| Issue | #500 |
| Published | September 2008 |
| Frequency | monthly except semi-monthly in September |
| Cover Price | 3.99 USD; 4.05 CAD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Nick Lowe; Will Panzo (assistant); Axel Alonso (executive); Joe Quesada (editor in chief); Dan Buckley (publisher) |
| Notes | Office of Publication: 417 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and at additional mailing offices. © 2008 Marvel Characters, Inc. Newsstand prices: [not listed]. Subscription (12 issues): U.S. 27.00 USD; Canada 37.00 USD; Foreign 39.00 USD. U.S. on sale date: 2008-07-23 2nd printing U.S. on sale date: 2008-09-10 |
| Characters | The X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]; Thunderbird [John Proudstar]; Lucas Bishop; Jubilee [Jubilation Lee]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Phoenix [Phoenix Force]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Forge; Rogue; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Gambit [Remy LeBeau]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]]; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr; Magnus]; Sentinels |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Alex Ross (painted) |
| Inks | Alex Ross (painted) |
| Colors | Alex Ross (painted) |
| Notes | Wraparound cover, shipped 50/50 split with the Greg Land wraparound cover. Alex Ross states in an interview at http://www.wizarduniverse.com/072108alexrossxmen.html that the Phoenix figure is Phoenix as distinct from Jean Grey, who appears as Marvel Girl. |
| Characters | Domino [Neena Thurman]; Magma [Amara Aquila]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; Rockslide [Santo Vaccarro]; Anole [Victor Borkowski]; Gentle [Nezhno Abidemi]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Elixir [Josh Foley]; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; X-23 [Laura Kinney]; Warpath [James Proudstar]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Hepzibah; Dust [Sooraya Qadir]; Mercury [Cessily Kincaid]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Dani Moonstar; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]; Storm [Ororo Iqadi T'Challa]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Wolverine [Logan]; Surge [Noriko Ashida]; Sunspot [Roberto da Costa]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Hellion [Julian Keller] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Greg Land |
| Inks | Jay Leisten |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Notes | Wraparound cover, shipped 50/50 split with the Alex Ross wraparound. |
| Characters | Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Lucas Bishop; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Thunderbird [John Proudstar]; Longshot; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Cable [Nathan Summers]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Gambit [Remy LeBeau] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Michael Turner |
| Inks | Michael Turner |
| Colors | Peter Stiegerwald |
| Notes | Variant cover focusing on the male X-Men, shipped 50/50 with the Terry Dodson variant focusing on the X-Women. |
| Characters | Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Rogue |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Terry Dodson |
| Inks | Rachel Dodson |
| Colors | Christina Strain |
| Notes | Variant cover featuring the X-Women, shipped 50/50 with the Turner variant cover featuring the male X-Men. |
| Characters | Beast [Hank McCoy]; Wolverine [Logan]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Lucas Bishop; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Thunderbird [John Proudstar]; Longshot; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Cable [Nathan Summers]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Gambit [Remy LeBeau] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Michael Turner |
| Notes | Sketch version of the Turner variant cover. |
| Characters | Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Rogue |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Terry Dodson |
| Inks | Rachel Dodson |
| Notes | "Sketch" (pencil and ink) version of the Dodson variant cover. |
| Characters | The X-Men [Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Phoenix [Jean Grey / Phoenix Force]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy]] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Alex Ross (painted) |
| Inks | Alex Ross (painted) |
| Colors | Alex Ross (painted) |
| Notes | Dynamic Forces / Wizard exclusive alternate cover. |
| Characters | X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington]; Emma Frost [White Queen]] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Terry Dodson |
| Inks | Rachel Dodson |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Notes | U.S. on sale date: 2008-09-10 |
| Characters | The X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]; Thunderbird [John Proudstar]; Lucas Bishop; Jubilee [Jubilation Lee]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Phoenix [Phoenix Force]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Forge; Rogue; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Gambit [Remy LeBeau]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]]; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr; Magnus]; Sentinels |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Alex Ross (painted) |
| Inks | Alex Ross (painted) |
| Colors | Alex Ross (painted) |
| Notes | Canadian Fan Expo variant, apparently the standard Alex Ross cover with different coloring for the logo. See http://www.hobbystar.com/fanexpo2008/exclusives/index.html (the "Fan Expo" logo on the image there is not actually present on the cover). |
