(September 1979)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.40 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode:
- 0714860246109
- Editing:
- Roger Stern (Editor); Jim Salicrup (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US Size; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; Was ongoing
Issue Notes
Letters page replies by Chris Claremont.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Marvel (Labor Comics, 1986 series) #2 (Luglio 1986)
- in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #11 (Agosto 1997)
The Dramatic Return of Phoenix!
X-Men / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Dave Cockrum (signed)
- Inks:
- Terry Austin (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jim Novak
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Storm; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Colossus; Havok; Polaris; Multiple Man; Proteus
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Marvel, 1987 series) #7 (July 1988)
- in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #31 (March 1989)
- in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #2
There's Something Awful On Muir Island!
X-Men / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Chris Claremont (plot, script)
- Pencils:
- John Byrne
- Inks:
- Terry Austin
- Colors:
- Glynis Wein
- Letters:
- Tom Orzechowski
- Job Number:
- LG490
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- FEATURE: X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; GUESTS: Beast; Moira MacTaggert; Lilandra; Havok; Polaris; Multiple Man; VILLAINS: Proteus; Magneto; Mastermind; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Iceman; Angel; CAMEOS: Magda Lehnsherr (Magneto's wife; on video); Popeye; Phantom Stranger (both snuck into a group panel of aliens on the Shi'ar homeworld)
- Synopsis:
- Moira tests Jean's Phoenix powers; Jean begins having hallucinations thanks to Mastermind; Moira discovers that Proteus has escaped; Beast finds out the X-Men are alive and lets them know that Moira needs their help on Muir Isle.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel (Labor Comics, 1986 series) #2 (Luglio 1986)
- in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #31 (March 1989)
- in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #11 (Agosto 1997)
- in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #2
Indexer Notes
This issue is the first to reveal Magneto as the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. Popeye and the Phantom Stranger appear in the background of page 16, panel 5, added by inker Terry Austin. A few characters from the Claremont/Byrne/Austin Starlord book appear in panel 6. These notes added 2005 by Steven Tice.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Peter Croome
- David Bachman
- Jochen G.
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Lou Mougin
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Tim Fitzpatrick
- Tony R. Rose
- Spencer Price-Nash
- Ian Dowell
- Carl Gafford
- Robert Wood
- Lou Mazzella
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