Look, I get it, Gladiator. You’ve seen this movie before.
Jean Grey is the Phoenix again. The first time that happened, she killed a whole planet of broccoli people. You sent your best people after her to stop her, and in the end the only reason you succeeded is because she chose to die by suicide.
It spooked your people so much that the second time Jean Grey died, they tried to erase her whole bloodline to prevent the Phoenix Force from selecting her next of kin.
Not to mention the time the Phoenix Force possessed her husband and his friends and they all went nuts. Though you largely stayed out of that one because the Avengers were already involved.
So yeah, it must be weird seeing Jean as the Phoenix again, operating across the cosmos, taking out big bad after big bad, and everyone thinks it’s fine, like a classic wrestling heel who’s become so beloved over the years that they’ve drifted into face territory. You’re just waiting for the Wrestlemania re-heeling.
But the joke’s on you, because this series is probably getting canceled before that happens.
Check out our exclusive preview of Phoenix #4, out next week, and keep scrolling for the basic deets. And for our most recent Phoenix coverage, click here.
(W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Alessandro Miracolo (CA) Yasmine Putri
BEWARE…THE GOD BUTCHER!
His call has gone out across the universe: He will have his retribution. He will bring his awful vengeance to bear. GORR THE GOD BUTCHER is going to kill the PHOENIX. Plus: CAPTAIN MARVEL comes to call…
Rated T+
In Shops: Oct 09, 2024
$3.99
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Dan Grote is the editor-in-chief of ComicsXF, having won the site by ritual combat. By day, he’s a newspaper editor, and by night, he’s … also an editor. He co-hosts The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with Matt Lazorwitz. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids and two miniature dachshunds, and his third, fictional son, Peter Winston Wisdom.
