Fictional character biography Jean Grey

1 fictional character biography

1.1 main timeline jean grey

1.1.1 youth
1.1.2 emergence of powers , joining x-men
1.1.3 phoenix force , first death
1.1.4 revival
1.1.5 return x-men , marriage cyclops
1.1.6 preparing onslaught
1.1.7 arrival of onslaught
1.1.8 new x-men
1.1.9 second death
1.1.10 endsong
1.1.11 postmortem manifestations


1.2 time-displaced jean grey

1.2.1 all-new x-men
1.2.2 trial of jean grey
1.2.3 traveling ultimate universe
1.2.4 extraordinary x-men
1.2.5 x-men: blue
1.2.6 phoenix premonition
1.2.7 meeting phoenix

fictional character biography
main timeline jean grey
youth

jean elaine grey born second daughter of john , elaine grey. had older sister, sara grey-bailey. john grey professor @ bard college in upstate new york. depictions of jean s childhood , relations family have shown stable, loving family life growing up.

emergence of powers , joining x-men

jean s mutant powers of telepathy , telekinesis first manifest when best friend hit car , killed. jean mentally links friend , dies well. event leaves comatose, , brought consciousness when parents seek of powerful mutant telepath, charles xavier. xavier blocks telepathy until old enough able control it, leaving access telekinetic powers. xavier later recruits teenager part of x-men team marvel girl , team s sole female member. after several missions x-men, xavier removes jean s mental blocks , able use , control telepathic powers. begins relationship teammate cyclops (scott summers), persists main romantic relationship, though develops mutual secret attraction later addition team, wolverine.

the phoenix force , first death


marvel girl becomes phoenix. (x-men #101) art dave cockrum.

during emergency mission in space, x-men find shuttle damaged. jean pilots shuttle earth, exposed fatal levels of radiation. dying, determined save cyclops , friends, jean calls out , answered cosmic entity, phoenix force. phoenix force, sum of life in universe, moved jean s dedication , love , takes form of duplicate body house jean s psyche. in instant, phoenix force overwhelmed , believes jean grey , places jean s dying body in healing cocoon. ship crashes in jamaica bay, other x-men unharmed. phoenix force, jean grey, emerges in new green , gold costume , adopts new codename phoenix , immense cosmic powers. meanwhile, cocoon containing real jean grey sinks bottom of bay, unnoticed. phoenix continues life jean grey other x-men, joining them on missions , saving universe. during dark phoenix saga , phoenix becomes overwhelmed , corrupted first taste of evil , transforms force of total destruction, called dark phoenix , consuming star, inadvertently killing inhabitants of star s planetary system, , jeopardizing entire universe. however, jean s personality manages take control , phoenix commits suicide ensure universe s safety.

revival

upon suicide way of disintegration ray, phoenix force disperses original form , fragment locates still-healing jean @ bottom of jamaica bay. in trying bond her, jean senses memories of death , destruction dark phoenix , rejects it, causing bond , animate lifeless clone of jean grey created villain mister sinister. sinister created clone mate cyclops create genetically superior mutants. named madelyne pryor , unaware clone meets cyclops in situation engineered sinister , 2 fall in love, marry, , have child, nathan christopher summers. meanwhile, cocoon discovered , retrieved avengers , fantastic four. jean emerges no memory of actions of phoenix/dark phoenix. avengers , fantastic 4 tell of happened , believed dead until now. reunited original x-men , convinces them form new superhero team x-factor, reusing marvel girl codename. jean learns cyclops has romantically moved on madelyne, angered on decision lead x-factor , neglect family. though jean encourages cyclops return madelyne, finds house abandoned , assumes madelyne has left him , taken infant son; cyclops returns x-factor , , jean continue relationship. team s adventures continued throughout series, culminating in line-wide inferno crossover. madelyne resurfaced, insane , powers awakened demonic pact, calling herself goblyn queen.

learning of true identity , purpose clone created mister sinister drove insane , plans sacrifice nathan christopher achieve greater power , unleash literal hell on earth. while attempting stop her, jean reunited other x-men, happy learn alive, particularly wolverine, reminding jean of unaddressed feelings him. jean , madelyne confront each other, , madelyne attempts kill them both. jean manages survive absorbing remnant of phoenix force housed within madelyne, giving both madelyne s memories , phoenix s memories dark phoenix saga .

return x-men , marriage cyclops

while continuing on x-factor, cyclops proposes jean , meets alternate future daughter rachel summers (who goes codename phoenix , able tap phoenix force), rejects them both out of feeling indicate life predetermined. when x-factor unites x-men, jean joins gold team, led storm. during time, no longer uses codename, instead being referred civilian name. after time, makes rachel, welcoming life, , proposes cyclops , 2 marry. on honeymoon, couple psychically transported 2000 years future raise cyclops s son nathan, had been transported future infant in hopes of curing him of deadly virus. jean adopts identity of redd along cyclops (“slym”) , raise nathan christopher twelve years before sent bodies on wedding honeymoon. jean learns time-displaced rachel had used powers transport them future protect nathan, , per rachel’s request, jean adopts codename phoenix once again establish symbol of after bad had caused. meanwhile, psychic , telekinetic abilities begin grow , begins using iconic green , gold phoenix costume again. jean met alternate future child of hers , scott s: immensely powerful nathan grey, accidentally revived psionic ghost of madelyne pryor, leading confrontation between 2 women.

preparing onslaught

jean grey on cover of uncanny x-men #334.

in bishop s original timeline before ends in present finds x-men s war room , finds garbled distress signal jean traitor destroying x-men within. meanwhile in present, x-men begin hear increasing news malevolent entity called onslaught. jean first sees onslaught psionic image rest of x-men after onslaught coerces gateway kidnap cyclops, wolverine, storm, , iceman. later appears again in similar way after rescuing , gambit bastion , offers chance join him. onslaught makes first full appearance jean on astral plane , shows how humanity closing in on mutants revealing xavier in love while student convince join him. telepathically brands name mind when refused , asks him name. when juggernaut comes mansion information onslaughts true identity has mental block preventing him divulging it, jean enters mind , helps him remember onslaught , horror discovers onslaught professor x, having gone insane ever since wiping magneto s mind.

arrival of onslaught

professor xavier calls x-men meeting , jean tries unsuccessfully rally x-men against him before manifests onslaught. while onslaught overtakes rest of x-men, jean escapes war room , sends out distress signal bishop found in future. after massive battle against jean , rest of x-men, onslaught escapes carry out plans. after onslaught kills x-men team avengers make plan stop him, knowing full may come down them killing xavier if world survive. jean accompanies cyclops, archangel, , psylocke muire island , moira mctaggart discover xavier protocols, secret plans xavier made kill of individual x-men should become threat against world. meanwhile jean s earlier distress signal makes x-factor, excalibur, , x-force. after returning new york, jean works closely reed richards build defenses against onslaught create psionic armor block xavier s telepathic powers seen in xavier protocols. when jean senses xavier has been freed onslaught , going confront him on own, , cyclops bring rest of x-men him up. rest of avengers , fantastic 4 join them in final stand against onslaught before destroys world. in final act of desperation jean finds hulk , locks away bruce banner s mind, leaving hulk in control can fight onslaught unencumbered. vast majority of earth s heroes missing , assumed dead after onslaught defeated, jean , cyclops open home quicksilver , daughter , try x-men lives together.

new x-men

jean grey on cover of new x-men #128.

following cyclops s possession mutant villain apocalypse , apparent death, jean continues x-men, distraught loss of husband. later learns omega-level mutant unlimited potential. jean begins suspect cyclops may still alive , of nathan christopher (now aged superhero cable ), able locate , free cyclops of possession apocalypse. couple return x-men part of xavier institute s teaching staff new generation of mutants. while jean finds able tap powers of phoenix force once again, marriage scott begins fail. jean , wolverine address long-unspoken mutual attraction, deciding best not act on feelings; cyclops grows further alienated jean due growing powers , institute responsibilities , seeks consolation telepathic emma frost address disillusionment , experiences while possessed apocalypse. these therapy sessions lead psychic affair between scott , emma. jean s discovery of psychic affair results in confrontation between , emma, though jean realizes marriage scott has run course , emma loves him.

second death

in final confrontation traitor @ institute (the x-men s teammate xorn, posing magneto) jean realizes , assumes complete control of powers of phoenix force, killed in last-ditch lethal attack xorn. jean dies, telling scott live . however, after funeral, scott rejects emma , offer run school together. creates dystopian future life , natural evolution under assault infectious, villainous, sentient bacteria sublime . jean resurrected in future timeline , becomes realized white phoenix of crown, using abilities of phoenix force defeat sublime , eliminate dystopic future reaching in time , influencing cyclops accept emma s love , offer run school together. jean reconciles cyclops , bonds phoenix force , ascends higher plane of existence called white hot room .

endsong

a weakened phoenix force returns reanimate jean. jean tries convince phoenix force let go can return white hot room together, once again phoenix force takes over. jean lets wolverine find , tries convince him kill again before phoenix more damage. shi ar track phoenix force , make alliance storm find , defeat her. jean takes wolverine north pole before shi ar can kill , convinces him kill her. stabs numerous times phoenix keeps reanimating her, prompting jean dive deep ice , freeze herself. phoenix force leaves body , once again assumes jean s form tempt cyclops attack can absorb optic blasts , become strong again. when phoenix force merges , overwhelms emma frost cyclops frees jean ice. once freed jean ejects phoenix emma , accepts 1 phoenix force. after feeling love x-men, phoenix relents , returns jean white hot room. before departs, jean , cyclops share telepathic emotional farewell.

postmortem manifestations

though had yet return, phoenix force , jean continued manifest themselves, particularly phoenix through red-haired, green-eyed mutant messiah resembles jean named hope summers, , jean briefly appears in vision emma frost white hot room, warning x-men prepare . again appears in vision cyclops when overwhelmed power of dark phoenix, helping him abandon power can pass on true host. after nightcrawler fatally wounded crimson pirates, jean appears him along amanda sefton , deceased wolverine coax him life. jean s spirit begins manifest in more straightforward , aggressive manner time-displaced jean alternate timeline, seemingly training arrival of phoenix. after younger jean begins ignore her, possesses time displaced jean , uses means ambush emma frost.

time-displaced jean grey
all-new x-men

the young time-displaced jean in all-new x-men volume 1 #18, art stuart immonen

in all-new x-men, present-day beast goes past , brings younger version of jean present day along other original x-men in hopes of helping present-day cyclops see how far s fallen. version has experienced surge in abilities due trauma of being brought future time travel caused suppressed telepathic powers awaken earlier in life supposed to. has habit of reading people s minds without permission, great frustration of team. during battle of atom crossover, future version of jean grey, had never returned past , powers had grown beyond control, return present xorn, member of future brotherhood of mutants. xorn perished during battle, in process x-men found out there preventing all-new x-men returning past. during timeline, reads mind of current beast, regrets never admitting feelings her, confronts younger beast , gives him kiss, creates problems younger cyclops. , team leave jean grey school mutants , go cyclops s school, forms reluctant friendship emma frost trains psychic abilities.

the trial of jean grey

jean later kidnapped shi ar , placed on trial destruction done phoenix force years earlier in 2014 crossover story line trial of jean grey. all-new x-men team guardians of galaxy rescue jean shi ar homeworld, jean end awakening new power never had, in able absorb massive amounts of psionic energy others , combine telepathy , telekinesis, used defeat powerful gladiator, leader of shi ar.

traveling ultimate universe

while searching new mutants, jean , all-new x-men teleported ultimate marvel universe. teams spider-man (miles morales) rescue beast, s been trapped local dr. doom. before teleported gives miles morales kiss. upon return earth 616, , all-new x-men team guardians of galaxy second time in search of black vortex.

extraordinary x-men

following reconstruction of reality after battleworld crisis, jean has parted ways rest of time-displaced x-men attempts find own life in present living normal civilian life in college until storm recruits join new team of x-men protect mutants terrigen. mentions having broken hank mccoy, considering him more of brother. after x-men go war against inhumans destroy terrigen, jean leaves storm s team , attempts return original timeline along rest of time-displaced x-men realizes re not 616 timeline, leaving them stranded on earth 616 no idea timeline re from. new knowledge unknown alternate timeline, jean becomes time-displaced x-men s new leader , quit x-men in hopes of finding place in current world.

x-men: blue

jean ends approached magneto, offers , team join him in preserving xavier s dream defeating oppose it. jean accepts , team joins him, in secret train in case magneto ever reverts villainous roots kill them.

phoenix premonition

jean , phoenix force on cover of first-ever solo series, art dave yardin

as part of marvel s ressurxion event, jean grey received first-ever solo series. while on solo mission against wrecking crew, jean receives vision phoenix force coming earth. goes rest of x-men warn them vision there haven t been phoenix sightings since x-men went war against avengers decide fate of phoenix, has hard time getting beast, captain marvel, , kitty pryde accept vision real though assure if phoenix ever return x-men , avengers come , can stop it. jean feels less taken when beast begins examining signs of delusional hallucinations. jean meets other former phoenix hosts colossus, magik, rachel summers, hope summers , quentin quire, latter uses powers show how aftereffects of bonding phoenix force has individually affected each of them. meeting namor helps jean come conclusion can refuse phoenix , possibly defeat it. after meeting thor , training psylocke, jean learns how create telekinetic weapons impending battle against phoenix.

meeting phoenix

jean ends sent in time unknown reasons , ends meeting timeline s jean grey shortly after first becomes phoenix. time-displaced jean attempts ask phoenix questions phoenix force dodges jean s questions. instead phoenix takes jean night out , shows off powers. after witnessing phoenix use cosmic powers fight off galactus consuming defenseless planet, jean contemplates warning phoenix of fate until encounter watcher stops doing so. watcher commends jean , tells choosing not change future means ultimate fate in own hands whether or not ends hosting phoenix force in present. jean returns present, phoenix cryptically states meet again.