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Issue: Backpack Marvels: X-Men #2
Publication Date: November 2000
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 164
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Price: $9.95 CAD
$6.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Polly Watson (reprint editor)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: small paperback
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Binding: squarebound
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Dark Phoenix Returns

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Greg Horn (signed) (painting)
Greg Horn (signed) (painting)
Greg Horn (signed) (painting)
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Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
Phoenix
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
blank inside front cover

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Barcode and price.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Dark Phoenix Returns

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Greg Horn
Greg Horn
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
X-men
Phoenix
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Title page for book, includes part of cover painting reproduced in black and white.
Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Contents for issue and credits for design of this reprint book. Also includes indicia.
Romances

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Claremont
Paul Smith
Bob Wiacek
Tom Orzechowski
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Rogue; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; Madelyne Pryor; Lilandra; Mariko Yashida; Silver Samurai; Amanda Sefton; Lockheed; Starjammers [Corsair; Hepzibah; Raza; Ch'od; Binary]; Mastermind (villain); Dark Phoenix (cameo)
Kitty kisses Colossus. Binary joins the Starjammers. Scott and Maddie are engaged.
Reprinting
FlagThe Uncanny X-Men #174 [Direct] published October 1983
was Romances [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
Glynis Oliver (as Glynis Wein) is credited with colors, but reprint is in black and white.
'Til Death [Phoenix]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Claremont
Paul Smith (breakdowns, pages 1-29); John Romita Jr. (breakdowns, pages 30-38); Bob Wiacek (finished art)
Bob Wiacek
Tom Orzechowski
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Rogue; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; Madelyne Pryor; Lockheed; Mastermind (villain); Dark Phoenix (villain); Captain America (cameo); New Mutants (cameo); Beast (Cameo); Lilandra (cameo); Banshee (cameo); Moira MacTaggert (cameo); Amanda Sefton (cameo); Havok (cameo); Starjammers [Corsair; Hepzibah; Raza; Ch'od; Binary; Sikorsky] (cameo)
Mastermind makes the X-Men believe that Cyclops and then Maddie are Dark Phoenix. Cyclops and Maddie are married.
Reprinting
FlagThe Uncanny X-Men #175 [Direct] published November 1983
 
Miscellaneous
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Title given in Table of Contents as "'Til Death", title given in original index of issue #175 as "Phoenix" (which is a large word in a speech bubble on page 7). Glynis Oliver (as Glynis Wein) is credited as colors, but this reprint is in black and white.
Decisions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Claremont
John Romita Jr.
Bob Wiacek
Tom Orzechowski (pages 1-11); Joe Rosen (pages 12-22, uncredited)
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
X-Men [Cyclops; Wolverine]; Madelyne Pryor; Mariko Yashida; Caliban; Callisto; Sunder; Masque; Henry Peter Gyrich; Valerie Cooper (1st appearance); Storm (cameo); Iceman (cameo); Beast (cameo); Nightcrawler (cameo); Colossus (cameo); Angel (cameo)
Cyclops leaves for his honeymoon and married life.
Reprinting
FlagThe Uncanny X-Men #176 [Direct] published December 1983
was Decisions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
Glynis Wein credited for colors but reprint is in black and white.
Sanction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Claremont
John Romita Jr.
John Romita
Tom Orzechowski
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Rogue; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; Corsair; Havok; Lilandra; Stevie Hunter; Amanda Sefton; Arcade (villain); Miss Locke (villain); New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Mystique; Destiny; Pyro; Blob; Avalanche] (villains)
The X-Men run up against Mystique's new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
Reprinting
FlagThe Uncanny X-Men #177 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1984
was Sanction [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
Glynis Oliver (as Glynis Wein) is credited with colors but reprint is in black and white.
Hell Hath No Fury...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Claremont
John Romita Jr.
Bob Wiacek (pages 1-11); Brett Breeding (pages 12-22)
Tom Orzechowski
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
X-Men [Professor X; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Rogue; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; Amanda Sefton; Callisto (villain); Masque (villain); Sunder (villain); Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Mystique; Destiny; Blob; Pyro; Avalanche] (villains)
Mystique uses an attack by the Brotherhood as a diversion so she can sneak into X-Mansion and try to convince Rogue to return to her fold. The Morlocks kidnap Kitty and fake her death.
Reprinting
FlagThe Uncanny X-Men #178 [Direct] published February 1984
was Hell Hath No Fury... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
21
Glynis Oliver (as Glynis Wein) is credited with colors but reprint is in black and white.
What Happened to Kitty?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Claremont
John Romita Jr. (breakdowns); Dan Green (finished art)
Dan Green
Tom Orzechowski
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
X-Men [Professor X; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Rogue; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; Amanda Sefton; Illyana Rasputin [Magik]; Callisto (villain); Caliban (villain); Sunder (villain); Masque (villain); Leech (1st appearance); Healer (1st appearance); Morlocks (villains)
Callisto and the Morlocks try to hold Kitty to an old promise to stay with Caliban forever by marrying the two.
Reprinting
FlagThe Uncanny X-Men #179 [Direct] published March 1984
was What Happened To Kitty? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
22
Glynis Wein is credited with colors but reprint is in black and white.
First Friends

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Claremont
John Bolton
John Bolton
Tom Orzechowski
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men
Storm; Jean Grey
Reprinting
FlagClassic X-Men #2 [Direct] published October 1986
was First Friends [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Glynis Oliver (as Glynis Wein) is credited with colors but reprint is in black and white.
If You Liked This Book...

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad for various full color X-men trade paperbacks. Inside back cover.
Mutants. Freaks. Outcasts

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Short synopsis of all the stories contained within. Back cover of comic.

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