Uncanny X-Men #493B (Feb 2008)

Uncanny X-Men #493B, published in Feb 2008, is a Modern Age Marvel comic featuring the X-Men, written by Ed Brubaker with cover art by David Finch/Jim Cheung/Billy Tan.

Entitled Messiah CompleX Chapter Six, this story stars the X-Men — "Marvel's Merry Mutants" — as they battle powerful mutants, alien threats, and super-villains while protecting a world that fears and hates them.

It is regarded as a key X-Men comic due to the following significant event: 1st team appearance of new X-Force roster (Wolverine, X-23, Warpath, Caliban, Hepzibah, Wolfsbane).

Featured appearances include X-Men - Professor X (Charles Xavier), Cyclops (Scott Summers), Emma Frost (White Queen), Colossus (Peter Rasputin), and other characters from the X-Men universe.

A modern X-Men comic, this issue features contemporary Marvel storytelling, striking artwork, and key moments from the continuing legacy of Marvel's mutants.

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