*Marvel: The Claremont & Cockrum New X-Men was already a critical hit when #101 turned up, and in a dramatic turn of events, Jean Grey, former weak sister of the team, was elevated into a powerhouse when a cosmic ray storm seemed to transform her into the entity known as Phoenix – and a major, ultimately tragic, story arc for the X-Men began. The legend was somewhat tarnished in later years by Marvel’s back & forth position on whether Jean actually was the Phoenix, or whether the Phoenix force just manifested itself in her form (with a swingin’ new costume), but nevertheless, this remains a key and highly sought after issue. This is a mid-grade cents copy, with the cover image ever so slightly off centre so that there are very minor white ‘slants’ towards the top of the spine and the right top of the cover. Apart from that, there are a couple of colour-breaking creases across the bottom right of the cover, but only minimal wear, good colour and gloss, nice page quality and good, tight staples.
PICTURED: X-MEN #101 VG+ £145 SOLD