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Rated T+
Cover sports Messiah Complex trade dress.
Creator credits and indicia information. Background is a large red X against a black background.
Continued from X-Men: Messiah Complex #1; Continued in X-Factor (Marvel, 2006 series) #25
Small illustrated capsules from the covers to X-Men #1 (1963) and X-Men Messiah Complex #1 (2008) adorn the bottom edge of the page. Additionally there are two small illustrated capsules of Beast taken from an interior panel of Astonishing X-Men and X-23 taken from the cover to X-23 #3 (2005)
Presented is a behind-the-scenes look at what went into creating the new Exiles team from series artist Tom Grummett.
Features a portion of the cover to issue #1 of IMMORTAL IRON FIST.
Fourteen writers and artists answered this question: J. Michael Straczynski, Marc Sumerak, Brian Reed, Brian Michael Bendis, Dan Slott, C.B. Cebulski, Joe Quesada, Frank Cho, Chris Yost, Fred Van Lente, Matt Fraction, Jeff Parker, Craig Kyle and Christian Strain. Additionally, the answers to this question is enhanced by a small illustrated capsule of the Marvel character in question. I can only identify the following artists: John Cassaday, David Finch, John Romita, Sr., Bryan Hitch, Frank Cho, MIke Allred.
Beowulf (game, Ubisoft); Friends aren't disposable (campaign, Above the Influence); Monster Jam (game, ActiVision); The Eye of Judgment (game, Sony Computer Entertainment); Enemy Territory Quake Wars (DVD-Rom software game, ActiVision); Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (game, ActiVision); Resistance: Fall of Man (game, Sony Computer Entertainment); Ratchet Clank Future (game, Insomniac Games); Gears of War (game, Epic Games); Conan (video game, THQ); 2008 Nissan Sentra (car, Nissan); Star Wars Battlefront (game, LucasArts); PSP (gameplayer, Sony Computer Entertainment); Age of Empires III (game, Ensemble Studios); Digital World (service, AT&T); Army Reserve (recruitment, U.S. Army)
X-FACTOR #25; ULTIMATE IRON MAN (4-part limited series)
Statement of Ownership average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 127,381.