How would you have resurrected Jean?

[Kingdom X]

I was reminded about my disappoint with Phoenix Resurrection by another thread about Rosenberg's X-Men runs. How do you all feel about this story? If you could change it, how would you have resurrected Jean?

[CRaymond]

Omitting Rosenberg? All the dead would be brought back via the resurrection protocols.

- cyclops
- wolverine
- jean grey
- banshee
- nightcrawler
- betsy braddock

ETC

Or are you talking about the original Jamaica Bay retcon?

[Tycon]

Same. I would’ve waited until House of X and had the opening with Scott and Jean bursting out of their eggs be their official return.

[ERON]

If we're talking about the original resurrection from the '80s, I would have revealed that after dying on the moon, Jean was reincarnated sans powers and memories as Madelyne Pryor. I think that would have been so much simpler than what we ended up getting instead.

[spirit2011]

I would had hated for Jean only be ressurrected with Hickman, Red was a great book for her

[Chris0013]

I wouldn't...I would have respected Byrne's decision and kept her dead after committing suicide on the moon to stop the Phoenix. X-Factor could have been done with Rachel Summers in her place and Scott not abandoning his wife and daughter like a complete scumbag.

[Omega Alpha]

Same. I would’ve waited until House of X and had the opening with Scott and Jean bursting out of their eggs be their official return.

Exactly. Should have been the return of both of them, and also Wolverine and pretty much anyone that was dead.

[spirit2011]

I wouldn't...I would have respected Byrne's decision and kept her dead after committing suicide on the moon to stop the Phoenix. X-Factor could have been done with Rachel Summers in her place and Scott not abandoning his wife and daughter like a complete scumbag.

Byrne i snot better than Claremont, so I don't care about what he thinks. He even had a story about her living, it was Shooter decision

[Chris0013]

Byrne i snot better than Claremont, so I don't care about what he thinks. He even had a story about her living, it was Shooter decision

Whoever made the call...I am not a fan of the revolving door to the afterlife. There should be a well reasoned discussion on the merits of a death....and when the decision has been made it should stay that way. Now if the do a 'fake the death' like happened with John Walker...or happened with Bucky after it came out who he was....then fine. But a real death like Jean or Kurt or anyone it should stick.

[GodfatherIV]

I think I would have kept her dead from the beginning. Maybe at the most reincarnated her either as Hope or she would have been in the place of Moira in HOX/DOX.

As far as the Phoenix Resurrection story i might have made it something else if I just had to tell a Jean/Phoenix story.....my best shot would be to explore the White Hot Room as some sort of afterlife for Phoenix hosts and their loved ones and maybe even those who have been consumed by it. When we last heard anything about Jean she was supposed to be gathering up all the pieces of the Phoenix or something. So have it that there's a rebellion of sorts against Jean the White Crown of the Phoenix, in that some other Phoenix users want to "burn away" what isn't working. Meaning they want to destroy Earth and the main reality for whatever reason. These rogue Phoenix host are on a mission to do this and Jean along with her former teammates has to stop them. So maybe you get those folks from the old Malibu universe and other host like Amber Hunt, Necrom, Fongji, Diamanda Nero, Foxfire, Prime.

[H-E-D]

I dunno, CPR?

[Kingdom X]

Same. I would’ve waited until House of X and had the opening with Scott and Jean bursting out of their eggs be their official return.

Yeah that definitely would have been an epic introduction to the resurrection protocols. At the very least I think that Hickman should have shown us the resurrections of some of the recently killed mutants from Rosencanny as in introduction.

[H-E-D]

Yeah that definitely would have been an epic introduction to the resurrection protocols. At the very least I think that Hickman should have shown us the resurrections of some of the recently killed mutants from Rosencanny as in introduction.

Well, he didn’t want to reveal the resurrection protocols from page one.

[Kingdom X]

I think I would have kept her dead from the beginning. Maybe at the most reincarnated her either as Hope or she would have been in the place of Moira in HOX/DOX.

Could you elaborate on how you would have Jean take Moira's place?

[Beetle]

Could you elaborate on how you would have Jean take Moira's place?

Jean adjusted the timeline from the White Hot Room in Here Comes Tomorrow. She made one small change and was able to prevent a bad end timeline.

I guess that's pretty similar to Moira's 10 lives