Cover: Art Thibert

X-Men #12

Sep 1992 · Marvel · 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.85 GBP

📊 ~45,786 copies sold its debut month

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“Broken Mirrors”

In "Broken Mirrors," a grieving Carter Ryking takes desperate action after his father's death, abducting Professor X to uncover secrets tied to a shared past at a long-forgotten genetic research facility. Written by Fabian Nicieza and illustrated by Art Thibert, this emotionally charged X-Men tale explores fractured identities and buried truths, with Thibert also handling the cover.

writer Fabian Nicieza · artist, inker Art Thibert · inker Dan Panosian · inker Trevor Scott · colorist Joe Rosas · colorist Marie Javins · letterer Tom Orzechowski · cover Art Thibert

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Full credits

writer Fabian Nicieza

artist, inker Art Thibert

inker Dan Panosian

inker Trevor Scott

colorist Joe Rosas

colorist Marie Javins

letterer Tom Orzechowski

cover pencils, inks Art Thibert

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After his father dies (actually, is killed by Maverick in X-Men #11), Carter Ryking kidnaps his boyhood friend Professor X to try and figure out what their fathers were working on at a genetic research facility when the two were kids.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).