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Issue: Phoenix #1

- Attribution History

Publication Date: April 1984

Issue #1

Detail

Issues: #1 of 1 Issue (3 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 1984

Volume: 1

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860277245

Price: $2.25 CAD
$2.00 USD

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Jim Salicrup (editor); Louise Jones (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Notes: Reprints X-Men #137 with the original ending where Phoenix (Jean Grey) didn't die as well as additional material.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: one-shot

Format Notes:

Variants3

3 Phoenix #1 [Direct]

Phoenix #1 [Canadian]

Phoenix #1 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In0

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Images1

Cover, Wraparound

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (7 total)

The Untold Story

Illustration on Cover, Wraparound from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Dark Phoenix; X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Colossus; Storm; Angel; Beast; Wolverine; Nightcrawler]

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Wraparound cover.

Source for letters credit is The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1988).

The Fate of the Phoenix

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Colossus; Storm; Angel; Beast; Wolverine; Nightcrawler]; Lilandra; Shi'ar; Gladiator; Imperial Guard; Kree; Skrulls; Watcher

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.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 12

A Taste of Armageddon

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Colossus; Storm; Angel; Beast; Wolverine; Nightcrawler]; Lilandra; Gladiator; Imperial Guard [Gladiator; Warstar; Starfire; Smasher; Oracle; Hussar; Manta]; Watcher

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Return to the Ashes

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Colossus; Storm; Angel; Beast; Wolverine; Nightcrawler]; Lilandra; Imperial Guard [Gladiator; Warstar; Starfire; Smasher; Oracle; Hussar; Manta]; Watcher; Recorder

Synopsis: Phoenix is purged from Jean Grey's system.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: New material.

Cover of X-Men #137

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Cyclops; Phoenix

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Dark Phoenix Tapes

Text Article on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): X-Men Creators

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 12

Notes: Text Piece With Clip Art: Interview with the creators on Why Phoenix Had to Die (or did she?).

Unused Splash for X-Men #138

Illustration on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Cyclops; Jean Grey

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Original unused Splash Page for X-Men #138 featuring Cyclops and Jean Grey.