Best Place to Sell X-Men #137

Publisher: Marvel, 1980

About X-Men #137

Double-size issue. Features the "death" of Phoenix. Gladiator, Lilandra, the Watcher, Recorder, and Shi'ar Imperial Guard all make appearances. Classic cover and art by John Byrne and Terry Austin.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Phoenix Must Die!

Characters: Cyclops; Jean Grey

Pencils: John Byrne (signed)

Inks: Terry Austin (signed)

Letters: Jim Novak; typeset

STORY DETAILS

(1 Stories)

Title: The Fate of the Phoenix!

Characters: X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey] (Death; also as Marvel Girl and Dark Phoenix); Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Watcher [Uatu]; Recorder; Beast; Angel; Lilandra; Shi'ar; Kree; Skrulls; Supreme Intelligence; Gladiator; Imperial Guard [Starbolt; Oracle; Tempest; Nightside; Smasher; Warstar (first); Earthquake (first); Hussar (first); Manta (first)]

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.

Pages: 35.000

Script: John Byrne (plot); Chris Claremont (plot, script)

Pencils: John Byrne

Inks: Terry Austin

Letters: Tom Orzechowski

Reprints: Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #88 (July 1982)

Notes: As is now known, Phoenix and Jean Grey were never one and the same as revealed in Jean's resurrection in Avengers #263 and Fantastic Four #286. In the original story, Jean Grey didn't die and the story with the original ending is printed in Phoenix: The Untold Story #1.

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