The X-Men 1963 #135 Direct ed. - 8.0 - $60.00
Jean goes nuts as Dark Phoenix, beats up on her former teammates and heads for outer space to destroy a star system while the X-Men are left wondering how to handle their crazy comrade.
No copyright registration was filed for the issue. As such, there is no official on-sale date. However, the issue all but certainly first went on sale in March. According to copyright records, the reported on-sale date for issue #134 was February 26, and the date for #136 was April 29. A March on-sale date is consistent with that. Also, at this point in time, comics in Marvel's color-newsprint line were going on sale in comics stores four months ahead of the cover date.
- Defeated by Dark Phoenix! - Cover is an homage to the cover of X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #56.
- The Saga of Johnny West - Inside front cover. Ad for Acme boots.
- - Includes a Marvel checklist and promos for Machine Man and for Man-Thing.
- Thor Meets the Ricochet Monster! - Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies.
- - Letters of comment from Jim Hutcheon, Francis Oliver, and Barbara Long. Includes a subscription for the X-Men.
- - Ad for a variety of novelty items.
- - Inside back cover. Ad for the Daisy 840 BB gun.
- - Back cover.
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