
As the X-Men try to provide a distraction by battling Bastion's forces, Nightcrawler and Rogue continue to teleport with Hope in an attempt to reach Cyclops in Utopia. Unfortunately, Bastion himself intercepts them and quickly takes down Rogue. As Bastion sets his sights on eliminating Hope, Nightcrawler sacrifices his life to teleport her the final distance to Utopia.
- Writer Marjorie Liu · Celebrating the Women of Marvel · 1 pages
Publisher’s description
As the X-Men make their desperate attempt to get Hope to Utopia, the battle will cost them one of their own.
Reprinted in
X-Men: Second Coming (2010), X-Men: Second Coming (2011), X-Men Milestones: Second Coming (2020), X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus (2026)