X-Men Adventures [III] #12

(February 1996)

You Can't Go Home Again (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Ralph Macchio

Pencils

Ben Herrera

Inks

Mike Christian

Colors

Adam Wallenta

Letters

Michael Higgins

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Rogue; Gambit; Beast]; Lilandra (guest); Gladiator (guest); Shi'ar (guest); Dark Phoenix [Jean Grey] (villain); Titan (cameo); Oracle (cameo); Hussar (cameo); Earthquake (cameo); Manta (cameo)

Synopsis

With Jean totally under the control of the Dark Phoenix, the X-Men try to take her down but she is too powerful. Dark Phoenix takes off for the stars and destroys the D'Bari star system and her actions are witnessed by the Shi'ar. Pheonix returns to Earth and visits the home of Jean's parents where the X-Men catch up with her. After Xavier wages a pitched battle with Dark Phoenix on the psychic plane, the alien entity is contained and Jean is restored. The joy is cut short, however, as Lilandra and the Shi'ar Imperial Guard show up and proclaim that Jean and the Phoenix must be destroyed.

Keywords

cartoon adaption; psychic plane

Indexer Notes

For this kid friendly version of a classic X-Men tale, the D'Bari star system is proclaimed lifeless when Phoenix destroys it whereas in the original story, millions of aliens were killed.