Dates
- Cover date
- June 2012
- On sale
- April 3, 2012
- In stores
- April 4, 2012
- Pages
- 44
Editions and covers (18)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition (original)
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 75960607748900111
This edition’s page - Midtown Comics Wraparound Cover by Skottie Young
Barcode 75960607748900115 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
2nd Printing Cover by Jim Cheung
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
3rd Printing Variant
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960607748900113
This edition’s page - 4th printing
4th Printing Variant
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960607748900114
This edition’s page - 7th printing
7th Printing Variant
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960607748900117
This edition’s page - 5th printing
5th Printing Variant
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960607748900115 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - 6th printing
6th Printing Variant
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
Barcode 75960607748900116
This edition’s page - Hastings Department Store VariantThis edition’s page
- C2E2 Variant by Olivier CoipelThis edition’s page
Creators
Publisher’s description
From the powerhouse creative team of Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Matt Fraction, Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brubaker, John Romita Jr., Adam Kubert and Olivier Copiel comes a groundbreaking event pitting Earth’s Mightiest against the X-Men with the entire Marvel Universe at stake. Cyclops and his team believe the arrival of the Phoenix Force will save mutantkind, but Captain America is convinced it will destroy the world! But who is right?
Reprinted in
Avengers vs. X-Men (2012), Avengers vs. X-Men (2013), Avengers vs. X-Men Omnibus (2022), Phoenix: The Death & Rebirth of Jean Grey Omnibus (2025)