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Marvel · 2023
7 · Vol. Spider-Man
"The End of the Spider-Verse" is here! Friends became enemies, enemies became friends and now all of the Spider-Verse ENDS! Jessica Drew? Gone. Peter Parker? Gone. And they aren't the only ones erased by the sacred Sting-Knife. How can Silk and the rest of the Spiders win this Spider-War?!
Marvel · 2023
6 · Vol. Spider-Man
We met, possibly, the most important character in all of the Spider-Verse last issue. Shathra's big plan gets even bigger, and the last bit of hope is about to be crushed!
Marvel · 2023
5 · Vol. Spider-Man
“The End of the Spider-Verse” continues! See a new side of Peter Parker and the Spider-mythos! Shathra and her forces work towards the extinction of Arachnida sapiens. PLUS! This issue includes a special super heroic back-up story featuring Spider-Man and Photon celebrating Black History Month!
Marvel · 2023
4 · Vol. Spider-Man
The End of the Spider-Verse rages on! The tremors will be felt until it all ends!
Marvel · 2023
3 · Vol. Spider-Man
“The End of the Spider-Verse” rages on! Spider-Man and Night-Spider have to make an impossible heist against impossible odds! If you thought the first issue was shocking, think again because this issue is going to shake you to your core!
Marvel · 2023
2 · Vol. Spider-Man
“THE END OF THE SPIDER-VERSE” RAGES ON! After the tragedy of the first issue, our Spider-Heroes try to make a plan against Morlun. But Morlun isn’t their only problem… SHATHRA is back and more powerful than the last time she nearly killed Peter and Ezekiel. Last time, Peter tricked Shathra, and she’s had plenty of time to plan his death and the death of ALL SPIDERS!
Marvel · 2022
1 · Vol. Spider-Man
"THE END OF THE SPIDER-VERSE" IS HERE! Morlun is back and he is not alone. Allied with one of the most powerful beings known to the Spider-Verse, the scariest Spider-Villain of all time is making his biggest play and no Spider is safe. Especially not the Chosen Spider himself, Peter Parker. With Peter working for Norman Osborn and using a glider...does he have it coming? Spidey's 60th Anniversary is no joke as two of the most legendary Spider-Creators are working together on Spidey for the first time and you know it's going to be one for the record books!
Marvel · 2025
1 · Vol. Spectacular Spider-Man by DeMatteis & Buscema Omnibus
Two all-time Spidey greats collaborate on a thrilling era for the webbed wonder! Written by J.M. DeMatteis, Steven Grant, Mike Lackey, Ann Nocenti, Tom DeFalco, David Michelinie and More Pencilled by Sal Buscema, James Fry, Scott McDaniel, Jerry Bingham, Mike Zeck and More When Peter Parker encounters his old foe Vermin, it brings back haunting memories of one of the darkest chapters of his life! But his old friend Harry Osborn is similarly haunted, only he channels it into terrorizing Spider-Man as the Green Goblin! Brace yourself for a psychological showdown between two archfoes! And the threats don't end there! The Vulture is dying, but he's determined to go out in style! The Rhino's on a rampage, the Puma's on the prowl and Professor Power is prepared to go toe-to-toe with Spidey and the X-Men! "Maximum Carnage" unleashes symbiotic chaos, and the whispering menace Tombstone is back - more lethal than ever! Plus: The web-slinger battles the Shroud, the Foreigner, Typhoid Mary, the Scorpion and more! Collecting SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #178-216 and ANNUAL #12-14 and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: SOUL OF THE HUNTER.
Marvel · 2024
6 · Vol. X-Men By Gerry Duggan
The X-Men's last stand! As the chaos of mutantkind's fight back against their fall at the hands of Orchis rages in FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X, other forgotten foes come out of the woodwork to take on the X-Men in their time of peril! Synch and Talon find themselves once more besieged by the High Evolutionary and his creations to reap the consequences of their last encounter - and the results will be devastating! Then Nimrod shows just why the X-Men lived in fear of its creation! The ultimate weapon of mutant extinction is ever-adapting, ever-evolving, with only one goal: death to mutantkind! But with the end nigh, Kate Pryde and Illyana Rasputin fight side by side - blades in hand! And the X-Men assemble for what might be the last battle of the heroes of Krakoa! Collects X-Men (2021) #30-34.
Marvel · 2024
9 · Vol. Wolverine by Benjamin Percy
If you thought the first chapter of SABRETOOTH WAR was violent, you ain't seen nothing yet! Wolverine's memory has been altered, erased, restored, forgotten and destroyed. But if Logan can't get his head on straight, Sabretooth will do far worse! And it's a family affair as Graydon Creed, the maligned son of Victor Creed, brings the fight to his father. The winner gets Wolverine - or, rather, what's left of him! But just because Logan is powerless doesn't mean he's defenseless. Forge built one last invention - and with the lives of the X-Men and all mutants on the line, it's time to unleash the ultimate weapon! Get ready for the adamantium armor - and the final battle between Wolverine and Sabretooth! Plus: Legendary creators celebrate fifty years of the Best There Is! Collecting WOLVERINE (2020) #46-50.
