Dates
- Cover date
- January 1986
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #286 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition65¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition65¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860246201 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860246201 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Like a Phoenix! · 30 pages
Reed Richards manages to free Jean Grey from the capsule the Avengers had found her in. While trying to restore her missing memories, Jean learns that she was replaced by the Phoenix, who in turn was destroyed by the humanity it gained by duplicating Jean.
Characters
Reprinted in
X-Men: Phoenix Rising (1999), Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (2001), Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (2003), Essential X-Factor (2005), X-Men: Phoenix Rising (2009), X-Men: Phoenix Rising (2011), Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (2011), X-Factor Epic Collection (2017), True Believers: Phoenix Returns (2018), Phoenix Omnibus (2021), X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus (2024)