Other printings & variants
Astonishing X-Men #23
Variant Edition - Cover B
January 2008 · 2.99 USD; 3.05 CAD · 52 pages
On sale 2007-11-07
Rated Rated T+
UPC 75960605543202311
Synopsis
Aghanne and Dafi discuss news that one of the X-Men is dead and their worries about their plans. The remaining X-Men and S.W.O.R.D. split up to head to their next targets. Kruun revives Cyclops to interrogate him while Armor gets herelf and Wolverine captured by trying to rescue some civilians, Beast and Agent Brand further analyze the prophecy, and Shadowcat and Colossus bring Aghanne into the action. Emma reestablishes contact with Scott as Beast and Brand reveal that the prophecy is recent, and reads more like a plan. We then find out that all of this, including Cyclops, Wolverine and Armor's capture was planned telepathically just before Cyclops left the larger ship. Also, Scott's powers work just fine as he demonstrates by blasting Kruun and tearing a huge hole in the roof of his tower, summoning the rest of the X-Men to him for the final attack.
Credits
- Script
- Joss Whedon, Tom Grummett, Matt Fraction, Leigh Pragoff, J. Michael Straczynski, Marc Sumerak, Brian Reed, Brian Michael Bendis, Dan Slott, C. B. Cebulski, Joe Quesada, Frank Cho, Christopher Yost, Fred Van Lente, Craig Kyle, Christina Strain, Jeff Parker
- Pencils
- John Cassaday, David Finch, Jack Kirby, Billy Tan, Tom Grummett, Pasqual Ferry
- Inks
- John Cassaday, Danny Miki, Sol Brodsky, Jon Sibal
- Colours
- Laura Martin, Frank D'Armata, Brian Haberlin
- Letters
- Chris Eliopoulos, Tom Grummett
- Editor
- Axel Alonso
- Assistant editor
- Will Panzo
- Associate editor
- Nick Lowe
- New x-men cover
- Jason Keith
Characters
Notes
Issues 19-24 in this series each have a standard Direct Edition (Cover A) and a Variant Edition (Cover B) that were distributed to retailers in a 50/50 split ratio. Both copies of each issue share the same barcode number. All "Cover B" copies have "Variant Edition" printed on the cover and the cover depicts a single X-Men character. The entire cover (sans the UPC box) is colored using only two (2) solid colors and black.