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Marvel · 1994
Story arc · 59 issues
Distraught over the death Gwen Stacy and angry at Spider-Man, the Jackal, with the help of Norman Osborn, concocts an elaborate revenge scheme involving cloning. He convinces Peter Parker that he is a clone and forces him to fight multiple copies of himself. Publication History There have been multiple Clone Sagas over the years. The original was written in the 1970's by Gerry Conway. However, the sequel written in the 1990's largely eclipsed it and has become an extremely important event in Spider-Man 's history. This second Clone Saga was written by Terry Kavanagh and Howard Mackie . The executive editors involved were Tom DeFalco , Bob Budiansky and Bob Harras . Originally, the story arch was intended to conclude within less than a year. However, when sales exceeded expectations, Marvel decided to prolong the saga, stretching it out over almost three years. Unfortunately, the changes made in the aftermath of this decision proved largely unpopular and ultimately caused the story to seem somewhat convoluted. Since then, there have been a couple of additional attempts to revive and reboot the clone saga, including the 2006 Ultimate Clone Saga and a 2009 storyline called the Real Clone Saga. The Original Clone Saga The original Clone Saga began in " Amazing Spider-Man #144” (May 1975). The story takes place in the aftermath of the death of Peter Parker's girlfriend, Gwen Stacy . This event was an extremely traumatic experience for Spider-Man and almost led him to quit being a superhero. However, only a few months later, after finally coming to grips with his loss, he would have to go through emotional turmoil once again when Gwen Stacy seemingly returns from the dead. As he would come to discover, her return was the work of a new super villain named Jackal . Jackal’s real identity is that of Miles Warren, a biochemist at Empire State University where Peter and Gwen studied. It was here that Miles fell in love with Gwen. However, after her death, he was driven mad by grief and desperately sought to clone her. After a number of failed attempts he finally succeeded in perfecting the formula and created identical copies of both her and Spider-Man. Jackal blames Spider-Man for Gwen's death and so, commands the clone to battle the original. Capitalizing on this opportunity, he also places a time bomb nearby. However, the fight between Spider-Man and the clone rages too long and the bomb goes off before Jackal can escape. In the end, the explosion kills both him and the clone, leaving Spider-Man the only one alive. Unnerved by the experience and worried that he may actually be the clone, Spider-Man conducts some genetic tests in an attempt to confirm his identity as the original. However, afraid of the truth, he ultimately avoids the results. Instead, he convinces himself that his love for Mary Jane Watson is proof enough of his identity. He remembers having feelings for her before the clone appeared, and thus concludes that he must be the real Spider-Man. The clone of Gwen Stacy moves on with her life. She leaves Empire State University in hopes of starting over somewhere new. Jackal's Genetic Weapon Years later, Spider-Man encounters Carrion , a clone of Warren who is suffering from genetic degeneration. After visiting Jackal's old laboratory, he discovers the professor's notes, which explain that Carrion is actually a genetic weapon created to infect all man kind with the degenerative disease. Deciding to put an end to Warren’s scheme, Spider-Man fights Carrion and defeats him. However, before the clone goes down, he manages to infect a student of Empire State University named Malcolm McBride with the plague, transforming him into a new Carrion. The New Clone Saga Many years later, it is revealed that the clone that Spider-Man had thought dead, had actually survived. Deeply depressed, he had left New York and taken on the name Ben Reilly, a combination of Uncle Ben's first name and Aunt May's maiden name. He had all the memories of Spider-Man, but knew he was a clone, and so, decided to keep his distance from Peter Parker. Moving to a different town, he made a new life for himself and started fighting crime as the Scarlet Spider . Clones, clones, clones. However, when Aunt May becomes ill and is hospitalized, he decides he cannot keep away any longer and goes to visit her. This leads to a confrontation between him and Peter. At first, the two fight, but eventually they come to an understanding and become friends. Unfortunately though, Ben and Peter aren't able to rest easy for long. Soon after Ben arrives, a mentally unstable man named Kaine shows up and challenges the two to a fight. Kaine reveals that he was the result of Jackal's first attempt at cloning Spider-Man. Unfortunately, something had gone awry in the cloning process and he had developed the degenerative disease. This caused a large black mark to appear on his face and forced him to wear a specially designed black suit that kept the disease at bay. Working together, Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider are able to defeat Kaine. Deciding they need to investigate further, they revisit Jackal's old lab. However, to their great surprise, he is revealed to be alive. He explains that the time bomb had actually killed a clone of himself, while he had lived on to continue his genetic experiments. Now ready to inflict the degenerative virus on the populace, he begins to put his plan into motion and commands a third Spider-Man clone named Spidercide to keep Spider-Man, Scarlet Spider, and Kaine at bay. Fortunately, they are able to defeat Spidercide and stop Warren's mad scheme. However, before escaping, Jackal reveals that Ben Reilly is actually the original Spider-Man and that Peter Parker is really a clone. After conducting their own genetic test, Peter and Ben realize that what he said is true and are forced to rethink their lives. Peter is particularly distraught over this revelation. Feeling he has stolen Ben's life, he decides to stop being Spider-Man and move to Portland with Mary Jane to start a more humble life. With him now gone, Ben moves to New York permanently and becomes the new Spider-Man. This became the status quo for close to a year. However, when Jackal reappears, Peter moves back to New York and works with Ben to investigate. Eventually they find the criminal and have another explosive battle. However, they would experience a huge shock when the long thought dead Norman Osborn reveals himself and explains that he had been secretly manipulating events all along. He tells them that he had switched the test results and that Peter really was the original Spider-Man, with Ben being the clone. At first, they aren't sure if they should believe the former Green Goblin. However, after a climactic battle with the criminal, Ben is stabbed by the Goblin's Glider and dies. As he breaths his last breath, his body disintegrates, succumbing to the degenerative genetic disorder that all the clones suffer from. This finally proves that Peter is the original, and after defeating Norman Osborn, he returns to his old life as Spider-Man. Ultimate Clone Saga A rebooted version of the Clone Saga was later written by Brian Michael Bendis for Marvel's Ultimate imprint. In this telling, Spider-Man, after catching the Scorpion, learns that the villain is actually a clone, sharing 94.2% of his DNA with our hero. Soon afterward, Mary Jane is abducted. However, in his quest to find his missing girlfriend, Peter encounters several other clones of himself, including one with a disfigured face named Kaine , one with six arms named Tarantula , and a female clone named Spider-Woman. In the course of this adventure, he reveals his secret identity to Aunt May and the Fantastic Four, and encounters both an amnesiatic Gwen Stacy and his long thought dead father, Richard Parker. After talking to Spider-Woman, he learns that each clone has inherited his love for Mary Jane. As a result, they each set out to protect her in different ways. Spider Woman and Tarantula both try to defend her from the other clones. However, Kaine eventually gets past them and administers the super human drug OZ to her in an attempt to make her more resistant to injury. Upon waking and discovering what has happened, Mary Jane is enraged and transforms into a large, red monster. As the story continues, Spider-Man discovers that the masterminds behind the creation of