Official Press Release

X-Men Second Coming Heats Up With Even More Sell Outs!

Marvel is pleased to announce that both Uncanny X-Men #524 and X-Men: Hellbound #1, tie-ins to X-Men: Second Coming, have sold out at Diamond (though copies may still be available at the retail level) and will return with Uncanny X-Men #524 Second Printing Variant and X-Men: Hellbound #1 Second Printing Variant!

In Uncanny X-Men #524, the team of Eisner Award-winning scribe Matt Fraction and superstar artist Terry Dodson join forces for a historic X-Men issue, as the team mourns the loss of a beloved team member. Uncanny X-Men #524 Second Printing Variant features the stunning interior art of Dodson on a new cover!

Then, in X-Men: Hellbound #1, the fan favorite creative team of Chris Yost and Harvey Tolibao reunite to send the X-Men on a deadly mission to Limbo in order to rescue Magik! But just who will join the team for this deadly mission? X-Men: Hellbound #1 Second Printing Variant features jaw dropping interior art from Tolibao on the new cover.

With seven consecutive sell outs, X-Men: Second Coming tie-ins are flying off store shelves and Marvel urges retailers to check their orders on upcoming chapters. As mutantkind faces complete extinction, and one freund has fallen, will the X-Men survive Bastion’s assault intact? Don’t miss out two exciting chapters of the X-event rocking the comics world in Uncanny X-Men #524 Second Printing Variant and X-Men: Hellbound #1 Second Printing Variant!

X-MEN: SECOND COMING – CHAPTER ONE

X-MEN: SECOND COMING SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (FEB108448)

Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE

Pencils and Cover by DAVID FINCH

Rated T+ …$3.99

ON SALE NOW!

X-MEN: SECOND COMING – CHAPTER TWO

UNCANNY X-MEN #523 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (FEB108480)

Written by MATT FRACTION

Penciled by TERRY DODSON

Cover by DANIEL ACUNA

Rated T+ …$2.99

ON SALE – 5/12/10

X-MEN: SECOND COMING – CHAPTER THREE

NEW MUTANTS #12 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (FEB108479)

Written by Zeb Wells

Pencils and Cover by IBRAIM ROBERSON

Rated T+ …$2.99

ON SALE – 5/12/10

X-MEN: SECOND COMING – CHAPTER FOUR

X-MEN LEGACY #235 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (MAR108019)

Written by MIKE CAREY

Pencils and Cover by GREG LAND

Rated A …$2.99

ON SALE – 5/19/10

X-MEN: SECOND COMING: REVELATIONS TIE-IN

X-FACTOR #204 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (MAR108018)

Written by PETER DAVID

Pencils and Cover by VALENTINE DE LANDRO

Rated T+ …$2.99

ON SALE – 5/19/10

X-MEN: SECOND COMING – CHAPTER FIVE

X-FORCE # 26 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (MAR108067)

Written by CRAIG KYLE and CHRISTOPHER YOST

Pencils by MIKE CHOI

Cover by TOM RANEY

Parental Advisory …$2.99

On-Sale—5/26/10

X-MEN: SECOND COMING – CHAPTER SIX

UNCANNY X-MEN #524 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (MAR108109)

Written by MATT FRACTION

Pencils and Cover by TERRY DODSON

Rated T+ …$2.99

FOC—5/13/10, On-Sale—6/02/10

X-MEN:SECOND COMING REVALATIONS TIE-IN

X-MEN: HELLBOUND #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (MAR108108)

Written by CHRIS YOST

Pencils and Cover by HARVEY TOLIBAO

Parental Advisory …$3.99

FOC—5/13/10, On-Sale—6/02/10