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Issue Details

Issue	#493
Published	February 2008
Cover Price	2.99 USD Dir 3.99 News
Pages	52
Editing	Nick Lowe; Will Panzo (Assistant); Axel Alonso (Executive)

Cover Details - "Finch Cover"

Characters	Cable
Genre	superhero
Pencils	David Finch
Inks	Danny Miki
Colors	Jason Keith
Letters	Typeset

Cover Details - "Cheung Cover"

Characters	Cyclops; Gentle [Nezhno Abidemi]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jim Cheung
Inks	John Dell
Colors	Justin Ponsor
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Cover sports Messiah Complex trade dress.

Cover Details - "2nd Print Cover"

Characters	Wolverine; Warpath; Hepzibah; X-23; Caliban; Wolfsbane [Rahne]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Billy Tan
Inks	Danny Miki
Colors	Frank D'Armata
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Cover sports Messiah Complex trade dress; Cover image is taken from an in-story splash page.

1 page X-Men recap "Previously in Messiah Complex..."

Genre	superhero
Letters	Typeset

24 page X-Men story "Messiah Complex Chapter Six"

Characters	FEATURE: X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Angel; Storm; Bishop; Beast; Iceman]; GUESTS: Gentle [Nezhno Abidemi]; Cable; Cannonball; X-Force [Wolverine; Warpath; Hepzibah; X-23; Caliban; Wolfsbane [Rahne]]; New X-Men [Hellion [Julien Keller]; Rockslide [Santo Vaccarro]; Mercury [Cessily Kincaid]; Dust [Sooraya Qadir]]; VILLAINS: Sentinel Squad ONE; Mr. Sinister; Mystique; CAMEOS: Stepford Cuckoos; Jean Grey (Photo)
Synopsis	Everything else gets put on hold as the X-Men and their allies try to defeat Sentinel Squad ONE who have been infected by Cassandra Nova's nano-Sentinels; After a difficult battle, Cyclops has Wolverine form a new X-Force team and sends them to track down Cable and the mutant baby at all costs.
Genre	superhero
Script	Ed Brubaker
Pencils	Billy Tan
Inks	Danny Miki; Allen Martinez
Colors	Frank D'Armata
Letters	Joe Caramagna
Notes	Cont. from X-Men #205; Cont. in X-Factor #26