the clones are Doctor Octopus and a scientist named Ben Reilly. It is revealed that Reilly stole a sample of Peter's blood shortly after the death of Gwen Stacy and with the help of Doc Ock and the consent of the FBI, had set out to create the duplicates. This leads to a confrontation between the villains and clones which ends with both Tarantula and Kaine dead, and Dr. Octopus captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. In addition, Gwen reveals herself as Carnage and Richard discovers that he is yet another clone of Peter Parker, aged artificially and implanted with false memories. In the end, the clone posing as Richard Parker dies from rapid aging, Spider-Woman helps Peter defeat Octavius, and Reed Richards finds a cure for Mary Jane's affliction. Peter's relief at her safe condition leads him to rediscover his true feelings for her and resume their relationship. Spider-Woman runs away to start a new life somewhere else, and the Scorpion and Gwen Stacy are left in the custody of Nick Fury. Spider Wars The Clone Saga was also adapted by the 1990's Spider-Man television series in a storyline known as the Spider Wars. This version, however, differs in some significant ways. In a departure from the comics, the other Spider-Men are not clones, but are alternate reality versions of Spider-Man. The story begins in a distopic alternate Earth. In this Universe, a version of Spider-Man who has bonded with Carnage sets off a massive bomb that turns his world into a barren wasteland. However, unsatisfied with the destruction he has wrought, he decides to build an even larger bomb that can do the same to other alternate worlds. To thwart this menace, the cosmic being known as the Beyonder gathers six Spider-Men from different Universes to stop him. In addition to the mainstream Spider-Man, his other champions include the Iron Armor Spiderman, the Octo-Spiderman, the mutant Spiderman, Scarlet Spider, and an actor who, in his world, plays Spider-Man on television. The Spider-Man from the animated series was made leader of the team, and, together, they travel to confront Spider-Carnage. There is an intense fight. However, the villainous Spider-Man escapes with his bomb to the world of Iron Armor Spider-Man. Unfortunately, the Beyonder has been weakened and is only able to teleport one person to pursue the villain. As leader, the mainstream Spider-Man volunteers and so, is sent to track down Spider-Carnage in this new world. He quickly finds him. However, after a short fight, he realizes he isn't strong enough to win. Thinking the matter over, he realizes that the only way to stop him may be to appeal to his good nature. He finds Uncle Ben, who, in this Universe, never died, and, with his help, tries to convince Spider-Carnage to abandon his plan. His idea works, and the alternate Peter is able to fight the influence of Carnage. Desperate to stop the monster, he uses the weapon to kill himself and Carnage, thus saving the Multiverse. As thanks, the Beyonder allows Spider-Man to meet Stan Lee and then sends him back to his world. Collected Editions Essential Amazing Spider-Man #7 Green Goblin: A Lighter Shade of Green Spider-Man: Clone Genesis Spider-Man: Revelations Spider-Man: The Real Clone Saga The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic #1 The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic #2 The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic #3 The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic #4 The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic #5 The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic #1 The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic #2 The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic #3 The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic #4 The Amazing Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic #5 The Amazing Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga Utimate Spider-Man: Clone Saga Non U.S. Editions The Astonishing Spider-Man #31 (UK)
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Marvel · 1987
Story arc · 9 issues
Regarded as the greatest Kraven-story ever told, and one of the best Spider-man stories. There was a time when the world marveled at his physical prowess. A period when his courage inspired awe and his exploits drew envy. An interval when he truly was the world's greatest hunter. That was before the environmentalists deserted him, and the animal rights activists condemned him. It was before he met Spider-Man . Before he knew failure and humiliation. Sergei Kravinov was aware that death was coming. He could sense its stealthy approach and could almost see it grinning in the shadows. But Kraven wasn't ready to die. He couldn't rest until he had reclaimed his honor and dignity. Until he had satiated his pride and proven his superiority. Until he had defeated Spider-Man. And so, gathering his strength, Kraven went out on one last hunt... Fading Powers Kraven was still faster than a panther and stronger that a great ape, but he knew that he was no longer in his prime. Yet he believed that he would never know peace unless he humbled Spider-Man. Formulating a daring plan, he sought to immerse himself in Spider-Man's essence by burying his body within a veritable mountain of spiders and by using jungle herbs and potions to expand his consciousness. The Capture Having recently returned home from his honeymoon, and thinking about death all around him after going to a crook's funeral, Spider-Man was out web-swinging one night when he was suddenly attacked , drugged and captured by Kraven. As the hunter advanced on his prey, Spider-Man was unconcerned. Until, that is, he saw the rifle and the look in Kraven's eyes. Aiming the rifle at Spider-Man, Kraven shot the wall-crawler right between the eyes. Masquerade Kraven took the wall-crawler's body back to his estate, placed him in a coffin, and buried him on the grounds. But it wasn't enough for Kraven to merely slay Spider-Man. The hunter had to prove his superiority. He had to become his enemy. So, dressing up in a duplicate costume, Kraven assumed Spider-Man's identity. New Justice Kraven began to patrol the city, dispensing his own vicious brand of justice. He even rescued Mary Jane from muggers, but she immediately saw through the disguise. Unlike Spider-Man, Kraven actually killed some of the criminals he came across. The Battle While Kraven focused on Spider-Man, a ratlike monster stalked the streets of Manhattan. He was called Vermin , and he possessed superhuman strength, speed, and stamina. Kraven used his skills to track the monster through the sewers. Dressed like Spider-Man, Kraven confronted Vermin, beat him unconscious, and took him prisoner. Resurrection As Kraven claimed victory over Vermin, the real Spider-Man stirred...he had only been drugged by Kraven. Buried deep in the ground, Peter Parker opened his eyes. Desperate to be united with Mary Jane, he broke his way out of the coffin and began to crawl upward, clawing his way to the surface. Two weeks had passed since Kraven had buried him alive. After a brief visit to assure his wife that he was still alive, Spider-Man began to hunt the hunter. Compassion, Not Vengeance Through sheer brutality, Kraven had battered Vermin into submission. He took the monster into custody because he wanted to see if Spider-Man was powerful enough to do the same. But the web-swinger had nothing to prove. He didn't care what the hunter thought and no desire to inflict pain. Blood and Thunder Filled with fury, Spider-Man attacked Kraven, who didn't bother to resist. The hunter merely smiled... he had won. He had allowed Spider-Man to live when he could have easily killed him. Kraven had finally proven himself superior to Spider-Man. When the wall-crawler refused Kraven's challenge to fight Vermin, the monster attacked him. Kraven immediately acted to save his old enemy, but released Vermin. Having achieved what he set out to do, Kraven allowed Spider-Man to pursue Vermin. The hunter then committed suicide. Collected Editions Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt Related Issues What If...? #17 Non-U.S. Editions 100% Marvel HC. Spiderman: La última cacería de Kraven (Spanish) Spiderman: Los Imprescindibles #3 (Spain)
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Marvel · 1994
Story arc · 4 issues
Judas Traveller lures both Peter Parker and Ben Reilly into the Ravencroft Sanitarium so he can probe, test and torture them mentally.
