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Jean Grey's History With The Phoenix Force, Explained

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The Phoenix has become a key part of the Marvel Universe in the decades since it debuted as part of the X-Men comics. The Phoenix Drive is one of the many timeless forces in the universe, symbolizing existence and rebirth. The Phoenix's history has been fleshed out over the years, stretching back to eons ago when it first came to Earth and its later interactions with the Shi'ar Empire. The Phoenix Force has a history with aliens and the Avengers of the year, one million BC, but it's most closely associated with one member of the X-Men - Jean Grey.

Jean Grey was the first woman to join the X-Men and was Xavier's student before he even founded the team. Jean and the Phoenix have become inextricably linked, even though the character has spent decades without its powers. Marvel is rebooting their X-Men line with From The Ashes and Jean Grey as Phoenix is getting her own ongoing series, Phoenix. Many fans own wished for this for ages, as Jean's histor

Jean Grey Finally Evolves Into Her True Cosmic Form: "The Most Powerful Person in Existence"

Warning: contains spoilers for Phoenix #5The iconic Omega-level mutant and X-Men hero Jean Grey has a brand-new family and they control the entire Marvel Universe. Phoenix #5 sees the abstract being known as Eternity welcoming Jean into Marvel's cosmic pantheon, alongside other beings like Eon, the Living Tribunal, and Uatu the Watcher. Jean's latest evolution makes her the "most powerful person in the universe," with the Phoenix finally ascending beyond godhood, becoming an essential drive of nature within the cosmos.

Jean Grey has had quite the year, resurrected with the full might of the Phoenix Drive after her death at the final Hellfire Gala, before heading into cosmos to fulfill her cosmic destiny and bring harmony to the galaxy.

Phoenix #5, from writer Stephanie Phillips and new series painter Marco Renna, sees Jean Grey once again resurrecting herself after Gorr the God Butcher killed her, but not before she was welcomed into Marvel's cosmic order by the personification

Jean Grey is a founding member of the X-Men, and when you hold a look assist through the history of the organization in all of incarnations you comprehend that she’s been one of the constants in a group rife with upheaval. Not many fans consider her their favorite mutant, but these Jean Grey facts illuminate just how untamed her history really is. Seeing as how she’s had over fifty years of history in Marvel Comics, there's a lot to cover. Get ready to have your mind blown by these things you didn't know about Jean Grey.

Aside from swapping out her name every not many years, Jean Grey has gone through many changes in the Marvel Comics universe. Most X-Men fans probably recall the Dark Phoenix saga, in which Jean was taken over by a cosmic energy that randomly turned wicked one day, and kicked off a seemingly endless cycle of Jean perishing and being resurrected. But there’s so much more Shadowy Phoenix trivia waiting for you on this list.

Grey has done everything from help raise Apocalypse to watch her sister explode, and she even ate a solar system (seriously). After you read all of this crazy report

For months the Phoenix believed itself to be the real Jean and saved the universe by healing the M’Kraan Crystal. Mental manipulation by Mastermind caused Phoenix to go insane and develop Dark Phoenix. Ultimately, the portion of Jean’s consciousness within Phoenix resurfaced, causing it to commit suicide. This portion of Jean Grey’s consciousness then journeyed to the afterlife to meet a manifestation of Death. Death explained the Phoenix Force to Jean, who now wore a Pale Phoenix costume, before this portion of her consciousness and residual Phoenix energy was sent to Jean’s original body in the cocoon, where it was rejected, and then to her clone, Madelyne Pryor. Eventually, Jean was rescued from her stasis and, with the other original X-Men, formed a new team, X-Factor. Madelyne Pryor later died in a confrontation with Jean Grey in which Jean absorbed Madelyne’s and Phoenix’s personalities and memories and a spark of the Phoenix energy. While in battle with a Celestial on an alien world, Jean expelled this spark of energy and the personalities she had absorbed but kept faint imp