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Jean Grey is a mutant born with the abilities of telepathy and telekinesis.
As a teenager, she began attending Professor Charles Xavier's "school for gifted youngsters" and joined the X-Men under the name of Marvel Girl. During her tenure there, she fell in love with Cyclops.
Following a mission in space, Grey attempted to pilot a shuttle back to Earth during one of the worst solar storms in history. The shuttle was unshielded and Grey would have died were it not for the intervention of the cosmic entity known as the Phoenix force. Though at the time it was believed (and the storyline meant it to be) that the Phoenix imbued Jean with vast cosmic powers, this was later retconRetroactive continuity commonly contracted to the portmanteau word retcon refers to the act of changing previously established details of a fictional setting, often without providing an explanation for the changes within the context of that setting. Origined that she was actually placed into a coma in a cocoon in Jamaica BayJamaica Bay is a bay that lies in the shadow of New York City's skyscrapers and is adjacent to one of the nation's busiest airports. The salt marshes of Jamaica Bay offer prime habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife. The marshes have been protecte and the Phoenix adopted her identity as a heroine.
Phoenix believed herself to be Grey, and she and Cyclops continued their relationship, until Phoenix lost control of her powers, and eventually committed suicide. The Dark Phoenix Saga, the lengthy story of the decline and fall of Phoenix, by Chris ClaremontChris Claremont ( 1950- ) is a comic book writer. He wrote the bestselling The Uncanny X-Men book for 17 years until editorial differences led to his departure from the title. He co-created numerous characters for Marvel Comics including Captain Britain, and John ByrneFor John Byrne the recipient of the Victoria Cross, see John Byrne For John Byrne the Scottish artist, see John Byrne Overview John Byrne (born July 6, 1950) is a writer and artist of comic books. Byrne is known for his dynamic, flamboyant style of artwor, is regarded as one of the best comics stories of the 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends.
Grey's survival was revealed when the original X-Men formed X-FactorFor other uses of this term see X Factor X-Factor is the name of several teams of comic book superheroes owned and published by Marvel Comics that were featured in an eponymous series, which ran from 1985 to 1998. X-Factor was one of many spin-offs of the, which she joined when she emerged from her coma. Cyclops, in the meantime, had married her double (later revealed as her cloneThe term clone is derived from kappa;λω&nu the Greek word for "twig". In horticulture, the spelling clon was used until the twentieth century. The final e came into use to indicate the vowel is a "long o" instead of a "short o"; see the refer), Madelyne PryorMadelyne Pryor is a character in the Marvel Universe. She was a clone of Jean Grey, created by Mister Sinister for one of his myriad wheels-within-wheels plans against his master, Apocalypse. Although originally a supporting member of the X-Men team for q. Pryor joined her creator, Mister Sinister, as the villainous Goblin Queen, and herself died sometime after the founding of X-Factor.
As a result, Cyclops and Grey were able to resume their relationship, and eventually married. Shortly thereafter, she resumed using the name Phoenix as an attempt to redeem both the entity and herself in her mind, and also to honor her "daughter" from a future parallel world, Rachel Summers, who at the time was believed to be dead. Later, she assumed the role of the Headmistress of the Xavier Institute .
However, a combination of her new duties as headmistress, her re-emerging Phoenix powers, and Scott's temporary merger with the evil mutant Apocalypse, drove a wedge between Grey and Cyclops. Emma Frost took advantage of this, initiating an affair with Cyclops, and then falling in love with him. This led to Cyclops briefly walking out on both Jean and the X-Men. Upon his return, someone in the guise of Magneto attacked the X-Men, and killed Grey.
In a dark future 150 years down the line, Grey is revived as an even more powerful version of Phoenix. While she removed that possible future from existence, it is not clear whether Grey is still "alive" in any sense in the present.