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PKR 20,386
Marvel · 1988
Story arc · 17 issues
Fall of the Mutants was an event in which dramatic changes were made to the status quo of the X-men, X-Factor and New Mutant Teams. This cross-over featured three ongoing x-titles, X-Men , X-Factor , and the New Mutants . X-Men Storm was depowered, she was also the Leader of the X-Men at this time. She was on a mission to find Forge a mutant inventor whom she hope could find a way to restore her former power. This led the rest of the X-Men on a journey after her, the ended up crossing paths with Freedom Force , in Dallas,Texas. The Freedom Force was led by Mystique , and were a government supported team of ex-villains. Mystique and the Freedom Force were under strict orders to sub-due the X-Men for they had failed to comply with the rules of the Mutant Registration Act . The two groups engage in a super-powered battle. In the midst of the battle the mutant known as Destiny catches a small glimpse of the near future. The vision show that everyone inside of a particular Skyscraper in Dallas will soon be dead. Then when the weather changes to snowy in the middle of July in Dallas, as well as prehistoric creatures and other monsters begin to randomly appear, both teams realise that something of grave importance is going on. They put aside there differences for the time being and co-operate as one team to try and restore the balance. Elsewhere Storm and Forge are in a new world where time moves at an accelerated rate. while only mere minutes pass in real time, Storm and Forge spend a year in this altered time. allowing Forge the time he needs to build a device that restores Storms powers. Forge and Storm combine their Magic and Lighting respectively to open a portal back to the real world and to Dallas. Back in the city with the X-Men, the X-Team learns of something Forge did in the Vietnam War that created a being known as the Adversary whom is behind the madness and utter chaos surrounding them. Storm, Wolverine , Colossus , Rogue , Longshot , Dazzler , Psylocke , Havok , and Madelyne Pryor all end up having to sacrifice their lives just as destiny had foreseen. The sacrificed themselves using Forge's Magic to banish Adversary. Seeing that that the X-Men gave their lives to save humanity the goddess Roma granted them all their lives back as well as the ability to be invisible to any-means of detection other than plain sight. She also gave them the Siege Perilous which give the X-men the ability to reset time. X-Factor Cyclops , Marvel Girl , Beast , Iceman and Caliban are transported aboard the evil mutant Apocalypse 's where they are then offered the once in a lifetime chance of being on of Apocalypse's team to aid in his war against the humans. The X-Factor team refuses Apocalypse's offer and is the pitted in battle against his four horsemen, Death is revealed to bet the long thought deceased Angel , now re-born as Archangel . Archangel quickly and easily defeats the entire team, and restrains them all except for Caliban, who had now offered his services to Apocalypse in return for stronger powers. Caliban also begins to refer to himself as Archangel. Apocalypse then turns his sights on New York City, and begins his attack. The young team known as Power Pack shows up and helps in defending the city, minimising damage and casualties. This allows Iceman to form a plan to defeat Apocalypse. Iceman then attacks Apocalypse only to have his most powerful attacks easily repelled. Although Apocalypse fends off Iceman with ease, his airship is badly damaged, and his horsemen defeated. He withdraws before suffering further losses. New Mutants Cannonball , Cypher , Magik , Mirage , Sunspot , Warlock and Wolfsbane , all go to visit the island of their good friend Bird-Brain . While their the team learns that Bird-Brain's creator the Anti-Mator is creating new life and doing cruel experiments on them. During their Rescue attempt the team is interrupted by the Right who shoot and kill the language mastering mutant Cypher when he dodges in front of Wolfsbane saving her.eventually Bird-Brain and Magik defeat the Right and the Anti-Mator, by using Magik's abilities to transport the villains to Limbo . Magneto then blames the humans for Cypher's death, gives up on the X-Men's teachings. Related Issues What The--?! #4
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Marvel · 2022
Story arc · 108 issues
Fourth phase of the X-Men’s Krakoan era. Krakoan era in order: House of X/Powers of X Dawn of X X of Swords Reign of X Inferno Trials of X X Lives/Deaths of Wolverine Destiny of X Sins of Sinister Fall of X Destiny of X includes: X-Force #27-42 and Annual New Mutants #25-33 Wolverine #20-35 X-Men #10-24 Full Marauders and Legion of X maxi-series Full Knights of X and Sabretooth and the Exiles mini-series X-Men Red and Immortal X-Men till #10 Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird and X-Men: Hellfire Gala one-shots Reading recommendation: S.W.O.R.D. storyline continues in X-Men Red Excalibur storyline continues in Knights of X Way of X storyline continues in Legion of X Collected in:
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Marvel · 1995
Story arc · 38 issues
This story takes place on Earth-295, an alternate Marvel universe. After the death of Charles Xavier at the hands of his own son Legion, his friend Magneto gathers a group of mutants to fight against the oppressive reign of Apocalypse. Creation The Age of Apocalypse story crossover was introduced into the X-Men franchise in 1995 and was later connected to the alternative universe Earth- 295 and later introduced in the mainstream reality of Earth -616. The story arc was created by a group of writers of which included Scott Lobdell , Mark Waid , Fabian Nicieza , John Francis Moore, Larry Hama , Warren Ellis , Jeph Loeb , Howard Mackie and Terry Kavanagh . The story arc lasted from 1995 till 1996 and then continued on to the Earth 616 reality and celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2005. At 2011 as part of Dark Angel Saga, X-Force travelled to Earth 295. Major Story Arcs Legion Quest After waking up from his coma due to his encounter with the Shadow King, David Haller (Professor X's son Legion ) decided that the best way to help his father's dream was if Magneto had not been around to stand in the way. He travels back in time, taking several X-Men with him and attempts to murder Magneto, while Magnus and Xavier were still helping WWII survivors in Israel. Magneto is saved when Xavier jumps in front of Legion's psychic knife, taking the killing blow for his friend. As Xavier dies, Magneto pledges to carry on his friends dream when suddenly Legion and all the X-Men (except for Bishop ) disappear from existence. In the present, all of Earth 616 is covered in a crystal like form irradiated from the Shi'ar's M'Kraan Crystal . X-Men: Alpha During a genetic culling in Seattle, Magneto's group of X-Men save a mysterious stranger from Apocalypse's Infinites . Following the battle, the stranger (an aged and slightly brain damaged Bishop) accuses Magneto of being the cause of everything wrong being wrong in the world. Meanwhile , Mr. Sinister 's Prelates, Cyclops and Havok destroy one of Beast's experiments (aka Blob ), who was out of control, and Sinister warns Cyclops of his leaving and of the dark times soon to come. At Angel's " Heaven " nightclub, Gambit is trying to find out from Angel how to find Magneto's hideout because Magnus require his skills. At the ruins of the Xavier Mansion where Magneto's X-Men reside, Magneto's wife Rogue is watching the robot Nanny take care of her son, Charles wishing she could touch him. Bishop regains consciousness but is knocked out by Magneto again and begins to rant again. Apocalypse and three of his Horsemen (Sinister, Holocaust and Abyss) discuss Mikhail Rasputin 's (the final Horseman) errors in judgment, his absence and the upcoming "Kelly Pact" with the humans and their plans to disregard it. In London, Weapon X (616's Wolverine ) and Jean Grey track down the Human High Counsel, led by Bolivar and Moira Trask ,to offer their help, using a mysterious package delivered by Sinister. Back at Xavier's Mansion, Rogue touches Bishop to look into his mind and the psychic backlash washes over her and Magneto, showing them glimpse of the real world and how everything should be. In the closing moments, Apocalypse notices Sinister is missing and Magneto calls a meeting for all of the X-Men and their