The Dark Phoenix Saga: The Uncanny X-Men #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Pavel Rasputin - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Dark Phoenix Saga: The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1984 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: 1984
Key date: 1984-00-00
On-sale date: 1984
Price: $6.95
Pages: 196
Barcode: 9900002381422
ISBN: 0-939766-96-5

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Pavel Rasputin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Colossus - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Dark Phoenix, Jean Grey, Marvel Girl.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Bill Sienkiewicz; colors: Bill Sienkiewicz	Colossus, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Logan, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Phoenix, Professor X, Kitty Pryde, Piotr Rasputin, Storm, Scott Summers, Kurt Wagner, Wolverine
1	The X-Men	illustration	3	script: Stan Lee; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin	Nightcrawler, Kurt Wagner
2	God Spare the Child...	comic story	17	script: John Byrne, Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Banshee, Black Bishop, Black King, Sean Cassidy, Colossus, Cyclops, Lorna Dane, Emma Frost, Jean Grey, Havok, Harry Leland, Logan, Moira MacTaggert, Multiple Man
3	Filler Page	illustration	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin	Alison Blaire, Dazzler
4	Dazzler	comic story	17	script: John Byrne, Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Black King, Alison Blaire, Colossus, Cyclops, Dazzler, Emma Frost, Jean Grey, Logan, Mastermind, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Phoenix, Professor X, Carmen Pryde
5	Filler Page	illustration	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin	Ororo Munroe, Storm
6	Run for Your Life!	comic story	17	script: John Byrne, Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Alison Blaire, Colossus, Cyclops, Dazzler, Emma Frost, Jean Grey, Logan, Mastermind, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Phoenix, Professor X, Carmen Pryde, Kitty Pryde
7	Filler Page	illustration	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin	Jean Grey
8	And Hellfire Is Their Name!	comic story	17	script: John Byrne, Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Angel, Black Bishop, Black King, Black Queen, Alison Blaire, Colossus, Cyclops, Dazzler, Emma Frost, Jean Grey, Harry Leland, Logan, Mastermind, Ororo Munroe
9	Filler Page	illustration	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin	Logan, Wolverine
10	Wolverine: Alone!	comic story	17	script: John Byrne, Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Angel, Banshee, Black Bishop, Black King, Black Queen, Sean Cassidy, Wade Cole, Colossus, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Robert Kelly, Harry Leland, Logan, Angelo Macon
11	Filler Page	illustration	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin	Cyclops, Scott Summers
12	Too Late, the Heroes!	comic story	17	script: John Byrne, Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Beast, Black Bishop, Black King, Black Queen, Colossus, Cyclops, Dark Phoenix, Jean Grey, Robert Kelly, Harry Leland, Logan, Mastermind, Hank McCoy, Ororo Munroe
13	Filler Page	illustration	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin	Dark Phoenix, Jean Grey
14	Dark Phoenix	comic story	17	script: John Byrne, Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Angel, Araki, Banshee, Beast, Black Bishop, Black King, Sean Cassidy, Colossus, Peter Corbeau, Cyclops, Dark Phoenix, Doctor Strange, Jean Grey, Ben Grimm
15	Filler Page	illustration	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin	Beast, Hank McCoy
16	Child of Light and Darkness!	comic story	17	script: John Byrne, Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Angel, Araki, Beast, Jimmy Carter, Colossus, Peter Corbeau, Cyclops, Dark Phoenix, Gladiator, Elaine Grey, Jean Grey, John Grey, Sarah Grey, Edwin Jarvis
17	Filler Page	illustration	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin	Colossus First, Pavel Rasputin First
18	The Fate of the Phoenix!	comic story	35	script: Chris Claremont, John Byrne; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Angel, Araki, B'nee and C'cil, Beast, Bel-Dann, Colossus, Cyclops, Dark Phoenix Death, Earthquake, Gladiator, Grannz, Jean Grey Death, Jean Grey Death, Hussar
19	Filler Page	illustration	1	pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin	Jean Grey, Marvel Girl

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Marvel's Finest	price 19.95 USD; 29.95 CAD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
X-Men: Danger Room Battle Archives #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-0195-0	1996	On eBay ›
X-Men Milestones: Dark Phoenix Saga #[nn] ISBN 9781302918521	2019	On eBay ›
The Fate of the Phoenix ISBN 978-1-302-92253-5	2021	On eBay ›
Phoenix Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-94576-3	2021	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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