*Marvel: Following the arrival of the ‘New’ X-Men, a lot of people felt the ‘old’ X-Men were somewhat redundant. This was more so in the case of Jean Grey, Marvel Girl, who didn’t seem to have any identity other than being an X-Man and Cyclops’s love interest. But that was rectified in issue #101 when Jean was escalated 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 shifting position on whether Jean actually was the Phoenix, or whether the Phoenix force just assumed her form (and a swingin’ new costume), but nevertheless, this remains a key and highly sought after issue. With the Phoenix looming large in the forthcoming X-Men movie franchise, now is the time to get this pivotal story. This is a VF- pence copy on sale at £125. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD