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Issue: X-Men Epic Collection #20
Publication Date: January 2022
 
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Title: Bishop's Crossing
Variant: unnamed
Rating: T
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/30/2022
Volume: 20
Pages: 516
ISBN: 9781302934521
UPC/EAN: 978130293452154999
Price: $62.50 CAD
$49.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: T
Content Items: 87 (22 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; glossy interior
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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The Resurrection and the Flesh

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The Hand (villain)
The Hand brings Omega Red (formerly Arkady) back to life. The X-Men play basketball, mutant style. Moira agonizes over her part in the Magneto fiasco and leaves. Gambit and Rogue are on the way to a chaperoned date when Omega Red and the Hand interfere.
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At the Hands of Omega Red

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Blowback

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The Hand (villain); Dr. Cornelius (villain)
Wolverine is captured by Omega Red and Fenris so they can probe his memories to find a Carbonadium Synthesizer that has been lost for 30 years. Wolverine escapes with the help of an old friend. The X-Men come after him as well.
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...Along Came Sabretooth

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Farther Still

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Birdy; The Hand (villain); Dr. Cornelius (villain)
Maverick tries to help Wolverine heal up. Psylocke is taken over by Matsuo and helps Sabretooth capture the X-Men. Psylocke and Sabretooth then go after and capture Maverick and Logan.
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Inside...Out!

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The Hand (villain); Dr. Cornelius (villain, death)
Psylocke breaks Matsuo's conditioning and helps Maverick facilitate the X-Men's escape.
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Wizard #8 Cover

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Desperate Alliances!

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X.S.E. [Bishop [Lucas Bishop]; Randall; Malcolm]
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Fresh Upstart

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X-Men Gold Team is formed. Trevor Fitzroy of the Upstarts sends Sentinels to slaughter Donald Pierce and the Reavers as well as the White Queen and the Hellions (and doesn't do a shabby job of taking out both).
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His Name Is Bishop

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Payback

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X-Men [Professor X [Charles Francis Xavier]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Jean Grey; Colossus [Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin]; Iceman [Robert Louis Drake]; Archangel [Warren Kenneth Worthington III]; Forge]]; X.S.E. [Bishop [Lucas Bishop]; Malcolm; Randall] (introductions for all); White Queen [Jean Grey]; Shinobi Shaw (villain); Trevor Fitzroy (villain); Bantam (villain, introduction); Hellions (villains, death); Kroeger (villain, introduction, death); Burke (villain, introduction); Stylles (villain, introduction); Other Fitzroy Minions (villains); Donald Pierce (cameo); Sentinels (cameo)
The X-Men track the White Queen, who is being possessed by Jean Grey, to Fitzroy's stronghold where she is being held captive. Fitzroy kills all of the Hellions to open a portal from his future where a band of bad guys pours through. They are followed closely by Bishop, Randall, and Malcolm (X-Men from the future).
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Bishop's appearance here is a last page cameo and it is a toss-up whether his first full appearance is this issue or next (even though he's on the cover).
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Bishop's Crossing

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Bishop's Crossing

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Bishop battles the X-Men, believing them to be imposters, and Fitzroy escapes in the struggle.
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What Lies Beyond the Void?

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Into the Void

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XSE [Bishop; Malcolm; Randall]; Hideko Tokagara (death); Kobiashi (death); #22 (death); Tanaka (death); Mr. Rosmenkov (death); Posse Comitatus (1st) [Primate; Adjunct (death); unnamed]; D'airr (mentioned); K'arnak (mentioned); Lifers [Burke (death); Stylles (death)]
Outfitted with new armor, Sunfire accidentally opens a portal to another dimension. Intercepting a distress call, the X-Men aid Sunfire against the Posse Comitatus. The portal void ruptures and Sunfire and the X-Men are pulled into it. Burke and Stylles slaughter numerous people before being killed by Bishop and the XSE. Bishop vows to hunt down all the escaped Lifers.
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Portal's End

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Down the Rabbit Hole

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Avatar [Queen Sha-Har-a-Zath] (1st)
The X-Men fall through the portal to another dimension where they run across Colossus' long-dead brother.
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Close Call

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Mikhail closes the portal and he and the X-Men return to Earth.
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...and Two Must Fall!

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Bishop to King's Five

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The X-Men punk out Bishop and he has a long dream about the events in his future that led to him jumping to the present. Bishop joins the X-Men.
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1st mention of the X-Traitor.
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Gambit vs. Bishop

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Tooth and Claw

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Bishop has it out with Gambit. The X-Men enjoy a nice afternoon picnic when Gambit's wife shows up to crash the party.
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Ghost Rider and X-Men

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Blood Feud!

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Assassins Guild (villain); Brood (villain)
Gambit and the X-Men make their way to New Orleans to investigate a feud between the Thieves and Assassins Guilds. Ghost Rider is in New Orleans looking for Blaze when he is captured and infected by the Brood.
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Death 'Neath New Orleans

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The Not So Big Easy

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The X-Men fight a Brood infected Ghost Rider beneath the streets of New Orleans and try to find a way to separate him from the alien menace.
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Ghost Rider and X-Men

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Vengeance. Pure and Simple.

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Clara; Brood; Assassin Guild Member
Ghost Rider and the X-Men destroy the Brood colony beneath New Orleans.
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Bishop Triumphant

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Time and Place

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Bishop struggles to cope with his new team and his new time.
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Marvel Swimsuit Special #1 Parody Ad

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Shattershot Part 1

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Shattershot Part 1: The Slaves of Destiny

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Journal entry: day the last.
The X-Men must save Mojo's slave maker turned rebellion leader from being recaptured by his former master.
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Inside the X-Mansion

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A Mutant Masterwork

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X-Men's Top Ten Villains

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All right Danger Room, pump it up to the max!
Wolverine takes Jubilee on a tour of the X-Men's most dangerous foes.
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A Mutant Masterwork

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X-Men Blackbird

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A Mutant Masterwork

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A Mutant Masterwork

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Shattershot Part 2

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The Masters of Inevitability (Shattershot Part 2)

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Mojoworld. It exists in another dimension so far from our own....
Mojo sends the Death Sponsors to capture Arize, but the X-Men stand in their way.
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A Mutant Masterwork

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Angel of Death

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Few must face down death as often as an X-Man.
Being knocked out in a battle with Mandroids, Warren has a nightmare about the mutant massacre in the Morlock tunnels.
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A Mutant Masterwork

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Roots of the Past

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It is a beutiful starlit night that hangs over the grounds...
Bishop tries to cope with his new life as an X-Man. Storm plants a tree.
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A Mutant Masterwork

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A Mutant Masterwork

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A Mutant Masterwork

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Marvel: 1991 - the Year in Review Cover

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Man of the Year: Professor X

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X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee TPB Introduction

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X-Men: The Coming of Bishop TPB Afterword

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X-Men & Ghost Rider: Brood Trouble in the Big Easy Cover

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X-Men & Ghost Rider: Brood Trouble in the Big Easy Introduction Page

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Rescripted from X-Men #8 to serve as a recap page.
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