| Characters |
FEATURE: X-Men--Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; GUESTS: Angel; Candy Southern; VILLAINS: Hellfire Club--Sebastian Shaw; Harry Leland (1st Full); Donald Pierce (1st Full); Mastermind; Tessa (1st); Hellfire Soldiers; CAMEO FLASHBACK: White Queen [Emma Frost]; Dazzler; Kitty Pryde |
| Synopsis |
The X-Men seek out Angel's advice on how to deal with the Hellfire Club as he is a member; The X-Men infiltrate the Club and are beaten by the inner circle; Mastermind works his final mojo on Jean Grey and she becomes the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club; Wolverine is the only X-Man left to mount a rescue. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
John Byrne (Co-plot); Chris Claremont |
| Pencils |
John Byrne |
| Inks |
Terry Austin |
| Colors |
Glynis Wein |
| Letters |
Tom Orzechowski |
| Notes |
Last panel of Wolverine in the sewers promising his solo revenge on the Hellfire Club is one of the most famous (and tributed) Wolvie images on file. |
| Reprinted |
in Uncanny X-Men, The (Marvel, 1984 series) #nn; in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #38 (October 1989); in X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 1991 series) #nn; in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #2 (1997); in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #13; in X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] |