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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published June 1995
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Kelly Corvese; Bob Harras (Editor in Chief)

Cover Details - "The Darkness Within"

Characters Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Wolverine; Cyclops
Genre superhero
Pencils John Hebert
Inks John Hebert
Letters Typeset

22 page X-Men story "The Phoenix Saga, Part II: The Darkness Within"

Characters X-Men--Professor X; Beast; Storm; Wolverine; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Jubilee; Gambit; GUESTS: Peter Corbeau; Lilandra; Moira MacTaggert; Banshee; VILLAIN: Eric the Red; CAMEO: Juggernaut
Synopsis Jean is piloting a damaged shuttle back to earth when she begins to succumb to deadly radiation; She is possessed by the Phoenix force which allows her to get herself and her friends back home but the experience wipes her out physically; After leaving Jean safely in the hospital, Xavier is attacked mentally by Eric the Red and takes it out on the X-Men by taunting them in his psychic form; Aghast at his own actions, Xavier travels to Muir Isle to get checked out by Moira MacTaggert where he meets the space girl of his dreams, Lilandra, an alien princess who has stolen the powerful M'Kraan crystal and is fleeing for her life from her own people.
Genre Superhero
Script Mark Edens (Screenplay); Ralph Macchio (Adaptation)
Pencils John Hebert
Inks Greg Adams; Jim Amash; Bill Anderson; Joe Rubinstein
Colors Matt Webb
Letters Michael Higgins