The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #137 (Sep. 1980):
“The Fate of the Phoenix!”
by John Byrne, Chris Claremont, Terry Austin

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #137

Title: “The Fate of the Phoenix!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Sep. 1980

Publisher:
Written by: John Byrne, Chris Claremont
Art by: John Byrne, Terry Austin

51 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Cyclops (Scott Summers)	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Phoenix (Jean Grey)	Episcopalian	Metro College; The Twelve...  X-Factor; X-Men		1,905
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Professor X (Charles Xavier)	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Phoenix	cosmic entity	The Hellfire Club; X-Men		129
Skrulls	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Kree	Kree religion	[alien race]		238
Lilandra Neramani	Shi'ar religion	Starjammers [Majestrix (empress) of the Shi'ar Emperium]		170
Gladiator (Kallark)		Imperial Guard		166
Shi'ar	Shi'ar religion	[alien race]		106
miscellaneous aliens	alien	[generic listing for miscellaneous aliens]		100
Smasher (Vril Rokk)		Imperial Guard		33
Earthquake		Imperial Guard		26
Tempest (Grannz)		Imperial Guard		30
Manta		Imperial Guard		9
Nightside		Imperial Guard		42
Oracle (Lady Sybil)		Imperial Guard		58
Starbolt		Imperial Guard		61
Hussar		Imperial Guard		33
Warstar (B'nee and C'cil)		Imperial Guard		42
Araki	Shi'ar religion	[former Shi'ar Lord Chamberlain, Grand Vizier]		66
Raksor	Skrull religion	Skrull [helped free Prince Dezan from prison planet]		5
Bel-Dann	Kree religion	Kree [observer at challenge leading to death of Phoenix]		5
The Watcher (Uatu) (5-panel cameo, pg. 1, 21, 35)	monotheist / Watcher religion, focusing on non-interference and observation	The Watchers		582
Analyzer (Recorder #211) (3-panel cameo, pg. 35, panels 1-2, 4)	N.A.	[servant]		10
Supreme Intelligence (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 3)	Kree religion	[ruler of the Kree Empire]		120
Empress R'Klll (1-panel cameo, pg. 6, panel 3)	Skrull religion	Skrull [Empress of Skrullian Empire; Hulkling's grandmother]		6
Dorothy Gale (quoted and cited, pg. 2)  Cyclops: "What happened?! Where the Devil are we?!" Beast (Hank McCoy): "Let me put it this way, Cyke-- I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." Angel (Warren): "Cute, Beast, real cute..."	Protestant	[farmer; student]	George M. Hill Company; Arrow, etc.	270
Captain Juber (behind the scenes, pg. 4, panel 6)  Gladiator: "When Phoenix returned to Shi'ar space... Ravenous after her long journey from your galaxy to ours, she consumed the star, D'Bari. Unfortunately, D'Bari was an inhabited system. As the sun died, so died its planets-- and... inhabitants. A Shi'ar warship intercepted Phoenix, and fought her. She destroyed it as well..."	Shi'ar religion	Shi'ar [captain of battle cruiser destroyed by Dark Phoenix]		1
Eluke (behind the scenes, pg. 4, panel 6)  Gladiator: "When Phoenix returned to Shi'ar space... Ravenous after her long journey from your galaxy to ours, she consumed the star, D'Bari. Unfortunately, D'Bari was an inhabited system. As the sun died, so died its planets-- and... inhabitants. A Shi'ar warship intercepted Phoenix, and fought her. She destroyed it as well..."	Shi'ar religion	Shi'ar [science officer on battle cruiser destroyed by Dark Phoenix]		1
God (mentioned, pg. 1, 7, 11)  (pg. 1) Uatu: "Though she did not know it then, Jean had become ONE with a primal force second only to that of the Creator. It was more power than she -- or any human -- could ever hope to control." (pg. 7) Jean Grey: "For a while, I was almost God. ...God... Merciful God, help me. Give me strength."	God	[1st app: Old Testament (1402 B.C.)]	various	313
