Dates
- Cover date
- August 1987
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #12 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602430908
This edition’s page
Story arc: Phoenix Saga
This is part 4 of 7. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
Creators
Stories
- The Gentleman's Name Is Magneto · 20 pages
The X-Men head to Muir Island to make sure everything is fine there and discover that Eric the Red has grown Magneto back to adulthood (and Maggie isn't a very happy camper).
- A Fire in the Night · 12 pages
Publisher’s description
Another awe-inspiring X-Men epic retold - THE RETURN OF MAGNETO! How has the Master of Magnetisim escape from his impenetrable prison? And what is the connection between his escape and the mysterious Eric the Red? The X-Men might not survive long enough to find out!
Characters
Reprinted in
X-Men Classic: The Complete Collection (2018), Magneto: The Twisting of a Soul (1993), X-Men: Lost Tales (1997), Marvel Visionaries: Chris Claremont (2005), Marvel Visionaries: Chris Claremont (2019)