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X-Men 100 final page. The death of Jean Grey and birth of Phoenix.

Artist: Dave Cockrum (All)

54 Comments  -   1,103 Views  -   43 Likes


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Title: X-Men 100 final page. The death of Jean Grey and birth of Phoenix.
Artist: Dave Cockrum (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 1,103
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Favorited on CAF: 1
Comments: 54
Added to Site: 5/19/2025
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1963...X-Men 1...Professor X tells the team that they have a new member arriving, a "most attractive young lady." Cyclops looks out the window and says "You're right, Sir. Wow. A real living doll."

The poor guy had no idea what was in store for him.

1976...X-Men 100...Cyclops is held back as Jean Grey dies. The last word to leave her mouth as the radiation hits? "SCOTT!!"

And with that, we say goodbye to Jean, and a couple pages later in X-Men 101 we're introduced to Phoenix, who declares right away that she is "no longer the woman you knew."

What an ending. What a way to close out the 100th issue. And what a lucky guy I am to have this page in my collection. A real piece of Marvel history. It doesn't matter if you're an old comic reader or a new one, everyone knows the story of Jean getting blasted by radiation and turning into Phoenix. And here it is!

Thank you so much, Carlo. You are a pleasure to deal with and a real class act! Your collection is legendary but your character is even greater.

I haven't posted much lately and I have a backlog of pieces. But I felt that this page should be up and enjoyed by all.

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Brian Lake 
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

WOW - now thats an important page and certainly one we all are happy you posted 

Amir E 
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Very memorable page! Congrats! Love it!

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan 
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Superb addition. Huge congrats!

Jason D'Ambrosio 
Member Since 2018

2 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Magnificent!! Unbelievably jealous while at the same time incredibly happy for you! But you should have had Jordan write the description so we could have gotten some birth action because that eyebrow says birth of the Phoenix to me!!

Fisch  Benz 
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Jason D'Ambrosio wrote:

Magnificent!! Unbelievably jealous while at the same time incredibly happy for you! But you should have had Jordan write the description so we could have gotten some birth action because that eyebrow says birth of the Phoenix to me!!

First ever Phoenix!! In the fuzzy eyebrow!! 

Patrick R 
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

History in the making - congrats Fisch!

Steven Dilworth 
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

A page that still rips my heart out.  Scott's utter despair, Kurt's tearful face, and Jean's fear at facing certain death.  Just, wow.

You certainly are lucky to have it!

Jeffrey Wedding 
Member Since 2009

2 - Posted on 5/19/2025

That third panel of Scott and Kurt, all the feels. I have no arty words other than absolutely stunning. Congrats, Fisch, she's a beauty (Jean and the page).

Toni S 
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Wow man!!! What a landing in your collection!!! An A++ upgrade!!! Pivotal moment of incalculable influence...

Lloyd White 
Member Since 2007

2 - Posted on 5/19/2025

It really doesn't get any better than this--congratulations!

Lloyd White 
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

It really doesn't get any better than this--congratulations!

James S 
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

What GD epic drop!  Congrats, dude!

R Berman 
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

I liked the non-embellished outline look they used when Jean was using her powers.

Comics Superworld 
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

What a page!  A lot goin' on in this one.

Jason D'Ambrosio 
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Fisch is mad he didn't get a tiny hammer last year... looks like he's back! 

Fisch  Benz 
Member Since 2019

Posted on 5/19/2025

Jason D'Ambrosio wrote:

Fisch is mad he didn't get a tiny hammer last year... looks like he's back! 

1) I didn't even enter last year!

2) This won't win any hammers. I saw some insane panel pages posted this year. But this makes me happppppy. Hammer and Happy both start with an H A!

JN 80 
Member Since 2016

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

In my Dos Equis voice..." I don't usually drop art, but when I do...."

HOT DAMN, it's still spring, but Fisch is dropping heat like it's summer in Miami. 

Stellar page in comic lore.

Daeh Bew 
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Great "sCoTT!!"
 

Incredible, man. Congratulations! 

Marcus Wai 
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

I got a Phoenix, Nightcrawler

From a page to Krakoa

Mutant Professor Xavier from Dave

Cockrum Mutantmania

Where the birth forewarned

Scott I could hear my Jean lady, yeah

 

Kavi H 
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Amazing piece of X-Men and Marvel history, incredible addition. Kudos and congrats dude!

Mark Levy 
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Simply a gorgeous piece of history - congrats!