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 2)  Nightcrawler (thinking): "Eat your heart out, Spider-Man! Anything you can climb, I can climb better..."	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Nazis (mentioned, pg. 8, panel 1)  Nightcrawler (thinking): "As a child, in the circus, I knew people who had survived the Holocaust -- the Nazi death camps. I still cannot forgive the butchers responsible for those atrocities. How then can I forgive Jean?"	Nazi	[generic WWII Nazis]	, etc.	4,222
The Devil (Satan) (mentioned, pg. 2, 8-9)  (pg. 2) Cyclops: "What happened?! Where the Devil ARE we?!" Beast: "...I don't think we're in Kansas anymore." (pg. 8) Nightcrawler: "I once thought I would defy the Devil himself for Jean. Now... I'm not so sure." (pg. 9) Beast: "If Jean were Satan incarnate, I'd still grant her the full benefit of the law!" Referred to as both "The Devil" and "Satan."	Devil	[generic Satan/Devil reference or appearance]	, etc.	1,024
Arcade (mentioned, pg. 23, panel 5)  Nightcrawler (thinking): "I've been searching for him [Angel], but these catacombs have more twists and turns than Arcade's Murderworld."	murder as sport	[1st app: Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #65 (Jan. 1978)]		68
Elaine Grey (mentioned, pg. 3)  Colossus: "Professor Xavier, I do not understand. We were in the garden of Jean's parent's house..." [sic]	Episcopalian	[mother of Jean Grey (Phoenix)]		29
John Grey (mentioned, pg. 3)  Colossus: "Professor Xavier, I do not understand. We were in the garden of Jean's parent's house..." [sic]	Episcopalian	[Jean Grey's father]		44
K'ythri (mentioned, pg. 29, panel 5)  technician: "Majestrix-- something is happening! Our instruments are registering off their scales!" Lilandra: "No! Sharra and K'ythri -- NO!!"	Shi'ar deity	[1st app: X-Men (vol. 1) #107 (Oct. 1977)]		7
Sharra (mentioned, pg. 29, panel 5)  technician: "Majestrix-- something is happening! Our instruments are registering off their scales!" Lilandra: "No! Sharra and K'ythri -- NO!!"	Shi'ar deity	[1st app: X-Men (vol. 1) #107 (Oct. 1977)]		7
Proteus (Kevin MacTaggert) (mentioned, pg. 22, panel 1)  Wolverine (thinking, after receiving a "warning" from Uatu the Watcher): "My guts, my mind -- my soul -- everything feels like it's been turned inside-out. Not even Proteus made me feel this shaky."	resurrected	[Moira's son]		5
Emperor D'Ken (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 2)  Cyclops: "As I recall, Lilandra, Phoenix stopped your brother rom singlehandedly destroying the universe. Is this how you repay her?"	Shi'ar religion	[brother of Lilandra, Deathbird]		84
Robby the Robot (mentioned, pg. 16, panel 6)  Beast (speaking about Warstar): "Colossus, this reject 'Robby the Robot' looks right up your alley. Wolverine, you back him up."	N.A.	[1st app: Forbidden Planet (1956)]		46
The Watchers (mentioned, pg. 1)  Uatu the Watcher: "Since time immemorial, I and others of my race have beheld the myriad wonders of the universe. Our charge--our most sacred trust--is that we ever observe but never interfere." [more] No other Watcher but Uatu is seen in this issue, but he speaks about his race.	Watcher religion	[alien race]		38
The Avengers (mentioned, pg. 13, panel 2)  Beast: "I recognize this place from the Avengers' files -- It's called the 'Blue Area' of the Moon..."		[1st app: The Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		100
D'Bari (mentioned, pg. 4-5, 11, 34)  (pg. 4) Gladiator: "When Phoenix returned to Shi'ar space, she was no longer beneficent... Ravenous after her long journey from your galaxy to ours, she consumed the star, D'Bari. Unfortunately, D'Bari was an inhabited system. As the sun died, so died its planets-- and their five billion inhabitants."	D'Bari religion	[green-skinned; planet destroyed by Dark Phoenix]		12
Tin Man (mentioned, pg. 17, panel 1)  Wolverine (speaking to Warstar): "Nothin' honorable about givin' up, Bub... Stuff yer offer, Tin-Man! The X-Men ain't interested."		[emperor; woodsman]	George M. Hill Company	224

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