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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published May 1987
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Ann Nocenti; Terry Kavanagh (assistant editor); Archie Goodwin (original material)

Cover Details

Characters Wolverine; Storm; Jean Grey; Cyclops; Professor X
Genre Superhero
Pencils Arthur Adams (signed)
Inks Arthur Adams (signed)
Reprinted in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #71

1 page X-Men illustration "Frontispiece"

Characters Jean Grey
Genre Superhero
Pencils Arthur Adams
Inks Arthur Adams

20 page X-Men story "Like a Phoenix from the Ashes"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; GUESTS: Moira MacTaggert; Peter Corbeau; VILLAINS: Black Tom Cassidy; Juggernaut; CAMEOS: Clark Gable; Fred Astaire; Groucho Marx (all Nightcrawler)
Synopsis The X-Men's shuttle crash lands in Jamaica Bay and Jean rises from the wreckage as the Phoenix; To facilitate Jean's recovery, Prof X sends all of the X-Men but Cyclops to Scotland on vacation where Banshee has just inherited his ancestral castle; The X-Men show up at the castle and find it already inhabited by Sean's cousin Tom and his pal Juggy. Of course, as all now know, Jean and Phoenix are two separate entities (the latter taking the former for a template), and not the same being as the story insinuates.
Genre Superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Dave Cockrum (p. 1-6, 10-20); Tom Morgan (p. 7-9)
Inks Frank Chiaramonte (p. 1-6, 10-20); Sam Grainger (p. 7-9)
Colors Michele Wrightson
Letters John Costanza (p. 1-6, 10-20); Bill Oakley (p. 7-9)
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #101; in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #71 [pp. 7-9]

12 page X-Men story "The Gift"

Characters Nightcrawler
Genre Superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils John Bolton
Inks John Bolton
Colors Glynis Oliver
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Reprinted in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #72

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover to X-Men #101"

Characters Cyclops; Storm; Nightcrawler; Phoenix [Jean Grey]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dave Cockrum
Inks Dave Cockrum
Letters Dan Crespi
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #101

1 page X-Men illustration

Characters Nightcrawler
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Bolton
Inks John Bolton
Notes Back Cover