![]() X-Men #138 - an issue-length recap issue - is, in that sense, unexpectedly essential since it re-frames the “Dark Phoenix” story as the moment when Scott realizes that he needs to stop tumbling from one fight to the next, before he’s overwhelmed by the same pressure that killed Jean. Under Scott’s command, the X-Men have faced dozens of threats without much reward or security, including mutant-killing Sentinel robots, a self-described “Brotherhood of Evil Mutants,” and also a pterodactyl guy. ![]() Jean/Phoenix is then put on trial by the Shi’ar (basically: the D’Barians nosy neighbors), who argue that killing the Phoenix is the only surefire way to prevent future acts of random planetary genocide.Īs Scott “Cyclops” Summers recalls (in X-Men #138), the end of “Dark Phoenix” was also the end of an era: The X-Men had already undergone a major roster change-up in 1975 with Giant-Sized X-Men #1, when writer Len Wein and artist David Cockrum introduced readers to new team members like Logan/”Wolverine,” Peter “Colossus” Rasputin, and Ororo “Storm” Munroe. Basically: the Phoenix takes over Jean’s body and then blows up D’Bari, an alien planet inhabited by billions of innocent bystanders. ![]() In the X-Men comics, Jean Grey, one of the mutant superhero team’s founding members, has reached a turning point: After a brief run-in with the evil socialites (and one cyborg) at the Hellfire Club, Jean finds she can no longer control the God-like Phoenix, a symbiotic alien that has inhabited her body since Uncanny X-Men #101 in 1976. ![]() Dark Phoenix, the underwhelming conclusion to the X-Men movie franchise, is the latest take on a story that writer Chris Claremont, penciler John Byrne, and inker Terry Austin originally related in issues #129-138 of The X-Men (first published from late 1979 through 1980). ![]()
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