- Script
- John Byrne (credited) (plot); Chris Claremont (credited) (plot, script)
- Pencils
- John Byrne (credited)
- Inks
- Terry Austin (credited)
- Colors
- Bob Sharen (credited)
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski (credited)
- Job Number
- LF608
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's always hard to bid farewell to those you love.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Colossus; Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Storm; Wolverine [Logan; James Howlett]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy]]; Alex Summers [Havok]; Hellfire Club's Inner Circle [Jason Wyngarde [Mastermind]; Sebastian Shaw (cameo); White Queen [Emma Frost] (introduction)]; Katherine "Kitty" Pryde (introduction); Carmen Pryde (introduction); Terri Pryde (introduction); Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Jamie Madrox [Multiple Man]; Moira MacTaggert; Hellfire Knights; Donald Pierce (cameo); Harry Leland (cameo); Cutler
- Synopsis
- The X-Men return to the states, but Banshee stays in Scotland with Moira. Upon entering the mansion, the X-Men find Xavier is back and ready to lead the team again. Professor X identifies a new mutant, and the X-Men go to recruit her. The Hellfire Club also tries to woo the young Kitty Pryde into their ranks.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 2009 series) #4
- in Spécial Strange (Editions Lug, 1975 series) #28 (10 juin 1982)
- in The Dark Phoenix Saga: The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1984 series) (1984)
- in The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1984 series) ([March] 1984)
- in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #25 (Junho 1984)
- in Prosjekt X (Semic, 1984 series) #5/1985 (uke 19 1985)
- in Die Gruppe X (Condor, 1985 series) #7 (1986)
- in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #11 (Marzo 1988)
- in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #35 (July 1989)
which is reprinted- in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #150 (Febrero 28 de 1991)
- in X-Men (TM-Semic, 1992 series) #1/1992 (1992)
- in Marvel Limited: X-Men Famous Firsts (Marvel, 1995 series) (January 1995)
- in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 ([August] 1997) [black and white]
- in X-Men Vol. 1, No. 129 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2003 series) (July 2003)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #4 ([October] 2004)
- in X-Men [pocket] (Egmont, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2006 series) ([March] 2006)
- in The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
- in X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2010 series) (June 2010)
- in X-Men: We Are the X-Men (Marvel, 2010 series) ([July] 2010)
- in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #4 - La Patrulla-X: La Saga De Fénix Oscura (Septiembre 2010)
- in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection (Hachette Partworks, 2011 series) #2 - Uncanny X-Men: Dark Phoenix (January 2012)
- in Marvel Gold. La Imposible Patrulla-X (Panini España, 2011 series) #2 - Días del Futuro Pasado
- in Marvel Série II (Levoir, 2012 series) #2 - X-Men: A Saga da Fénix Negra
- in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #2 - X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (August 2013)
- in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #24 - Невероятные Люди Икс: Темный Феникс
- in X-Men Milestones: Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
- in True Believers: X-Men - Kitty Pryde & Emma Frost (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (December 2019)
- in X-Men - La Collection Mutante (Hachette, 2020 series) #2 - Le Phénix noir (novembre 2020)
- in Phoenix Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 (2021)
- in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #7 - The Fate of the Phoenix (2021)
- in X-Men No. 129 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2023 series) (2023)
- Keywords
- Deerfield; Hellfire Club; Malt Shoppe; Penthouse; Scotland
Wolverine reads an issue of Penthouse in the story.
- Script
- Chris Claremont
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Letters of comment from Stephanie, Mario and Mark Hyacinth, and Margaret O'Connell.