associates while out in space the universe begins to crystallize. X-Men Chronicles The first issue shows Apocalypse's first attack on humanity and the first battle between Magneto's X-Men and Apocalypse's Horsemen ( Gideon , Candra , War , Death , and Sabretooth ). In battle Sabretooth hesitated and he is left behind. Meanwhile back at Wundagore Mountain ,the X-Men's base of operations, Scarlet Witch and Rogue defend the base and the younger mutant children against Nemesis (Apocalypse's chosen son). The X-Men are successful in thwarting Apocalypse's attack on both fronts but at the cost of the life of the Scarlet Witch. The second issue opens with Weapon X and Jean Grey leaving the team following him rescuing her from Sinister's genetic holding pens. Gambit and Rogue begin a romantic relationship but when Wolverine attacks at Holocaust's (formerly Nemesis until his skin was all blown away) behest ,Rogue is forced to make a choice of saving Gambit or Magneto. She chooses Magneto and Gambit is buried under a falling wall. He survives and the battle is won but at the end he leaves the team. Astonishing X-Men Magneto tells all his X-Men what he saw in Bishop's head. Then Blink arrives through a portal and is followed by a blazing out of control Sunfire and it takes the combined powers of Magneto, Storm and Iceman to calm him down. They are followed by one of Apocalypse's Prelates, but Blink closes the portal on him killing him. Later, Rogue is preparing to leave and Gambit tries to talk to her down, and as he tries to kiss her they are interrupted by Blink carrying baby Charles. Nightcrawler and Magneto discuss the various missions that have been assigned. Quicksilver tries to stop Rogue from going to no avail while Morph make jokes and then everyone departs. A team of X-Men (Rogue, Sunfire, Blink, Morph, Sabretooth, and Wild Child ) are sent to Chicago to stop Apocalypse's cullings. Sunfire freaks out as he remembers the killing that he lived through, and Rogue is forced to take his powers to calm him down. At the Mansion, Magneto is holding his sleeping son while Bishop berates him for his less-then-aggressive strategy. He tells Bishop he just wants tonight with his son. Meanwhile, Apocalypse has finally found Magneto's base and plans to handle the matter personally. Back in the battle, Sabretooth has Blink teleport him and Wild Child directly to Holocaust, against her own better judgement and Rogue's fervent wishes. After a brutal battle, Sabretooth finally cracks Holocaust's armor and watches the villain dissipate. However, after Sabretooth falls unconscious due to his own injuries, Holocaust rematerialized in his armor. Wild Child flees the Infinities only to run into Holocaust. Holocaust picks up Wild Child and then reveals himself to actually be Morph just seconds before Sunfire fries them. Rogue and Blink arrive through a portal and Wild Child (since he cant speak) licks Rogue to give her his memories of what has occurred. Meanwhile the real Holocaust is holding a badly beaten Sabretooth over a cliff overlooking a new Infinities processing plant. He gloats about Apocalypse's new army before knocking Sabretooth unconscious again where Creed dreams of the night he and Logan (Weapon X) were on a mission and he saved a young Blink from being killed. As Sunfire flies the rest of the team to Creed's location, Morph continues to crack jokes and sing despite protest from Sunfire. Back at the Mansion, Bishop and Magneto have a tense conversation when Nanny comes in with Charles. The robot then senses major danger and wraps itself around the baby and disappears into the floor (Magneto explains that's her programming to protect Charles). At the Infinities plant, Holocaust is watching as thousands of Infinite soldiers are pumped out of the factory , when all of a sudden a large hump back whale becomes marooned on the plant floor. The whale reveals itself to be Morph and has the entire team hiding inside his mouth. They defeat the Infinities and go searching for Sabretooth. Blink cries out and teleports to him when she sees him tied up to a pole and bleeding. Blink confronts Holocaust directly and after a brief but intense battle she teleports him over a vat of acid and drops him in. In another part of the facility Rogue and the rest of the team are fighting against hopeless odds, with an army of Infinities. Meanwhile Magneto is a captive of Apocalypse (see Amazing X-Men) and is being made to watch his wife's team fight their losing battle. Apocalypse continues to taunt the restrained Magneto until he knocks him out. Back at the plant, Wild Child and Sunfire free the humans being held captive while Morph goes after Blink. He finds her and as the two escape, Holocaust punches through the side of the acid vat and attacks them both. Suddenly "Morph" reveals himself as Rogue and uses her own powers to crack Holocaust armor again just as the real Morph jumps through the roof and becomes a large brick that crashes down on Holocaust. Rogue then lunges at him but he sends her flying leaving a ditch in the ground as she slides. While the rest of the team attacks Holocaust, Morph goes after Rogue, changing into her baby to get her attention. Holocaust then taunts about how Apocalypse found and destroyed the Mansion that the X-Men were in. This gives Rogue all the fury she needs as she pounds on him, landing both of them on a teleporter. Iceman grabs her just as he is about to teleport them both to Apocalypse's stronghold. With Creed saved and the team together again they vow to go after Apocalypse and end his reign. X-Calibre The young mutant Switchback takes a gondola ride down a river cavern where she is left alone. Thinking shes been taken advantage of she is approached by a huge man who tells her that there are "no charlatans here". His name is Cain and he is there to lead her to Avalon . They travel through freezing jungle (which she doesnt notice getting less and less frozen as she goes) then after several days they come upon the paradise of Avalon (616's Savage Land). Back in what was once Manhattan, Nightcrawler is lurking in Angel's private quarters at "Heaven" nightclub to get information on his travel plans to Avalon so he can locate the precog Destiny for Magneto. Angel balks at being used by him, Gambit and Magneto for illicit activities but gives him the information anyway, telling him to go to the east river and ask for Proudstar .At the Xavier Mansion, Magneto orders Mystique t o assist her son, Nightcrawler, in reaching Avalon and assist him in extracting Destiny from there. At the warehouse by the east river, Nightcrawler meets Proudstar and his tribe "the Ghost Dance" which is the first step on the trek to Avalon, called "the Infernal Gallop". When Proudstar accuses Mystique of pillaging the people she ferries to Avalon before delivering them, Nightcrawler grabs his finger and teleports it off his hand. In the background, a young woman sneaks away to Apocalypse's citadel, frying the brain of a guard with a psychic arrow on the way there. The young woman, Danielle Moonstar , approaches Apocalypse and one of his puppets, Dead Man Wade , to tell him of Nightcrawler's trek to Avalon. Apocalypse call for Damask and tell her to take these two, collectively the Pale Riders, and find Avalon and burn it to the ground. Nightcrawler is on a cramped barge with other refugees, while down in Avalon Switchback has arrived an is brought by Cain to meet Destiny. As their fingers touch, Destiny has a painful precognitive flash of Avalon burning and Apocalypse coming. As Destiny collapses from the shock of her vision Switchback, Cain, and Destiny's adopted son Doug Ramsey rush to her side as she screams about Avalon burning. By the east river, Apocalypse's Infinities attack Proudstar's Ghost Dance and despite their best efforts are summarily dispatched. Menawhile on the submarine bound for Avalon, the air conditioning unit has busted and Nightcrawler and the other passengers are choking on their own exhalations. The captain surfaces rather then have everyone perish but warns that the instrumentation is broken and they may not be beyond American Detection Range. When they break the surface the crew realizes that the cargo bay doors are electronically sealed and everyone may have already suffocated to death. They signal a nearby ship who happen to have a torch to cut through the doors and save at least some of the people inside. The new ship's captain, Callisto , offers her own ship to finish the submarine's trip to