Classic X-Men #42 [Direct]
(Mid December 1989)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Daryl Edelman (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (reprint material editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Dark Phoenix Saga [Part 8] (Table of Contents)

X-Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Lightle (credited) (signed as Steve Lightle)
Inks
Steve Lightle (credited) (signed as Steve Lightle)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Dark Phoenix [Jean Grey]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Lightle (credited)
Inks
Steve Lightle (credited)
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor X
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page also includes credits.

Child of Light and Darkness (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited) (co-plotter and scripter); John Byrne (co-plotter)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Terry Austin (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Araki; Beast [Hank McCoy]; President Jimmy Carter (cameo); Dark Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Gladiator [Kallark]; Elaine Grey; John Grey; Sarah Grey; Edwin Jarvis; Lilandra Neramani; Tuoks'Enhaamin
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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.
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Keywords
Avengers Mansion; Shi'ar; White House

When Dreams Are Dust (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Mike Collins (credited)
Inks
Al Williamson (see notes)
Colors
Gregory Wright (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sage Air Force Base -- Sage, Nebraska...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Jean Grey; Doctor Robyn Hanover; Mr. Sinister [Dr. Nathaniel Essex]; Phoenix (flashforward); Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Tricia Bogart (death); Colonel Richard Bogart (death); Mr. Pearson; Nate
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Scott thinks he is about to get adopted from the orphanage but Mr. Sinister intervenes, and the couple that tried to help Dr. Hanover figure out the mysteries of Scott's past are killed in an airplane crash.
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Indexer Notes

Though Joe Rubinstein is credited as the inker, Terry Staats confirmed via Facebook Messenger, on 24 September 2018, with Joe Rubinstein that the inker was actually Al Williamson.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Dark Phoenix Saga [Part 8]
    X-Men
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Child of Light and Darkness
    X-Men
  4. 3. When Dreams Are Dust
    X-Men
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