X-Men #165 [Newsstand]

(February 2005)

Hark How the Bells--! (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

Salvador Larroca (credited)

Inks

Danny Miki (credited)

Colors

Avalon Studios (credited as Avalon); Robert Ro (credited as Avalon's Rob Ro)

Letters

Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC); Chris Eliopoulos of Virtual Calligraphy (credited as VC's Chris Eliopoulos)

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-23; Marvel Girl; Storm; Nightcrawler; Wolverine; Iceman; Polaris; Elixir; Shadowcat; Lockheed; Dani Moonstar; Bishop; Julian Keller; Noriko; Dust; Archangel; Husk; Gambit; Emma Frost; Cyclops; Beast; Lila Cheney; Wolfsbane; Magma; Cannonball; Sage; John Grey; Elaine Grey; Jubilee; Professor X; Magneto

Synopsis

X-23 moves into the mansion. Gambit regains his sight. The X-Men have a Christmas party.

Reprints

• in X-Men: Day of the Atom (Marvel, 2005 series) ([February] 2005)

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

This fill-in issue features the combined casts of all the current X-books.

Hey, Gang, I’m Back! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Cup O’ Joe / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Script

Mike Marts (credited)

Pencils

Salvador Larroca (illustration)

Inks

Salvador Larroca (illustration)

Colors

Liquid! (as Liquid Graphics) (illustration)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I want to take a quick moment to thank a very special guy for a job extremely well done.

Indexer Notes

No letters; editorial farewell to writer Chuck Austen; page includes cover art for the following issue (#166)