| Issue | #137 |
| Published | September 1980 |
| Cover Price | 0.75 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Jim Salicrup; Louise Jones |
| Characters | Cyclops; Jean Grey |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | John Byrne (signed) |
| Inks | Terry Austin (signed) |
| Letters | Jim Novak; typeset |
| Reprinted | in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 (1997); in Phoenix (Marvel, 1984 series) #1; in 100 Greatest Marvels Of All Time, The (Marvel, 2001 series) #8; in X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] |
| Characters | FEATURE: X-Men--Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Death; Jean Grey; also as Marvel Girl and Dark Phoenix]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; GUESTS: Watcher; Recorder; Beast; Angel; Lilandra; Shi'ar; Kree; Skrulls; Supreme Intelligence; Gladiator; Imperial Guard--Starbolt; Oracle; Tempest; Nightside; Smasher; Warstar (1st); Earthquake (1st); Hussar (1st); Manta (1st) |
| 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. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | John Byrne (Co-plot); Chris Claremont |
| Pencils | John Byrne |
| Inks | Terry Austin |
| Colors | Glynis Wein |
| Letters | Tom Orzechowski |
| 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 |
| Reprinted | in Phoenix (Marvel, 1984 series) #1 [29 pp.]; in Uncanny X-Men, The (Marvel, 1984 series) #nn; in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #43 (January 1990); in X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 1991 series) #nn; in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 (1997); in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #17 [part 1]; in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #18 [part 2]; in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #19 [part 3]; in Star Magazine (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #12 [as reprinted in Phoenix #1]; in 100 Greatest Marvels Of All Time, The (Marvel, 2001 series) #8; in X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] |