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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published July 1981
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 52
Editing Tom DeFalco; Mark Gruenwald (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "What If Phoenix Had Not Died?"

Characters the X-Men [Angel; the Beast; Colossus; Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine]
Genre superhero
Script Jo Duffy
Pencils Frank Miller (signed)
Inks Frank Miller (signed)
Reprinted in X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn]

34 page The X-Men story "What If Phoenix Had Not Died?"

Characters Aramans (aliens); the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Avalanche; the Blob; Pyro]; Empress Lilandra; Firelord; Galactus; the Hellfire Club [the Black Queen; Mastermind] (flashback); Henry Peter Gyrich; the Imperial Guard [Earthquake; Gladiator [Kallark]; Manta; Oracle; Smasher [Vril Rokk]; Starbolt] (flashback); Senator Robert Kelly; Sentinels; Terrax; Shi'ar; the Watcher (story host); the X-Men [Angel; the Beast; Colossus; Cyclops; Havok; Iceman; Nightcrawler; Phoenix [Jean Grey] (also as Dark Phoenix, also as Marvel Girl in flashback); Polaris; Professor X; Sprite; Storm; Wolverine]
Genre superhero; science fiction
Script Jo Duffy [as Mary Jo Duffy]
Pencils Jerry Bingham
Inks John Stuart (pages 1-21); ? (pages 22-25, 27-30, 32, 33); Al Milgrom (page 26, uncredited); Terry Austin (pages 31, 34, uncredited)
Colors Carl Gafford [as Carl Garford]
Letters Jean Simek (pages 1-21); Janice Chiang [as Chaing] (pages 22-34)
Notes Based on The X-Men #137 (September 1980). Additional inker and letterer information added 2005 by Steven Tice.
Reprinted in X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn]

6 page Untold Tales of the Marvel Universe story "Kree Encounter!"

Characters Arlok; Astron; Eternals; Kree [including Har-An; Ro-Tar]; Sentry #213 (Kree robot, dismantled); Uranos; the Watcher (story host)
Genre superhero; science fiction
Script Mark Gruenwald
Pencils Ron Wilson
Inks Bruce Patterson
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Jack Morelli
Notes Continued in #28.

1 page Spider-Man; Hostess Cup Cakes advertisement "Spider-Man Vs. the Human Computer!"

Characters the Human Computer; Spider-Man
Genre superhero
Pencils John Romita Jr.
Letters Irving Watanabe
Notes Comics ad for Hostess Cup Cakes from Continental Baking Company.