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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 93. Chapters: Phoenix Force, Mystique, Storm, Magik, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Moira MacTaggert, Imperial Guard, Brood, Shi'ar, Caliban, Gladiator, Lilandra Neramani, Thunderbird, Corsair, Black Tom Cassidy, Wildfire, Hepzibah, Mikhail Rasputin, Amanda Sefton, D'Ken, Futurians, Krakoa, Astra, Starbolt, Raza Longknife, Acanti, Smasher, Gabrielle Haller, N'Garai, Ch'od, Titan, Oracle, Mentor, Magique, Neutron, Flashfire, Fang, Hussar, Nightside, Hobgoblin, Tyr, Electron, Bamf, Sidri, Scintilla, Sikorsky, Pulsar. Excerpt: The Phoenix Force is an entity in the Marvel Comics fictional universe which has bonded with other characters, who often used the alias Phoenix. The Phoenix Force is famous for its central role in one of the most influential storylines in American superhero comics, The Dark Phoenix Saga, and is usually linked to Jean Grey. In 2009, Jean Grey as the Dark Phoenix was ranked as IGN's 9th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. Wizard Magazine's list of Top 100 villains ranked the Dark Phoenix as #38th. The Phoenix first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #101 (October 1976) in the guise of Jean Grey, and was created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum. The Phoenix Force is an immortal and mutable manifestation of the prime universal force of life and passion. Born of the void between states of being, the Phoenix Force is a child of the universe. It is the nexus of all psionic energy which does, has, and ever will exist in all realities of the omniverse, the Guardian of Creation, and of the dangerously powerful M'Kraan Crystal. The Phoenix is among the most feared beings in all of existence - having the power to cut and re-grow any part of the universe, as well as destroy it entirely, which is part of the Phoenix's purpose: "The Judgment of the Phoenix," to burn away the obsolete. The Phoenix Force is described as being "the emb...