New X-Men #44 - First Appearance of Tempo, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: New X-Men (Marvel, 2004 series)
Issue: #44
Publication date: January 2008
Key date: January 2008
On-sale date: November 21, 2007
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $2.99; 3.05 CAD
Pages: 52
Barcode: 75960605544904411
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Tempo - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Predator X - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Messiah Complex: Chapter Four	cover	1	pencils: David Finch; inks: Danny Miki; colors: Jason Keith	New X-Men [X-23 [Laura Kinney]; Hellion [Julian Keller]; Surge [Noriko Ashida]; Mercury [Cessily Kincaid]; Rockslide [Santo Vaccarro]; Pixie [Megan Gwynn]; Anole [Victor Borkowski]]
1	Previously in Messiah Complex...	recap	1	letters: typeset
2	Messiah Complex Chapter Four	comic story	22	script: Craig Kyle, Chris Yost; pencils: Humberto Ramos; inks: Carlos Cuevas; colors: Studio F's Edgar Delgado; letters: Dave Sharpe	Angel, Arclight, Joanna Cargill, Colossus, Cyclops, Raven Darkhölme, Nathaniel Essex, Exodus, Forge, Frenzy, Gambit, John Greycrow, Harpoon, Kim Il Sung
3	The X-Men	text article	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, John Cassaday, David Finch, Billy Tan	X-23; Beast [Hank McCoy]; X-Men [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Angel; Iceman; Beast]; X-Men [Cyclops; Emma Frost [White Queen]; Wolverine; Angel; Nightcrawler]
4	Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning	in-house column	1	script: Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning; pencils: Adi Granov; inks: Adi Granov; colors: Adi Granov	Nova, Richard Rider
5	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
6	Fury's Files: [The Avengers]	text article	1	pencils: John Cassaday, Jim Cheung, David Finch, Alex Ross; inks: John Cassaday, Art Thibert, Alex Ross; colors: John Cassaday, Frank D'Armata, Alex Ross	Avengers

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 3.99 USD; 5.75 CAD; barcode 07148602185801
Variant Edition - J. Scott Campbell Cover	barcode 75960605544904421
2nd Printing Variant - Humberto Ramos Cover	barcode 75960605544904431

Where to read it

Collection	Year
X-Men Milestones: Messiah Complex #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-92280-1	2020	On eBay ›
X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96673-7	2026	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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