Avalon. Nightcrawler is on the roof of the sub, having teleported out (barely) when the ship broke air. Above on the Pale Riders' ship, Damask is watching these events unfold while Moonstar is repeatedly cutting Wade and watching his healing factor work. Damask receives a transmission from Apocalypse informing her that he is sending a secondary expedition and that when they arrive in Avalon she is to "kill Avalon". In frustration, she kills Moonstar and tells Wade "And I loved it". Back on the ship, Callisto has taken hold of the refugees to Avalon and they head on their way. She and her crew collect all valuables that the refugees have on them and then when they get to deeper water she orders the cargo doors in the water, dumping every passenger into the freezing cold ocean killing them. The bodies pile up the boat drifts in what is called an Atrocity Zone, small islands in the Atlantic where Apocalypse dumped all the corpses he was creating. Callisto shoots the crewman responsible for letting them drift in to it and tells the rest of the crew to wait for her signal. Unbeknown to Callisto, Nightcrawler has been teleporting around the ship taking out her crew one by one and he then appears on the deck and takes out the remainder of the crew. Callisto is about to shoot Nightcrawler when Mystique shows up and points a gun at her head. Callisto is dead and Mystique and Nightcrawler, mother and son, are having a family reunion. They jump onto the ladder up to Mystique's helicopter and when Nightcrawler asks how she found him, she tells him that she was actually looking for the pirates because they'd killed the last two groups of travelers. On the Pale Riders ship, Wade is still devestated about Moonstar's death and Damask tell him that Moonstar never liked him anyway. Nightcrawler and Mystique arrive at Mystique's Antarctic headquarters and Kurt asks his mother why she won't go to Avalon. When she evades the topic he slaps her and accuses her of everything he had heard about her from the Ghost Dance. She admits that she takes the possessions of her passengers, calls it a tariff, and Nightcrawler tells her she isnt worthy of being in Avalon. Later, they are rowing down the underground river to Avalon and they meet Cain. Mystique asks where Destiny is and when he says she's too old to greet people anymore so he does it. The three of them trek to Avalon, with Cain carrying all the crates they brought and when they reach the edge of the paradise Mystique, who has never actually the end of the journey, is breathless over the beauty of Avalon and of the news the Destiny has a son. As they approach Destiny, Irene is thrilled to see Raven and hopeful that this means she will stay with them. When Mystique says she came to take her back with them, Destiny silently turns and leads them to Avalon Village. She introduced them to Switchback and tells of her vision that they will all die . Meanwhile at the entrance of Avalon, Wade is ready to kill everything as per his order while Damask on the other hand is so taken aback by the beauty she sees and is having seconds thoughts about her orders. In Avalon Village, Mystique and Nightcrawler are telling Destiny about Bishop, Xavier, and the alternate timeline. Destiny is hesitant to leave, claiming that her departure might cause Avalon to be destroyed and telling them that she has much to lose, such as her son. Suddenly a rocket blows up their tent and everyone scrambles to see what happened. Nightcrawler tries to get Cain to fight to protect them but he has a crisis of conscious so severe (his violent nature fighting his fanatical pacifist nature) that it caused an anuerism, killing him. Mystique and Co break out their guns, while on a hill Wade is continuing to shot at them. He asks Damask why she isnt killing anyone and she changes sides, stabbing Wade. This stalls his just long enough for Nightcrawler to teleport his head off his body. Damask tells him that if he wants her help shes willing and together with Mystique and Switchback they stand ready for Apocalypse's invasion. While still standing over Wade's dead body, Switchback suddenly changes positions explaining that its her mutant power to shift herself back down her own timeline a max of 10 seconds, in this case to fix the headache she was getting. Mystique and Switchback head back to the village while Nightcrawler interrogates Damask about Apocalypse's next wave. She tells him she doesn't know as she learns in and rubs his face fur commenting it feels like velvet. Back in the village, everything is on fire and everyone is in pain. They find Destiny and Doug helping other people and Doug and Mystique get into a fight over Doug's mutant status (his translation field covers the area so everyone can communicatie) and how his mother could ever be friends with someone like Mystique. Switchback jumps in and says that all they want is for her to come to America and confirm or deny what Bishop is saying. Suddenly one of the villagers with bio-electric powers goes berzerk killing several others. Before Mystique can kill her, Doug stops her and says that he can read background noise in thoughts and that she has two. At this point, Shadow King reveals him as possessing the girl explaining that he came in with Wade and when he was killed jumped to Switchback (which explained her headache). Mystique shoves Doug out of the way and blasts the possessed girl. Damask tells them that all they did was kill his host and he'll have a new one by now. Nightcrawler asks how does his power work and she explains that he traveling from mind to mind through an adjacent dimension. Destiny stumbles through the carnage and Shadow King approaches her in the guise of a pyrotic mutant named Marcus and berates her life's work as a waste of time. Damask lashes out with her own power, searing psychic knives, which forces Shadow King out of the boy. The boy is released as Doug accuses Nightcrawler and Mystique of causing all the carnage to which he replies that it was inevitable andall they did was move it up the schedule. Suddenly, Mystique is possessed by Shadow King and begins cycling through forms until she stops on Sabretooth, because it was the worst memory he could find in her mind. Using a combination of their powers, Nightcrawler teleports while Switchback uses her power to extend their time between worlds (where they find Shadow King) and Damask destroys his mind with her psychic knives. With his last vestige of power he makes a nearby mutant blast Destiny but Doug jumps in the way and saves her, dying in the process. Destiny agrees to accompany Nightcrawler back to Magneto and help bring down Apocalypse. Gambit & the X-Ternals Jubilee is fleeing from Infinite soldier while carrying stolen medical supplies and as she falls Guido comes barreling through a wall and Sunspot blasts them. Jubilee is gathering up her bundles when Sunspot explodes another grunt above her. When Guido tries to check on her she just yells that shes fine and wasnt scared. The trio sneaks through the city to a human safehouses where they deliver the medical supplies under the watchful eye of the teams human member, Lila Cheney. She tells them that Gambit just got back but wont tell them where hes been. They walk through the underground tunnels (where legend tell of a tribe of mutants that once lived there) they that serve as their base until they come upon Magneto. They almost attack him but Gambit stops them and tell them that they came together and that Magneto needs their help stealing something BIG. At the headquarters of the Madri, a priesthood devoted to Apocalypse, Rictor berates his lackeys for not capturing the X-ternals and helping him get promoted. While the team walks through the tunnels, Guido and Jubilee discuss (sorta) Lila and Remy's dating again while Gambit and Erik have tense conversation about Rogue. Magneto leads them to a hidden chamber in the tunnel dubbed "the Science Chamber" and when they question Magneto's motives he tells them he got his information from Apocalypse's scientific librarian for cataloging and the information is guaranteed. He mentions that she didnt complain about his methods and reasons when he rescued her from an asylum but she says it was a long time ago. The doors open to a room full of scientific wonder jsut before the Madri teleport in. The X-ternals and M
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PKR 7,195
Marvel · 1990
Story arc · 6 issues
