Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 493

Part of the 'Messiah Complex' event

Alternate Covers:
Jim Cheung Second Printing

Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #493

February, 2008

Editor-in-Chief

Joe Quesada

Cover Artists

David Finch
Danny Miki
Jason Keith

Publisher

Marvel Comics

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(Story) X-Men Vol 2 #205
(Title) Uncanny X-Men #492

(Story) X-Factor Vol 3 #26
(Title) Uncanny X-Men #494

Appearing in "Messiah Complex: Chapter Six"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  •  Angel (Warren Worthington III) 
  •  Beast (Hank McCoy) 
  •  Bishop (Lucas Bishop) 
  •  Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) 
  • Charles Xavier
  •  Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) 
  •  Cyclops (Scott Summers) 
  •  Emma Frost 
  •  Iceman (Bobby Drake) 
  •  Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) 
  •  Storm (Ororo Munroe) 

Supporting Characters:

• Gentle (Nezhno Abidemi)
• Stepford Cuckoos
  • Celeste Cuckoo
  • Mindee Cuckoo
  • Phoebe Cuckoo
• New X-Men
  • Dust (Sooraya Qadir)
  • Hellion (Julian Keller)
  • Mercury (Cessily Kincaid)
  • Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro)
• X-Force (First appearance)
  •  Caliban 
  • Hepzibah (Joins Team)
  • Warpath (James Proudstar) (Joins Team)
  • Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) (Joins Team)
  •  Wolverine (James Howlett) (Joins Team)
  • X-23 (Laura Kinney) (Joins Team)
• O*N*E Sentinels(Destroyed in this issue)
  • Lex (Alexander Lexington) (Death)
  • Jake Slayton (Death)

Adversaries:

•  Mr. Sinister (Nathaniel Essex) 
•  Mystique 

Other Characters:

•  Cable 
• Unnamed baby
• Indra (Paras Gavaskar)
• Jean Grey (In a photograph only)

Locations:

• Over Antarctica
  • Mr. Sinister's base
• New York State
  • Xavier Institute

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor

Vehicles:

• X-Men Blackbird
  
  

Synopsis for "Messiah Complex: Chapter Six"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for info.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

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See Also

• Discuss Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 493 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Uncanny X-Men series

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Recommended Reading

X-Men: Messiah Complex
Part I: X-Men - Messiah Complex	Part II: Uncanny X-Men #492	Part III: X-Factor #25	Part IV: New X-Men #44	Part V: X-Men #205
Part VI: Uncanny X-Men #493	Part VII: X-Factor #26	Part VIII: New X-Men #45	Part IX: X-Men #206	Part X: Uncanny X-Men #494
	Part XI: X-Factor #27	Part XII: New X-Men #46	Part XIII: X-Men #207

Links and References

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