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- Letters:
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- Synopsis:
- Introduces the issue and recaps the stories so far.
- Script:
- Matt Fraction
- Pencils:
- Terry Dodson
- Inks:
- Rachel Dodson
- Colors:
- Justin Ponsor
- Letters:
- Joe Caramagna [as VC's Joe Caramagna]
- Editing:
- Daniel Ketchum (Original Assistant Editor); Nick Lowe (Original Editor); Axel Alonso (Original Executive Editor); Joe Quesada (Original Editor In Chief)
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- White Queen [Emma Frost]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]; Vertigo; Simon Trask; Purifiers; Sadie (Mayor of San Francisco); Beast [Henry McCoy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Magik [Illyana Rasputin]; Nikola Rasputin; Alexandra Rasputin; Armour [Hisako Ichiki]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; X-23 [Laura Kinney]; Storm [Ororo T'Challa]; Madison Jefferies; Dr. Nemesis [Thomas Bradley]; Angel [Warren Worthington, III]; Russian Thugs; Russian Mutant
- Synopsis:
- Colossus seeks to discover more about his past taking on a Russian mutant who intimated his father. Beast and Angel track down Madison Jefferies to recruit him to their science team. Pixie moves back in with the X-Men.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Dan Buckley (Original Publisher); The first two pages of this story are in fact from “The Cabal” (see below)
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- Characters:
- Kick-Ass
- Synopsis:
- Advertises the blu-ray release of Kick-Ass.
- Pencils:
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- Inks:
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- Colors:
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- Letters:
- typeset
- Characters:
- Beast; Wolverine; Storm; Cyclops
- Synopsis:
- Advertises 3 boxsets of DVDs collecting the X-Men TV series.
- Script:
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- Pencils:
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- Inks:
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- Colors:
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- Letters:
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- Synopsis:
- Spotlights upcoming and current Panini UK releases.
- Pencils:
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- Inks:
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- Colors:
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- Letters:
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- Synopsis:
- Advertises four releases from Panini UK
Uses smaller versions of their covers.
- Script:
- Brian Michael Bendis
- Pencils:
- Alex Maleev
- Inks:
- Alex Maleev
- Colors:
- Dean White
- Letters:
- Chris Eliopoulos
- Editing:
- Jeanine Schaefer (Original Associate Editor); Tom Brevoort (Original Editor); Joe Quesada (Original Editor In Chief)
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- White Queen [Emma Frost]; Doctor Doom; Namor; The Hood [Parker Robbins]; Loki; Norman Osborn
- Synopsis:
- Emma Frost meets with Norman Osborn and several others to discuss Osborn's plan.
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Joe Sabino (Original Production); Dan Buckley (Original Publisher); Listing is incorrect saying “First printed in Dark Reign #1”; This is cropped reprint of an original story line (see Issue notes)
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- Letters:
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- Characters:
- Iron Patriot [Norman Osborn]; Ms. Marvel [Moonstone]; Wolverine [Daken]; Hawkeye [Bullseye]; Spider-Man [Mac Gargan]
- Synopsis:
- Advertises Avengers Unconquered #23
Uses a smaller version of the cover.
- Script:
- Matt Fraction
- Pencils:
- Mitch Breitweiser; Daniel Acuña
- Inks:
- Mitch Breitweiser; Daniel Acuña
- Colors:
- Elizabeth Dismang Breitweiser; Daniel Acuña
- Letters:
- Joe Caramagna [as VC's Joe Caramagna]
- Editing:
- Daniel Ketchum (Original Assistant Editor); Nick Lowe (Original Editor); Axel Alonso (Original Executive Editor); Joe Quesada (Original Editor In Chief)
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Hellfire Club; Sebastian Shaw; Emma Frost; Selene; Tony Stark; Norman Osborn; Namor; Doctor Doom; The Hood; Donald Pierce; Sentinels
- Synopsis:
- Retells the story of how Emma and Namor first met. Then Emma convinces Namor he can trust her again by capturing Sebastian Shaw.
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Dan Buckley (Original Publisher); Daniel Acuña (Past sequences); Mitch Breitweiser (Present sequences); Several well known celebraties are seen in the Hellfire Club.
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- Colors:
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- Letters:
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- Synopsis:
- Subscription advertisement for Essential X-Men.
Artwork of many different Mutants is used.
- Pencils:
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- Inks:
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- Colors:
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- Letters:
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- Synopsis:
- Advertises the next issue.
Uses smaller versions of the cover and interior panels.
- Script:
- Scott Gray
- Letters:
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Letters from Shawn Hirst, Akal Singh, Aleks Milchew and Dave Salt. Editor Scott Gray replies.
- Letters:
- typeset
- Synopsis:
- Advertises the DVD and Blu-ray releases of “Black Lightning” from Amazon.