Fantastic Four #286 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1986

About Fantastic Four #286

Return of Jean Grey. Captain America and Hercules appearances. Formation of X-Factor begins. John Byrne story, cover, and art. Terry Austin art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Like a Phoenix...

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Jean Grey

Pencils: John Byrne (signed)

Inks: Terry Austin (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(3 Stories)

Title: Like a Phoenix!

Characters: Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Woman [Sue Storm Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hercules; Black Knight (cameo flashback); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo flashback); Wasp (cameo flashback)]; Jean Grey; Edwin Jarvis; Phoenix [Jean Grey] (flashback); X-Men [Cyclops; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Wolverine; Colossus; Storm; Nightcrawler; Banshee; Professor X] (cameo flashback); Sentinels (cameo flashback); Stephen Lang (cameo flashback); Doctor Peter Corbeau (cameo flashback)

Synopsis: Reed Richards manages to free Jean Grey from the capsule the Avengers had found her in. While trying to restore her missing memories, Jean learns that she was replaced by the Phoenix, who in turn was destroyed by the humanity it gained by duplicating Jean.

Pages: 30.000

Script: John Byrne; Chris Claremont (pp. 24-29)

Pencils: John Byrne; Jackson Guice (pp. 24-26)

Inks: Terry Austin; Jackson Guice (pp. 24-26)

Letters: John Workman

Notes: Story continues in part from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #263 and continues in part in X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #1. According to John Byrne, significant portions of this issue were redrawn by Guice and rewritten by Claremont at the direction of Jim Shooter. (Note added by Brian Peck via the GCD Error Tracker, August 2010.) The original unaltered pages ran in the X-Men: Phoenix Rising Premiere hardcover.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	8	13	23	41	44	118	172	273	1	0	708
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	5	9	0	0	22
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	9	13	23	42	46	122	177	282	1	0	730

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