Franklin Richards has apparently traveled back in time, an act that causes Ahab to come calling with his hounds. The Days of Future Present is a crossover that occurred in several annuals in 1990. Plot Summary Franklin Richards is supposed to be a young boy at this point in the mainstream Marvel Universe. Yet, it seems as if an older Franklin has somehow appeared. With this revelation begins the Days of Future Present, a mystery of who's who and what's what. In Franklin's future, the mutants are hunted by Ahab and his hounds so as to allow the humans to rule the planet. During a Sentinel attack, Franklin is killed but sends a dream self into the past. There he feeds off the powers of his younger self, as well as Rachel Summers , a past girlfriend. His presence also awakens Ahab, a man who sleeps on the border of here and now; a gatekeeper of realities; someone who wants to keep the future as it is. Ahab releases futuristic drones and Sentinels in an attempt to quell any adverse effects older Franklin's presence will have on the present and future. The future Franklin does not understand that he is a dream version of himself and tries to manifest things to be as he remembered them. He transforms the Four Freedoms Plaza back to the old Baxter Building , makes X-Factor's Ship vanish, and reconstructs Xavier's Mansion , all are acts that alert various groups to Franklin's presence. These teams, the Fantastic Four , X-Factor , the X-Men , and the New Mutants , must band together to figure out the mystery of the future Franklin. They must also thwart the odd machinations of Ahab, as he in turn wants a piece of older Franklin. During the fighting, younger and older Franklin see the awesome destruction that is possible if Franklin is allowed to keep his powers. They decide to lock younger Franklin's potential inside so that all power is inhibited, thereby eradicating the older Franklin's future of Sentinel enforced human dominance from the timelines. Ahab captures Cyclops and Sue Storm and turns them into his hounds, a process that "permanently" changes their DNA. They hunt down older Franklin, Rachel Summers (his girlfriend), and Christopher Summers , whom Franklin had stolen from Cyclops in an effort to get Rachel some acceptance. In the end, Ahab is thwarted, the dream Franklin dissipates, Rachel uses the Phoenix Force to reconstruct the DNA of Cyclops and Sue Storm, and each team is able to return to their respective corners of the universe. Effects The Fantastic Four Mr. Fantastic and Sue Storm get to see their son grown up. They must also come to grips with the fact that, according to this particular timeline, Franklin dies in a future far more bleak than they had imagined. Younger Franklin's powers are released before the dream Franklin departs, but the boy now has a look at what his powers will be capable of performing. The X-Men The slow trickle of X-Men returning is seen and a new face, Gambit , is introduced. The New Mutants At one point, older Franklin returns to Xavier's school. There he dreams up his old classmates, the future's version of the New Mutants. This version stumbles upon Cable's New Mutants. Franklin's team appears to have a mutant who resembles Doug Ramsey , an old teammate of many of the current New Mutants. Not only does this foreshadow a possible resurrection of this character, but the New Mutants must watch their friend be taken away again when Franklin makes his team disappear. X-Factor Rachel Summers comes face to face with Jean Grey after a confrontation with older Franklin. Rachel finally admits that she is Jean's daughter from the future. Jean and, to an extent, Cyclops, have a hard time accepting this news. Rachel must deal with her emotions of being rejected while Christopher, her kind-of half-brother, is fully accepted by both parents. The story ends with Jean contemplating where her feelings towards Rachel really lie. Collected Editions Essential X-Factor #4 Essential X-Men #10 X-Men: Days of Future Present Non-U.S. Edition Coleccionable X-Men #16 (Spanish) Coleccionable X-Men #17 (Spanish) Coleccionable X-Men #18 (Spanish) Essential X-Men #4 Essential X-Men #5
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PKR 11,992
Marvel · 1980
Story arc · 10 issues
The Phoenix Force consumes Jean Grey and with the manipulation of the Hellfire Club's Mastermind, she is driven mad. The Phoenix Force becomes the Dark Phoenix and consumes the power of a star and destroys an entire solar system before sacrificing herself to save the universe from mass destruction. This larger story arc "The Dark Phoenix Saga" is broken up into two parts. The first part is The Phoenix Saga in (X-Men #101-108). This is the second part of the two-part series mostly taking place in X-Men #129-138. The Creation of the Dark Phoenix Saga The Dark Phoenix Saga was created because of the number of fans that loved the original Phoenix Saga . Marvel needed a way to bring the Phoenix back in a way like never before, so they decided to have the Phoenix come back to earth evil. They figured what better way to shock the readers than to have the once great and powerful balance maker turn evil and show its true colors. This idea resulted in the creation of the Dark Phoenix Saga. How it Started After taking some time off to find herself, Jean Grey journeyed to Muir Island. While shopping she met a strange man named Jason Wyngarde , who was secretly the old X-men villain "Mastermind". After Mastermind toyed with Jean's mind, she decided to stay on Muir Island so that Moira MacTaggart could test the full extent of her new powers. During an emergency alarm concerning Moira's son Proteus , Jean was swept up in an illusion of herself in the 1800's as Lady Jean Grey (an ancestor of Jean's). Lady Jean Grey was the wife of the era's Jason Wyngarde and Black Queen of the Hellfire Club at that time. This psychic illusion caught her off guard and she was felled by Proteus. Later during the Proteus situation, Mastermind once again took Jean into his 19th Century illusion where he convinced her that a cruel game of manhunt was her own idea! Following the defeat of Proteus Jean returned to the mansion and very quickly got reports of 2 new mutants, Kitty Pryde and Dazzler . The team decided it would be best to split up and look for the two mutants, Jean decided to search for Dazzler. When Jean researched Dazzler's last known location, she found that Dazzler worked at a nearby club so she decided to look there first. At the club where they find Dazzler was performing Jean once again saw Jason Wyngarde walking across the floor and was instantly brought back into the illusion where she was his wife. While in the illusion Cyclops's face appears and Jean is able to break free from it. While Jean walked out of the club, Jason sends Hellfire grunts after her and in little time, they are all defeated. During the assault, Wyngarde brought Jean into one last illusion where she was the Black Queen and helped him along with the Inner Circle take down the X-men . After that she then and took her place as their new Black Queen. Dark Phoenix Saga Jean Grey's powers were increasing it began to corrupt her and make her want more and more energy which caused Jean to develop a split-personality. At first Jean was able to control it but as time went on it became harder and harder to control. Mastermind wanted to join the Hellfire Club and captured Jean Grey by using her hunger to his advantage. Mastermind made Jean think she was in the 18th century by using hallucinations and in time, she became the “ Black Queen ”. In attempt to save Jean, the X-Men were captured and chained up in the corner of the dining room. When the Hellfire Club was sitting at the table for supper Emma Frost saw Jean’s puzzled face and soon realized what was going on. She knew that Cyclops was trying to connect to Jean Grey through their telepathic connection (which only Scott and Jean shared). Emma ordered that Mastermind do something at once. Mastermind then had a telepathic battle with Cyclops inside of Jean Grey’s mind and in the end Mastermind killed Cyclops, making the real Jean Grey heartbroken. Jean reassumed control over her body and powers for a short amount of time but when the Phoenix retook control of her body she became overwhelmed with madness. The Phoenix broke free of Mastermind's illusion. Confused and angry the Dark Phoenix turned itself into a bird-like form of pure fire, and stated “No one can control the power of the Phoenix!" and burst through the ceiling and flew to the roof. Mastermind followed her to the roof in hopes that he would