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#286
Newsstand
January 1986 · 0.65 USD · 36 pages
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
UPC 0714860246201
Why this issue matters
Characters
- Human Torch
- Invisible Woman
- Reed Richards
- Johnny Storm
- Jennifer Walters
- Jean Grey
- Mister Fantastic
- She-Hulk
- Susan Storm Richards
- Edwin Jarvis
- Hank McCoy
- The Phoenix Force
- Namor
- Janet Van Dyne
- Wolverine
- Beast
- The Black Knight
- Dark Phoenix
- Iceman
- Ororo Munroe
- Steve Rogers
- Kurt Wagner
- Professor X
- Marvel Girl
- Nightcrawler
- Warren Worthington III
- Piotr Rasputin
- Dane Whitman
- Sean Cassidy
- Logan
- Storm
- Colossus
- Peter Corbeau
- Bobby Drake
- Scott Summers
- Captain America
- Cyclops
- Phoenix
- Wasp
- Hercules
- Steven Lang
- Charles Xavier
- Banshee
- Sub-Mariner
- Angel
Stories & credits
- Script
- John Byrne, Jim Shooter, Michael Higgins
- Pencils
- John Byrne
- Inks
- Terry Austin
- Colours
- Glynis Oliver
- Letters
- John Workman
- Editor
- Mike Carlin
- Assistant editor
- Michael Higgins
- Editor-in-chief
- Jim Shooter
- Pp. 24-26
- Butch Guice
- Pp. 24-29
- Chris Claremont
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.
Reprinted in
- X-Marvel #1
- Fantastic Four Special #17
- Fantastici Quattro #61
- El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta #292
- Los 4 Fantásticos #58
- Essential X-Factor #1— black and white
- Die Fantastischen Vier #19
- Strange #228
- Grandes Heróis Marvel #30
- Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne #7
- X-Men: Phoenix Rising #[nn]— recolored; Jean Grey figure only; new trade dress
- Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus #2
- X-Men: Phoenix Rising #[nn]
- X-Factor Epic Collection #1
- True Believers: Phoenix Returns #1
- Artist's Edition #[12]
- X-Men: Phoenix Rising #[nn]