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Issue: Essential X-Men #4
Publication Date: May 2010
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Issues: #4 of 59 Issues
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Publisher: FlagPanini UK
Brand: Marvel Collectors' Edition; Panini Comics
Indicia Publisher: Panini Publishing
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 100
ISBN:
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Price: £2.95 GBP
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Scott Gray
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Attack of the Skrulls!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Terry Dodson
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): X-Men
Character(s): Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; White Queen [Emma Frost]; X-23 [Laura Kinney]; Skrull (with Wolverine, Colossus and Cyclops powers); Skrull (with Iceman and Colossus powers)
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From Content Item: FlagSecret Invasion: X-Men #1 [1st Printing] published October 2008
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Essential X-Men

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Introduces this issue and recaps the two story arcs (Secret Invasion and Legacy).
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Final Solution (Part One)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Carey
Penciller(s): Cary Nord
Inker(s): Cary Nord
Colorist(s): Dave McCaig
Letterer(s): Virtual Calligraphy [as VC]; Joe Caramagna
Editor(s): Will Panzo (original assistant editor); Nick Lowe (original editor); Joe Quesada (original editor in chief)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): X-Men
Character(s): Skrulls; Drop-Captain Ssrov; Soul Shepherd Sar T'Llrk; Officer Molson; White Queen [Emma Frost]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Sunspot [Roberto da Costa]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]; X-23 [Laura Kinney]; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Beast [Henry McCoy]; Dzirot; Prodigy [David Alleyne]; Dust [Sooraya Qadir]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Celeste Cuckoo; Mindee Cuckoo; Phoebe Cuckoo; Officer Trant; Adjutant Evh'Ser; Vuruth Ga'Ar; Mercury [Cessily Kincaid]; Surge [Noriko Ashida]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; Skrull (with Sunspot's powers); Skrull (with Wolverine's powers); Skrull (with Cyclops powers)
Synopsis: The Skrull Empire begins its invasion and attacks San Francisco, unaware the X-Men are there.
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From Content Item: FlagSecret Invasion: X-Men #1 [1st Printing] published October 2008
was Secret Invasion, Part One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Dan Buckley (Original Publisher)
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Marvel Spotlight

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Synopsis: Spotlights the upcoming and current Panini UK releases.
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First Line: On Sale Now!
Synopsis: Advertises a current release from Panini UK.
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Final Solution (Part Two)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Carey
Penciller(s): Cary Nord
Inker(s): Cary Nord
Colorist(s): Dave McCaig
Letterer(s): Virtual Calligraphy [as VC]; Joe Caramagna
Editor(s): Will Panzo (original assistant editor); Nick Lowe (original editor); Joe Quesada (original editor in chief)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): X-Men
Character(s): Skrull (with Human Torch and Thing powers); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Skrull (with Wolverine and Colossus powers); Beast [Henry McCoy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Skrull (with Mister Fantastic powers); Skrull (with Iceman powers); Skrull (with Shadowcat powers); Dust [Sooraya Qadir]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; White Queen [Emma Frost]; Commander H'Kurrek; Lieutenant Jash; Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier]; Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier]; Ch'Rith; Rockslide [Santo Vaccarro]; Armor [Hisako Ichiki]; Surge [Noriko Ashida]; Celeste Cuckoo; Mindee Cuckoo; Phoebe Cuckoo; Skrull (with Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Iceman and Colossus powers); X-23 [Laura Kinney]; Warpath [James Proudstar]; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]; Angel/Archangel [Warren Worthington III]; Mercury [Cessily Kincaid]
Synopsis: The X-Men retreat after facing Super-Skrulls but switch to guerilla tactics and successfully capture one for Beast to experiment on. Meanwhile Emma Frost tries to defeat the psychic blockade.
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From Content Item: FlagSecret Invasion: X-Men #2 [unnamed variant] published November 2008
was Secret Invasion, Part Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 23
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"Are They Humanity's Protectors...?"

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Synopsis: Advertises the Secret Invasion story arc.
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[untitled]

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First Line: On Sale 29th April!
Synopsis: Advertises an upcoming Panini UK release.
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Make Mine Marvel!

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Synopsis: Advertises four Panini UK releases.
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Legacy (Part Two)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Carey
Penciller(s): Scot Eaton; Greg Land
Inker(s): John Dell; Andrew Hennessy; Jay Leisten
Colorist(s): Frank D'Armata; Brian Reber
Letterer(s): Cory Petit
Editor(s): Will Panzo (original assistant editor); Joe Quesada (original editor in chief)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Professor X
Character(s): Exodus [Bennet du Paris]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Danger; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Omega Sentinel [Karima Shapandar]; Magneto; Sentinels; Bolivar Trask; Tri-Sentinel; White Queen [Emma Frost]; Moira MacTaggert; Legion [David Haller]; Sway [Suzanne Chan]; Petra; Bolivar Trask; Vulcan [Gabriel Summers]; Darwin [Armando Muñoz]; Moira MacTaggert; Krakoa; Phoenix; Jubilee; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Thunderbird [John Proudstar]; Cypher [Doug Ramsey]; White Queen [Emma Frost]; Wing; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Black King [Sebastian Shaw]; Sunspot [Roberto da Costa]; Tempo [Heather Tucker]; Random [Marshall Stone]; Voght; Baxter; Tucker; John
Synopsis: Exodus and Charles fight a telepathic war which Charles ultimately wins. An instrument of Sebastian Shaw's starts up and kills the two people monitoring it.
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From Issue: FlagX-Men: Legacy #210 [Direct Edition] published June 2008
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Present and Mindscape sequences by Scot Eaton, John Dell, Andrew Hennessy and Frank D'Armata; Flashback sequences by Greg Land, Jay Leisten and Brian Reber; Dan Buckley (Original Publisher); Anthony Dial (Original Production)
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Legacy (Part Three)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Carey
Penciller(s): Scot Eaton; Brandon Peterson
Inker(s): John Dell; Andrew Hennessy; Dave Meikis; Brandon Peterson
Colorist(s): Frank D'Armata; John Rauch
Letterer(s): Cory Petit
Editor(s): Nick Lowe (original editor); Will Panzo (original assistant editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Professor X
Character(s): Juggernaut [Cain Marko]; Professor X; Cassandra Nova; Legion [David Haller]; Joseph MacTaggert; Carter Ryking; Brian Xavier; Sharon Xavier; Mr. Sinister [Nathan Milbury]; Kurt Marko; Destiny [Irene Adler]; Black King [Sebastian Shaw]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]; Phoenix [Jean Gray]; Bishop; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Gambit; White Bishop [Donald Pierce]; Proteus [Kevin MacTaggert]; Brood; Shadow King; Black Bishop [Harry Leland]
Synopsis: Professor X visits a childhood friend who has been institutionalised. Whilst regaining some of his lost memory he discovers that his Doctor was in fact Mr. Sinister. Some masked assassins are also trying to kill him.
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From Issue: FlagX-Men: Legacy #211 [Standard Cover] published July 2008Confirm: direction of reprint
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: There is no credits on the title page; Eaton draws the present day sequences and Peterson draws the flashback sequences.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Subscribe!
Synopsis: Subscription advert for Essential X-Men.
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Next Issue

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Synopsis: Advertises the next issue.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Scott Gray
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mutant Mail
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Sam Farnan, Penelope Wallace, Neil Dunbar, David Kennedy, Sam Denis and Jack Thornley Hancock. Editor Scott Gray replies.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Iron Man
Synopsis: Advertises Iron Man and Spider-Man DVDs available from Play.com.
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