| Genre | superhero |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Kingo Sunen; Freddie Dukes [Blob]; Dreaming Celestial |
| Synopsis | Kingo Sunen, writer-director-producer-editor-actor of samurai movies decides to cast ex-mutant Freddie Dukes in his first ever science fiction film, set in San Francisco against the backdrop of the Dreaming Celestial. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction |
| Pencils | Terry Dodson |
| Inks | Rachel Dodson |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Letters | Joe Caramagna |
| Notes | Fred Dukes no longer sports the excess baggy skin he was left with immediately after his depowering. |
| Characters | Guy DeMondue; Simon Trask; Sentinel (Mark I) |
| Synopsis | Guy DeMondue, artist, unloads a Sentinel at the docs in the dark of night with Simon Trask. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction |
| Pencils | Terry Dodson |
| Inks | Rachel Dodson |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Letters | Joe Caramagna |
| Characters | The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Storm [Ororo Iqadi T'Challa]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]]; The Mayor of San Francisco [Sadie] |
| Synopsis | The X-Men give the Mayor a tour of their new headquarters and mutant embassy in the Marin Headlands. The Mayor warns them that Guy DeMondue is planning a "confrontational" art exhibit involving Sentinels. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction |
| Pencils | Greg Land |
| Inks | Jay Leisten |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Letters | Joe Caramagna |
| Characters | The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]]; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr; Magnus]; Sentinels (Mark I) |
| Synopsis | The X-Men attend the opening of Guy DeMondue's "Celebration of Mutant Kitsch" installation in Yerba Buena Gardens. Most of the crowd has dressed up like X-Men, or approximations thereof. There are also protesters due to the Sentinels being part of the installation. Suddently Magneto, his powers apparently restored, attacks the X-Men, chucking Colossus through the big round window in the SF MoMA and somehow activating the two Sentinels. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction |
| Pencils | Greg Land |
| Inks | Jay Leisten |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Letters | Joe Caramagna |
| Characters | The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Storm [Ororo Iqadi T'Challa]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Wolverine [Logan]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]]; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr; Magnus]; Sentinels (Mark I) |
| Synopsis | The X-Men fight the Sentinels, but Emma notices that the Sentinels strangely do not attack Magneto. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction |
| Pencils | Terry Dodson (pages 1-3, 6-7); Greg Land (pages 4-5) |
| Inks | Rachel Dodson (pages 1-3, 6-7); Jay Leisten (pages 4-5) |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Letters | Joe Caramagna |
| Characters | The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Storm [Ororo Iqadi T'Challa]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Wolverine [Logan]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]]; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr; Magnus]; Sentinels (Mark I); High Evolutionary; Kingo Sunen; Freddie Dukes [Blob]; Dreaming Celestial |
| Synopsis | The X-Men defeat the last Sentinel and subdue Magneto. They learn that his powers were generated by his extremely high-tech suit. Magneto berates them as unworthy to save the mutant race, and teleports out. Storm spots strange lights at the Dreaming Celestial and we see the High Evolutionary doing something with it, helped by a mesmerized Kingo Sunen. She arrives to late to do anything, but somewhere in space we see the Evolutionary, Magneto, and Fred Dukes discussing plans on the bridge of a starship. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction |
| Pencils | Greg Land (pages 1-4 except top of 3); Terry Dodson (top of 3, 5-7) |
| Inks | Jay Leisten (pages 1-4 except top of 3); Rachel Dodson (top of 3, 5-7) |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Letters | Joe Caramagna |
| Characters | The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Emma Frost [White Queen]] |
| Synopsis | With Emma broadcasting his thoughts to all known mutants, Scott announces that the X-Men are alive and that San Francisco is a mutant sanctuary. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction |
| Pencils | Greg Land |
| Inks | Jay Leisten |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Letters | Joe Caramagna |
| Characters | The X-Men [Wolverine [Logan]; Cyclops [Scott Summers] (off-panel)]; Guy DeMondue (dies) |
| Synopsis | Logan visits Guy DeMondue in his studio, only to find him dead. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction |
| Pencils | Terry Dodson |
| Inks | Rachel Dodson |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Letters | Joe Caramagna |
| Characters | Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (off-panel); Simon Trask; Hellfire Cult |
| Synopsis | Simon Trask uses the fact that both he and a bouncer appear to be Prime Sentinels to talk his way into a club. Pixie and her date are leaving a Dazzler concert amazed that she's back and has put on a great show. A group of men in a van see her and put on masks similar to those worn by Hellfire Club guards. They get out of the van with baseball bats and other weapons and prepare to attack Pixie. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ed Brubaker; Matt Fraction |
| Pencils | Greg Land |
| Inks | Jay Leisten |
| Colors | Justin Ponsor |
| Letters | Joe Caramagna |