For this new sensation... the rapture of destruction... for the pleasure of the Phoenix... the unbound joy of evil!
Appearances
Featured Characters:
- X-Men
- Professor X (Charles Xavier)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers)
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Main story and flashback)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe)
- Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy)
- Rogue
- Phoenix (Jean Grey) (Possessed by Phoenix) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
- Inner Circle Club
- Black Queen/Dark Phoenix (First appearance as Black Queen and Dark Phoenix) (Joins) (Leaves)
- Black King (Sebastian Shaw)
- White Queen (Emma Frost)
- Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)
- White Bishop (Donald Pierce)
- Black Bishop (Harry Leland)
Other Characters:
- Larry Houston
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Synopsis
When Mastermind tries to force Phoenix to kill Cyclops, she finally breaks free of the psychic controls on her, leaving the X-Men to fight for themselves.