Dates
- Cover date
- February 2008
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #493 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 75960602461249311
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition$3.99 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602461302
Source ↗ - 2nd printing
2nd Print Variant
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960602461249331
This edition’s page
Reprinted in
X-Men: Messiah Complex (2008), X-Men Milestones: Messiah Complex (2020), X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus (2026)