- Script
- Roger Stern
- Pencils
- John Buscema (breakdowns)
- Inks
- Tom Palmer (finishes)
- Letters
- Jim Novak
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Avengers [Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner; the Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; The Enclave [Morlak; Shinski; Zota]; Derek Freeman; Her (flashback); Jean Grey; Melter; Raymond Sikorski; Scourge; Adam Warlock (flashback); Nelson (FBI diver); Carter (FBI diver); Keegan (Melter's henchman)
- Synopsis
- Sub-Mariner joins the Avengers. The Avengers retrieve a cocoon from the bottom of Jamaica Bay which contains the dormant body of the long-thought-dead Jean Grey of X-Men fame.
- Reprints
Continued in Fantastic Four #286, which leads up to X-Factor #1.
- Script
- John Byrne; Chris Claremont
- Pencils
- John Byrne; Butch Guice
- Inks
- Terry Austin; Butch Guice
- Letters
- John Workman
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; She-Hulk; Invisible Woman; Human Torch]; Avengers [Captain America; Hercules; Black Knight (flashback; cameo); Namor (flashback; cameo); Wasp (flashback; cameo)]; Jean Grey; Jarvis; Phoenix [Jean Grey] (flashback); X-Men [Cyclops; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Wolverine; Colossus; Storm; Nightcrawler; Banshee; Professor X] (cameo; flashback); Sentinels (flashback; cameo); Stephen Lang (flashback; cameo); Doctor Corbeau (flashback; cameo)
- Synopsis
- Reed Richards manages to free Jean Grey from the capsule the Avengers had found her in. While trying to restore her missing memories, Jean learns that she was replaced by the Phoenix, who in turn was destroyed by the humanity it gained by duplicating Jean.
- Reprints
Story continues in part from Avengers #263 and continues in part in X-Factor #1.
According to John Byrne, significant portions of this issue were redrawn by Guice and rewritten by Claremont at the direction of Jim Shooter. (Note taken from the index of the original printing in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #286)
- Script
- Louise Simonson
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson
- Inks
- Dan Green
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Beast; Angel; Rusty Collins; Skids; Artie; Leech; Boom Boom]; Cameron Hodge; Caliban; Ape; Master Mold; Madelyne Pryor (cameo; illusion); Nathan Christopher Summers (cameo; illusion); Phoenix (cameo; illusion); Alex Summers [Havok] (cameo; flashback)
- Synopsis
- Master Mold awakens and heads for Cyclops. Scott leaves for Alaska to find his wife and child but discovers that all records of them have been erased like they never really existed.
- Reprints
Early mention of "The Twelve".