X-Men

September 1980 • Volume 1 • USA • DIRECT EDITION • 951 Collected

X-Men #137

1st Appearance of Raksor - 1st Appearance of Bel-Dann - Dark Phoenix dies

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Issue #136

Issue #138

(Marvel) Cover for X-Men #137 1st Appearance of Raksor - 1st Appearance of Bel-Dann - Dark Phoenix dies

Key Issue

Basic Information

Published

September 1980

Comic Age

Bronze

Cover Price

.75

Characters

1st Appearance

Raksor , General Bel-Dann (Bel Dann) , Hussar , Manta , Warstar (B'Nee C'cil) , Earthquake

Appearance

Angel (Warren Worthington III) , Beast (Hank McCoy) , Cyclops (Scott Summers) , Gladiator ( Kallark) , Majestrix Lilandra (Lilandra Neramani) , Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) , Oracle , Professor X (Charles Francis Xavier) , Recorder RE-404 (Rigellian Recorder) , Smasher (Vril Rokk) , Storm (Ororo Munroe) , Supreme Intelligence , Watcher, The ( Uatu) , Starbolt , Tempest ( Grannz) , Wolverine (James Howlett) , Nightside , Colossus (Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin)

Death

Dark Phoenix (Jean Grey) , Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) , Phoenix (Jean Grey-Summers)

Creators

Writer

John Byrne , Chris Claremont

Interior Artist

John Byrne

Cover Artist

Terry Austin , John Byrne , James Novak 'Jim'

Inker

Terry Austin

Letterer

Tom Orzechowski

Colorist

Glynis Oliver Wein

Editor

Louise Simonson , Jim Salicrup

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Fate of The Phoenix!

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. -GCD