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X-Men: Messiah Complex
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<p>"X-Men: Messiah Complex" (also known as "Messiah CompleX") is an <a href="/facts/American_comic_book/RA0DTh5F">American comic book</a> <a href="/facts/Fictional_crossover/847DbpJ0">crossover</a> storyline published by <a href="/facts/Marvel_Comics/aze3GojA">Marvel Comics</a> from October <a href="/facts/2007_in_comics/47VkMp3r">2007</a> to January <a href="/facts/2008_in_comics/Ec53WuGt">2008</a>, which ran through the various <a href="/facts/X-Men/9kTgk0Yy">X-Men</a> books. </p><p>The story is the climax of events that began with "<a href="/facts/House_of_M/c4wHTJ9Q">House of M</a>", which led to the <a href="/facts/Decimation_(comics)/5d13ykvq">decimation of mutants in the Marvel Universe</a>, and the first chapter of a three-part saga, which continued in "<a href="/facts/Messiah_War/g1Y4Fpwt">Messiah War</a>", released in 2009, and culminated in "<a href="/facts/X-Men:_Second_Coming/TA6B1noC">Second Coming</a>", a crossover between all X-Men titles in early 2010. </p>