Half the team searches for Dazzler, unaware that the remaining X-Men have been ensnared by the Hellfire Club. Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin offer up another A+ outing – and they’re just getting started!
READThe X-Men are reunited with Professor X, then head off to find two new mutants – and the Hellfire Club! “The Dark Phoenix Saga” gets underway in earnest in this strong outing from the legendary X-Men creative team of Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin.
READWarlock saves Spider-Man from a runaway rocket, then the two team to battle the Stranger on the moon. Bill Mantlo doesn’t demonstrate much of a feel for “cosmic” stories here, but the art from John Byrne is quite nice.
READThings go from bad to worse as Spider-Man finds himself imprisoned, with Hulk and Woodgod, within the mysterious Tranquility Base. Bill Mantlo’s script is just so-so, but the big draw here is a young John Byrne’s quickly improving art.
READThe Hulk stumbles across a deserted New Mexico town and soon comes to blows with Woodgod. Plus, appearances by Spider-Man and the X-Men! John Byrne gets his first crack at drawing Marvel’s merry mutants, but the results are less than spectacular.
READAs reality unravels in Scotland, the X-Men must go all out against Proteus before he becomes too strong to stop. An excellent climax to the Proteus arc from the X-team of Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin.
READThe X-Men race to stop Mutant X, but the team is rattled and Proteus grows stronger. Another grade-A outing from the legendary X-Men creative team of Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin.
READThe X-Men are reunited on Muir Island – and soon find themselves battling for their lives against Mutant X. The Claremont/Byrne/Austin creative team enters into its golden era with the launch of the Proteus Saga.
READThis debut issue of Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch features some morally mixed-up tales. But the real appeal comes from the back-up text feature’s illustrations, drawn by a young John Byrne.
READReunions and time slips, galactic affairs of state and trouble on Muir Island … yup, it’s another transitional issue! But that’s OK, because no one did transitional issues in the Bronze Age quite as well as Chris Claremont and John Byrne.
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