Uncanny X-men 135

#3 Comic to Own for Phoenix Fans - “Defeated by Dark Phoenix”

First appearance of Dark Phoenix…and X-men are never the same. This striking cover features Dark Phoenix crushing the title masthead which was a first in the history of the Uncanny X-men.

Dark Phoenix destroys the Blackbird, sending the X-Men plummeting to their deaths over Central Park. The X-Men make it safely to the ground, but Dark Phoenix pursues them and they battle. Back at the Hellfire Club, Shaw proposes re-starting the Sentinel program to Senator Robert Kelly. In Central Park, Phoenix takes off into space, leaving the X-Men to be found by Beast. Phoenix destroys the D’Bari star and then a Shi’ar battlecruiser. Lilandra resolves to deal with the Phoenix threat once and for all. The X-Men have meanwhile returned to the mansion to regroup when Cyclops senses Phoenix returning to earth… and she’s hungry.

Heartbreaking and stunning at the same time, this is the issue where everything really takes off in the Dark Phoenix Saga.

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