X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel Legends, Vol. 2)
by Chris Claremont
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Author: Chris ClaremontIllustrator: John Byrne
Edition: Paperback
Published: 1990-08-01
ISBN: 0785111476
Publisher: Marvel Comics
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"X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga" is by far one of the most emotionally gripping superhero comics ever. Jean Grey is a very power-ful mutant, and when she uses her powers to it's maximum potential, her personality gets controlled by the phoenix, and this is the story of what happens.
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Believe the hype: the Dark Phoenix saga is one of the greatest comics stories ever. Conceived by writer Chris Claremont and penciller John Byrne (credited as co-plotters, and aided immeasurably by inker Terry Austin), the story begins in The Uncanny X-Men #129 when Professor X sends his team in search of two new mutants detected by Cerebro. The figures in question turn out to be Kitty Pride, who would eventually join the team as Sprite, and the flashy disco singer Dazzler, who would go on to star in her own book. Little do the X-Men know that they're walking into a trap set by the Hellfire Club, a group of supervillains that seem perfectly matched to counter our merry mutants. The insidious part of the plot, however, is how a mysterious man named Jason Wyngarde seems to have been Jean Grey's lover in another time, another era, and how that might give him control over her now. Jean Grey was, like Cyclops, an original member of the X-Men, and had the power of telepathy (a gentle power, like that of the Invisible Girl of the same era). When she was reborn as Phoenix in issue #108, however, she became power incarnate. Can it be controlled, or must the X-Men make a choice between the woman they love and the fate of the universe? It's all here in this nine-issue volume, plus Wolverine alone, Emma Frost, the return of original members Angel and Beast, and a showdown with Lilandra's Imperial Guard in one of comics' great milestone issues, X-Men #137. Read it, true believer--'nuff said. --David HoriuchiX-Men Books
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