Many decades have passed since we were first introduced to the Phoenix force, but it’s arrival on earth remains one of the biggest events in X-Men history. Welcome to “Story Arc Explained”, the series that gets you up to speed on the comics you didn’t read. Today we’re recapping the “Phoenix Saga” as told in the pages of 1976’s Uncanny X-Men #101-108, written by Chris Claremont, as well as 1980’s game-changing “Dark Phoenix Saga” from Uncanny X-Men #129-138, written by Chris Claremont and John Byrne.