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What recent issues has Jean been in? Not caught up lately.
"We come into this world alone and we leave the same way. The time we spent in between - time spent alive, sharing, learning together... is all that makes life worth living." - Jean Grey
HOLY CRAP! I’m not knocking you. Just really surprised how far back…..
Extermination is one book she is really prominent in. Just about front and center in fact.
Roesenberg’s Uncanny X-Men vol 5 for the first 10 issues are where she is pretty prominent, except in issue 7. She also appears in the very last issue of that volume, but you probably will be confused about what’s going on if you don’t read it all the way through.
After issue 10 of Uncanny, it goes to Age of X-Man: Alpha, Omega, and Marvelous X-Men. Honestly, it’s skippable in my opinion. Though it’s where she has been the duration of Uncanny X-Men Vol 5 after issue 10.
Skipping House and Powers of X, Jean has basically been in the first several issues of X-Force. After that, she appears very sporadically in that book.
She has few appearances in Cable, most notably in the last issue of this volume.
X-Men vol 5 also has appearances from her, but she actually doesn’t contribute much in most of it except for the very last issue. I will let others recommend other issues if they disagree.
She will be very, very prominent in the new vol of X-Men going on now in vol 6. Only one issue has been out, but issue two is coming out this week if I’m not correct. Someone else is free to correct me if I’m wrong.
Jean also has a major appearance in King in Black #4, but I suggest you read issue 1 to get a just of what’s going on, then go to issue 4 if you’re searching for Jean only moments.
Last edited by PyroFN; 08-02-2021 at 09:09 PM.
I think I read Rosenberg's Uncanny X-Men... was that with the Scott and Jean rejoining?
Any character development issues??? X-Men has been pretty plot driven lately with the Krakatoa stuff.
She's had some OK character moments in X-Force. We see a little bit of her perspective on death. She gets to show a slight bit of 'tude in an issue or two.
Honestly though, we are still waiting for anything major to write home about to happen with Jean and probably will be until whenever the next franchise relaunch is, at the least.
Still crossing my fingers for a big Jean-fan writer. It's bound to happen one day.
It's best if you are a fan of Scott or Armor, although Beast and Logan are decent as well. Logan had his own anime from the same studio, so that's a better bet if you are a fan of him specifically. And I'll list Armor with a small caveat - this is right after her powers manifest so she isn't the fully formed character you are used to, she has to build towards that.
I liked how they had Jean reaching out to those she was most connected with after her death, but she was more of a Deus ex Machina than a character in this series.
Emma wasn't really like Emma at all. She was blonde, flaunted her appearance, and a dedicated teacher, but I don't recall her air of superiority or biting snark being shown much, if at all in this series. You could have subbed nearly any other mutant for her and the plot wouldn't change very much - which actually puts her worse than Jean despite being a major character and not, well, dead in a flashback. Jean at least came across as being Jean in her brief moments on screen.
Dark does not mean deep.
Loved this series when it first came out, however upon re-watching this series, WATX the animated series, and that X-men Legacy game are all the epitome of how Jean was viewed during this era. A tragic figure, incapable of handling her overwhelming abilities acting as a cautionary tale for all the other X-men. Jean deserves better than, the stories she was given she barely had a voice in her own tragedy.