The two-part story was the last regular X-Men monthly comic book here, as it was cancelled due to poor sales. Go figure. They wouldn't appear again until 1990, by which time I'd basically lost interest. 

But what a great story it is! 

I still have both issues. 

Only as an adult years latter did I collect the missing issues of the runs (Byrne and Cockrum). Some back issues were too expense to justify the investment at the time.

I drew and redrew (terribly) the two covers and endlessly thought about Wolverine's metal skeleton (something I had never really imagined before).

Even though it was essentially a "dream" story, it still had impact and showed just how serious the X-men's world was. They really did live in a world that feared and hated them and it was only going to get worse.

Seeing who was "dead" or "apprehended" on that first cover was such great fun and the scene with the graves was chilling and made me wonder "how did ____________ die?" Seeing Franklin as a grown man was cool but to have him snatched away was both jarring and powerful. Our Kitty becoming Kate also struck me, so sad.

Then again, considering Claremont's methods, it didn't really end. DoFP continued, as did appearances of Phoenix. Could Claremont finish ANY story?

I hoped to see a page of flashbacks from the story, partly whited out and more whited out as the pages continued to a final entirely blank page... except the last panel, with the Watcher clicking off a monitor.

Mr. Byrne - Franklin got killed so fast that it seemed he didn't need to be there. Were his innate powers not enough to destroy Sentinels wholesale? Or was it just not considered? As a mutant, I think he'd count as a legitimate X-Man.