(August 1980)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.40 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Jim Salicrup (Editor); Bob Budiansky (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US Size; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; Was ongoing
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
Letters page replies by Chris Claremont.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in L' Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #16 (Agosto 1988)
- in L' Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #17 (Ottobre 1988)
Child of Light and Darkness!
X-Men / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks:
- Terry Austin (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jim Novak; typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Professor X; Cyclops; Dark Phoenix; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Marvel, 1987 series) #7 (July 1988)
- in Wizard X-Men Masterpiece Edition (Marvel / Wizard, 2003 series) #1 (December 2003) [cover]
- in Buy Rite, Inc. [X-Men] (Marvel, 2006 series) #[nn] (April 2006)
- in Hasbro / Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 2010 series) #136 (April 2010) [cover]
- in X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] (June 2010)
- in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #2
Child of Light and Darkness!
X-Men / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Byrne (plot); Chris Claremont (plot, script)
- Pencils:
- John Byrne
- Inks:
- Terry Austin
- Colors:
- Glynis Wein
- Letters:
- Tom Orzechowski
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- FEATURE: X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; GUESTS: Beast; Angel; Lilandra; Gladiator; Shi'ar; Jarvis; John Grey; Elaine Grey; Sara Grey (1st); VILLAIN: Dark Phoenix [Jean Grey]; CAMEO: Jimmy Carter
- Synopsis:
- Dark Phoenix returns to Earth to face the X-Men and her old life; After a pitched battle with her former teammates, Jean is restored to her right mind after a furious assault by Xavier; As the team is celebrating the purging of the Phoenix force, they vanish into thin air.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1984 series) #[nn] ([March] 1984)
- in L' Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #16 (Agosto 1988) [part 1]
- in L' Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #17 (Ottobre 1988) [part 2]
- in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #42 (Mid December 1989)
- in X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
- in Wizard X-Men Masterpiece Edition (Marvel / Wizard, 2003 series) #1 (December 2003)
- in Hasbro / Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 2010 series) #136 (April 2010)
- in X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] (June 2010)
- in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #2
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Patrick Lemaire
- Mike Nielsen
- David Bachman
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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