Uncanny X-Men #136

[iamrman]

After dining on a delicious, delicious sun, Dark Phoenix returns to do battle with her old teammates.

Comments

[mazway_75]

I heard Claremont wanted to get Iceman in there so the original X-Men involved in the finale but somehow couldn't make it work.

[scorntx]

Scott almost on the verge of talking Jeanix down, only to be interrupted by Chuck zapping her from behind.
Such a classic Professor X move.


You had one job, Wolverine. One job! Stabbing people is what you're there for!
The one time anyone needs you to actually do it, and you chicken out.

Torn between wanting to taunt John Grey for the roboticism of calling Jean "daughter" and not, because a few pages prior he'd been melodramatically yelling that Phoenix was no daughter of his (well, in fairness...)
Because, you know, one thing to say it and another thing to see her in trouble.

Incidentally, kind of a running theme of crummy to just plain awful dads in Claremont's work.
Professor X, Corsair, Professor X, John Grey, Carmen Pryde, Reverend Craig, Joe MacTaggert, Old Man DaCosta, Joe Danvers, Professor X again...
"There's some kind of pattern here."

(Also, nice little touch where Jeanix blasts through the sound effect.)