X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga

"The Dark Phoenix Saga"

Information
Title:	"The Dark Phoenix Saga"
Series:	X-Men
Season:	3 (TV series)
Airdates:	November 12th-November 26th, 1994
Published:	January-September, 1980
Chapters:	9
Episodes:	4 (TV series)
Issues:	Uncanny X-Men #129-137
Setting
Setting:	Manhattan, New York City and Westchester County, New York, present day
Major characters:	X-Men: Professor X, Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler
Minor characters:	Shi'ar; Peter Corbeau; Moira MacTaggert
Antagonists:	Dark Phoenix; Hellfire Club: Sebastian Shaw, Donald Pierce, Mastermind; Harry Leland
Navigation
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"The Dark Phoenix Saga" is a multi-part storyline that appeared in issues of the Marvel Comics comic book series Uncanny X-Men. The story was a sequel to the previous multi-part arc, "The Phoenix Saga". It was published in issues #129-137 with an epilogue in issue #138. The story was written by Chris Claremont with artwork by John Byrne and Terry Austin.

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Characters[]

Heroes[]

X-Men

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Hellfire Club

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Plot threads[]

The Seduction of Jean Grey

Notes & Trivia[]

Arguably, "The Dark Phoenix Saga" is one of the most popular and fundamental storylines in not only X-Men history, but in comic history as well. It has been adapted in the 1992-1997 X-Men animated series, as well as the 2006 feature film X-Men: The Last Stand. In the cartoon series, "The Dark Phoenix Saga" comprised episodes 11-14 of season three.
Jean Grey first assumed the mantle of Dark Phoenix in Uncanny X-Men #134.
Uncanny X-Men #138 served as an epilogue to the story with Cyclops leaving the team.

Reprints[]

40 Years of X-Men CD-ROM
Classic X-Men #35-43
Essential X-Men, Volume 2
Marvel Masterworks: Uncanny X-Men 5
Uncanny X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga

Home Video[]

X-Men: Volume 3/DVD (Disc one; Episodes 3x11-3x14)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) DVD