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Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	December 2001
Cover Price	3.50 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Brian Smith; Jim Salicrup (Original); Louise Jones (Original)
Notes	Cover numbering is #3. The figure in the foreground is placed over a collage of Marvel characters (Carlos Pacheco's Avengers, Alex Ross' Wolverine, Joe Quesada's Daredevil and Alan Davis' Fantastic Four) that are the background images for every cover in this series.

Cover Details

Characters	Professor X
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Salvador Larroca (?)
Inks	Salvador Larroca (?)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Cover numbering is #3. The figure in the foreground is placed over a collage of Marvel characters (Carlos Pacheco's Avengers, Alex Ross' Wolverine, Joe Quesada's Daredevil and Alan Davis' Fantastic Four) that are the background images for every cover in this series.

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover to X-Men #137"

Characters	Cyclops; Jean Grey
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Byrne
Inks	Terry Austin
Letters	Jim Novak; Typeset
Reprinted	From X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #137 (September 1980).

1 page X-Men text article "Counting Down the Greatest #3"

Genre	superhero
Script	Bob Greenberger
Letters	Typeset

35 page X-Men story "The Fate of the Phoenix!"

Characters	FEATURE: X-Men--Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Death; Jean Grey; also as Marvel Girl and Dark Phoenix]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; GUESTS: Watcher; Recorder; Beast; Angel; Lilandra; Shi'ar; Kree; Skrulls; Supreme Intelligence; Gladiator; Imperial Guard--Starbolt; Oracle; Tempest; Nightside; Smasher; Warstar; Earthquake; Hussar; Manta
Synopsis	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.
Genre	superhero
Script	John Byrne (Co-Plot); Chris Claremont
Pencils	John Byrne
Inks	Terry Austin
Colors	Glynis Wein
Letters	Tom Orzechowski
Reprinted	from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #137 (September 1980)