The Uncanny X-Men #135 - Dark Phoenix
The X-Men are falling; the jet is destroyed in a huge explosion above them. Colossus turns into his metal form and safely crashes to the ground, Nightcrawler teleports down, and Storm catches Wolverine and Cyclops, lowering them to the ground easily. All of them are questioning why Phoenix has suddenly turned against them. But she only refers to herself as Dark Phoenix, saying she has no friends, that their paths will cross no more, and that her destiny lies in the stars. Dark Phoenix quickly beats the X-Men. They’re all lying on the ground, unconscious.
Flashback to five minutes earlier -
Shaw and Senator Kelly are outside the Hellfire Club directing the police to find the X-Men. The police say they are not equipped to fight the X-Men, and that Shaw and Kelly should contact the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, or SHIELD for help. Shaw suggests an alternative way to fight the X-Men and Kelly is intrigued, asking what this alternative is. “Sentinels,” says Shaw. Just then, a huge flame in the shape of a bird (a phoenix, actually) appears in the sky.
Heroes from all over detect Dark Phoenix - Mr. Fantastic says he is registering energy that could rival the power of Galactus, Spider-Man’s spider sense goes crazy, Dr. Strange senses great evil, and the Silver Surfer says he senses a child of the stars.
Dark Phoenix flies into outer space, passing an Avengers jet on the way. Inside is Hank McCoy aka Beast. He recognizes the object flying past him as Phoenix and he fears the X-Men are in trouble. He lands in the park where the X-Men lay in a pile of defeated, unconscious mutants. Beast helps them all to their feet.
Back at Angel’s home in New Mexico, Professor Xavier is talking with Moira about a tremendous burst of psionic energy that he felt. Moira confirms Xavier’s suspicions that it was Phoenix. And Phoenix is out of control.
Charles tells Angel they must head back to New York immediately.
Back in space, Dark Phoenix flies past the sun and a United Nations spaceship with none other than Dr. Corbeau on board, see issues #108 and before. Dark Phoenix flies past Jupiter, creates a star-gate, and enters a galaxy far, far away. Here she begins to feel hungry and she consumes a nearby star, called D’Bari, killing the inhabitants of eleven planets in the star’s solar system.
Nearby is a Shi’ar Imperial Battle Cruiser. They realize that the entity that destroyed the sun was a lifeforms, and that when the sun was destroyed, so were the lives of 5 billion people. The Shi’ar want revenge as D’Bari was allied with their Empire. They begin to fire at Dark Phoenix - big mistake! Dark Phoenix attacks the Cruiser. The Cruiser’s captain makes contact with Empress Lilandra, but it’s too late and the Cruiser explodes. Lilandra recognizes the Phoenix, saying her fears have come to pass.
Back at Xavier’s mansion, through his psychic rapport with Jean, Cyclops senses that Dark Phoenix is returning to Earth - and she’s hungry!
