(September 1980)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.75 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Jim Salicrup (Editor); Louise Jones (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Phoenix (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 (April 1984) which is reprinted -
in L' Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #17 (Ottobre 1988), #18 (Novembre 1988), #19 (Dicembre 1988) - in Star Magazine (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #12 (Settembre 1991) [pp. 1-29]
-
Phoenix Must Die!
X-Men / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks:
- Terry Austin (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Jim Novak; typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Cyclops; Jean Grey
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration (migrated reprint links need inspection)
-
in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #393 (January 1983) - in Phoenix (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 (April 1984)
- in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Marvel, 1987 series) #7 (July 1988)
- in Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men (Marvel, 1998 series) #3 (September 1998) [cover]
- in The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (Marvel, 2001 series) #8 (December 2001)
- 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 X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] (June 2010)
-
in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #4 - La Patrulla-X: La Saga De Fénix Oscura (Septiembre 2010) - in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #2
- in Marvel Gold. La Imposible Patrulla-X (Panini España, 2011 series) #2 - Días del Futuro Pasado
-
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The Fate of the Phoenix!
X-Men / comic story / 35 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; Phoenix [Jean Grey] (Death; also as Marvel Girl and Dark Phoenix); Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; GUESTS: Watcher; Recorder; Beast; Angel; Lilandra; Shi'ar; Kree; Skrulls; Supreme Intelligence; Gladiator; Imperial Guard [Starbolt; Oracle; Tempest; Nightside; Smasher; Warstar (1st); Earthquake (1st); Hussar (1st); Manta (1st)]
- Synopsis:
- Lilandra transports the X-Men to her base so that Phoenix can be killed for her crime of wiping out an entire star system; Xavier explains that the Phoenix Force has been purged from Jean and demands the right to trial by combat when his captors refuse to listen; The X-Men and the Imperial Guard fight on the Blue Area of the Moon to determine Jean's fate; During the battle, Dark Phoenix manifests herself once again and Jean sacrifices herself rather than let the Phoenix loose on the universe.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration (migrated reprint links need inspection)
- in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #393 (January 1983) [17 pages only; [17 pages only]]
- in The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1984 series) #[nn] ([March] 1984)
- in Phoenix (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 (April 1984) [29 pp.] which is reprinted
- in L' Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #17 (Ottobre 1988) [part 1], #18 (Novembre 1988) [part 2], #19 (Dicembre 1988) [part 3]
- in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #43 (January 1990)
- in X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
- in Star Magazine (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #12 (Settembre 1991) [as reprinted in Phoenix #1]
- in Marvel Collectible Classics: X-Men (Marvel, 1998 series) #3 (September 1998)
- in The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (Marvel, 2001 series) #8 (December 2001)
- in Wizard X-Men Masterpiece Edition (Marvel; Wizard, 2003 series) #1 (December 2003)
- in X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] (June 2010)
- in Coleccionable Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2010 series) #4 - La Patrulla-X: La Saga De Fénix Oscura (Septiembre 2010)
- in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #2
- in Marvel Gold. La Imposible Patrulla-X (Panini España, 2011 series) #2 - Días del Futuro Pasado
-
Indexer Notes
As is now known, Phoenix and Jean Grey were never one and the same as revealed in Jean's resurrection in Avengers #263 and Fantastic Four #286; In the original story, Jean Grey didn't die and the story with the original ending is printed in Phoenix: The Untold Story #1
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Patrick Lemaire
- David B
- Eric Gimlin
- Mike Nielsen
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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