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Essential X-Men#2
Cover: John Byrne
Essential X-Men #2
“Wanted: Wolverine! Dead or Alive! (X-Men #120)”
writer, artist John Byrne · writer Chris Claremont · inker Terry Austin · letterer Tom Orzechowski · cover John Byrne
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Cast · 12 characters
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writer, artist John Byrne
writer Chris Claremont
inker Terry Austin
letterer Tom Orzechowski
cover pencils John Byrne
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Lilandra transports the X-Men to her base so that Phoenix can be killed for her crime of wiping out an entire star system. Xavier explains that the Phoenix Force has been purged from Jean and demands the right to trial by combat when his captors refuse to listen. The X-Men and the Imperial Guard fight on the Blue Area of the Moon to determine Jean's fate. During the battle, Dark Phoenix manifests herself once again and Jean sacrifices herself rather than let the Phoenix loose on the universe.
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