New X-Men #153 [Direct Edition]
(April 2004)

Marvel, 2001 Series
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Price
2.25 USD; 3.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, except semimonthly in March, June and November
On-sale Date
2004-02-18 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
Barcode
759606017720 15311
Editing
Mike Marts (editor); Stephanie Moore (assistant editor); Cory Sedlmeier (assistant editor); Joe Quesada (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Here Comes Tomorrow 3 of 4 (Table of Contents)

X-Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marc Silvestri (signed)
Inks
Joe Weems (signed)
Colors
Steve Firchow (signed)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Beast [Sublime]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for New X-Men (Marvel, 2001 series) #153 [Direct Edition] Cover Thumbnail for New X-Men (2001 series) #153 [Newsstand]
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New X-Men (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Marc Silvestri; Frank Quitely
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

Here Comes Tomorrow 3 of 4: We All Have to Die Sometime (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison
Pencils
Marc Silvestri
Inks
Joe Weems; Tim Townsend; Matt Banning (credited as Batt)
Colors
Steve Firchow; Frank D'Armata
Letters
Rus Wooton; Virtual Calligraphy
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men (future) [Wolverine [Logan]; Three-In-One [Stepford Cuckoos]; Cassandra Nova Xavier [Ernst]; Martha Johansson [No-Girl]; E.V.A.; Beak [Tito Bohusk]; Bumbleboy (dies); Tom Skylark; Rover]; Sublime [Beast] (future); Hank McCoy (future; possessed by Sublime); Apollyon the Destroyer (future); Crawlers (future); Phoenix [Jean Grey-Summers] (future)
Synopsis
Phoenix, on Sublime's orders exterminates an insectoid race in Pan-Africa that she agrees is an evolutionary dead-end. But she encounters the X-Men's ambassador to them, and brings his consciousness back as an example of a viable species. Sublime thinks otherwise, and has sent a massive Crawler with a mental plague into the Institute, and an army of flying crawlers to intercept the X-Men's attack and kill the aquatic X-Man Mer-Max. As the Institute begins to fall and the X-Men at sea realize their long odds, the Phoenix joins the fray.
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Indexer Notes

Inker credits as printed: Joe Weems with Tim Townsend, Batt
Colorist credits as printed: Steve Sirchow with Frank D'Armata.
The dialog very strongly implies that, in this timeline at least, Cassandra Nova was Ernst.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stephanie Moore ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Ephraim Jacobson; Joel Zerner; Tom Huxley; Nick Barnes; Adam Potts; "World's Biggest X-Men Fan"

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Here Comes Tomorrow 3 of 4
    X-Men
  2. 1. New X-Men
    X-Men
  3. 2. Here Comes Tomorrow 3 of 4: We All Have to Die Sometime
    X-Men
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
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  • Fred Beels
  • Dwayne Best
  • Stanley Krute
  • Mike Nielsen
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