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Issue: The X-Men #137
Publication Date: September 1980
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Issues: #137 of 141 Issues (266 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 06/17/1980
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: No copyright registration was filed for the issue. As such, there is no official on-sale date. However, May is all but certainly when the issue first went on sale. The official on-sale date for issue #136 was April 29, and it is June 24 for #138. A May on-sale date is consistent with that. Also, at this point in time, comics in Marvel's color newsprint line consistently went on-sale in comics stores four months ahead of the cover date.

There is no Comics Code Authority seal of approval on the cover. According to Marvel scriptwriter (and occasional editor) Roger Stern, the absence of the seal was an accident. "That month, Marvel started running a contest with a big honkin’ banner across the tops of all the covers... which necessitated some special paste-ups... and the code seal either fell off or was never added." Stern was quoted in Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #93 (March 8, 2007) at www.comicbookresources.com.

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #180, June 1980.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Phoenix Must Die!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cyclops; Jean Grey
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagX-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga #[nn] published June 2010
In Issue: FlagColeccionable Marvel Héroes #4 published September 2010
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold. La Imposible Patrulla-X #2 published February 2012
In Issue: FlagLes Mystérieux X-Men #45/46 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] #393 published January 1983
as Phoenix Must Die! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagPhoenix #1 [Direct] published April 1984
as Cover of X-Men #137 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #7 published July 1988
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Wraparound]
In Content Item: FlagEssential X-Men #2 [First Printing] published August 1997
as Phoenix Must Die! (X-Men #137) [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectible Classics: X-Men #3 published September 1998
as Uncanny X-Men #137 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #8 published December 2001
as Cover to X-Men #137 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWizard X-Men Masterpiece Edition #1 published December 2003
as Cover to X-Men #137 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBuy Rite, Inc. [X-Men] #[nn] published April 2006
as Cover to X-Men #137 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDe X-Mannen #7 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Join Sales Leadership Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Fate of the Phoenix!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Jean Grey [Dark Phoenix; Marvel Girl] (death); Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Watcher [Uatu]; Recorder; Beast; Angel; Majestrix Lilandra; Chamberlain Araki; Shi'ar; Kree; Skrulls; Supreme Intelligence; Empress Rk'll; Gladiator; Imperial Guard [Starbolt; Oracle; Tempest; Nightside; Smasher; Warstar [B'Nee; Cc'll] (first); Earthquake (first); Hussar (first); Manta (first)]; Raksar
First Line: I am--the Watcher!
Synopsis: 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.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagX-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga #[nn] published June 2010
In Issue: FlagColeccionable Marvel Héroes #4 published September 2010
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold. La Imposible Patrulla-X #2 published February 2012
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] #393 published January 1983
as The Fate of the Phoenix! [Story on Interior Page(s)]17 pages only
In Content Item: FlagThe Dark Phoenix Saga: The Uncanny X-Men #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 1984
as The Fate of the Phoenix! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Uncanny X-Men #[nn] published March 1984
as The Fate of the Phoenix! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPhoenix #1 [Direct] published April 1984
as The Fate of the Phoenix [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPhoenix #1 [Direct] published April 1984
as A Taste of Armageddon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno #17 published October 1988
as Il Fato Di Fenice [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 1
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno #18 published November 1988
as Il Fato Di Fenice Parte Seconda [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 2
In Content Item: FlagL'Uomo Ragno #19 published December 1988
as Il Fato Di Fenice Parte Terza [Story on Interior Page(s)]part 3
In Content Item: FlagClassic X-Men #43 [Direct] published January 1990
as The Fate of the Phoenix! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential X-Men #2 [First Printing] published August 1997
as The Fate of the Phoenix! (X-Men #137) [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Collectible Classics: X-Men #3 published September 1998
as The Fate of the Phoenix! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time #8 published December 2001
as The Fate of the Phoenix! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWizard X-Men Masterpiece Edition #1 published December 2003
as The Fate of the Phoenix! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 35
Disclose Notes: As is now known, Phoenix and Jean Grey were never one and the same as revealed in Jean's resurrection in Avengers #263 and Fantastic Four #286. In the original story, Jean Grey didn't die and the story with the original ending is printed in Phoenix: The Untold Story #1.
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Captain Marvel Defends the Earth!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
First Line: It is decided.
Synopsis: Captain Marvel prevents the Kree from invading Earth.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Daisy 840
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the Daisy 840 BB gun.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Earn famous name prizes or cash
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Olympic Sales Club, Inc. ad.

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