Excalibur #52 [Direct]
(July 1992)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.75 USD; 2.15 CAD; 1.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1992-05-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Terry Kavanagh (credited) (editor); Mark Powers (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

Prof. X versus the X-Men (Table of Contents)

Excalibur / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Davis (signed as Alan Davis)
Inks
Mark Farmer (signed as FARMER)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Jean Grey; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Reprints

All You Ever Wanted to Know About Phoenix... But Were Afraid to Ask (Table of Contents: 1)

Excalibur / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Davis (credited)
Pencils
Will Simpson (credited) (breakdowns); Jimmy Palmiotti (credited) (finishes); Dave Hoover (credited) (finishes)
Inks
Jimmy Palmiotti (credited) (finishes); Dave Hoover (credited) (finishes)
Colors
Kelly Corvese (credited)
Letters
Michael Heisler (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a troubled world, moments of peace are to be treasured.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Crazy Gang: Executioner (cameo); The Jester (cameo); The Knave (cameo); Red Queen (cameo); Tweedledope (cameo)
Excalibur: Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Meggan; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]
Excalibur (Days of Future Past - Earth-811): Phoenix [Rachel Grey Summers] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (origin) (also in flashback as Rachel Summers)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (illusion and cameo flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (illusion and flashback); Jean Grey (also in flashback); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (illusion and cameo flashback); Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Rogue [Anna Marie] (illusion); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde] (illusion); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (illusion and cameo flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (illusion and cameo flashback)
Ahab [Roderick Campbell] (cameo flashback); Beast [Hank McCoy] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (of 2013, cameo flashback); Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (of 2013, cameo flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (of 2013, flashback); Elaine Grey (cameo flashback); Jean Grey (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (of 2013, cameo flashback); John Grey (cameo flashback); Magneto [Max Eisenhardt] (illusion); Magneto [Max Eisenhardt] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (of 2013, cameo flashback); Merlyn (cameo flashback); Necrom (cameo flashback); The Phoenix Force (also in flashback); Kate Pryde-Rasputin (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (flashback); Franklin Richards (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (flashback) (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (flashback) (cameo); Alistaire Stuart; White Queen [Emma Frost] (flashback) (cameo); Phoenix [Jean Grey] (illusion); Rachel Summers (of 2013, cameo flashback); Feron Sr. (cameo flashback); Amanda Sefton (of 2013, death in cameo flashback); Illyana Rasputin (of 2013, death in cameo flashback); Professor X (in 2013, death in flashback); Angel (of 2013, cameo flashback); Sentinels (of 2013, cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Professor X tries to reach Rachel through her coma and he and Excalibur are treated to a full and detailed origin of both Phoenix and Rachel by the Phoenix Force. After the tale is told, the Phoenix Force takes Rachel to the stars to heal.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Sword Strokes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Richard L. Pollard, Jim Solomita, Bryan Alexander, Kim Sanders, Josephine M. Conely, Rocky Chen.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Prof. X versus the X-Men
    Excalibur
  2. 1. All You Ever Wanted to Know About Phoenix... But Were Afraid to Ask
    Excalibur
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Sword Strokes
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