Fantastic Four 286 (Jan 1986) NM- (9.2) - 2nd appearance X-Factor

Like a Phoenix!

Script: John Byrne (credited); Chris Claremont (pp. 24-29)

Pencils: John Byrne (credited); Butch Guice (pp. 24-26)

Inks: Terry Austin (credited); Butch Guice (pp. 24-26)

Colors: Glynis Oliver (credited)

Letters: John Workman (credited)

Characters: The Avengers: The Black Knight [Dane Whitman] (cameo flashback); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (also in flashback); Hercules (also in flashback); Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor] (flashback); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (flashback);Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III] (cameo flashback and as Sentinel robot in flashback); Banshee [Sean Cassidy] (cameo flashback); Beast [Hank McCoy] (on recording also in cameo flashback and as Sentinel robot in flashback); Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (cameo flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo flashback and as Sentinel robot in flashback); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (cameo flashback and as Sentinel robot in flashback); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (also in flashback and as Sentinel robot in flashback); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (cameo flashback); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (as Sentinel robot in flashback); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (flashback); Doctor Peter Corbeau (flashback); Dark Phoenix [Jean Grey] (cameo flashback); Edwin Jarvis; Stephen Lang (flashback); Phoenix [Jean Grey] (cameo flashback); The Phoenix Force (flashback); Sentinels (cameo flashback)UniverseMarvel : mainstream

Synopsis: Reed Richards manages to free Jean Grey from the capsule the Avengers had found her in. While trying to restore her missing memories, Jean learns that she was replaced by the Phoenix, who in turn was destroyed by the humanity it gained by duplicating Jean.