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Issue Details

Issue #481
Published February 2007
Cover Price 2.99 USD; 3.75 USD
Pages 52
Editing Nick Lowe; Sean Ryan (assistant); Joe Quesada (editor in chief); Dan Buckley (publisher)
Notes Indicia information: UNCANNY X-MEN Published Monthly except semi-monthly in November by MARVEL PUBLISHING, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. Office of publication: 417 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and at additional mailing offices. © 2006 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved. Newsstand prices: 2.99 USD; 4.25 CAD. Subscription (12 issues): U.S. 27.00 USD; Canada 37.00 USD; Foreign 39.00 USD.

Cover Details - "Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire Part 7 of 12"

Characters Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Genre superhero
Pencils Billy Tan (signed)
Inks Danny Miki (signed); Allen Martinez (signed)
Colors Frank D'Armata (signed)
Notes Indicia information: UNCANNY X-MEN Published Monthly except semi-monthly in November by MARVEL PUBLISHING, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, INC. Office of publication: 417 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and at additional mailing offices. © 2006 Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved. Newsstand prices: 2.99 USD; 4.25 CAD. Subscription (12 issues): U.S. 27.00 USD; Canada 37.00 USD; Foreign 39.00 USD.

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

Genre superhero
Pencils Billy Tan
Inks Danny Miki
Colors Frank D'Armata
Letters typset
Notes Artwork is a grayscale reprint of part of the cover of issue #476.

22 page X-Men story "The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire Chapter Seven: Crossing the Rubicon"

Characters 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; Majestrix Lilandra Neramani; Chancellor Araki; Vice-Chancellor K'Tor;
Synopsis Araki betrays Empress Lilandra, K'Tor tortures Professor X, and Darwin stows away on the escaping Shi'ars' jumpship in order to try to free the Professor. Meanwhile, Korvus and the X-Men come up with a strategy to get un-stranded, and set out to find the Starjammers. Also, Rachel and Korvus get closer as a result of their Phoenix-related mind-meld.
Genre superhero
Script Ed Brubaker
Pencils Billy Tan
Inks Danny Miki; Allen Martinez
Colors Frank D'Armata
Letters Joe Caramagna [as VC's Joe Caramagna]
Notes The additional pages in this extra-long issue are taken up by ads.

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

Genre superhero
Script Nick Lowe (responses); Sean Ryan (responses)
Pencils Billy Tan
Inks Danny Miki; Allen Martinez
Colors Frank D'Armata
Letters typeset