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X-Men #205

Name: X-Men #205
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Jan 2008 · Marvel · 2.99 USD; 3.05 CAD

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“Messiah Complex Chapter Five”

★ 1st appearance — Hope Summers

In "Messiah Complex Chapter Five," the X-Men face brutal setbacks as Mr. Sinister's forces overwhelm them—only to discover he doesn’t have the mutant child. Wolverine gets a crucial lead from Gambit: Cable has taken the baby. Meanwhile, the New X-Men clash with Lady Deathstrike, and Sentinel Squad ONE turns on the team left behind at the mansion. Written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Chris Bachalo, with inks by Tim Townsend, colors by Brian Reber, and letters by Cory Petit, this issue builds tension with sharp pacing and escalating stakes. The cover by David Finch and Danny Miki captures the chaos in bold, dynamic strokes.

writer Mike Carey · artist Chris Bachalo · inker Tim Townsend · colorist Brian Reber · letterer Cory Petit · cover David Finch, Danny Miki

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Trivia · 8 facts

First on-panel appearance of Hope Summers (as a newborn infant), created by writer Mike Carey and penciler Chris Bachalo — she had been mentioned but not seen in earlier chapters of the crossover.
Chapter 5 of 13 in the 'X-Men: Messiah Complex' weekly crossover event (October 2007 – January 2008), which ran through Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, New X-Men, and X-Men simultaneously.
Written by Mike Carey; interior art by Chris Bachalo (pencils) and Tim Townsend (inks); edited by Nick Lowe under editor-in-chief Joe Quesada.
Standard cover by David Finch (with Danny Miki and Frank D'Armata); a variant cover by J. Scott Campbell was also produced; a second-printing variant with cover art by Chris Bachalo followed.
The issue delivers the crossover's central plot twist: Wolverine learns through a confrontation with Gambit that neither the Marauders nor any villain faction holds the mutant baby — Cable, alive, has already taken her.
Hope Summers' birth had previously destroyed Cerebra, triggered psionic shockwaves detectable across the globe, and sparked the bloody multi-faction race that forms the backbone of the entire Messiah Complex story; this issue is where she is first physically shown.
Hope was not named in this issue; she received the name 'Hope' from Cable in the subsequent solo Cable (vol. 2) series, with Cable #10 cited as the naming issue.
X-Men #205 is collected in the X-Men: Messiah Complex hardcover (Marvel, April 2008), the 2008 trade paperback edition, the 2019 X-Men Milestones: Messiah Complex reprint, and the X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus — ensuring wide ongoing availability of this key chapter.