CATALOG RECORD
What If? X-Men - Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire #1
Dates
- Cover date
- February 2008
- In stores
- December 5, 2007
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
Creators
Stories
- What If Vulcan Gained the Power of the Phoenix? · 22 pages
During the war for the Shi'ar empire, Vulcan falls into the M'Kraan crystal and gains the power of the Phoenix. Havok and Rachel make it back to earth to warn the X-Men but Vulcan is hot on their heels. Rebelling against Vulcan's volatile temper, the Phoenix force retreats, allowing the X-Men to kill him.
Publisher’s description
THE RISE & FALL OF THE SHI'AR EMPIRE was an X-Men event like no other. Fresh off X-MEN: DEADLY GENESIS, Ed Brubaker took Marvel's mighty mutants off Earth and on an intergalactic journey to stop VULCAN, the third Summers brother, from exacting revenge on the Shi'Ar Empire! But in that final battle in front of the M'kraan Crystal, what if Vulcan absorbed the very energies that contained it many years ago? In other words, what if Vulcan became PHOENIX? When his unlimited rage is fueled with unlimited power...who will be able to stop him now? Writer Chris Yost (X-23, New X-Men, TV's Fantastic Four) welcomes the return of legendary X-Factor and Alien Legion artist Larry Stroman to the X-Universe with this action-packed issue.
Reprinted in
What If?: Civil War (2008)