still be able to control her, but soon learned that he was no match for the mighty Phoenix. When the Phoenix was done with Mastermind, Cyclops got to the roof and called out Jean Grey’s name. That upset the Dark Phoenix so much that she broke out and yelled, “The mortal Jean Grey is no more, I am the Dark Phoenix!". The Phoenix then felt Jean Grey retake her body once again (only for a few seconds) but manages to say the words, "Scott, Help Me". When the Dark Phoenix retook control, she shot a fire ball at them which blew the X-Men into a nearby park. The Dark Phoenix then flew over to the park and told the X-Men that their destinies had come to an end and that the Dark Phoenix had come to destroy them all. Then the battle began and in the end, the X-Men lost. Cyclops (being the last to go down) was hit the hardest because he had upset the Dark Phoenix the most, mainly because he confused her. When the Dark Phoenix asked Cyclops why he had cared about the body of Jean Grey so much, he replied, “I love her”. That statement made the Dark Phoenix upset because she didn’t understand or know what the emotion felt like, so she replied, “I do not understand, your answer is unacceptable” and used a force-field to wipe him out. When Cyclops was knocked out Jean Grey retook control of her body again (this time for a longer period of time) and walked over to Cyclops’s body and started to cry. She then said, “Don’t ever forget Scott, I will always love you.” The Dark Phoenix resumed control and became madder than ever and took the form of an enormous bird made out of pure fire. This figure was seen for hundreds and hundreds of miles. The Dark Phoenix then flew straight up into the sky until she was no longer seen. The waves of power that the Dark Phoenix gave off when she transformed into the birdlike shape were sensed by extremely powerful telepaths throughout the universe, each one showed an extremely puzzled face. The Dark Phoenix then entered space and created a black hole to teleport into another galaxy (D’Bari Galaxy). The Dark Phoenix dove into the D’Bari’s star and started to feed on its energy until there was nothing left but a nova. When the Shi’ar tried to attack the Dark Phoenix she then turned around and attacked back, but with little effort, luckily not destroying the Shi’ar but causing more than enough to damage to give them the hint to back off. The Dark Phoenix then flew back to earth causing the captain in charge of the spacecraft to contact the empress and give her the warning. Meanwhile when all of this was going on, Beast was creating a machine that would neutralize the power of the Dark Phoenix, but only for an extremely short period of time. Once created Beast tried to figure out where the Dark Phoenix could be headed next but had no trouble figuring it out. Beast along with all the other X-Men (including Xavier ) went to Jean Grey’s childhood home and waited for her to arrive. When she arrived Xavier tried to fool the Dark Phoenix by putting hallucinations into her head, making her think that her parents are sitting in the drive way waiting for her. Once Jean walked outside, the car started to pull away causing Jean to go farther and farther into the yard as she chased after it. When she was far enough, the X-Men made their move and with some luck Beast slipped the device onto Dark Phoenix’s head. At first it looked like it was working, the Dark Phoenix had fallen to the ground in pain, but after a few short seconds the Phoenix stood up and melted the device. The Dark Phoenix then became overwhelmed with rage, she laughed and taunted Beast for his failure. Dark Phoenix picked up the X-Men with her telekinetic powers, by this time it looked like the X-Men had finally came to their end, but then out of nowhere Xavier tries his best to invade the mind of the Dark Phoenix and successes. He then summoned the Dark Phoenix to a telepathic battle. Dark Phoenix knows that Xavier is no match for her, so she decides to taunt and play around a little bit. He tries his best to defeat her, but once the Dark Phoenix had had enough she then decided to destroy him. She had almost succeeded, but Xavier called for the help of Jean Grey herself (who is in a way trapped within her own body) just in time. Together with the two extremely powerful telepaths working together, they are able to bind the Dark Phoenix into her own powers, but only for the time being. Since the Dark Phoenix had been contained, Jean Grey was able to retake control of her body once again. Once she awoke, Jean Grey was greeted home by all her fellow X-Men. It seemed like everything had just fallen back into place. Then the Shi’ar arrived and tried to take Jean Grey away so that they could destroy her and the evil, powerful creature that was within her to ensure the universe’s safety. The empress then ordered her Imperial Guards to capture Jean. The X-Men got ready for the battle of their lives and were willing to do anything to protect Jean. Luckily for them Xavier was able to enter the mind of the empress and found out that if the Imperial Guards were challenged to a battle, they must accept it. The X-Men were then brought onto the spacecraft and were taken into space. On board, Jean Grey was accused of genocide and the only solution was death. The X-Men and the Shi’ar agreed that there would be a battle and the winner would determine Jean Grey’s fate. Once the X-Men had gotten ready they along with the Imperial Guards were then teleported to a moon where the battle would take place. The X-Men (not knowing they were no match for the Imperial Guards) then decided to split up into pairs. After many hours of battle Jean Grey and Scott Summers were the last two left in the match. Before the two decided to give the Imperial Guards the best they had, Jean and Scott hid in a nearby cave to say their last few words before they fought for their lives. When they were done they ran out and were confronted by all of the Imperial Guards. Jean and Scott were doing great until Scott was shot down. The sight of Jean Grey’s true love falling to the ground put so much guilt and stress on her that the Dark Phoenix was able to retake control of the body once again. By doing so she sent off extremely powerful waves of power which knock off the energy flow of the Shi’ar spacecraft. The Dark Phoenix then went after the Imperial Guards and had them feel the wraith of the Dark Phoenix. Once the Imperial Guards were out of the picture Jean Grey had retaken control of the powers and body. She knew that her control over the Dark Phoenix was not going to last long and right under the Shi’ar spacecraft. She then used her powers to boost the spacecraft’s weapon system. Thinking that the Shi’ar’s weapon was powerful enough to kill her and the Dark Phoenix she said her farewell to Scott by saying, “I love you Scott, don’t ever forget, I will always be with you.” The empress blasted the weapon directly at the Dark Phoenix. During the blast the Dark Phoenix had retaken control of the body forming once again the shape of the fire bird, then it was gone. Thinking that the Phoenix was destroyed, the empress then teleported herself and Xavier to the moon. She apologized to Scott along with the other X-Men. Then out of nowhere the Phoenix rose from her ashes as the Phoenix Force and brought Jean Grey’s body with her. The Phoenix then apologized to all the X-Men. She explained to them how she lost her way and assured them all that it would never happen again. When Scott asked what would happen to Jean, the Phoenix Force told him that the flame within her was no more, but that with a small portion from many would be enough to restore the life within Jean Grey. The X-Men accepted the deal and they all grouped together and watched as a small part of each of them went into Jean Grey. The Phoenix then said, “I have been here too long, I must depart” and flew away. When Jean woke up, the first thing she said was Scott’s name and the saga ended with Jean Grey kissing Scott Summers. Collected Editions X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga X-Men Legends Vol. 2: The Dark Phoenix Saga Essential X-Men Volume 2 Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men Volume 4 & Volume 5 Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Related Issues What If? #27 Phoenix: The Untold Story Marvel Age #16 What If...? #32 What If...? #33 Men: Messiah Complex - Mutant Files Non-U.S. Collected Editions Coleccionable Marvel Héroes: La Patrulla-X: La saga de Fénix Oscura (Spanish)
