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Issue #479
Published December 2006
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Nick Lowe; Mike Marts; Sean Ryan (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters The X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Darwin [Armando Muñoz]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Marvel Girl [Rachel Grey]; Warpath [James Proudstar]]; Korvus
Genre superhero
Pencils Billy Tan
Inks Danny Miki; Allen Martinez (with)
Colors Frank D'Armata
Letters typeset

1 page X-Men recap "Previously in Uncanny X-Men..."

Genre superhero
Pencils Billy Tan
Inks Danny Miki
Colors Frank D'Armata
Letters typeset

22 page X-Men story "The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire: Chapter Five: Double-Edged"

Characters The X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Darwin [Armando Muñoz]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Marvel Girl [Rachel Grey]; Warpath [James Proudstar]]; Vice-Chancellor K'Tor; Korvus; Rook'shir (flashback); Imperial Guard [Gladiator; Neutron] (flashback)
Synopsis Korvus invades the X-Men's ship and defeats them to reach Rachel, but when he tries to kill her his sword forges a mental link between the two of them. Rachel disables the bomb implanted in his head and he agrees to help her. But during the fight the two Shi'ar refugees from the space station the X-Men docked at abduct Professor X.
Genre superhero
Script Ed Brubaker
Pencils Billy Tan
Inks Danny Miki; Allen Martinez (with)
Colors Frank D'Armata
Letters Joe Caramagna [as VC's Joe Caramagna]

1 page X-Men letters page "X-Mail"

Genre superhero
Script Nick Lowe (answers); Sean Ryan (answers)
Pencils John Watson (painted)
Inks John Watson (painted)
Colors John Watson (painted)
Letters typeset