Derek Crabbe 
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Love that it's still cosmic.

stephen yarish 
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

wow, now that is an impressive page!!!  Congrats!!

Steve Lawrence 
Member Since 2016

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Epic addition. Congrats

George H 
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Powerful page!

Chris Snorek 
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Youre insane but in a great way. Bravo.

Phill R 
Member Since 2010

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Holy crap, crazy page!!!

Benedict Judas Hel 
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 5/19/2025

Come on, Fisch!  No need to slum it with a basic art piece like this!  You got to step it up!  I never even heard of the...Y-Men?  Isn't that redundant?  And the...Phoenix?  Must be a single appearance character that didn't make any significant impact and never appeared again...

Brian Peck 
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

Historic! Great Byrne/Austin page. Major Congrats!

Stephen F 
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

Great page!

Ben Bressel 
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

So good! 

Eranga Devasurendra 
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

Beyond the incredible historic standing of this page, there's so much to love about the art too. The emotion in the panels with Cyclops and Nightcrawler, the inverted line effects used for Jean's psychic powers - beautiful storytelling from Dave!

Walked into the room with a flamethrower here, Fischerino!

M L 
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

Even as an emo boi, I was struck down when I saw this page. In fact, maybe it's BECAUSE I'm an emo that this page resonates so much. The Dark Phoenix saga is a soap opera on the grandest scale, and I am 💯 here for it. Thrilled to see this in your collection - congrats!!!

Dino Mauricio 
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

Sweet page from this landmark X-Men issue, great pick-up Fisch!

Paul  Brzegowy 
Member Since 2010

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

Congrats, what an incredible page, tough to post anything more significant than this one. 

James Dornoff 
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

A big piece of comic history relived in so many ways. Huge congrats!!

Migs DC 
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

HOLY MOLEY! This is just all kinds of cool. Congrats. 

Carlo M 
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

You caught me at the right time, I lowered my guard and here it is in your collection! So glad this went to the right home, enjoy it! 

Fisch  Benz 
Member Since 2019

Posted on 5/20/2025

Carlo M wrote:

You caught me at the right time, I lowered my guard and here it is in your collection! So glad this went to the right home, enjoy it! 

Thank you, Carlo!!

S Riz 
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

A phenomenal pickup!  The collection keeps getting epic!

Jared Simmons 
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 5/20/2025

Congrats on this GREAT page Fisch!!!!

J L 
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/21/2025

Such a memorable cliff hanger that leads to the story in 101. Awesome. I concur that Carlo M is a great person to deal with!!!!

Tyler T 
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 5/21/2025

Comic book history in interior page format. Absolutely love it! That second panel has the ability to make Cyclops fans weep and haters rejoice. Huge congrats!

Michael Weigant 
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 5/21/2025

What a climactic scene,congrats on this one Fisch !

1 - Posted on 5/21/2025

Wow- so memorable, so classic, so very, very good! Congrats! 

Al Simpleton 
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 5/21/2025

Outstanding page! A moment that is forever engraved in everyone's mind... and for good reason!

Ted Latner 
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/21/2025

Great to see Cockrum art getting so much love here!  Congrats on the amazing pickup -- definitely one of the most dramatic and memorable pages from Dave's first X-Men run!

Bill J 
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 5/21/2025

You're right, we all remember this story. Such an iconic page. Beautifully pencilled and inked by the great Dave Cockrum. So much emotion here as Scott struggles to be with Jean Grey and she struggles to hold off the radiation from the solar flare that threatens to kill the other X-Men aboard the space shuttle. Love that central panel where Jean's telekenetic power is shown protectively wrapping around the shuttle and, in the energy waves generated by her power, we can see Jean's frightened face. This one belongs in the next Marvel Comics museum show! Phenomenal pick-up, congrats!

TAMD 1 
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 5/22/2025

Holy Guacamole! One of the most important and memorable X-Men pages of all time! This is absolutely massive. Huge congrats, Fisch!

Alberto Gonzalez 
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 5/23/2025

What an incredible page! Historic!!

1 - Posted on 5/27/2025

ABC = Awesome! Beautiful! Congrats!

Mario Losada 
Member Since 2011

1 - Posted on 5/29/2025

Magnific

Kin Wong 
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 6/7/2025

Such a historic and emotionally-charged page that set up the X-Men series for years/decades.  Huge congrats on adding this to the collection!

Joe Murray 
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 6/11/2025

Wow, this page is etched into my brain just like Jean's in panel 4, it was a heart-wrencher and so historic, huge congrats!

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